Lifestyle, food and health articles
The best thing about summer is eating easy meals. Nothing’s easier than MagicKitchen.com meals. Here’s our take on the best summer meal pairings for 2016! Try our sliced beef brisket, warm, on big rolls with hot mustard and coleslaw with potato salad on the side. …
Summer, of course, means more than just heat. It also, for most of us, means a more, shall we say, relaxed pace to life. And in this more relaxed lifestyle, we tend to sleep in a bit more whenever possible and then scramble (egg pun …
Aging isn’t for wimps. There’s some pretty tough stuff in the pasts of most senior citizens. When those of us who aren’t already in those Golden Years get there, we too will have gone through tough times. Given those tough times, today’s seniors aren’t taking …
There’s a commonly held belief…rule, really… held by surfers that one should never eat shark. It’s a karma kinda thing…why tempt fate by eating what might someday eat you out there on the waves. However, the vast majority of us do not surf, therefore, we …
It is estimated that there are over 3.7 million malnourished seniors living in the United States at the current time and even more with various vitamin deficiencies. The reasons for this are varied and range from loss of appetite due to medications to depression to …
MagicKitchen.com: An Alternative to Meals on Wheels Let’s begin this post by stating, unequivocally, that Meals on Wheels is a terrific program that has looked out for the nutritional, safety and companionship needs of seniors for decades. Their tireless volunteers ensure that eligible seniors receive …
There are lot of strange holidays, and this is one of our favorites. Celebrate your klutziness! A klutz is someone who is clumsy, which can be truly dangerous in the kitchen. Here are a few true kitchen disaster stories to celebrate the day. If you’re …
Generally speaking, we all should monitor what we put into our bodies, but for dialysis patients, diet is of critical importance as they must limit their intake of sodium, potassium and phosphorus and ensure they consume enough protein. If you are a dialysis patient, you …
Yes, folks, Father’s Day is just around the corner and I thought I’d share a few humorous anecdotes about my 80-year-old dad that are still fresh in my mind despite the attempts of time to erase them from my memory. My dad was forced to …
For the 21 million Americans with diabetes, losing and/or maintaining weight is of critical importance in order to avoid complications caused by the disease. Most of them manage their weight through exercise and diet…and by diet I don’t necessarily mean being “on” a diet, because …