Noodle Speaks

Noodle promoting his upcoming show @ The Sunset House in Peekskill, NY on Saturday, May 1st. www.itsanooday.com www.pmpworldwide.com/blacksmith-beats



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Five Tips From An Italian On A Mediterranean Diet

Growing up Italian, I marveled at the women and men, in my family, who cooked. Not only were they wonderful chefs but had a natural talent for balancing food groups. There was an emphasis on fresh produce and meat, that I am partial to today. One of my grandmothers used to take me to the chicken store to pick out a chicken. Yes, the chicken was still clucking and running around. Today, although I no longer visit the chicken store to get the freshest poultry available, there are still some valuable lessons I like to follow.

Think of Pasta as a side dish, not a main course. The first time I was served pasta, outside of my family, I was astonished. The pasta on my plate would have been four servings, in my family. One pound of pasta serves eight people. Two ounces of pasta with a vegetable and a protein is a meal. Serve more vegetable dishes, if needed. Only serve bread with your pasta on occasion. Pasta is your grain.

Have a hearty soup, as a meal, at least once a week. There are so many nutritious and wonderful soups. A soup with leafy greens and beans, served with a good Italian bread, was often served at my house. A soup, with pasta in the soup, such as chicken noodle would not be served with bread.

Make a salad the first course. Having more courses for dinner helps to regulate the portions eaten in each course. I remember having a salad, with an olive oil and red wine vinegar salad dressing, at every dinner.

Use olive oil as your main fat. We very rarely ate anything deep fried. Instead, if there was oil involved, we sautéed our vegetables, chicken or fish, and pasta in olive oil.

Have fruit or nuts as a dessert. During the holidays, my grandmother always had a huge fruit bowl and another bowl with a variety of fresh nuts on her dining room table. After dinner, we were allowed to choose a fruit from the bowl and a handful of nuts. Sweet breads, cakes and cookies were an occasional treat, eaten two to three times a month.

I don't follow all of my grandmother's cooking traditions as much as I probably should. However, when I start to gain a few pounds, I typically fall back on the old ways. My sisters and I lead busy lives. Many still have children to raise as well as jobs. It is not always easy to cook the way my mother, father and grandparents did. I was surprised, therefore, when talking to my sister not too long ago. Even though we live thousands of miles apart, in both of our houses, there was a pot of soup and a pot of sauce simmering on the stove as well as a chicken simmering in the crock pot. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, or is it the olive?

Andy & kids at Asian Noodle House

Andy entertaining En, Min & James at lunch



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Benefits of Having Chinese Raw Ginger Soup to Start the Day

After many reports and observations of physicians, many cancer patients who have recovered from serious radiation therapy and chemotherapy, their bodies have a kind of very weak signs such as loss of appetite to eat, can not frighten cold food cold, sore stomach, just get diarrhea. This is not healthy for weeks or stomach and "Yang" ingredients is not enough in the stomach.

It 's a very good proposal of ancient Chinese medicine, in which raw waterGinger Soup or Drink early in the morning once you get up from bed.

Why? As according to Chinese medication, raw ginger soup can help us to regenerate the "Yang Qi" inside our stomach and makes it stronger, just like drinking raw ginseng soup. Hence improving the weak cold stomach sickness that some of us might have.

The recipe is here:

Ingredients: 6 pieces of Raw ginger slice, 6 pieces of red dates, 30 gram of cane sugar

Method: Rinse all ingredients, Remove seeds from red dates. Place all ingredients in a port of braising, add a bowl of water as steam for 10-15 minutes. Serve while still hot or warm.

Consulting:

Before you drink on an empty stomach in the morning right after you wake up out of bed.

According Not recommended to drink at night.

Third Some people may have a sore throat after taking this, you can actually add 6 pieces of black cherries, prunes, as it provoked the effect of reducing the heatginger.

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Sesame Street The blaze abode 1 of 2

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Rachel's Fridge

Well, before our practice for colorguard, we hung out at Rachel's house...and since it was cold, we ate chicken noodle soup...



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