Dinner’s On The Table - Personal Chef Service

Jun 15 2009

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Quick Dinner Ideas: Sugar Snap Peas Four Ways

     Sugar Snap Pea season is in full swing. If you have the opportunity to buy them fresh from a farm stand like Migliorelli’s in Red Hook or Rhinebeck, the Rhinebeck Farmer’s Market, Hyde Park Farmer’s Market or get the chance to pick your own, do so quick before you miss out. Otherwise, check you […]

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Creamy Pinto Bean Soup - It’s More Than a Snack, It’s a Meal!

     If you do a search for a Creamy Pinto Bean Soup online you will find dozens of recipes. As we usually do, we found a recipe that sounded good and tested it out. By itself it was an excellent soup. But we wanted to make it for dinner and have it be satisfying as well as a well-rounded […]

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Improv in the Kitchen: 2 Quick and Easy Soups

     It’s cold and snowy outside. The wind chill is giving your goose bumps, goose bumps. You CRAVE soup! Soups are some of the most wonderful dishes to enjoy. They’re delicious, filling, and usually inexpensive to make. But they are time consuming to make as well.
     So, in the modern age we reach for a […]

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Create A Personal Diet System - Be Your Own Personal Chef

     So why do  millions of folks throughout the world turn to commercial diet systems to prepare and package their food? There is very little science to what NutriSystem, Jenny Craig, The Zone Diet and Weight Watchers do. They measure quantities and package it up. Yes, some measure the glycemic index, calorie levels, etc., etc. […]

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New Year’s Resolution: Jenny Craig - The Diet

     This post we look at what Jenny Craig has to offer the folks who want to lose weight using a commercial diet system.
     Compared to NutriSystem, the biggest difference between programs is that Jenny Craig comes with different levels of counseling and support which you get to choose depending on how much money you want […]

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New Year’s Resolution: NutriSystem - The Diet

     The reality is commercial diet systems like NutriSystem, Jenny Craig and The Zone Diet want you to become dependent upon their food. This is how they make money. So, you decide to make the leap thinking that 12-18 dollars per day for food isn’t that bad. This sounds inexpensive until you add in the fact […]

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New Year’s Resolution: The Diet

     Terrible words, The Diet. Yet, its the most popular New Year’s Eve Resolution - and the one most likely not to succeed. We try and we fail. Why, most likely because we need to plan better. Meal planning is one of the more challenging things to do when you’re living a hectic life. When […]

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