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CEimB Creamed Spinach

I really had my doubts about this weeks recipe. I love raw spinach so most of the time, it’s uncooked in this house. If I do choose to heat it, a simple 1-2 in the sauté pan works just fine. I don’t like a glob of soggy spinach. The recipe for Ellie Krieger’s Creamed Spinach on the Food Network site looked exactly like a glob of green, soggy spinach. However, I didn’t want to disappoint Liz of Not So Skinny Kitchen who made the pick this week so I gave it a try. What a success! What a delightful dish! [...]

By Joanne|2011-03-30T17:33:19-04:00March 31, 2011|CEimB|8 Comments

CEimB Salmon Florentine and Quinoa Pilaf

Those of us CEimB die-hards are still cooking. We love the healthy and easy recipes of Ellie Krieger and even though the site is not being kept up to date, we are teaming together to cook some great food. This week Kathryn of Grandma’s Kitchen Table has chosen the recipes. Check her site for a complete review and also for next weeks recipe. Salmon Florentine – click for recipe The result was a very good piece of salmon with a good topping. It could have used a bit more flavor. Both Ted and I agreed that we would have preferred [...]

By Joanne|2010-06-17T08:35:34-04:00June 17, 2010|CEimB|19 Comments

Spinach Really Did Help Popeye

I read an interesting little tid bit today about spinach. It was out of "Food Processing's Wellness Foods", page W3 December 2008 issue. "Boosting Biceps" If you want bigger biceps like cartoon character Popeye, eat spinach, which contains phytoecdysteroids. The leafy green vegetable boosts strength and increases the development of muscles, according to researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Extracts of phytoecdysteroids used on laboratory samples of human muscle speeded up growth by 20 percent, and injections in rats made them stronger in a month. As well as being rich in vitamins, spinach helps prevent eye disease, teeth problems, [...]