TIP OF THE WEEK

Add more veggies to breakfast

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but it’s not always the healthiest. If you have made a resolution to eat healthier in the new year, you can start by adding more vegetables to your first meal of the day. Here are some ways to add vegetables to your breakfast:

• Add minced broccoli to scrambled eggs

• Bake bran muffins with zucchini and carrots

• Cook plain oats with water and choice of steamed or sautéed vegetables

• Add pumpkin or butternut squash to pancakes or waffles

BEVERAGES

Brewer explores cannabis

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, recently announced plans to invest $100 million in non-alcoholic drinks that contain the active ingredients in marijuana (THC and CBD).

AB InBev said it has teamed up with Canadian cannabis company Tilray to “develop a deeper understanding of non-alcoholic beverages containing THC and CBD that will guide future decisions about potential commercial opportunities.”

FUN FACT

Potatoes affected by Wi-fi

Because of the high water content and chemical makeup of potatoes, they can absorb and reflect wireless signals just like a human does, Boeing says.

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EASY RECIPE

Crock pot hot chocolate

Chocolate, heavy cream and Eagle Brand Milk, plus a few other ingredients, elevate regular hot chocolate into realms of richness that you have only tasted in your dreams. How was that for dramatic? Combine all ingredients in your crock pot and left to its own devices, in an hour or so you are drinking the nectar of the winter gods.

• 1.5 cups whipping cream

• 1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk

• 6 cups whole milk

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• 1 cup milk chocolate chips

• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Stir together the whipping cream, sweetened condensed milk, milk, vanilla and chocolate chips in a crock pot.

Cover and cook on low for two hours, whisking every now and then to mix in the chocolate chips.

Stir again before serving. Garnish as desired with shaved chocolate curls, mini-marshmallows and/or whipped cream.