Simply order the spice packs, shop for the groceries listed on the spice package, then follow the easy instructions (brown this, stir in that, add the bottom half of spice pack, etc), and in minutes you can enjoy your meal. This is a great way to introduce kids to cooking basics, as well as giving them the opportunity to try a new type of cuisine.

Each spice mix pack contains a Sabji, a Raita, and a Curry. You can order a Trial pack that feeds two people for $9.99 or chose to order a 3 month supply or a 13 month supply. Family-size spice packs also available.

I tried the Vegan spice pack which included Pineapple Raita, a garbanzo bean Chola Curry (yum), and Peas and Potatoes Sabji (which further proves my theory that there are no bad potato dishes). I found the recipes easy to follow and the food was very flavorful.  I love a good curry.

Check out the Waverly Kitchens website for demonstrations, photos, and purchase information.

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For the first time, a new study published online in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications has proven that capsaicin can kill tumor cells by directly targeting their energy source.

The Nottingham study has shown that the family of compounds to which capsaicin belongs, vanilloids, can kill cancer by attacking the mitochondria of the tumour cell, commonly known as its ‘powerhouse’, which produces ATP, the major energy-containing chemical in the body.

By binding proteins in the cancer cell mitochondria the compound triggers apoptosis, or natural cell death, without harming the healthy surrounding cells.

The compound has already been laboratory-tested in human lung cancer and pancreatic cancer cells with startling positive results.

This could only mean one thing: patients could control the onset of cancer by eating a capsaicin-rich diet. Besides, capsaicin is safe to eat and have always been part of the human diet.

According to Dr Timothy Bates, the study’s leader, a member of the Medical Research Council (MRC) College of Experts and an internationally-renowned researcher in the areas of mitochondrial research and anti-cancer drug development:

“This is incredibly exciting and may explain why people living in countries like Mexico and India, who traditionally eat a diet which is very spicy, tend to have lower incidences of many cancers that are prevalent in the western world.”

Westerners should stop being bland in their food and go spicy instead, don’t you think?

Find more details from the press release at The University of Nottingham.

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That Kick in Spicy Foods (Capsaicin) Kick Tumor Cells’ Energy Source