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Detox your home. Our homes are suffering the ‘envelope effect’. It comes as a result of improvements in insulation, that are great for banishing drafts and redu cing our heating bills, but also trap air inside preventing regular circulation. Shockingly indoor air can be ten times more polluted than the outdoor stuff. Why? Unsuspecting culprits such as upholstery, curtains, plywood, paper towels, carpets, and electrical equipment release harmful chemicals like trichloroethylene, formaldehyde and benzene into our homes. Some of the common symptoms of these nasty substances include allergies, asthma, eye irritation , headaches and sinus congestion, which aren't fun at all. Being poisoned by our homes has become so widespread it has been labeled Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) and has been listed as one of the top five threats to public health. Scary! So what is the solution? Buy an expensive air-purifier and then pay more to run it? Nope, simply stock up on some house plants. The

Red Velvet cake is an old favourite of the American So uth. We adapted this from a recipe of Bob Red Mill Flour. You can make your own mix or use your favourite pre-blended GF baking mix, just make sure it has either xanthan or guar gum. Makes (1) 9 inch/22cm cake or 12 cupcakes 2 cups/244g Gluten Free Baking Flour mix 1/2 cup/56g unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon/5ml baking powder 1/2 teaspoon/2ml baking soda 1/4/1ml teaspoon salt 3/4 cup/185ml beet puree (1 large beet roasted, peeled and pureed) 1/2 cup/125ml honey 1/2 cup/125ml canola or safflower oil 3 tablespoons/45ml almond milk 1 teaspoon/5ml apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon/5ml pure almond extract 2 large eggs Gluten free cream cheese vanilla frosting Preheat oven to 350F/176C/Gas 4 Butter and flour cake pan and line the bottom with waxed paper or line muffin tin with paper liners. In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, add the pureed beets, sugar, oil, almond milk, vinegar, vanilla and eggs. Beat to combin

12 perfect hard boiled eggs (using JC’s method)* 1 large stalk celery finely diced 1 TB dried onion or ½ shallot finely diced ½ cup mayonnaise 1 tsp dry mustard ½ tsp celery salt ½ tsp black pepper ½ tsp dried dill Mash eggs by hand with a salad fork or use large disk on a mueli (food mill).  Add celery and onion/shallot.  Mix remaining ingredients in a separate bowl.  Add mayonnaise mixture to eggs and mix well. *If you do not want to use Julia Childs’s method, bring water with eggs in it to a boil shut off the heat for 16 minutes. Drain the water and plunge in ice water bath for at least 10 minutes, peel and return to water if not using immediately.   private chefs and event catering Palm Beach + Boca Raton + Fort Lauderdale + Miami Beach info@yadachef.com | 954-367-YADA (9232) 561-285-7466 www.yadachef.com south florida catering and personal chefs

John-Bryan Hopkins Here are today’s five things to know about Tortilla Chip: Most tortilla chips are triangular shaped because they are cut from a round tortilla. In Mexico, Tortilla Chips are called  tostados, t oasted chips .  Outside of North America they are called “corn chips” Doritos brand is the first toasted tortilla chip launched nationally in the U.S.(1966). Tortilla chips are considered the most fattening item sold in Mexican restaurants with as much as 2 grams of fat per chip. Nachos are said to be created by Ignacia Anaya in 1943,and account for 30% of all restaurant tortilla chips. Today’s Food History 1874  RIP John Bachman, A Naturalist who wrote some of the text for John James Audubon’s albums of birds and mammals of North America. 1938  DuPont begins production of nylon toothbrush bristles. A patent had been granted in 1937. The nylon bristles replaced hog bristles. Yes, toothbrushes used to be made with hog

1. Banana trees are considered giant herbs, not ‘trees’ at all. 2. A cluster of bananas is known as a hand, each banana are fingers. 3. Rubbing the inside of a banana peel on bug bites are said to relieve itching and inflammation. 4. Over 95% of American households purchase banana at least once a month. 5. Bananas are one of the only fruits harvested every day of the year. They do not grow in regions that have dramatic seasonal changes. Today’s Food History on this day in… 1884  Casimir Funk was born. Funk was a Polish-American biochemist who came up with the word  ‘vitamine’  later changed to  ‘vitamin .’ 1896  Leo Hirshfield introduced the Tootsie Roll at his small store in New York City. It was supposedly named after his 5 year old daughter, whose nickname was  ‘Tootsie .’ 1931  RIP Helen Porter Mitchel, her stage name, Nellie Melba was a world famous operatic soprano born in Australia.  Melba Toast and Peach Melba were named

Today is Banana Bread day! Soak ours in some rum and butter please!  This is an AMAZING banana bread r ecipe which has been adapted from a Cook's Illustrated show we viewed a few weeks ago. We are thinking lessening the amount of cinnamon and adding mace may be a nice addition. Also, what about soaking the bread after it is cooked in a banana rum and butter bath? Now that sounds exceptionally good though VERY rich. What you will need: 1 3/4 cups (8 3/4 ounces/248g) flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 6 large very ripe bananas (about 2 1/4 pounds/1kg), peeled 8 tablespoons/113g (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly 2 extra large eggs 3/4 cup (5 1/4 ounces/149gs) packed dark brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 teaspoons granulated sugar This is what you do: Adjust your oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350F/180C/Gas4 Generously grease a 8½ by 4½-inch/20 1/2 x 10 1/2cm loaf pan. Whisk flour, bak

Here is a re-do of my Polish Babci’s Galumpki.  These can be done with or without meat, so they can be pareve. These are also rice free, so they can be eaten by both Sephardic and Ashkenazi sects, and goodness knows there are PLENTY of potatoes around during Pesach. If you don't want the starch try it with quinoa (it’s a seed so it can be eaten during Passover). Serves 4-6 Meat 1 medium head cabbage, cored 1 small onion, diced 1 pound/450g ground turkey 3 cups/450g shredded raw potato ½ teaspoon/2ml salt ¼ teaspoon/1ml black pepper 1 teaspoon/5ml dried dill 28 ounce/794g tomato puree or sauce (if you have leftover spaghetti sauce use that) Preheat oven to 350F/176C/GasMark 4 Using a sharp knife cut the core out of the cabbage bottom. Heat a large stock pot with salted water to a simmer.  Place the cabbage in the water. Cover and cook 2-3 minutes until you can pull off individual leaves. You should end up with 15-20 leaves that are big enough to use