Healthy Personal Chef

Building up the immune system & Building some energy...

A few folks have been asking, now that summer is coming to an end, how can they put a little pep in their step with their diet. ...The kids are going back to school. ...Some of us are going back to work. ...And some of us are even starting new jobs. There is a great demand for some energy in our daily walks.

We are also coming into a change of season. Our body's will be preparing for cooler weather. When weather goes from hot to cold, there is the possibility of catching colds or just getting the sniffles.

Healthy Personal Chef will highlight on foods that help build up the immune system & help build a little energy in us all. Feel free to look around and discover what food can do for you.

Enhancing Health

Libido

Libido is overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity. Forgive the pun coming from a foodie but libido is about one's sexual appetite.

Nature has given us plenty of commonly-known foods that can help with building, maintaining and boosting our libido, energy and stamina.

Let's take a look at some foods that can help us build ourselves for those great nights of passion. If you will, let's discover the various ways we can add these aphrodisiacs to our diet. By learning about the various foods and what the bring to the table, we can choose our favorites and enjoy them as we may.

Vitamins & Minerals

Garlic

The garlic plant's bulb is the most commonly used part of the plant. With the exception of the single clove types, garlic bulbs are normally divided into numerous fleshy sections called cloves. Garlic cloves are used for consumption (raw or cooked) or for medicinal purposes. They have a characteristic pungent, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking.

Technique

Searing
It is a technique used in grilling, baking, braising, roasting, sautéing, etc., in which the surface of the food (usually meat, poultry or fish) is cooked at high temperature until a browned crust forms. Similar techniques, browning and blackening, are typically used to sear all sides of a particular piece of meat, fish, poultry, etc. before finishing it in the oven. To obtain the desired brown or black crust, the meat surface must exceed 150 °C (300 °F), so searing requires the meat surface be free of water, which boils at around 100 °C (212 °F).

Tools

Frying Pan, Frypan, or Skillet

It is a flat-bottomed pan used for frying, searing, and browning foods. It is typically 20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 in) in diameter with relatively low sides that flare outwards, a long handle, and no lid. Larger pans may have a small grab handle opposite the main handle. A pan of similar dimensions, but with less flared vertical sides and often with a lid, is called a sauté pan. While a sauté pan can be used like a frying pan, it is designed for lower-heat cooking methods, namely sautéing.

Health Highlight:

Cucumbers contain several antioxidants, including vitamin C, beta-carotene and manganese, as well as flavonoids, triterpenes and lignans that have anti-inflammatory properties. Vitamin C is well known for its immune system benefits, and beta-carotene has been shown to be beneficial for vision, according to the Mayo Clinic.
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