Ingredients
1/2 cup yogurt, plain
1 tsp instant coffee
1 artificial sweetener, to equal 1 tsp sugar
1 tsp sugar
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon ice cubes
Directions
Combine all ingredients except ice cubes in blender container.
Process, adding ice cubes 1 at a time, until smooth. Serve
immediately.
Per serving: 44 calories, 2 g. protein, 2 g. fat, 5 g. carbohydrates,
26 mg sodium
SERVINGS: 2 SOURCE: _The Weight Watcher's 365 Day Menu Cookbook_
Servings: 2 servings
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Historians have found proof that recipes existed far back into history, certainly as far into history as pharonic Egypt, and possibly even further. Interesting though that is, these, old cook books were just very simple pictorial instructions for food preparation.
The truth of the matter is, the oldest recipe discovered so far, according to experts in ancient history are some ancient tablets in ancient Sumerian which show the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made those who drank it feel blissful. Later on, in The time of the roman empire around 25BC a man called Apicius created a number of scripts detailing recipes prepared by his fellow Romans. In his works, Apicius recounts how the meals of wealthy Romans were separated into starters, main course and afters, something we still use today. This early Roman chef informs us how the Roman cooks were skilled in the use of many herbs and spices, including a few you will know such as basil, mint and asafoetida. Later, we have a couple of recipe books from the 1300s ; a book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, they are not about the curry that is familiar to us all today, but rather recipes for the types of food on the menus of the rich and wealthy people of the period. Later, in the fifteenth century, knights returning from the crusades brought us a variety of foods, spices and herbs from middle-east cuisine, including spices such as basil and coriander. The introduction of these new culinary ideas led to an increase in manuscripts on cooking, most of which still exist in private libraries. During the following few hundred years, the rich families of the West competed to serve the best banquets, and because of this chefs and their recipe collections increased in prestige. However, it was during the nineteenth century that cooking and recipe books really came of age. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the US, devoted much of their lives to collating, verifying, and publishing recipes for their fellow cooks to enjoy. By the time we get to the 1900s, cooking publications were highly popular due to higher levels of literacy, more spare time and a general increase in wealth. The arrival of television brings us TV cooks and the spin-off recipe books. Which brings us neatly up to date and the invention of the internet, permitting us all to access massive numbers of recipes like the ones you can find on our site. |
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