Food for thought: Food Safety

In honor of my 1-year anniversary of learning to cook chicken properly, I'll be posting some food safety tips:

(1) Did you know that you shouldn't leave freshly cooked food out for more than 2 hours or bacteria begins to grow?
http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/basics/chill/index.html

(2) Did you know that you shouldn't wash poultry before cooking?  Who knew?!
http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/basics/mistakes/

(3) Here are the minimum safety cooking temps of certain meats:
 http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/charts/mintemp.html

(4) Here are food storage days. Who knew you're only supposed to keep cooked chicken 3-4 days?
http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/charts/storagetimes.html 

(5) Here's something for fun. A quick lesson of what's the difference between certain foods/spices. Ever wonder what's the difference between Scallions adn green onions? or Paprika and Cayenne? Find out here:
http://www.all-food-considered.com/2012/09/culinary-lesson-9-whats-difference.html

(6) Here's a nice recipe I've been using lately. These avocado egg boats are delicious! You can dress them up with sauces and spices too!
http://www.theironyou.com/2014/04/eggs-baked-in-avocado-boats.html
http://thehealthyfoodie.com/eggs-avocado-boat/

(7) Here's some info on nuts: http://greatist.com/health/types-of-nut-infographic 

(8) For good measure, here's a nice Q&A on the low carb/fat diet that's been recently debated:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/05/new-answers-about-carbs-and-fat/?action=click&contentCollection=Science&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&region=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article 

(9) Here are 26 ways to use apple cider vinegar: http://greatist.com/grow/ways-use-apple-cider-vinegar