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Life stages simplified: Growth and development? Youth and adolescence. Procreation and maintenance? Young adult – 20 something plus 30...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Why is Changing Your Eating and Drinking Habits So Challenging?
Thursday, April 10, 2025
First Food and Drink Experiences: Chai Tea
Do you have you own chai tea recipe? Recipe Sharing.
- 'Chai tea is delicious. Why not chai cake?'
Turmeric Chai Latte https://t.co/S0i1MV3EMO via @savorysimple #tea #teadrinkers #tealovers #chaitea #exotic #foodanddrink @EverydaySpices— My Fox Nooze (aka Joie de Vivre Magazine) (@FoxMarks_ATX) September 3, 2019
Do you like CHAI TEA? I only learned about this wonderful drink a few years ago. Come to find out ... it's only been around for an eternity! Do you have your own special #chai #tea #recipe? It turns out ... many people do! https://t.co/bFCo31akKe #teadrinkers #tealovers pic.twitter.com/wf6HP4pCKo— EverydayExoticSpices (@EverydaySpices) August 29, 2019
* More "First Food Experiences" *
First Food Experiences: Zucchini Muffins ~ https://t.co/Jfnd7fARW3 ~ Do you have an experience or memory of the first time you ate something? #Food #recipe #recipes #FoodAndDrink #Foodies #HealthyEating #eatyourveggies pic.twitter.com/VP64cId9sG— My Fox Nooze (aka Joie de Vivre Magazine) (@FoxMarks_ATX) September 3, 2019
First Food Experiences: Baked Potato Topping ~ https://t.co/BUAjubXhCy ~ What's your favorite baked potato topping? #food #foodandrink #foodies #toppings @EverydaySpices pic.twitter.com/jx7wl9KJqY— My Fox Nooze (aka Joie de Vivre Magazine) (@FoxMarks_ATX) September 3, 2019
First Food Experiences: Roasted Pig (Lechòn) ~ https://t.co/3K4fUx6owf ~ #Christmas #Christmasfood #HolidayFirsts #Food #foodanddrink #Cuba #Florida #memories #traditions #holidaytraditions @Medium @EverydaySpices pic.twitter.com/bUYZ0pMOdw— My Fox Nooze (aka Joie de Vivre Magazine) (@FoxMarks_ATX) September 3, 2019
Sunday, November 3, 2024
My Foodie Shares Around the Web
Here are a few examples. But there are lots more! Enjoy! 😊
Sushi vs. Sashimi - There's a Difference?
NOTE: The Instagram post on the link above is broken so I'm sharing substitutes below.
There is no excuse for me not knowing this because the guy who decided to make sushi popular and a part of everyday American cuisine, started his business project in Texas. Yet I confess. I did not know. The shock for me was that even though I saw the word in my local grocery store, I never realized the word “sashimi” had any meaning. I thought it was a brand name. Duh! There is a difference between sushi and sashima. Did you know?
Life's Guilty Pleasures: French Fries
Life's Guilty Pleasures: French Fries
We probably all have our guilty pleasures don't we? Never prepared a list, but if I did, french fries would be on it! French fries, smothered with melted cheddar cheese, sprinkled with crispy bacon pieces. If I'm going to indulge myself, might as well go all the way! Right?
First Food Experiences – Zucchini Muffins
Years ago when I was a poor university student, a treat would be to catch a public bus and go to a mall, look in the stores and maybe grab a bite to eat somewhere. Somewhere ... cheap! One day at the mall there was this restaurant that had a wonderful aroma coming from it.First Food Experiences: Zucchini Muffins
Root Veggies From Jupiter Taste Better!
Would You Eat Food Not Grown on Planet Earth?Root Veggies From Jupiter Taste Better!
Sharing a tidbit from stuff that gets thrown into my "I would have never thunk it!" files. Have you ever thought that: "Plants grown on other planets...
World Cuisine: Spotlight on Jordan
World Cuisine: Spotlight on Jordan
Yielding to temptation again. Have to share something foodie oriented. A famous athlete was a guest on a TV cooking show and he was being interviewed by the host who asked him, since he had traveled so many places around the world, what type of food did he like the most.
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Mushroom: Real Food of Fantasy and Fairy Tales
For me, it provokes a memory of a romantic dinner date. My first experience tasting a mushroom was when my late husband (my fiancé at the time) prepared dinner for me. Steak with mushroom gravy.
Before meeting my husband, I avoided mushrooms for two reasons.
~Number 1: My mother never used them in any of her recipes. Mom didn’t cook them. (???) Maybe they don’t taste good. (O.o)
~Number 2: The way people describe mushrooms. Fungus. Toadstool. They don’t make the mushroom sound appetizing or visually appealing.
However, many cooks and chefs use the mushroom as the main ingredient in their recipes. Foodies are happy to share photos of amazing dishes where mushrooms are the star of the show.
As for being visually appealing, mushrooms are quite beautiful.
Artists often use them to illustrate fantasies.
Nature photographers go insane! They capture incredible pics just roaming through the woods or the fields.
My first time eating mushrooms was over 40 years. But from that day forward, I didn’t need convincing to make mushrooms a part of my diet. However, in case you do, perhaps this health article by Popular Science will persuade you. “4 reasons you should eat more mushrooms”.
It's good to know these reasons why, but the most important thing everybody needs to know about mushrooms is that some of them are NOT edible. No doubt you will find these information links useful.
10 of the World's Deadliest Mushrooms - WorldAtlas.com
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Saturday, February 27, 2021
My Foodie Luv First Food Experiences: Veggie Burger
Veggie burgers look like burgers but they don't contain meat. Do you remember the first time you ate a veggie burger?
Can you remember your first veggie burger experience? I can remember mine. I ran away! Me? Eat a meatless burger? I think not!

I was working at a state hospital and there was a small restaurant open for breakfast and lunch. Most of the employees and managers ate there. On a certain day of the week, the owner’s special was soy burgers. The burgers looked delicious! I would have eaten it too if she (the owner/manager) had not casually mentioned before I was about to order that it was a meatless burger.
I’m like: No beef! It’s a hamburger with no meat! Forget about it!
She laughed at my reaction and told me that so many people would order those soy burgers that she would run out of them. She never had enough to serve all the customers. If I had not seen it with my own eyes I would have thought she was just kidding me. But she wasn’t kidding! Her customers really loved those veggie burgers. But I wasn’t convinced.
Fast forward about 10 to 15 years later and for personal reasons, major dietary changes had to be made for the sake of a certain family member. I found myself not having to choose whether I would eat a veggie burger, but what kind of veggie burger was I going to eat? Oh my! There are only thousands of recipes and several brands in the store that you can buy ready-made.
Me personally, I like veggie burgers made with mushrooms. They at least have a “meaty” taste. Several years have passed and now I’m perfectly OK with eating veggie burgers. Of course, they don’t taste like a hamburger. But they don’t taste nearly as awful as I imagined that they would. I don’t know what I was thinking when I worked at the state hospital. After all veggie burgers are made out of foods I usually eat anyway: beans, chickpeas, mushrooms, nuts, oats. The only difference is they shape those foods into a patty to make it look like a burger. Duh!
It’s so true. You eat with your mind. LOL.
Do you have a favorite veggie burger?
The 12 Best Veggie Burger Recipes | The Spruce Eats
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