Are you bored with the simple fried egg?
In fact, there are many egg dishes that’s good for your breakfast include scrambled egg is a dish made from beaten whites and yolks of eggs.


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About the preparation, it is also possible to make scrambled eggs in a microwave oven, by cooking the beaten egg mixture for short bursts, stopping regularly to stir but now I’d like to show you to make it with the stove.

Kitchenware
- Non-Stick 5-7” frying pan
- Spatula
- Bowl
- Fork
- Dish

Ingredients
- 2 Eggs for each person
- Stick of Butter or Cooking Spray
- Milk
- Salt and Pepper

Preparation

1. Place a frying pan on the stove with the medium heat. Grease the pan with the stick of butter or cooking spray.


2. Gently crack eggs into the bowl. Add two tablespoons of milk. Add salt and pepper to taste. Beat the eggs with a fork until smooth. Ensure that the yokes have completely separated and the added milk gives a lighter texture to the eggs.


3. Add the beaten eggs onto the prepared frying pan. Take the spatula and begin to gently stir the eggs, ensuring that you run the spatula around the edges of the eggs, moving them towards the middle of the pan. Keep stirring until the eggs are cooked to your satisfaction. Take the eggs out of the pan and place them on the dish. (Eggs can be cooked either well done or slightly runny, depending upon your preference. To ensure proper consistency, lower the gas if you need to)

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Scrambled eggs may also be made in a stove by placing the ingredients in a metal bowl and alternately cooking and whisking until the desired consistency is achieved. Various health movements have led to the increased popularity of scrambled egg whites alone. It is also possible to make scrambled eggs in a microwave oven, by cooking the beaten egg mixture for short bursts, stopping regularly to stir. This allows rapid preparation, but care is required to avoid overcooking and the resulting texture may be inferior to a more traditional preparation method.

Are you looking for any light meal for this evening or for your coffee break? I’d like to recommend you to make muffin such as chocolate chip muffins, fruit muffins and so on. There are many choice of baking muffin. The easiest way is choosing a mixed box of muffin’s ingredient, then, you just follow the directions and take it.



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If you have enough time and want to mix it by yourself, I also have suggestion for the recipe.

Kitchenware
- Muffin Pan
- Wire rack
- Bowl (large and medium size)
- Large spoon
- Large dish or tray

Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup of flour
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1-1/2 cups of milk
- 1-1/2 cups of cornmeal
- 1-1/2 sticks of butter
- 1 tablespoon of baking powder
- Salt



Preparation

1. Preheat over to 400 degrees. Add butter in the pan.
   
2. Add the flour, sugar, cornmeal, baking powder and salt into the large bowl. Then, mix it until it has a smooth consistency.
   
3. Add the milk butter and eggs into the medium bowl and also mix it.
   
4. Add the mixed ingredient from the medium bowl into the large bowl. Then, stir until they’re damp and smooth.
   
5. Take the batter to each of muffin hole in the preheated pan.
   
6. Take the pan into the oven and bake about 15 minutes. (or until you see the muffins are golden-brown)
   
7. Take it out and place it on the wire rack and wait until it’s warm (about 5 minutes).
   
8. Take each piece of muffin out of the pan.
   
9. Let them cool carefully in the large dish or tray, then, serve these muffins.

Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. Not only does it give you energy to start a new day, but breakfast is linked to many health benefits, including weight control and improved performance.

Oatmeal Recipe

In the rush our, some people don’t have enough time for eating and cooking despite the fact that food is very important for our body. They may forget that they need power from food for living.


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So I suggest you one menu, oatmeal which is easy to cook and full of nutrient. You just have microwave for boiling water with some tips of different types of oatmeal.

For the flavored oatmeal, unpack one bundle of oatmeal and take it in a bowl. Then, add a cup of milk or water. Take the bowl in the microwave and boil for 1 to 2 minutes on high. Take the bowl out and stir.

Second type, a cylindrical box of oatmeal which is normally unflavored oats, take 1/2 cup of oatmeal and add to a bowl, flavor a sauce pot on the oven. Add 1 cup of milk or water for each person or 3/4 cups of milk or water for 2 persons. Boil milk or water and stir in oats. Then, cook about 1 minute in medium heat and stir simultaneously.

Moreover, for the better taste, you can add some sugar, honey or fresh fruit whatever you like such as strawberry.

Basil is a culinary herb prominently featured in Italian cuisine and also plays a major role in the Southeast Asian cuisines of Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. The plant tastes somewhat like anise, with a strong, pungent, sweet smell. There are many varieties of basil. That which is used in Italian food is typically called sweet basil, as opposed to Thai basil, lemon basil and holy basil, which are used in Asia. While most common varieties of basil are treated as annuals, some are perennial in warm, tropical climates, including African Blue and Holy Thai basil.


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Are you worrying about this dinner? I think you may feel bored with the same chicken menu like fried chicken. Can I recommend you one interesting dish called Baked Chicken Breast with Sweet Basil? I’m sure that you will be pleased because the processes of this nutritious dish are not delicate.

Kitchenware
- Knife
- Baking dish
- Mixing bowl

Ingredients
- 10 boneless skinless chicken breast (about 2 1/2 lbs.)
- 1/2 chopped fresh basil
- 3/4 cup low fat yogurt
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch


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Preparation

1. Prepare chicken in single layer in baking dish.
2. Add yogurt, basil and cornstarch in a mixing bowl. Blend them well and spread over chicken.
3. Mix bread crumbs with Parmesan and sprinkle over chicken.
   (If making before, cover and freeze about 6 hours.)
4. Bake chicken in the oven with 375-degrees heat for 30 minutes or until chicken is ripe.

The strong clove scent of sweet basil is derived from eugenol, the same chemical as actual cloves. The citrus scent of lemon basil and lime basil is because they have a higher portion of citral which causes this effect in several plants, including lemon mint, and limonene, which gives actual lemon peel its scent. African blue basil has a strong camphor smell because it has camphor and camphene in higher proportions.

Licorice Basil contains anethole, the same chemical that makes anise smell like licorice, and in fact is sometimes called Anise Basil. Basil and oregano contain large amounts of (E)-beta-caryophyllene (BCP), which might have a use in treating inflammatory bowel diseases and arthritis. BCP is the only product identified in nature that activates CB2 selectively; it interacts with one of two cannabinoid receptors (CB2), blocking chemical signals that lead to inflammation, without triggering cannabis's mood-altering effects.

The development of the society has caused several changes in people’s lifestyle. Some of these changes, such as the changes in alimentation, have caused many of problems for many people around the world.


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The most common problems associated with unhealthy nutrition are obesity, cancer, ulcers and other stomach diseases, heart diseases and multiple sclerosis. In addition, the fatty food is thought to have a significant importance in the intoxication of the organism. When the body has acquired too many toxins, skin diseases may appear.

To avoid such serious diseases the nutritionists advise people to give up their unhealthy habits and include more vegetables and fresh fruits in their diets. Healthy food is the easiest and safe way of detoxification, and it provides the necessary number of vitamins and minerals. A minimum of 400 gram of fruits and vegetables will be enough to keep your body in shape.

Moreover eating fresher fruits and vegetables there are also some other things that must be considered when deciding to eat healthy food. One of the most important things to make a difference between what is good for you from the nature and what damages your health. For example, although they can be found in nature the potatoes and other starchy tubers are not very healthy and it is showed to eat them with moderation.


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Other types of foods that should be excluded from a healthy alimentation are those which contain a high concentration of saturated and unsaturated fats. They are the major cause of many of the diseases mentioned above.

To have a healthy diet it is also very important to limit the amount of salt/sodium from the food. There have been countries that have even regulated the right amount of salt that a meal should contain. Also ads that prevent the population about the harm which excess of salt may cause have been produced and broadcasted in many countries of the world.

The intake of simple sugar should also be limited as much as possible as it is responsible for the most cases of diabetes, and it is one major factor of the obesity. People used to intake large amounts of sugar have less chances of finding fruits and vegetables attractive, because of the tastes with which they have been used to. The same thing goes for the people who got used with eating fatty foods.


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Products that contain colorants, preserving agents, food additives, artificial sweeteners and flavorings cannot be considered healthy food and should by all cost avoided. To have a balanced diet fruits, vegetables and light meats are recommended. To maintain the equilibrium in your body it is advisable to combine the healthy food with physical exercises.