Food & Drink
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Variety Shows at Uptown Popcorn
It’s the beginning of summer blockbuster movies season! So, what’s better than munching on some gourmet popcorn while you enjoy these summer flicks. The good news is that you don’t have to travel to Chicago to grab a bag…Uptown Popcorn located in NorthPark Center, The Village at Fairview and Uptown Village at Cedar Hill has all you want and more. As you walked up to the shop, the wafting smells of freshly popped popcorn and luscious caramel fills the air. Uptown Popcorn produces 70-plus flavors of gourmet popcorn. What is awesome about this shop is that they give out free samples, so you can try before you buy! They have…
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In-N-Out gives Texas a Double-Double
As you have probably heard on the local news, Twitter and Facebook, California-based fast food burger joint In-N-Out Burger has officially opened in North Texas at Allen and Frisco. This burger chain seems to have a cult following, so I decided to to see why people where acting like “animals” for a burger. Here’s a video of the opening madness: In-N-Out allows you a few options other than the regular hamburger, cheeseburger, fries, shake and double-double that appears on their printed menus through a secret menu. I have to admit that in college, I devoured an animal-style 4×4…oh, those were the days Another unknown fact of In-N-Out is that they…
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Simple Food For Busy Families
It’s nice to start traditions and making a meal for Mom on Mother’s Day can be a lot of fun for the whole family! It can also help children begin to try new foods because helping with the food preparation usually peaks their interest to try what they have prepared. Simple Food for Busy Families: The Whole Life Nutrition Approach provides busy families with practical information, strategies and healthy recipes for feeding nutritious, tasty meals and snacks quickly and easily every day. Strawberry-Peach Smoothie Ingredients 1 cup Peaches, Frozen sliced unsweetened 1 cup, unthawed Strawberries, frozen, unsweetened 1/2 cup 8 oz Greek Yogurt 1 1/2 cup Almond Milk Original 2…
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Coal Vines Opens in Plano
Did you know that Americans eat 350 slices of pizza every second? Pizza is a $30 billion-a-year industry. Who wouldn’t want a piece of that pie? Today, Coal Vines, a coal-fired pizza bistro from restaurateurs Joe Palladino and Phil Romano, opens at The Shops of Legacy in Plano. The original Uptown restaurant and wine bar opened in 2006. Executive Chef of the original Coal Vines as well as Nick and Sam’s Steakhouse and Nick and Sam’s Grill Samir Dhuradhar developed and oversaw the menu.The menu offers a Smoked Salmon Tartar, a gorgeous and delicious tower of ruby salmon cubes layered with goat cheese, fresh avocado and splashed with a pomegranate vinaigrette. Other starters and appetizers include prosciutto-stuffed Mozzarella Sticks (which…
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Healthy Habits Help!
Today about 1 in 3 children (ages 2-19) in the United States are already overweight or obese. Obese & overweight children are at risk for serious health problems like type 2 diabetes, asthma and heart failure. Extra weight can make it harder to breathe and can inflame the respiratory tract. Also, being overweight or out of shape makes the heart work harder. This breaks my heart to hear that children are suffering, and WE can do something to change this. How can reverse this trend? Health and nutrition starts at home. Make sure your children are eating five or more servings of fruit and green vegetables. There are great cookbooks…
