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Put  2 tsps brown sugar, 2 tsps butter, @ 1 tsp chopped pecans in 12 muffin cups.  Place in 450 degree oven about 2 minutes to melt butter and sugar.  Remove from oven and set aside.

Stir 2 cups Bisquick and 2/3 cup mashed bananas to form dough.  Knead 5 or 6 times and roll out.  Spread with 3 TBS butter, sprinkle 1/4 cup brown sugar over dough.  Roll out and cut.  Place in muffin cups and bake 10 minutes at 450 degrees.

In the bottom of an 8 x 8 greased pan, put 3 or 4 chopped apples.  Sprinkle a mixture of 1 cup sugar and 3 Tbs of flour over the apples and dot with margarine.

Topping: Mix until crumbly, 1 cup oatmeal, 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 to 1 cup brown sugar, and 1/2 cup margarine.  Sprinke over apples and bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour, or until the apples are done.

“If you want to react faster during your next tennis game, chew cinnamon gum.  Doing so, a recent study found, speeds the rate at which your brain processes visual cues.  One reason the gum may help: cinnamon regulates blood-sugar levels, and this helps you stay focused. 

Healthy way to dish it up:  Sprinkle l teaspoon of cinnamon on oatmeal for a brain-healthy breakfast.  Daniel G. Amen, MD

From AARP, May and June issue, 2010

In a large mixing bowl, beat till foamy:

12 egg whites, 1  1/2 tsp cream of tarter, 1/3 tsp salt, 11/2 tsp vanilla, and 1/2 tsp almond extract.

Gradually add 1 cup of sugar (2 Tbs. at a time) and beat until peaks.

Sift 3 times:

1 cup cake flour and 1  1/2 cups powdered sugar.

Fold this flour and powdered sugar mix right from the sifter.

With a large spoon, carefully put into an ungreased angel food cake pan.

Run a table knife through the cake dough to remove bubbles.

Bake 35 to 45 minutes in 350 degree oven.

Remove from oven and turn upside down on bottle to cool.

Did you know that popcorn tastes good with a little tumeric sprinked on it.  Pop your corn as usual and just sprinkle salt and tumeric on it and stir.  It  adds a very unique taste.  It’s a tip my sister gave me and I tried it last night.  I was pleasantly surprised.  Try it.   You might like it, and remember, it’s good for you.

According to Christopher D. Black, Ph.D., assistant professor of kinesiology at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia, “ginger relieves pain by blocking an enzyme that’s a key component of the inflammatory process.”

Did you know that Tumeric and Ginger are good for you?  They taste good too.

Many of the healthy benefits we look for from supplements we can get from the food we eat.  Here are the benefits of Tumeric and Ginger for you

Benefits of Tumeric include:

• Anti-inflammatory
• Antiseptic
• Natural Pain Killer
• And it may even slow the progression of Alzheimers

To find out more of the wonderful effects of Tumeric, here are 20 benefits of Tumeric 

What foods do you eat because of their health benefits?