When I was a kid Wimpy from the old Popeye cartoon show was one of my favorite characters because he expressed a deep love and obsession with hamburgers on a bun. Wimpy was always looking for hamburgers and wasn’t happy unless his plate was piled high with steaming hot hamburgers.

Even though I could only eat one, I easily related to Wimpy’s love of hamburgers, especially cheeseburgers. As I grew up I discovered how easy it was to make a meal out of cooking hamburgers and putting them on a hamburger bun. Add a little ketchup or hamburger sauce and you’ve got yourself a quick lunch or dinner.

While I’m not sure about the real history of the hamburger (a couple of towns claim to be the home of the original burger) I do know that they’re popul Making Hamburger Recipes is Easy and Fun Recipe

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Holiday Dieting: A Sweet Way To Cheat!

by Laura Turner

If your diet is making you a humbug this season, there’s some good news. Turns out dark chocolate, that decadent confection, may actually be good for you!

Yes, recently conducted studies published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition have shown that a dose of dark chocolate will heed all sorts of healthy results. And with the holidays just around the corner, this news couldn’t have come at a better time.

So just for fun, I thought I’d conduct a mini-research project of my own and get the “skinny” on our friend dark chocolate. Here’s some of the interesting “factoids” I came up with: Cocoa—the precursor to chocolate--has been around a long time. A few thousand years, in fact. It has been thought that cocoa bean Holiday Dieting: A Sweet Way To Cheat! Recipe

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Cranberry Daiquiri Slush

by News Canada

2 cups (500 mL) Ocean Spray® Cranberry Cocktail

1/2 cup (125 mL) lemon juice

1/2 cup (125 mL) lime juice

1/2 cup (125 mL) sugar or to taste

1/3 cup (75 mL) rum

Combine all ingredients in an 8-inch (20 cm) square non-metal pan; stir until sugar is dissolved. Cover and freeze 6 hours or overnight. To serve, scrape a fork over the surface of the frozen mixture and spoon a heaping cup (250 mL) into a 10 oz (300 mL) glass. Add a little more cranberry cocktail and stir to form slush. Makes 6 servings.

- News Canada

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