The Kitchen on Chickadee Lane
Mother, daughter team sharing recipes; restaurant reviews; mom's journey to healthy; daughter's life with Type 1 Diabetes.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Zucchini
Monday, April 29, 2024
Yeast
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Xylose, Xylitol, Xanthan gum
Flaxseed and chia seed polysaccharides are heterogeneous mixtures of various sugars including xylose and glucose.—Liz Roth-Johnson, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2013
Xylitol is a crystalline alcohol that is a derivative of xylose, is obtained especially from birch bark, and is used as a sweetener.
Sugar alcohols, including mannitol, sorbitol, and xylitol, are sweeteners in many sugar-free products.
—Amanda MacMillan, Health, 24 Mar. 2024
Xanthan gum is a polysaccharide that is produced by fermentation of carbohydrates by a gram-negative bacterium (Xanthomonas campestris) and is a thickening and suspending agent used especially in pharmaceuticals and prepared foods.
Yeah, here are some food related "X" words. What can you come up with for "X"?
Friday, April 26, 2024
Water
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Vegetables and Vitamins
nounplural noun: vitaminsany of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body."most people can get all the vitamins they need from a healthy diet"
Sometimes it's necessary to take vitamins in pill form, if one doesn't get the proper quantity through one's diet.
Top 10 Essential Vitamins and Minerals
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin K
- Calcium
- Iron
- Magnesium
- Zinc
(source: Good Neighbor Script)
A rainbow of vegetables should be eaten regularly. Often, green vegetables seem to be the most frequently avoided, but they are literally a gold mine of nutrients and phytochemicals.
Benefits of green vegetables:
- Reduced risk of chronic diseases
- Cardiovascular protection
- Inflammation fighters
- Diabetes protection
- Bone protection and more
- Source of calcium and iron
- Pigments fight for us
- Cancer fighting activities