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Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Healthy Holidays 2011
What do most of us love about the holidays? The delicious, rich, comforting and soul satisfying foods. What do most of hate about the holidays? The delicious, rich, comforting and soul satisfying foods. Talk about a love/hate relationship! We all know that the next six weeks are going to be incredibly tempting with colorful cocktails, succulent meats, a slew of side dishes and rich, decadent desserts. We know this and know it well in advance, the schedule is pretty much set, yet we fall into the same health defeating cycles again and again. And it's not only about weight gain, as that can vary from a couple of pounds to several or more, depending on the individual. It's also about the emotional toll this time period has on us. Instead of truly enjoying the holidays with our loved ones, we excessively worry about overeating, gaining weight and guilt about making bad food choices, or we totally give in, eating anything and everything we want and think "I'll just start fresh in January for the New Year". But again, without a plan or discipline we fall back into our old habits until spring comes along with the stress of getting into shape for summer and the cycle begins again. Does this sound familiar to you?
Okay, let's start by working on making the 2011 holiday season different and healthy. We can have our cake... pie, cookies, trifle... and eat it too. I am going to share with you my personal "get through the holidays without gaining weight" strategy that will allow you to indulge in your holiday favorites without the extra pounds or experiencing added stress in your life. Granted, my strategy isn't something most of you haven't heard before, it's all about moderation and making healthy choices; and I'm going to provide you with practical steps to help you achieve success, if you put in the effort and follow them.
Moderation: While the holidays season last for several weeks, the actual days of feasting are only two or three. Set the intention and make clear in your mind the fact that you do not have to give in to all the treats and goodies offered at your workplace and from your neighbors and relatives on the days and weeks leading up to the major holiday dinners. Trust me, saying no to them will not hurt their feelings, most likely they will admire your discipline and perhaps even follow suit, or they may just eat that second piece of cranberry cheesecake anyway, while still admiring your discipline. Instead of giving into every sugar cookie, red and green foil covered chocolate or mug of eggnog, save your calories and time of indulgence for those special meals that you share with your family and friends. Compare that truly satisfying experience of enjoying good food with loved ones against the feeling of guilt about eating all the gingerbread men after the kids went to bed, and baking a new batch by morning, or the fact that you sat at your desk and ate most of the office holiday goodie basket, before lunch. Moderation is the key to living a healthy life.
Make healthy choices: In addition to being mindful of what and how often you eat, keep your workout schedule consistent. I know, it is very difficult to do so around the holidays with all the shopping, visiting relatives, house guest and depending on your line of work, there may be a lot of late work nights. But as Andrew Carnegie said "Anything worth having is worth working for." And what is more worth working for, or worth having for than your health and wellness so you can have many more holiday seasons to celebrate. And actually, physical activity is a wonderful way to spend time with your family during the festivities. Whether you go for brisk walks together in the evenings, take advantage of the holiday guest passes offered by gyms or even play a sports game or challenge grandma to a dance battle, don't laugh, she may win, on the new, interactive video game systems. The goal is to move your body and work up a sweat 4-5 days a week.
Living a healthy lifestyle is a process and a journey, and it's one that becomes more challenging and difficult starting with the Halloween candy and ending with January's champagne toast, but with the right mindset and effort on our part, it is possible to experience a healthy and indulgent holiday season. Cheers to your health!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Who Invented the Chocolate Chip Cookie?
Have you ever wondered who invented the chocolate chip cookie? Because chocolate chip cookies are so common, it is easy to forget that these treats have not been around forever. In fact, did you know that chocolate chip cookies are not even one hundred years old? It's true!
The answer to "who invented the chocolate chip cookie" is: Ruth Graves Wakefield.
Ruth Graves Wakefield was born on June 17, 1903 and she is person who invented the Toll House Cookie, which was the world's first chocolate chip cookie.
Ruth Wakefield was educated at the Framingham State Normal School Development of Household Arts and she graduated in 1924. After graduating from school, she worked both as a doctor and gave lectures about food.
In 1930 Wakefield and her husband purchased a lodge for tourists in Whitman, Massachusetts (part of Plymouth County). The lodge was first built in 1709 and has a long and rich history of its own. Many weary travelers have spent the night at the lodge as it is conveniently located around halfway between New Bedford and Boston. This is usually where passers through paid a toll, changed their horses and stopped for some much appreciated home cooked food. When the Wakefields bought it, they named the lodge the Toll House Inn and made sure to keep up with the lodge's traditions. All of the home cooked meals were prepared and served by Ruth and it was not long before her desserts earned her some local fame. There were many visitors to the lodge, one of the most famous being John F. Kennedy (when he was still a Senator).
In 1940, Ruth wrote a cookbook called Toll House Tried and True Recipes. Ruth passed away in 1977 and the Toll House Inn burned down at the end of 1983. While there are plenty of companies that make and sell chocolate chips now, the recipe printed on the back of the Nestle Toll House bags is the original Ruth Graves Wakefield recipe. As of today, Nestle is the only company with the rights to print the recipe on its bags. All of the recipes that are printed on other company's' bags are different from the original recipe.
The chocolate chip cookie was invented in the late 1930s (making it almost seventy seven years old) though there are different stories about how, exactly, the original chocolate chip cookie recipe was invented. Some stories say it was an accident, others say it was an experiment and still others say that it was a purposeful recipe. The story of how the chocolate chip cookie was invented varies according to the person telling the story. One thing is for certain, though, and that is that the answer to "who invented the chocolate chip cookie" is Ruth Graves Wakefield. Who knew that what might have started out as an experiment or an accident would someday be one of the most common treats in the Western World? Who doesn't remember eating chocolate chip cookies after school?
Copyright (c) 2008 Steven Magill
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