Happy Independence Day

On July 4th, the eating goes on all day long.












Check out this non-traditional recipe book I stumbled across. I'm sure if you served any of these recipes at your 4th of July party, that party would be the talk of the town for years to come!

With the Fourth of July picnics this might help with the menus

Twinkie burritos? Twinkie lasagna?

‘The Twinkies Cookbook’ takes snack cake into new culinary realms

CHICAGO - The Twinkie isn't exactly haute cuisine. But a new cookbook sets out to prove the cream-filled sponge cake is more versatile than most people think. Twinkie-misu, Twinkie sushi, Twinkie pancakes, pumpkin Twinkie bread. You bet. "The Twinkies Cookbook" even has a recipe for Twinkie lasagna, Patriotic Twinkie Pie and Twinkie milkshakes.

Bon Appetit!!!!!!!










There is some good news just in.

This 4th eat what you want because food is not the main reason for obesity.

According to a recent news report titled 'Are you fat?' Doctors offer list of things to blame

Twinkies aren't the only things weighing America down, these researchers contend in a report published Tuesday in the International Journal of Obesity.

Top 10

They looked at more than 100 studies on potential contributors to obesity besides diet and exercise, and concluded there was at least some support for 10:

1. Inadequate sleep. (Average sleep amounts have fallen, and many studies tie sleep deprivation to weight gain.)

2. Endocrine disruptors, which are substances in some foods that may alter fats in the body.

3. Nice temperatures. (Air conditioning and heating limit calories burned from sweating and shivering.)

4. Fewer people smoking. (Less appetite supression.)

5. Medicines that cause weight gain.

6. Population changes. (More middle-agers and Hispanics, who have higher obesity rates.)

7. Older birth moms. (That correlates with heavier children).

8. Genetic influences during pregnancy.

9. Darwinian natural selection. (Fat people outsurvive skinny ones).

10. Assortative mating, or "like mating with like," as Allison puts it. Translation: fat people procreating with others of the same body type, gradually skewing the population toward the heavy end.

The one item I see that helps me keep my boyish figure is #4. Finally doctors admit smoking is good for something!!!









On this 4th please be Safe and somewhat Sane!!