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What’s a Super Food??

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Have you heard the term super food before?

This word has been tossed around quite a bit but what does super food mean?

Super foods are high nutrition foods that we should be eating. Eating these foods gives you numerous health benefits. The following are some super foods and their health benefits.

Berries!!

  • High in Anti-oxidants- Protects from viruses, reduces stress levels, fight inflammation, and even help protect against cancer.
  • High in fiber and low in calories.
  • High in vitamins and minerals- Eating berries helps get in your daily dose of vitamins, especially vitamin C, which can help prevent illnesses.
  • Good for skin- Helps reduce wrinkles.
Tomatoes
  • High in vitamins and minerals- Vitamin C, Potassium, Vitamin K1, and Vitamin B9. These are great to protect from illness, lower blood pressure, lower heart disease, good for bones, and cell/tissue growth.
  • Good for heart health
  • Lowers risk of cancer
  • Good for skin health- protects against sunburn
Legumes

Okay I promise I did not make up that word. Legumes include:
kidney, black, red, and garbanzo beans, as well as soybeans and peas.

  • High in protein-low in calories and straitened fat
  • High in fiber- help lower blood glucose which helps prevent diabetes
  • High in folate- keeps the body energized and happy
  • High in antioxidants- can help prevent cancer and help ease inflammation
  • Controls appetite- Can help prevent over eating
Broccoli

You many have been forced to eat this as a kid but you may end up appreciating them for it.

  • High in vitamins and minerals- High in Vitamin C, K, A, and B9.
  • High in antioxidants- Good for eye health, lowers inflammation, reduces blood sugar, help prevent diseases.
  • Protects against cancer- Especially breast, prostate, stomach, kidney and bladder.
  • Reduces chances of having a heart attack- promotes good heart health.
  • High in fiber- promotes healthy digestion.
  • Slows down mental decline from age.
  • Helps prevent against age related diseases.
  • Good for dental/ oral health.
  • Promotes healthy bones and joint- Good for growing children.
Kale
  • High in anti-oxidants- Helps prevent high blood pressure, inflammation, viruses, depressants, and cancer.
  • Reduces risk of heart disease- lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
  • High in vitamins and minerals- People do not get enough in their daily diet. Eating a portion of kale can get in your daily amount.
  • Good for eye health

This list of 5 is not the only super foods out there. Go check out the health benefits of food you are eating and learn more about super foods. Your body will think you.

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Top Restaurant Tips To Managing Schedules

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How do restaurants keep to a schedule on popular holidays. People call in advance to make reservations but how do restaurants insure their patrons finish on time? The best restaurants have scheduling down to a science to get their patrons out the door with-out feeling rushed.

The servicescape has a huge impact on how long people will stay at a restaurant. Making the restaurants uncomfortable in small ways will make patrons leave sooner. This has to be subtle or else the clientele will not return. A few subtle ways are as follows: Keeping the tempter cold, have a crowded dining area, and uncomfortable seating. Cold temperatures have been said to be done because the wait staff are over heated running around. However this is also in place to make customers slightly uncomfortable. They can complain however the temperature cannot be changed fast enough while same patrons are there. Thus customers will want to leave sooner but not feel as though this is a huge problem. Crowded dinning produces a louder environment which can make groups of people uncomfortable. People want to be able to talk to each other. After they finish their meal they will leave sooner to continue on their conversations. Crowded servicescaps with a lot of furniture and people make customers feel as though the restaurant is busy and they need to get out of the way. This gets people to leave earlier but not feel rushed as if they decided not that the restaurant decided. Uncomfortable such as backless seats also gets people to leave sooner to a more comfortable area, however this does not prevent the customer to enjoy the time that they have at the restaurant. The servicescape truly matter getting people to not over stay their welcome.

Monitoring the restaurant’s patrons is also very important to keep to a schedule. Start to notice which tables are more desirable. This can be do to size, comfort, or even location. Knowing the popular seating areas is important to get those tables out first. Restaurant’s will put out the food of the popular tables before the other tables regardless of when the orders came in. Having the food out sooner will get the best tables out first this keeps to a schedule and more happy patrons. Another way to monitor the customers is by their orders. If a group comes in make sure to keep their order on track to not get behind. What they order is also important, those who order wine will stay longer so they need their food out faster to get them out faster. Keeping customers occupied will make wait times seem shorter. Restaurants tell their customers a time so that they can see an end in sight, even though the time is not always accurate. Restaurants keep their customers occupied by bringing them to the bar with free drinks. Customers may even stay and have their meal at the bar freeing up more tables. Restaurants entice lingering customers as well to the bar by offering free desert at the bar if they are willing to move. Restaurants try to keep the flow going so that no one feels the wait, or feel a shorter wait.

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Tex-Mex V.S. Traditional Mexican Food

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Mexican vs. Tex Mex

Tex-Mex and Traditional Mexican food have their own history and flavors. What are the differences? Read today’s blog to learn more.

Traditional Mexican food has a long history. Mexican food has been thought to have derived from Mayan Indians. The Mayan Indians ate corn tortillas with bean past. In the 1300’s the Mayan Indians expanded their food to using: chili peppers, honey, salt, and chocolate. The next change came in 1521 when Spain invaded Mexico. They brought other foods, such as new livestock, new herbs, and spices. Traditional Mexican food continued to have grown in variety to what we see today.

Tex-Mex has an interesting history. The abbreviation, Tex-Mex came from Texas Mexican railroad. This abbreviation came about to describe the people who lived in Texas. Like most of the U.S. Native Americans lived in Texas for thousands of years. The European settlers came in the 1500’s and declared Texas as part of New Spain. In 1845 Texas became a state in the U.S.. Texas has a unique culture and many subcultures due to the different settlers. The mixing of cultures gave a new mix of cuisine known today as Tex-Mex.

Tex-Mex has grown further out from Texas to the rest of the country. This style of cooking is a whole different category of food than traditional Mexican cuisine with distinct differences. The key difference between the two styles of food are the ingredients. Tex-Mex food uses, beef, yellow cheese, wheat flour, black beans, caned vegetables and cumin. These ingredients are harder to find in Mexico therefor not used in traditional Mexican food. Out of the ingredients used in Tex-Mex cumin is the most interesting. Cumin is a spice that came from India. Tex-Mex has a lot of different culture’s food mixed in to create the unique style of food, separate from traditional Mexican food.

Prior to writing this blog I did not know the history of traditional Mexican food or Tex-Mex. The history of the two styles of food are interesting to me but also came to no surprise. I imagine that most food groups have changed and grown with people. People have found new ingredients to add with a growing plait. Food can also change when new cultures are introduced such as Spain’s food culture and India’s food culture. I do wonder the history of other food styles.

Living in the U.S. I have been mostly exposed to Tex-Mex food. Most of the restaurants I have been to with this style of food claim to be Mexican food. However After learning the difference in ingredients between the two styles I have come to relies that I have been mostly eating Tex-Mex. I enjoy elements of both though. I do like flour tortillas but I also like corn tortillas. Both styles are unique and delicious, I have enjoyed learning more and I hope you have learned some too!What’s the Scoop?

We came together as a six-pack of marketing majors with a passion for food. What better way to find others like us than creating an interactive site for other foodies? On Food Friendzy, we are a circle of friends who like to eat. By exploring our site you can find our favorite mouth watering recipes, raving restaurant reviews, and feel the heat of our spicy blogs.

Each week will have a different cuisine theme, featuring some global favorites. This coming week we will kick off with Mex-cellent dishes… Who doesn’t love tequila and tacos?

As a community of foodies, we welcome all our fellow Friendzies to reach out to us via Instagram if you have any favorite recipes, local restaurant suggestions, or just want to share some deliciousness with us!