Ginger

Ginger is a great spice used in all kinds of cooking. But amazingly enough, it can be used as cold remedy. I ran across this recommendation to take tea with ginger at Kathy G's blog. She says it sets you up for about 2 hours. I haven't tried it yet, but I will give it a shot the next time I get a cough and a runny nose. Thanks Kathy.

I found some info on how to prevent the common cold in the first place. Of course, nothing is 100% sure, so I will keep Kathy's remedy on hand...just in case.

Resveratrol

I just reloaded on resveratrol. I bought five bottles from Puritan Pride of their 50 mg. As usual, I decided to do a little more investigation - after the fact. However, my research did nothing but increase my confidence that taking resveratrol is a good thing. Here is a list of a couple of the blogs I visited:

• Science and Reason on Resveratrol


• The Resveratrol Blog


• Resveratrol Network

Resveratrol is reputed to have life extending properties and was first discovered in grape wine. It is the stuff that is supposed to produce the French paradox. (The French eat a lot of high fat foods and wine, yet still have a longer than average lifespan.)

I just created a video on making bread dough that I want to share. I have have been honing my editing skills and, I think this video turned out pretty well. It is fairly simple, but I tried to cut it and shape it in a way that got the points across quickly without seeming to do so. I am thinking about creating a whole series of videos on making different kinds of breads out of a basic dough from a bread machine.





Let me know what you think.