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Most people think of southern food as being greasy and fried.  This is not always the case.  Southern food can be healthy, as well. 

 Many of the meats that are used with southern cooking can be prepared in a way that is healthy.  Take chicken for instance.  Not all southern food recipes call for fried chicken that’s battered and deep fried.  One instance of this is the BBQ pulled chicken.  This is a recipe that calls mainly for boneless skinless chicken thighs, reduced-sodium tomato sauce, and fresh ingredients such as onions and garlic.  This is a southern recipe that can be served in a healthy way.  You can serve it on a whole wheat roll with lettuce and tomato.  You could even serve it wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla if you’d prefer.  

 Another southern food recipe that is a healthy recipe is grilled shrimp.  Grilled shrimp are virtually fat free and full of flavor.  You can season them with lime juice or lemon juice and just a little paprika.  They’re easy to make and don’t take long to grill.  Serve them with a salad or fresh coleslaw. 

 With a bit of imagination and ingenuity, many southern food recipes can be made into healthy and updated recipes.  If a recipe calls for deep frying in heavy oil, try oven frying instead.  If it calls for a soup, try the reduced-sodium.  When your recipe calls for vegetables, skip the cans and get fresh vegetables from your local farmers’ market. 

A girl figurine is a very special new baby gift. During those late night feedings and colic sessions they’ll remind the tired and sleepy parents of all the fun and joy their growing girl will bring to their lives. Lladro figurines are very beautiful figurines designed and made in Spain.

Girl figurines include little girls playing with the cats and dogs or kittens and puppies. They show them playing with their toys and saying their prayers. Lladro artisans also made figurines with little girls hugging their mothers and fathers. So there’s a Lladro girl figurine for every holiday and event!

Lladro figurines are made to the highest standards are have a quality that is respected around the world. So you can confidently give LLadro figurines as a gift. You can also certainly display them in your own home. Lladro girl figurines are world renown for depicting the important moments in a girls life, as well as the frivolous and relaxed times.

For example I love the Lladro Autumn Girl with doll and school bag. It’s the perfect gift for a girl just starting elementary school. It’s a day that she’ll remember all of her life. The Lladro figurine will be a keepsake gift that she may very well pass on to her own daughter some day.

Most southern food dishes and recipes have a distinct flavor, due to the seasonings used. Which seasonings will you find in authentic southern food? Why is most southern food so highly seasoned? I’ll answer the second question first. The reason most southern recipes are so savory and/or spicy is because most southern foods started out as food that was eaten by poor people – slaves, poor whites, immigrants to the South, and poor free blacks. Since they couldn’t afford “fancy food,” they made the best of what they had and added seasonings to vastly improve the taste of sometimes inferior foods.

Now I’ll answer the second question. Some of the most popular seasonings found in southern foods are animal products: lard, bacon, bacon grease, chicken broth, ham, ham hocks, and pork neck bones. Healthier options like onions, garlic, celery, bell peppers, and hot peppers are also used extensively. Hot sauce, pepper vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and Liquid Smoke are very popular, too. The most common herbs and spices found in southern food include black pepper, red pepper, chili powder, poultry seasoning, red pepper flakes, mint, dill, sage, rosemary, cumin, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. Sweetening agents common in southern food are white sugar, brown sugar, cane syrup, honey, molasses, and Karo syrup.