INGREDIENTS
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 (6 ounce) container plain low-fat yogurt
1 lemon, juiced
1 cup dried bread crumbs, seasoned
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
salt to taste
1/4 cup butter
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Place yogurt in a small bowl and stir until creamy smooth. Add lemon and stir together. (Note: If you do not stir the yogurt first, the lemon juice will make the yogurt curdle.) In a separate shallow dish or bowl combine the bread crumbs, garlic powder and salt to taste; mix together.
In a 9x13 inch baking dish place 1 scant pat of butter or margarine for each chicken breast. Rinse chicken breasts and pat dry. Dip each breast in the lemon/yogurt mixture, then in the bread crumb mixture (coating completely but not heavily).
Place coated chicken in the baking dish and top each breast with a full pat of butter or margarine. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Let cool for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
WEEKDAY WORKOUT
Sitting behind a desk all day is just as abusive
to the body as playing a contact sport and each
year, thousands of people suffer from
desk-related injuries such as lower back pain,
Carpal-Tunnel syndrome and arthritis.
Here are a few ways to get a quick workout without even leaving your office:
1. The Chair Squat: While sitting up
straight, slowly proceed to a standing position.
Keep your arms straight out for balance. Repeat and perform 15-25 repetitions.
2. Chair Triceps Dips: Secure your chair
against the wall and place hands at the end of
the chair. Bend your knees so your thighs and
lower legs form slightly more than a 90-degree
angle. Bend your elbows and slowly lower your
body. Straighten the elbows to raise the body up. Repeat for 12-20 repetitions.
3. In-Place Marching: Stand up straight with
arms at your sides. Now, slowly lift your left
leg until it is waist height. Next take your arms
and-in a big fashion-circle them. As your arms
circle forward, drop your left leg to the ground
and follow by raising your right leg. You will
proceed in this fashion for 25 total repetitions
of total forward arm circles. After completing 25
forward circles, continue marching in-place and
circle arms backwards for 25 repetitions.
4. Open the Hips: Sit tall in your chair,
while drawing your abdominals inward. Next, lift
your left foot off of the floor a few inches:
keep the knee bent and flex your toes towards the
ceiling. Hold this position for 20-30 seconds.
Finally, lower and repeat for 20 reps. Repeat on the other side.
to the body as playing a contact sport and each
year, thousands of people suffer from
desk-related injuries such as lower back pain,
Carpal-Tunnel syndrome and arthritis.
Here are a few ways to get a quick workout without even leaving your office:
1. The Chair Squat: While sitting up
straight, slowly proceed to a standing position.
Keep your arms straight out for balance. Repeat and perform 15-25 repetitions.
2. Chair Triceps Dips: Secure your chair
against the wall and place hands at the end of
the chair. Bend your knees so your thighs and
lower legs form slightly more than a 90-degree
angle. Bend your elbows and slowly lower your
body. Straighten the elbows to raise the body up. Repeat for 12-20 repetitions.
3. In-Place Marching: Stand up straight with
arms at your sides. Now, slowly lift your left
leg until it is waist height. Next take your arms
and-in a big fashion-circle them. As your arms
circle forward, drop your left leg to the ground
and follow by raising your right leg. You will
proceed in this fashion for 25 total repetitions
of total forward arm circles. After completing 25
forward circles, continue marching in-place and
circle arms backwards for 25 repetitions.
4. Open the Hips: Sit tall in your chair,
while drawing your abdominals inward. Next, lift
your left foot off of the floor a few inches:
keep the knee bent and flex your toes towards the
ceiling. Hold this position for 20-30 seconds.
Finally, lower and repeat for 20 reps. Repeat on the other side.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
How to Make Your Own Laundry Detergent
Things You'll Need:
Fels Naptha Bar Soap
Washing Soda
Borax
6 Cups Water
5 Gallon Bucket
Grater
Large Pot
Step 1
Using a large pot, add 4 cups of water and bring to a boil. Turn heat to medium-high.
Step 2
Grate half a bar of Fels Naptha and mix into the water until soap is dissolved. Then stir in 1/2 cup Borax and 1/2 cup washing soda and again stir until dissolved. At this point, it should look like soapy water.
Step 3
Add soap mixture to bucket and then add 4 more cups of hot water. Mix well and then add about a gallon and a half of cold water. Again, mix well - about 2 to 3 minutes.
Step 4
Let mixture sit overnight and by morning it should be the texture of gel. Use 1/2 to 1 cup per load of laundry.
Fels Naptha Bar Soap
Washing Soda
Borax
6 Cups Water
5 Gallon Bucket
Grater
Large Pot
Step 1
Using a large pot, add 4 cups of water and bring to a boil. Turn heat to medium-high.
Step 2
Grate half a bar of Fels Naptha and mix into the water until soap is dissolved. Then stir in 1/2 cup Borax and 1/2 cup washing soda and again stir until dissolved. At this point, it should look like soapy water.
Step 3
Add soap mixture to bucket and then add 4 more cups of hot water. Mix well and then add about a gallon and a half of cold water. Again, mix well - about 2 to 3 minutes.
Step 4
Let mixture sit overnight and by morning it should be the texture of gel. Use 1/2 to 1 cup per load of laundry.
Friday, May 8, 2009
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY
Here's some Mother's Day stuff from today's show...
A new Salary.com study reveals that the average stay-at-home mother performs 10 jobs.
- The jobs include: housekeeper, day care center teacher, cook, computer operator, facilities manager, van driver, psychologist, laundry machine operator, janitor and chief executive officer.
- These 10 jobs equate to an annual salary of $122,732 for a stay-at-home mom. A working moms 'at-home' salary is $76,184 in 2009.
Mother's Day Facts
- 1.2 billion calls will be placed on Sunday
- The average American will send out 2.6 Mother's Day cards
- 27% of Americans will purchase Mother's Day gifts for their Mother-in-laws.
- KFC says Mother's Day is their biggest day of the year.
- FedEx Express says today will be one of their busiest days of the year because they will make nearly 25 times more domestic flower deliveries than on any other day during the year.
A new Salary.com study reveals that the average stay-at-home mother performs 10 jobs.
- The jobs include: housekeeper, day care center teacher, cook, computer operator, facilities manager, van driver, psychologist, laundry machine operator, janitor and chief executive officer.
- These 10 jobs equate to an annual salary of $122,732 for a stay-at-home mom. A working moms 'at-home' salary is $76,184 in 2009.
Mother's Day Facts
- 1.2 billion calls will be placed on Sunday
- The average American will send out 2.6 Mother's Day cards
- 27% of Americans will purchase Mother's Day gifts for their Mother-in-laws.
- KFC says Mother's Day is their biggest day of the year.
- FedEx Express says today will be one of their busiest days of the year because they will make nearly 25 times more domestic flower deliveries than on any other day during the year.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
9 REASONS TO DRINK MORE COFFEE
9 Reasons to Drink More Coffee!
It helps you shed pounds
People who drank more metabolism-firing caffeine gained less weight over 12 years than those who cut back on the coffee, say researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
It powers your workouts
Downing coffee and toast between back-to-back workouts can keep you humming, a study from the Journal of Applied Physiology reports. Athletes who drank a caffeinated carbohydrate beverage after cycling had 66 percent more glycogen (an energy reserve) in their muscles than those who had a caffeine-free version. Replenishing glycogen helps you go farther and faster in your next session.
It helps you wake up refreshed
Drinking a cup of coffee immediately before taking a 15- to 30-minute catnap can leave you alert and rested after waking up, according to research from The Sleep Research Centre, Loughborough University in Leicestershire, England. Caffeine takes a half hour to kick in, so it will rouse you after a short snooze.
It can ward off illness
Increasing your coffee intake may prevent liver cancer, The National Institute of Environmental Medicine in Stockholm, Sweden, finds. Two cups of java daily lowered a person's risk by 43 percent on average. In another study from University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, women who drank coffee had a 24 percent lower risk of dying from heart disease and other inflammatory conditions. Antioxidants in coffee are likely behind the protective benefits.
It can ease muscle cramps
Women who had the caffeine equivalent of two cups of coffee the day after their quadriceps were stimulated (as if they'd done squats) felt 48 percent less leg pain within an hour, research from the University of Georgia in Athens reveals. Caffeine may block the body's receptors for the ouch-causing chemical adenosine, scientists speculate.
It makes cardio feel like a cinch
Women given the caffeine equivalent of about two cups of coffee an hour before cycling reported 40 percent less pain than those who went decaf, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Caffeine seems to block neurotransmitters that signal discomfort during exercise, researchers say.
It helps you get want you want
Dealing with a difficult person? Broach a tough topic over a cup of joe. Caffeine may make people more open to persuasion, the European Journal of Social Psychology notes. Researchers say it hones cognitive function, causing skeptics to be more receptive to a convincing case.
It may fight breast cancer
Young women drinking four or more cups of caffeinated coffee daily reduced their breast cancer risk by 40 percent compared with nondrinkers, a study in the Journal of Nutrition finds. The caffeine and polyphenols in regular coffee protect against cancer. Worried about getting the jitters? Even two cups every day can help.
It improves recall!
Caffeine perks up short-term memory, a study from the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria reveals. One cup of coffee may be all it takes; drink it before a big meeting to be your sharpest.
It helps you shed pounds
People who drank more metabolism-firing caffeine gained less weight over 12 years than those who cut back on the coffee, say researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
It powers your workouts
Downing coffee and toast between back-to-back workouts can keep you humming, a study from the Journal of Applied Physiology reports. Athletes who drank a caffeinated carbohydrate beverage after cycling had 66 percent more glycogen (an energy reserve) in their muscles than those who had a caffeine-free version. Replenishing glycogen helps you go farther and faster in your next session.
It helps you wake up refreshed
Drinking a cup of coffee immediately before taking a 15- to 30-minute catnap can leave you alert and rested after waking up, according to research from The Sleep Research Centre, Loughborough University in Leicestershire, England. Caffeine takes a half hour to kick in, so it will rouse you after a short snooze.
It can ward off illness
Increasing your coffee intake may prevent liver cancer, The National Institute of Environmental Medicine in Stockholm, Sweden, finds. Two cups of java daily lowered a person's risk by 43 percent on average. In another study from University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, women who drank coffee had a 24 percent lower risk of dying from heart disease and other inflammatory conditions. Antioxidants in coffee are likely behind the protective benefits.
It can ease muscle cramps
Women who had the caffeine equivalent of two cups of coffee the day after their quadriceps were stimulated (as if they'd done squats) felt 48 percent less leg pain within an hour, research from the University of Georgia in Athens reveals. Caffeine may block the body's receptors for the ouch-causing chemical adenosine, scientists speculate.
It makes cardio feel like a cinch
Women given the caffeine equivalent of about two cups of coffee an hour before cycling reported 40 percent less pain than those who went decaf, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Caffeine seems to block neurotransmitters that signal discomfort during exercise, researchers say.
It helps you get want you want
Dealing with a difficult person? Broach a tough topic over a cup of joe. Caffeine may make people more open to persuasion, the European Journal of Social Psychology notes. Researchers say it hones cognitive function, causing skeptics to be more receptive to a convincing case.
It may fight breast cancer
Young women drinking four or more cups of caffeinated coffee daily reduced their breast cancer risk by 40 percent compared with nondrinkers, a study in the Journal of Nutrition finds. The caffeine and polyphenols in regular coffee protect against cancer. Worried about getting the jitters? Even two cups every day can help.
It improves recall!
Caffeine perks up short-term memory, a study from the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria reveals. One cup of coffee may be all it takes; drink it before a big meeting to be your sharpest.
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