Ingredients:

  • 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, divided
  • 4 (5 ounce) boneless pork loin chops, trimmed of fat
  • 2/3 cup cranberry juice cocktail or orange juice
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons clover or other mild honey
  • 2 teaspoons canola oil
  • 1/4 cup chopped onion
  • 1 cup cranberries, fresh or frozen, thawed, coarsely chopped (see Tip)

    Cooking Directions:

    1. Mix thyme and 1/8 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a small bowl. Sprinkle both sides of pork chops with the thyme mixture.

    2. Stir cranberry juice and 2 1/2 tablespoons honey in a 1-cup glass measure until well blended.

    3. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Add the chops and cook until browned on both sides, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Push the chops to one side of the pan, add onion to the empty half and cook, stirring, until the onion is soft and beginning to brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour half the juice mixture into the pan. Add cranberries. Reduce heat to medium and cook, turning the chops occasionally, until cooked through, 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer the chops to a serving plate and tent with foil to keep warm.

    4. Add the remaining juice mixture to the pan. Increase heat to high and cook until the mixtures reduces to form a syrupy sauce, about 2 minutes. Season with the remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt and pepper and up to an additional 1/2 tablespoon honey to taste. Spoon the sauce over the chops.

    Yield: 4 servings (Serving size: 4 servings)

    Recipe Provided By: EatingWell.com

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    Your average run-of-the-mill frozen Pina Colada contains about 350 - 500 calories and TONS of fat. They're one of the LEAST diet-friendly cocktails ever.  Hungry Girl is here with yet another life-changing recipe.  It's her unprecedented, guilt-free 100 calorie Pina Colada Freeze.  Happy Blending!!!

    Hungry Girl's 100-Calorie Pina Colada Freeze!

    Ingredients:

    1 1/2 oz. Bacardi Island Breeze Coconut
    1 1/2 oz. Sugar Free Coconut Torani Syrup
    1/4 cup Breyer's Cal Smart Vanilla Ice Cream
    1 Tbsp. crushed pineapple in its own juice
    3/4 cup crushed ice
    1 packet Splenda


    Put all ingredients in a blender.  Blend on high speed for 30 seconds.  Pour.  Then share this recipe with everyone you know!

    *Each Pina Colada contains approximately 100 calories, 1.5g fat, 12g carbs, 2.5g fiber, 1.5g protein (1.5 - 2 points)

    Don't drink alcohol?  Can't drink alcohol?  Try swapping the rum with an ounce of water and another 1/2 oz. of the coconut syrup, and you'll get a virgin version with only 52 calories!


    CHEW ON THIS:
    The world's first Pina Colada was supposedly invented in the Hotel Caribe Hilton in Puerto Rico in the 1950s.

    from: Hungry Girl

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    There are zillions of recipes for margaritas.  And though they all vary as far as taste and ingredients are concerned, most have one thing in common -- they're incredibly caloric!   In fact, most contain between 250 - 500 calories.   But margaritas are fun, and they taste great.  They're also fantastic "virgin" style (without alcohol), in case you're not old enough to drink or just prefer not to.  In any case, you'll LOVE HG's Magical 100-Calorie Margarita.  It's yummy, refreshing and it'll fool everyone you know into thinking they're sipping a real, high-calorie version of the popular cocktail.

    HG's Magical 100-Calorie Margarita

    Ingredients:
    6 oz. Sierra Mist Free (or Sprite Zero, or your other fave no-cal lemon-lime soda)
    *1 shot of tequila (1.5 oz.)
    1 packet **Crystal Light on the Go Lemonade (you may use 1/2 of the packet if you don't want your drink as intensely sweet)
    2 tbsp. lime juice from concentrate (or fresh-squeezed lime juice)

    Directions:
    Mix all ingredients together. Pour over 1 cup of crushed ice. Enjoy.

    *You can also make your margarita alcohol-free. This recipe, without tequila, contains just 10 calories (5 calories if you use only half of the Crystal Light packet).

    **1 tsp. Crystal Light Lemonade drink mix may be substituted.

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    All right. Listen Up. From here on out we're changing the name of the upcoming holidays in order to focus exclusively on chocolate gifts. From now on Christmas will be known as Chocomas. Hanukkah becomes Chocokah. Kwanzaa, Chockwanzaa. I'm not trying to be blasphemous here. I'm just trying to help all of you give your loved ones what they probably want - namely chocolate in all its forms.

    Here are twelve places to order truly extraordinary chocolate items online. Those of you celebrating Hanukkah or Kwanzaa will have to pare down these choices to eight or seven, respectively, unless you want to double up on four or five of the days.

    Day 1: John & Kira's | johnandkiras.com
    John and Kira are two politically correct chocolate makers who craft fabulous molded chocolates out of extraordinarily high-quality ingredients - local whenever possible. (Unfortunately, they can't grow cocoa beans in the Philadelphia area.) I'm partial to their chocolates filled with raspberry, mint, pistachio, ginger, honey-lavender, and coffee-whiskey.
    15 single-flavor pieces, $27 (excludes shipping)

    Day 2: L. A. Burdick | burdickchocolate.com
    When I first met Larry Burdick, he was probably making his chocolates illegally in an Upper East Side tenement building in New York City. Then he and his wife packed up everything and moved to Walpole, New Hampshire, many years ago, and now they've become chocolate moguls of the best kind. They still obsess about every piece of chocolate they sell. Try the chocolate mice in three flavors: orange, mocha, and cinnamon. Each mouse has almond ears and a silk tail. Don't try to eat the tail. (Larry also makes a killer chocolate lemon cake, a sponge cake filled with lemon butter and glazed with dark chocolate.)
    9 chocolate mice, $29 (excludes shipping)

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    【撰文/楊瑪利】

    1998年成立的WGSN(Worth Global Style Network)公司,專職為時尚產業提供流行趨勢分析,全球共聘僱超過150位創意、編輯、研究人員,經常走訪各大城市,緊盯流行現場。

    1.即時時尚、快速流行(Fast Fashion)

    (攝影/陳之俊)
    即時時尚將更影響深遠,是未來十年內最重要的時尚發展趨勢:更快地翻新產品、更快地投入市場、更快地回應市場。

    在歐洲,他們稱即時時尚「Fast Fashion」,在美國稱「speed to the market」,但不管怎樣稱呼,這就是未來。

    掌握這個趨勢最好的企業就是來自西班牙、擁有ZARA品牌的INDITEX集團。

    根據紐約Bain & Co市場研究機構調查指出,那些可以藉由提供當下最流行的、數量有限的,吸引消費者固定到店的零售商,是最大贏家。

    Bain & Co北美區零售業主管米勒(Kris Miller)說:「快速流行可以為店面製造更多的興奮。消費者知道:我立刻就得買(I have to buy NOW!)。這讓他們不再那麼等待降價。」

    2.雙軌外包、採購並行

    外包的地圖已經改變了。為了因應快速變遷,目前所有歐美公司都在重新檢驗它們的外包制度。

    許多歐美企業正在發展雙軌制的外包。把需要大量生產、比較不受時尚影響的生產基地放在亞洲;把比較需要快速反應時尚的外包,放在鄰近總部的地區,例如北非、土耳其、東歐等。

    千萬不要把雞蛋放在同一個籃子裡。不要在大陸過度擴張,在大陸生產最好不要超過30%,如果已經超過30%,就請不要再加碼大陸。

    如果要在亞洲其他地方擴大生產,2009年之前的印度是一個好選擇。

    3.花在時尚的錢其實變少了

    全世界消費者對服飾、鞋子、飾品等流行時尚產品的花費,跟過去比是下降的。人們現在會把大筆錢花在旅遊、科技產品、房子。例如會去買iPod、數位相機,就沒有錢買衣服了。1960年到2000年,美國家戶花在衣服的錢,從佔家戶所得的6.7%降到2000年的4.7%。

    因此服飾業者要更努力賣產品。有時候也要想辦法把科技放在設計裡,例如生產可以放iPod或數位相機在身上的衣服。

    4.高價品與廉價品混搭出平民奢華

    愈來愈多消費者把昂貴名牌,與低廉漂亮的街頭貨色,混合穿戴在身上,成為最新流行。

    在英文最近出來出現一個新的名詞,用的人愈來愈多,叫做:Masstige,是把Mass(大眾庶民)與Prestige(權貴)合在一起的新字。意思是說,過去壁壘分明的大眾市場與名牌奢華品的界線,已經愈來愈模糊。商品可以同時被大眾市場所擁抱,但又能提供品味與奢華給消費者。例如在美國的Target(標的)是一個平價的零售百貨,但是卻聘請名牌服裝設計師衣服。

    5.追求更高利潤,必須靠品牌

    過去幾年來,很多企業因應激烈競爭的方法,就是持續降低成本,但降低成本總有極限,要增加利潤最主要的途徑還是發展自有品牌。

    這正是大陸企業正在努力做的事情。每次參觀大陸的各種工廠,會發現他們都有品牌發展的計畫。雖然整體而言,大陸的品牌還不是做得很好,但是他們很清楚這是一條必走的路。

    6.在網路虛擬世界要夠大聲

    網路崛起改變了過去行銷與廣告的方式,這是一項可以同時接觸到全世界客戶的方法,同時經過巧妙的設計,網路可以鎖定特殊族群行銷。

    因此在網路世界中被注意、討論是很重要的。如果你要弄一個網站,一定要維護它、持續增加內容,這是唯一讓消費者可以持續上線的原因。

    7.永續發展與企業社會責任愈來愈重要

    西方的消費者,非常重視企業是否重視環境與人權等社會責任。舉一家在美國奧瑞岡(Oregon)的企業為例,這家公司的客戶包括蘋果電腦、耐吉、迪士尼、愛迪達等企業,在這家公司的紙袋上就寫著:企業社會責任是企業的核心價值,堅持回收、環保、再生,為地球永續盡一分心力。

    8.消費者勢力變大,蝴蝶行為出現

    網路購物普及、網路可以廣泛搜尋,比較價格、品質、聽取專家建議,讓他們在購買前就已經擁有充分資訊,成為非常聰明的買家。

    同時消費者也愈來愈沒有忠誠度,他們從一樣產品換到另一樣產品,行為就像蝴蝶一樣。所以企業應該要提供價值好、與服務好的產品,否則會失去消費者。

    9.亞洲設計與文化的影響力愈來愈大

    21世紀是亞洲的世紀,這讓亞洲的影響力大增。不管是新加坡、香港、大陸、馬來西亞吉隆坡等地都已經陸續舉辦時尚週,參與的人也愈來愈多。其實亞洲已經陸續出現一些設計師,而且人數還會愈來愈多。

    10.崛起的新市場:大陸、印度、俄羅斯、巴西

    大陸的成長不用多說,尤其大陸崛起的新興中產階級是有購買力的,因此是很好的市場機會。印度經濟近幾年成長,政府也逐漸開放外資在印度經營零售事業。目前印度只有2%是屬於有秩序的零售交易市場,想想看這是多大的機會!

    【摘自遠見雜誌12月號】

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