close01/5What to drink if you have diabetes?When it comes to managing diabetes, what you drink in your routine is just as important as what you eat. A single glass of sugary drink can impact your blood sugar levels. This is because anything that’s liquid and that has carbohydrates will digest faster than something you chew. This results in a quicker spike in blood sugar.
If you have…
It’s 5 o’clock at Us Weekly! Cocktail Guru Mark Addison is showing Us three ways to mix up our margaritas this summer and how to take your favorite summer cocktail up a few notches. Whether you like your sips more sweet or more savory, he’s got the perfect match for you. Watch the exclusive video above to see how it’s done and scroll down for full recipes.
His signature “Markarita” is…
Don’t sleep on Swiss chard recipes. The mild, oft-overlooked green, including vibrantly hued rainbow chard, is as versatile as any other hearty green. Perhaps more so. Often kale stems must be removed and cooked separately from the leaves—sometimes they’re wholly discarded. Chard stems? You could remove them, but they’re also happy to stay intact with the Swiss chard leaves and can provide…
I have tried. There was an attempt 25 years ago, but I only got enough sorrel to put in a salad, and a small salad at that. Most of the coriander leaves were brown and stringy before I could even use them, and don’t even ask me about the chervil, the main reason I’d started the whole futile endeavour. I’d failed to grow a herb garden.
Then fifteen years ago, when I moved house, I tried…
Cheap eats: Top SA chefs share their favourite low-cost recipes
Even as the cost of basic staple ingredients climbs higher, it’s still possible to prepare delicious, nutritious meals on a budget. Some of SA’s top chefs show you how.There is more to this story
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Ricotta cheese is a necessary part of life, by which I mean it is a necessary ingredient in lasagna, and lasagna is life. But rarely do we sing the praises of ricotta the way college students do about burrata after studying abroad in Italy for three months, or the way we obsessed over blocks of feta on TikTok.
Now is ricotta’s long overdue chance to step in the spotlight. We have 19 recipes…