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"According to a poll by food/drink critic Adam Lapetina, and published by the travel and adventure website Thrillist, the Venezuelan arepa is in the top position in a list of 18 countries’ breakfast, classified regarding their nutrients.

Russia, Myanmar, Australia, France and Japan, among others, are part of the top 18 in which Venezuela reached the main place.

“Venezuela’s breakfast is all about salt, starch, meat, fruit, and cheese, and that’s what makes it the best breakfast in the world”, is the reason why Venezuelan gastronomy was chosen.

Lapetina also commended the arepa because of its endless combinations. “Grilled chorizo, arepas filled with super-savory white cheese, chicken, avocados, and eggs are all guaranteed to keep you full until dinner…” The arepa is therefore one of the world’s most versatile meals.

The arepa, made of corn flour, is the queen of breakfast and also an remarkable side for main dishes, for lunch or dinner, whether fried or baked."

This poll was made seven years ago, but Venezuelan arepas are still the best thing in this world!...

Venezuela... My country... My home... My love... I love you, Venezuela!..










This is the best flour to make arepas... Another Venezuelan pride:




If you can buy "Harina PAN" in your country, give it a try and make your arepas!... You will love them and adopt them as yours!...

We all scream for ice cream. Remember that? I think it was a commercial, way back when. One of my favourite foods in the summer time is ice cream. In the winter it's too darn cold here so I stay away from it, but summer - all bets are off! I don't think I've ever had a flavour I didn't like, although there are some that I like more than others.

My favourites seem to fluctuate, and currently my favourite is mango ice cream. Mmm mmm! It's so refreshing, it's just finishes dinner off superbly. However, with my blood pressure being as high as it's been, I've been staying away from any foods that are high in sugar or salt. Darn, eh?

The good news? My blood pressure is down to normal the past few days, and was just slightly elevated last night, no doubt due to the heat. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's why it was so high when the doctor took it - it was the hottest day we've had so far this summer. I don't do well in the heat, and have a tendency to hide indoors when it gets really hot.

Yes, I know I could opt for frozen yogurt instead of ice cream, but there's still a lot of sugar in any frozen dessert. Then I remembered I have an ice cream maker that I purchased a few years ago and how delicious the ice cream was, using erythritol instead of sugar. I've retrieved the ice cream maker from the nether regions of my cupboard and have decided to make lemon ice cream as my first dip back into making it.

The base is freezing as we speak, and I figure by the time I return home from yet another bike ride, it'll be ready for me to add the ingredients. Along with some fresh blueberries, lemon ice cream sounds pretty enticing. But then, I think any ice cream would.

Lemon may be my new favourite ice cream, unless I make some mango ice cream of my own. But then again, there's chocolate, mocha almond fudge, and on and on. Decisions, decisions.

A friend texted me a recipe not long ago and I wasted half a day scouring the shops for an ovenproof fish. By the time I realised it was a mistake I had lost my appetite.

It's a good job I think the world of the friend in question.

I was shocked to read on the second page of Wall Street Today to find that for:

"every American about 429 pounds of food was wasted in 2010"

Now this is terrible. United Nations reported that about 87 percent of the world live in poverty, devastation and hunger and the first and second world are so wasteful.

I have personally taught my children not to be joining this bad habit of being insensitive to wasting food.

A new weight loss device offers a novel approach to cutting calories: draining them from the stomach before they are fully digested.

The AspireAssist system consists of a thin tube implanted in the stomach, connecting to an outside port on the skin of the belly. About 20 minutes after finishing a meal, users connect the port to an external device, which drains some of the recently-consumed food into the toilet.

The manufacturer—Aspire Bariatrics based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania—says its system removes about 30 percent of food stored in the stomach before it begins causing weight gain.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the device on Tuesday for adults who are obese, with a body mass index of 35 to 55, and have not been able to lose weight with other methods.

I remember many, many, MANY years ago, the only thing I could cook was frozen pizzas, ready-made lasagna and pasta. I then moved overseas, and then I was forced to learn how to make food, because if I didn't do that, I would starve. Either that or eat out.

Fast forward to now. I run my own food blog, which I started back in April, so it only has 14 followers, but still - it's my own food blog!

On that, I post a variety of recipes and pictures of the food I make.

My first really big thing I made was this


It's a triple cheeseburger, with six rashers of bacon, two on top of each layer of cheese. It was VERY wet and drippy. The juice from the meat combined with the fat from the bacon and the cheese made me feel VERY American (yeeyee). It was glorious!

I then began to make more quick things - like toasties. Instead of ham, I used pepperoni, which made it taste like a pepperoni pizza, in a way.

Today, I made this


The patties are a blend of pork and bacon, with some bbq seasoning mixed in. It was great! I need more of those, so I am buying more tomorrow. The best part is that the patties were 15 Danish kroner for the pair. 15 Danish kroner is $2.26. A bargain!

If and when I find someone, I will definitely try to learn to cook more elaborate meals. I would LOVE to be able to make a beef wellington!

Now I just need to find someone who wants to give me a chance..

A few days ago I buy a loaf of bread. I think this has been the first loaf of bread I bought in a few months. Okay, that has nothing to do with the story. But, all of my life I have been buying bread. After buying a loaf of bread and having it for a week, I would always make sure to check it for any mold. Done this for all my life. Sometimes I would get lucky and get another sandwich or two out of it. Other times, not so lucky...tossed it.

Back to this recent loaf of bread. It was probably 12/3 when I bought it and I always love the freshest bread and check for the sell by date making sure I buy the freshest one. Well, this loaf of bread, I didn't have to do that. I grabbed the first loaf and seen the date....it was a no-brainer. It said, sell by 1/17.

I think I found magic bread.

Traditional Easter in Jamaica.

What's yours?

New development on putting a dent to one of the biggest problems in the first and second world. Obesity. Not being able to control our appetite in overeating.

At least that's what the FDA believes. So in addition with the controlled and heavily imposed penalties on using the notorious lard in our fast food restaurants, they now require all institutions that serves, sells and package fresh or cooked foods will now be labeled according to calories count.

As if knowing the amount of those calories is very critical in our consumption to be curved. Maybe?

So now, I hope this new regulations added to the many more imposition burdened on the suppliers would truly do the trick. Losing weight, I meant.

I've given up beef years ago gave up pork more recently, my friend who works selling fish says only eat the big fish) once a month. I was married to a woman from Lithuania, we lived in the US, she taught me more than I could of imagined about food. Now, I eat all organic foods (when possible), no GMO, (genetically modified organism). I realize in Europe that you got your sh#@ together. You don't allow GMO and pesticides doesn't seem to be as needed there as they are here. I never knew how fulfilling and healthy nuts are, I now buy 20 pounds of organic almonds at a time. I bake my own bread....have you seen all the ingredients in bread?? I use organic flour from Italy, yeast, raisins, sunflower seeds, a little salt and water and some honey....that's it.....ever look at the ingredients for bread must be over 50 and 40 of the words I can't even pronounce....

We're slowly being poisoned by what we eat......we need to take back control.........

Does it cost more? Absolutely. But to have the quality of life in the long run is worth it's weight in gold.....my luck I'll get hit by a bus.