Business Angel or Devil in Disguise – Your choice!

Angels are high net worth individuals who invest on their own, or as part of a syndicate, in high-growth businesses. In addition to money, Business Angels often make their own skills, experience, and contacts available to the company. This has been immortalized by The Dragons Den show where people pitch for money and also for the additional Dragons experience. Angels […]

What kitchen design works best for you?

When considering a home improvement project to remodel your kitchen, you need to determine which of the four basic floor plans will work best for you. There are several floor plans that you can use in your kitchen redesign. You should look at the pictures of each one and notice how functional one of them will be for you and […]

Soy protein: hidden ingredient, hidden danger

Almost all processed foods in the US contain soy and/or soy protein. Soy protein (concentrated soy) is used to spread meats, emulsify foods, and as a thickener. These uses have transformed the food industry. Foods that never contained soy protein (smoothies, ice cream, frozen potatoes, and baked goods) may now contain it. Most companies list soy protein on the labels, […]

oh crush it

One of our favorite crops is winter squash with its many varieties of colors, flavors, shapes, and sizes. Butternut, acorn, hubbard, delicata, kobacha, sweet dumpling, turban, spaghetti, and butternut varieties tend to be the most commonly available. However, there are literally hundreds of different varieties of winter squash in the world to experiment with. With all that variety it’s hard […]

Not So Sweet: The average American consumes between 150 and 170 pounds of sugar each year

Tipping the sugar scales The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that the The average American consumes anywhere between 150 to 170 pounds of simple sugars, also known as refined sugars (this includes glucose, fructose, and sucrose) or simple carbohydrates, in one year! You may be thinking, “I don’t consume that much.” Well, it is also said that for […]