5 minutes food for you

• Chicken breast or pieces


• 3 Tablespoons of Olive Oil


• 1 purple onion chopped in large pieces


• 1 fennel bulb (anise) chopped in large pieces


• 1/2 Tablespoon Fennel Seeds


• 2tblspoon Fresh Thyme or 1 tblspoon powder


• 8 baby red potatoes cut in to halves


• 1 tablespoon Garlic


• Salt and Pepper to Taste
  

Step 1:Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.

Step 2:While the oven is pre-heating, cut up the fennel bulb, potatoes and onion in to 1/8 pieces.

Step 3:Place chicken, cut up veggies, and seasoning in the roasting pan. Add the Olive Oil. You will want to make sure everything is coated with the olive oil and seasoning.

Step 4:Bake for 20-30 min or until there is no pink in the chicken. Serve with corn or asparagus!!

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• Good coffe maker
  
• Pure water, bottle or filter
  
• Good fresh whole coffee beans

Firstly the best cup of coffee, of course, depends not on expensive beans or fancy gadgets, but on circumstance: if it is drunk in the company of friends, or on a morning when your worn soul craves it, or in a romantic inn or restaurant, or when it perfectly suits your mood. Such bliss cannot be bought per pound. But circumstance aside there are steps you can take if you have your mind ,heart, and mouth set on getting that perfect cup of coffee. If you like, you can be extraordinarily fussy: or you can rely on just a handful of essentials, perfectly carried out.

FILLTERING VERSUS BOILING: Two basic ways to prepare coffee are filtering - the most popular method - and boiling. Most people who brew their own coffee use paper filters in an automatic drip coffee pot. The idea here is to pour hot water over ground coffee held in a filter, so the grounds stay behind and the drink drips through. Boiling is how the old-fashioned percolator, often scorned these days, makes coffee; and boiling is, of course, how espresso is made, whether i a fancy machine or in one of those hour-glass-shaped pots that sit on a stove burner. The Turks and Arabs make coffee by boiling it, and so did cowboys in the West. in any event coffee made this way tastes stronger, is more bitter and less aromatic, and the body is thicker. Properly done it is luxury.

WATER: The water you use should itself taste good; for this reason, avoid water laced with chlorine or iron or any other sort of off taste. The water should also be cold when you draw it, according to experts. If you are filtering your coffee rather than boiling it, heat the water to just a few degrees below boiling (200 degrees). Any cooler and it can't extract all of the essence from the grounds; any hotter and you will lose some of the aroma and fine taste that filtering preserves. STRENGTH: The ratio of grounds to water varies with individual preference and the fineness of the grind. In general with a fine grind, allow from one to two rounded tablespoons of coffee per cup, a cup equaling about 7 fluid ounces of water. Your taste should be the judge; if you like it stronger; use more coffee and less water. Be careful, though, when making it weak: don't use less water in preparation but instead dilute the coffee after it is made, to avoid bitterness from over extraction.

FRESHNESS: Green coffee beans can be stored for a long time, but once beans are roasted they lose their freshness quickly. For this reason, try to make sure you buy beans that have been roasted within the last week. Beans that been sitting in jars forever may look pretty but will have lost their flavor. As for storing roasted beans at home, whether ground or whole, authorities generally agree that an airtight container is best,but after that they diverge. Some prefer storing in the freezer; others recommend the refrigerator. Both camps will make their arguments. If you use up the beans quickly enough, you won't have to worry about who's right.

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• 1 1/4 cups cold milk
• 2 packages cheesecake flavor instant pudding & pie filling
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• tub(8 oz.)frozen non-dairy whipped topping,thawed,divided.
• 1 ready crust (Graham pie crust)

Step 1:In a large bowl beat milk, pudding mix and spice with wire whisk for 1 minute. whisk in pumpkin .(Mixture will be thick.)Fold in half of whipped topping.

Step 2:Spread in crust. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or until set.

Step 3:Share with your family and friends.

Relevent Tips

DON'T EAT TOO MUCH.

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• Cucumbers
• Olive Oil
• Tomatoes
• Peeler
• Feta Cheese
• Knive
• Salt

Step 1:Rinse Tomatoes and cut them

Step 2:Peel Cucumbers and cut them

Step 3:Place tomatoes and cucumbers in a bowl

Step 4:Add crumbs of feta cheese to the bowl

Step 5:Top with olive oil and salt

Step 6:Enjoy!

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• Egg roll wrappers
• Mushrooms
• Sprouts
• Carrots
• Crab (optional)
• Egg
• Frying pan
• Vegetable oil

Step 1:Slice the ingredients into thin sticks. You’ll be rolling these into the wrappers, so you want the ingredients to fit well. If you use crab, it won’t julienne this way, but shred it into small pieces.

Step 2:Place a little of each of the ingredients into a wrapper. Roll like a burrito, folding over once and then folding in the sides. Roll them up to seal.

Step 3:Use a little egg wash to seal the last corner to the roll.

Step 4:Heat oil in a frying pan (or wok), enough to immerse the rolls. Insert the rolls in the oil carefully.

Step 5:None of the ingredients need to be cooked, so fry until golden brown.

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• 1 lb. of ground beef
• 1 9 oz. bag of white tortilla chips
• 1 8 oz. bag of shredded Mexican-style cheese
• 1 packet of taco seasoning mix
• lettuce
• sour cream
• chopped fresh tomatoes
• sliced black olives

Step 1:Brown the ground beef in a skillet and drain the excess fat. Add the taco seasoning mix and 1/4 cup of water. Simmer for 5 to 6 minutes or until most of the liquid is absorbed.

Step 2:Put all of the ingredients in separate serving bowls. Put serving utensils in the bowls and arrange the taco salad ingredients on the counter or serving area.

Step 3:Put a stack of plates at one end of the bowls. Allow family or guests to form a line, get plates and arrange their taco salads in layers, starting with the chips and lettuce, then meat, cheese, tomatoes, sour cream and black olives.

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• 2½ tsp. dry yeast
• 3 cups bread flour
• ½ cup white sugar
• ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup fresh butter
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup 2% milk, at room temperature

Step 1:Prepare the bread machine. Set the bread machine to the basic "white loaf" setting.

Step 2:Add ingredients. Add the yeast, flour, sugar, cocoa, egg, butter, vanilla and milk in that order.

Step 3:Mix the dough. Leave the bread machine to mix the dough with the timer.

Step 4:Remove the dough from the bread machine and shape and set into a loaf pan.

Step 5:Let the dough rise for at least 40-50 minutes until it doubles in size.

Step 6:Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Step 7:Bake bread for 20-25 minutes until firm.

Step 8:Leave to cool. Bread must be cooled at least 30 minutes before serving.

Step 9:Cut into slices and enjoy!

Relevent Tips:

Don't substitute baking chocolate for cocoa, because you won't achieve the right texture.

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• Febreeze
• Laundry Soap
• A weekend to yourself
• Twizzlers, gum, anything to keep your mind off of smoking and your mouth occupied.

Step 1:You need 3 days to yourself. Isolate yourself from the world! Watch tv, kick back. Throw away your cigarettes. Tell yourself why its so harmful to your health.

Step 2:Every time you crave a cigarette, chew some gum. What's really going on is the nicotine-hungry brain nerves in your head are going nuts, aching for a cigarette. All you need to do is sit it out, watch tv or whatever it is that will get your mind off it.

Step 3:Tell nobody to come over. If your friends are smokers, don't let them in your house. Chances are they smoked in the car on the way there, and you could probably smell it allover them and then you end up hating them for a good minute.

Step 4:Once your three days are up, pat yourself on the back because it only takes 72 hours for your body to be no longer addicted to nicotine. Now all you have is a mental addiction, it's a lifestyle, it's a way of life you have probably lived for a while. Just try to stay active and constantly keep your mind going. It will be good for you.

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