spice up!

When cooking, spices are the ingredients that I sure can't handle without. A garlic, onions, and tomatoes are what I use when I am frying. Onion leaves, tomato, lemon grass, ginger root when I am making a broth or soup. And a pepper- whether green, yellow, orange, or red in color is one which I probably find to be the best spice out there! It makes my meal so palatable and tasty. At least, that's what I know of my own taste buds!

Now here's another health take!
Adding spices to your diet is an easy way to make good-for-you fare more palatable. Spice adds loads of flavor and virtually no fat and can also help curb your hunger later in the day. A study in the British Journal of Nutrition found that when women added two teaspoons of dried red pepper on their food, they consume fewer calories and fat in later meals. Put the research to work for your waistline with a little hot sauce on your morning eggs, or add some chopped peppers or red pepper flakes to a salad or broth-based soup.

Now that's deliciously hot!!!

Community Health Mag Central Il, Oct '07 p.20