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Gingery Salmon Cakes

Four-Cheese Mac 'n' Cheese

Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup

Crusty Chicken Pot Pie

Buffalo Cauliflower with Fresh Cilantro Lime Ranch

Gilled Blackened Rib Eye with Creamed Spinach and Leek infused Hotel Butter

Beef Bourguignon with Buttered Egg Noodles

Chris Ratel

Anchovy Extract

An excellent way to add flavor to your dishes protecting your heart! Black pepper is the world's most traded spice and it has been used since antiquity for both its flavor and its antibacterial properties. The distinctive pungency of black pepper is due to the chemical piperine which has analgesic properties. Moreover, one tablespoon of ground black pepper contains moderate amounts of vitamin K (13% of the daily value or DV), iron (10% DV) and manganese (18% DV), with trace amounts of other essential nutrients, and dietary fiber. 

Black Pepper

Like other fermented foods (yogurt, kefir, and tempeh), aged blue cheeses — including roquefort and gorgonzola — contain health-promoting live and active cultures (AKA “bacteria”) commonly known as probiotics. Blue cheeses contain significant amounts of Penicillium bacteria.

Blue Cheese

Minerals. Raw and brown sugar both contain slightly more minerals than refined white sugar, but only because they contain molasses. While brown sugar does give you a dab of calcium, potassium, iron and magnesium in your sweetener, the amounts are too small to have any real health benefit, "The New York Times" explains

Brown Sugar

Here are 7 reasons why butter may be good for your health in moderate amounts. Butter is Rich in Fat-Soluble Vitamins.Butter Contains a Lot of Healthy Saturated Fats. Butter Lowers Heart Attack Risk Compared to Margarine. .Butter is a Good Source of The Fatty Acid Butyrate. .Butter is Rich in Conjugated Linoleic Acid.

Butter

Cooking up a storm is always more exciting with some added seasoning, and Cajun seasoning is a spice blend that includes a mixture of several others. For people with a penchant for high-flavor cooking, Cajun seasoning adds just the right amount of zing to your home cooking. Those wishing to spice up their mealtimes can try making their own Cajun seasoning or buying the pre-mixed versions, bearing in mind that fresher is always better.

Cajun Spice

It's best known for its bite, but cayenne pepper can help you burn calories, relieve arthritis, and more.

Cayenne Pepper

Chicken Wings

No doubt one of the most multipurpose foods! Scrambled, hard-boiled or in omelets, egg is an ingredient that can never be absent in any house. Because eggs store significant amount of high-quality protein they are categorized as meat in the dietary guidelines for Americans. Another interesting fact is that they have zero carbohydrates: the white is 100% proteins and the yolk is a mixture of protein and fat. They are also a good source of several vitamins such as vitamin A, vital for a healthy vision and cell repair, B-complex vitamins (riboflavin, choline, B12) and the hard to find bone-healthy Vitamin D. Eggs also contain some essential minerals such as phosphorus, Zinc and some even are rich in omega-3.

Eggs

Known for its unique aroma and its strong, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens with its cooking, garlic is one of the most popular ingredients in all cuisines. Some studies have shown that it has antibacterial and potential anticancer properties. Other investigations state that it may also help regulate blood pressure and make blood thinner, thus protecting the heart. So go ahead and spice up your life with garlic!

Garlic

Hot sauce is typically made from various types of hot chili peppers, such as habanero, tabasco, cayenne and jalapeno. These peppers, like most plant-based foods, contain qualities that can benefit your health. An active ingredient in chili peppers that makes them spicy and has health benefits is called capsaicin

Hot Sauce

Also known as koshering salt, it is specially recognized because of its flake-like shape. Even though all three salts- sea, table and kosher- contain the same amount of sodium per gram, kosher salt yields less sodium per tablespoon because of its coarser grain. In other words, it enhances the flavor of each ingredient while protecting your heart from an excessive sodium intake!!

Kosher Salt

Light Brown Sugar

One tablespoon of mayonnaise has 90 calories, and if that's all you're using, you're making a relatively healthy choice. "It's high in fat but not saturated fat," says Keri Gans, dietician, nutritionist and author of The Small Change Diet.

Mayonnaise

Everyone has heard that milk is good for the bones, and that is because milk is one of the primary sources of vitamin D in the American diet, as well as a good source of calcium. However, adequate calcium and vitamin D intake is not enough to prevent osteoporosis.

Milk

Oil Blend

Onion powder is made from dehydrated onions, giving it a concentrated flavor that pairs well with many foods. Using onion powder when cooking offers health benefits because it contains some nutrients, but in small amounts, meaning you can't rely on it to meet your daily recommended totals.

Onion Powder

Red onions also contain plenty of vitamins and minerals, including folate, thiamine, calcium, magnesium, potassium, manganese and vitamins C, K and B-6. Consuming foods with a variety of nutrients helps keep the body healthy on a day-to-day basis and may help prevent chronic disease.

Onions

Eating yogurt is one of the most common ways to consume the healthy bacteria beneficial to the gut known as probiotics. Probiotics are effective in regulating the digestive system and decreasing gas, diarrhea, constipation and bloating.

Plain Yogurt

This food is very low in Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Thiamin, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Copper and Manganese, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol), Vitamin K, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Iron and Potassium.

Smoked Paprika

Use regular sour cream sparingly because of its saturated fat and high calories. When you use full-fat sour cream, measure your serving with a measuring spoon to avoid adding more calories to your food than you intend. Reduced-fat sour cream has fewer calories and less fat, while fat-free sour cream has the fewest calories, at 11 calories per 1 tbsp. and no fat. Use fat-free sour cream in dishes, or substitute healthier, high-protein Greek yogurt for sour cream with baked potatoes, in baked casseroles and as Mexican dish topping.

Sour Cream

Soybeans

New medical research also suggests that apple cider vinegar ingestion can help acid reflux, lower blood pressure, improve diabetes and support weight loss. The benefits of apple cider vinegar come from it's powerful healing compounds, which include acetic acid, potassium, magnesium, probiotics and enzymes.

White Vinegar

Worcestershire sauce has the ability to increase action of the immune system since it contains vitamin B6 foods such as molasses, garlic, cloves and chili pepper extract. Vitamin B6 helps to build red blood cells, and it assists in keeping the nervous system healthy

Buffalo Chicken Wings

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