10,000 Heart to Hearts Help Senior Women Fight Top Health Threat

Many women don't realize aging makes heart disease likelier. To combat this problem, teams from Brookdale senior living communities nationwide are fanning out to personally alert women 65 and over to their increased risk and provide resources to fight it. The company hopes to reach 10,000 older women through “10,000 Heart to Hearts,” beginning Feb. 1.

Clayton Homes Offers Homebuyers up to $7,500* This Tax Season

As tax season approaches, Clayton Homes, America’s largest home builder is offering potential home buyers a great way to get the most out of their tax refund in 2015 with its Avoid Refund Regret campaign. The program runs through March 31st offering those purchasing a new Clayton Home an extra incentive towards homeownership during the beginning of 2015.

New Kitchenaid® Collection: A Fresh Take on Brand's Iconic Design

KitchenAid is unveiling a dramatically designed major appliance collection available in stainless steel, black, white and black stainless steel reflecting visual cues from its best known product, the iconic stand mixer. The new collection is wholly original yet uniquely identifiable as the KitchenAid brand. It will be the brand's first collection to launch globally, with U.S. availability starting in April of 2015.

Fresh Attitude Asian Style Stir Fries

My family and I enjoyed the delicious, healthy, ready-to-heat stir-fries from Fresh Attitude. These single-size servings can easily be cooked in a microwave oven without the mess or in a wok for a quick nutritious meal or to serve as a side dish to share. Canada's Food Guide recommendations have encouraged us to add more fruits and vegetables to our diet, and I am glad that Veg Pro International, the vegetable producer behind the popular Fresh Attitude salads and baby lettuce blends has this new line of fresh vegetable Stir Fries.

Afternoon Tea Delight with Denby

I made these delicious Indian Tea Cookies following the recipe from the Indian Vegetarian Feast book by Anjum Anand. This book has lots of simple and healthy vegetarian dishes that we can easily make for our family and friends. I like that all the dishes and sweets have an array of flavour in them. The beautiful pictures on this book will entice the readers to make the dishes, and try them. Th book is separated by breakfast and brunch, drinks, appetizers and snacks, salads, broils and grills, vegetables, cheese, beans, and eggs, grains, and desserts.

Sticky Sweet and Spicy Chicken

I first fried the chicken and then tossed it with this sticky sweet and spicy sauce I made. To make this sauce you will need...

2 tbsp Sriracha sauce

2 tbsp white vinegar

2 tbsp brown sugar to taste

1 tbsp pomegranate molasses optional

Middle Eastern Semolina Cake Basbousa

Wishing all of you a Happy New Year.

This Middle Eastern Semolina Cake known as Basbousa has many different versions of making, and this is a simple delicious recipe I like to make.

For the sugar syrup

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups water

1/4 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp orange blossom water or rose water

Chicken Curry Spiced with Ground Pepper

To make this Chicken Curry Spiced with Ground Pepper you will need...

1 lb of chicken

1 tbsp oil

1 onion

1 tsp ginger grated
1 tsp garlic grated or minced
1 tomato

#2015Revolution with Special K and Giveaway

Making a resolution on New Year’s Eve is as much a part of celebrating as fireworks, however a recent Kellogg’s Special K survey revealed that only 23 per cent of Canadians have actually achieved their resolution goal. This year, instead of making a New Year’s resolution, it’s time to make a #2015Revolution! A Revolution is big, bold, and positive, and it’s the kind of goal that nearly 50 per cent of survey respondents say they have always wanted to achieve but have never tried.

Variety of Coconut Products

My family has been using coconut products for decades, as many of our ethnic food contained some type of product that is extracted from the coconut tree. Although, North American medical professional used to criticize coconut products because of its saturated fat, recent research shows the saturated fat found in coconut oil and other saturated fats are different. It is now known that using coconut oil protect oneself from heart disease. Coconut products have lots of nutritional benefits such as fibre, protein, the ability to fight infections and beneficial use for skin and hair.