Nutrition Nibbles

This is definitely not diet food, but since it is rich enough to be the main course, there is no added fat or calories from meat. The whole recipe can be prepared in the time it takes to boil the water and cook the pasta.

Ingredients:
1 pound dry fettuccine or 2 9 oz pkg fresh fettuccine
4 ounces sweet butter
8 ounces heavy cream
1 cup sour cream
1 cup grated parmesan cheese
Freshly ground pepper

Directions
Heat a large pot of water for the pasta. Heat cream and butter in a medium saucepan until butter is melted. Stir in sour cream and heat until smooth.
Meanwhile, cook the fettuccine, drain and return to the hot pot. Add the parmesan cheese and pepper to the sauce, pour over fettuccine and toss. Serve immediately.

****To decrease fat, use light or non-fat sour cream and fat free Parmesan – its good and you’ll cut a lot of fat – and some calories, too.****

Yield: 6 servings.

Flavored honeys are an easy and most delicious herbal treats. They make wonderful gifts, too.

Here are some ideas to experiment with. To each cup of honey, use one of the following herbs, in the approximate amounts suggested. Or you can combine herbs – if you do, reduce the amounts proportionally (for example, 2 cinnamon basil leaves and 2 cinnamon sticks):

To each cup of honey, add one:

1/2 cup fragrant rose petals
4 tablespoons fresh lavender flowers
3 to 4 lemon or rose geranium leaves
3 sprigs rosemary
3 sprigs thyme
4 cinnamon basil leaves
4 to 5 cinnamon sticks
3 teaspoons orange zest or lemon zest

In a non-reactive saucepan, heat the honey gently. Put the herbs in a clean jar and pour the honey over them. Cap tightly and let sit for a week or two before using. Use as a wonderful addition to waffles, pancakes, toast, ice cream, and fruit.

See also: Sweet Choice of Honey

During a hot and humid summer in 1898, Pharmacist Caleb Bradham brewed up a drink he called “Brad’s Drink”, which he served at his soda fountain – soda fountain’s were a popular addition to pharmacy’s in those days. The drinks original intent was designed to ease indigestion and boost energy.

Mr. Bradham’s beverage was concocted of carbonated water, sugar, vanilla, “rare oils,” and high-caffeine kola nuts. He didn’t think his name did much to sell his product, so on August 28, 1898, he gave it a new name: “Pepsi-Cola.”

Pepsi-Cola was advertised as “Exhilarating, Invigorating, Aids Digestion.”

 The business began to flourish.

In 1903, Bradham sold 7,968 gallons of his syrup. Two years later, he sold franchises to bottle Pepsi-Cola in Charlotte and Durham, North Carolina.

By the end of 1910, there were Pepsi-Cola franchises in 24 states, and the company was selling more than 100,000 gallons of syrup per year.

And they’re still going strong…