>Cook chicken to an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Use an internal thermometer to check the temperature of the innermost part of the thigh and the wing as well as the thickest part of the chicken breast. If preferred, chicken can be cooked to higher temperatures. However, it is not safe to eat raw [...]

>Choose The Right Bird For Chicken SoupChicken soup is a popular way to use chicken. The type of chicken used to make soup makes a difference in how it will come out. If you are buying the chicken specifically for soup, choose a kosher pullet (which is a young female chicken that is old enough [...]

>Portion-Control TipsBeing aware of realistic portion sizes and visualizing portions or using the “divided plate” concept will help you avoid overeating. But sometimes these visual cues can be hard — especially when foods are difficult to measure, like a sandwich, or they’re foods like chips and cookies that we tend to eat right out of [...]

>Using Visual CuesServing sizes on food labels and recommended amounts on MyPyramid are usually given in grams, ounces, or cups. Of course, most of us don’t carry around food scales and measuring cups. So how can we translate those amounts into quantities we can relate to? That’s where the following visual cues come in. (Just [...]

>Eat Smart: What’s RecommendedServing sizes tell you how much nutrition you’re getting from a particular food but they don’t tell you which foods you need to stay healthy — and how much of those foods you should eat. That’s where the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s MyPyramid comes in. MyPyramid divides foods into six groups:grainsvegetablesfruitsoilsdairymeat and [...]

>Help Yourself: The Truth About Serving SizesLook at the label on any product package and you’ll see a nutrition information section that gives a serving size for that food. Contrary to popular belief, this serving size is not telling you the amount you should be eating. It’s simply a guide to help you see how [...]

>Cookies as big as frisbees. Muffins the size of flower pots. Bowls of pasta so deep, your fork can barely find the bottom. One reason people’s waistlines have expanded over the past few decades is because food portions have too. Portion DistortionPeople today eat way more than they used to — and way more than [...]

>Diets aren’t the way to go when it comes to losing weight. That’s because they create temporary eating patterns — and, therefore, temporary results. Most dieters gain back any lost weight when they go back to their old eating habits. So what’s the best way to drop excess weight? Create a new normal! Weight loss [...]

>ingredients:1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted11/2 tsp.baking powder1/4 tsp. salt3 eggs11/2 cups canned sweet corn (with cream), drained2 tbsp, white sugar2 tbsp, butter or margarine, meltedoil for frying ptcedure:1.) in a mixing bowl. combine flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.2.) in another bowl, beat eggs, then add corn and sugar. add to flour mixture.3.) beat [...]

>Ingredients:2 cups self-rising flour, sifted1/2 cup packaged ground almond1 tbsp. butter, melted1/2 cup plain yogurt (for dough )1/4 cup warm waterextra butter for deep frying1/2 cup caster sugar1 cup plain yogurt (for dip)1 tbsp. icing sugar (confectioner’s sugar) Procedure:1.) combine sifted flour and almonds in large bowl. rub in melted butter.2.) stir in combined yogurt [...]