Chef Lala offers healthy recipes, culinary tips, videos and more to promote a healthy lifestyle.
Six Fresh Storage Tips for Popular Fruits and Vegetables:
1. Tomatoes should remain on the counter to maintain their texture and flavor. Refrigeration may turn tomatoes mushy. Place tomatoes in a bowl lined with a paper towel, at room temperature. Do not keep them near heat sources or direct sunlight.
Read MoreChef LaLa stopped by The 10! Show with some great recipes for healthy dessert options.
When it comes to romance I like to keep it simple. I like to make dishes that are beautiful with aromas, colors and ingredients that will help me with my task: make him fall in loooove…
Bring on the heat and make your dishes go from mild to wild by adding fire and flavor to your food with chile peppers. While bell peppers are sweet and mild, Habanero, the hottest, can be fiery. The heat or fire is caused by the natural chemical in peppers called capsaicin, which stimulates nerve endings in the skin.
Read MoreFresh, colorful berries at your local supermarket or farmer’s market are a sure sign that summer is here. Some sweet, others tart, berries are a delicious and nutritious treat and can be eaten whole, served fresh, frozen or in baked goods. Berries are available all year from a variety of sources, though most are considered summer fruits.
Read MoreEver wonder why some of your fruits and vegetables don’t seem fresh or taste right so quickly after you purchase them in perfect condition? Though fruits like berries don’t have a long shelf life many last longer just by having proper storage.
Read MoreGardening is a fun hobby for enthusiasts and novices alike who enjoy the planting, nurturing and harvesting of the fruits of their labors.
Read MoreWhen I was a kid, my entire family gathered at my grandparents’ house every year for the holidays. They came from far and wide and close… they came to celebrate our pride as Americans as well as our heritage as Latinos. So today I’m going to share with you a very Latin Cranberry Mango Salsa.
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Summer is just around the corner and summer fruits are beginning to arrive in your local supermarkets, specialty markets and farmer’s markets. Experts recommend consuming 5 servings* a day of fruits and vegetables to help reduce your risk of heart disease and cancer.Food is fuel for our bodies to survive, so just like your car needs fuel to go, you need to eat. It’s what you eat, however, that makes a difference. Eating well means eating fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, etc, which are often more expensive than packaged foods with tons of preservatives, salt, sugar, and things we can’t easily pronounce. They aren’t good for us but seem too good to pass up when we’re in a hurry to get food on the table for our families.
Historically, when food prices rise, people eat less and weigh less, but when food prices go down, many people will gain weight, which may explain the rise in obesity because food prices were so much lower from 1978 through the 1990’s. Unfortunately, the prices of junk foods are falling while the prices of complex carbohydrate foods which provide energy and help us maintain our weight are climbing.
Read MoreDiabetes is a growing problem worldwide, so researchers continue to look for lifestyle behaviors that can be changed in order to prevent or reverse this trend. More and more, experts are devoting attention to the Mediterranean diet. Since the 1960’s it has been noted that people living in the Mediterranean have had food habits which can clearly be linked to good health because they consume a variety of fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, grains, and olive oil with minimal amounts of animal products.
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Getting ready for summer vacation is an exciting time for kids who have been working hard all year and looking forward to a break. Make their time at home fun and healthy by providing delicious, nutritious snacks, especially for when you aren’t there to supervise what they are eating.
Spring is finally here! So are the wonderfully sweet and juicy spring fruits, such as: Apricots, Blueberries, Cantaloupe, Casaba Melon, Cherries, Currants, Figs, Nectarines, Papayas, Pineapples, Raspberries, Rhubarb, and Strawberries. Your whole family will enjoy these fruits and you’ll feel good about providing great nutrition and a delicious snack fresh, cooked, or in your favorite dish.
Ingredients:
36 ounces granny smith apples;
5 ounces honey;
1 each lemon, juiced;
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Chef LaLa te ayudara a preparar siete salsa saludables sencillamene y rapido para que todos tus invitados queden satisfechos.Whether she’s teaching nutritious cooking at a Farmer’s Market or on a television show, Chef LaLa is on fire with her desire to share everything she has learned to make people’s lives healthier and happier–one meal at a time.
