Natural Cosmetics Trends

Did you know if natural cosmetics have become a major trend in recent years? Some of reason is there a growing awareness that we are responsible for the world in which we live and an increasing concern for our own health. Source from the article on the website of Organic News Community that written by Karin Heinze, report from Euromonitor, the development of demand over recent years shows a general trend to a higher level of natural in the cosmetics sector.

Why Natural Cosmetics? Interest question for me to find the answer, is natural cosmetics would be better than synthetic cosmetics? Well, finally I find the answer at another useful article on the website of Amerikanki about The Benefits of Natural Cosmetics, natural cosmetics is more health and safety to use better than synthetic cosmetics, even on the other side where natural cosmetics can be more expensive than synthetic cosmetics, the most important thing is, use natural cosmetics will be more support environment.

Can we use natural vanilla for cosmetics? The website of Knoji by the article content from Elise Peck is giving many good information about natural vanilla use which not only to flavor of foods and beverages, many benefits nutritions contain on natural vanilla especially vanilla beans, vanillin, caproic acid, eugenol, phenol ether, phenoles, carbonyl compounds, acids, esters, vitispiranes, lactones, and carbohydrates, aliphatic, B-complex, calcium, potassium, magnesium, manganese, zinc and iron. All these ingredients help relieve pain, aches, stress, anxiety, depression, gas, fatigue, nausea and vomiting. Vanilla beans are also a natural aphrodisiac and can help improve your love life.

Vanilla Extract Power to Attract Men!

Have you know before about what makes Jennifer Love Hewitt is such as a magnet that can attracts the attention of many men? At the first time that I guest its because of her beauty, but not just because of her pretty face, Jennifer Love Hewitt as the Hollywood actress who is known also as a singer and songwriter is apparently has a hidden secret that had been in her bag to attracts the attention of many men. Vanilla extract is one of secret apparently.

The information that I got from the website of Hollywood Life, the scent of vanilla extract that has we know as flavor in baking ingredients is Jennifer Love Hewitt secret to attracts men. The aroma of vanilla that had we known also as an aphrodisiac since a long time.

Well, now what do you think? Do you want be like Jennifer Love Hewitt which able to attract men by use vanilla extract? She usually wearing vanilla extract on her neck. It is not so difficult to have Vanilla Extract since this product has sell by online or can be found in a gourmet shop, the product which familiar as flavor ingredients for the baking recipes from vanilla bean. Vanilla extract is also in great demand by the world's perfume industry where vanilla scented perfume demand is favorit such as vanilla ice cream.

It’s about Five Spices Powder!

Do you know why if people more like to use spices herb in powder? Well, most of them will said where it will be more simple and easy to use for the powder of spices herb, even in my experience, not all of spices and herb will be perfect when we use it in powder since it will be depend on the menu recipes.

Such as vanilla bean, it will be more fragrance when we use it in ground vanilla powder to cook than whole vanilla beans, the other problem usually will come also since ground vanilla powder was not water soluble, remember, ground vanilla powder is different with vanilla powder since it make from whole vanilla beans has grinder use a grinder machine.    

But how is about five spices powder as Chinese cuisine tradition for the cooking ingredients? Last where my wife was use it in the making of lamb roast recipes, to be honest, it was very perfect composition and texture when we use it means Chinese spices powder as the ingredients on the cooking recipes. Cinnamon powder, Star Anise and Clove is my favorite! How do you think about this?

I am interest to learn more about five spices powder as Chinese cuisine tradition which become famous cooking ingredients in the world today, the Chinese name of this spices ingredients is Ngo Hiong. According the information that I got from the website of chinesefood.about.com, many a lot of story in China about this five spices powder, however it is about the Chinese culture and philosophy for the balancing of life since five spices powder have kind of flavor, sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, and salty which found in five spice powder.

So, what are you waiting for? Chinese new year will coming soon, have you thinking about some idea as the cooking recipes use five spices powder to celebrates? Chinese new year, most of people call it also as Spring Festival, including celebrate in Indonesia, this Spring Festival as China's major traditional holiday is celebrate also in another country which mostly in parts of Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.ZJDHF2D6PARU

Arrowroot Powder in Vanilla Recipes

Last week when I was visiting Durian Plantation which owned by my father in law again at West Java provinces, Indonesia, some plant that growing well under durian tree was make me very interested to know about the name. Well my wife said about the name of the plant in bahasa is tanaman garut, other name of this plant in bahasa also called Lerut and Ararut with the scientist name is Maranta arundinacea.

Continue the discuss between us, my father in law said if the rhizomes or rootstock of this plant is very useful to make starch powder, the process began where the rhizomes of this plant must dried first under the sun or drying house then being powder as starch. The starch powder is very good for baking ingredients and usually use also for natural medicine as the continue explanation of my wife, so what the commercial name for starch powder in the international market for rhizomes of tanaman garut in Indonesia? “That’s your job honey!” said my wife to me.

For all of you who living in the United States, I believe has familiar with some of baking ingredients called arrowroot powder? Well finally I know if arrowroot powder actually is the final product from rhizomes of tanaman garut as my search on the internet site by google, in Indonesia, arrowroot powder is called tepung garut. Not only that, so surprise to me also after knowing if arrowroot powder is popular ingredients for cuisine means not only for baking. Arrowroot powder can be used in biscuits, cakes, puddings, hot sauces, jellies and many things include noodles such as in Korean and Vietnamese cuisine.

How about the use of arrowroot powder in vanilla recipe? You can use arrowroot powder with vanilla extract or vanilla bean as a flavor such as in the recipe of vanilla pudding and vanilla cookies since you can make healthy vanilla recipe with arrowroot powder. Source from Wikipedia, arrowroot powder is makes clear, shimmering fruit gels and prevents ice crystals from forming in homemade ice cream. Arrowroot powder can be used also as a thickener for acidic foods, such as Asian sweet and sour sauce. It is used in cooking to produce a clear, thickened sauce, such as a fruit sauce.

Arrowroot powder will not make the sauce go cloudy, like cornstarch, flour or other starchy thickening agents would. The lack of gluten in arrowroot powder makes it useful as a replacement for wheat flour in baking. Like other pure starches, however, arrowroot powder is almost pure carbohydrates and devoid of protein, thus it does not provide a complete substitute for wheat flour. Two teaspoons of arrowroot powder can be substituted for one tablespoon of cornstarch, or one teaspoon of arrowroot powder for one tablespoon of wheat flour.

What country on the world as the plantation of arrowroot? Philippines is the biggest arrowroot powder producer in the world, where the arrowroot plant are can be found in West Indies, Florida, Australia, Brazil, Thailand and Indonesia. In Thailand, arrowroot powder can use as baking ingredient in durian pancake recipe. Did you know if arrowroot is very useful also as herb plant? Well, since arrowroot powder is gluten free starch therefore arrowroot powder can be recommended as a substitute for wheat and other grains for patients of Crohn’s disease of gluten sensitivity