Every taste is an acquired taste. If you’ve just recently gone low-carb, say as a New Year’s resolution, you may be overwhelmed by the sheer difference from your old diet. I encourage you to do so rather than using low-carb breads and such to make your low-carb diet resemble your old diet. Those can be useful. Bridge foods helping you to find a new normal, but not only are they, yes, processed foods often overpriced and sometimes deceptively labeled.
Read More »Review: Green Mountain Gringo Salsa by Amy Dungan
I'm a Mexican food fanatic. This is a bit unfortunate considering all the rice, beans, corn and flour products used in most Mexican recipes. Learning to adjust, I've gladly dug the good stuff out of taco salads, fajitas and chimichangas when dining out. Of course I prefer cooking my favorite dishes at home, where I always know exactly what I'm getting and I can make suitable substitutions when needed. One item I've always thought made these recipes perfect was salsa. I love a good salsa and I've always felt you can't beat the home-made stuff. The fresh ingredients and spices bring out a taste that canned salsa's can't begin to compete with. At least that's the way I used to think. Now I'm a believer that you can acquire the home-made taste of healthy fresh ingredients from a jar.
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