Snacking can be a very positive part of your day. It can help manage a healthy appetite by avoiding over-eating at meals, or eating the "wrong" things. Snacks can also help provide lots of vitamins and minerals throughout the day....
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#1 Advice for National Food Day….plus yummy Gluten Free Pumpkin Cookie Recipe
Happy belated National Food Day - which was October 24, 2011. (more info @ foodday.org) The purpose of this day was to promote the use of "healthy, affordable whole food produced in a sustainable, humane way." ...
Food IS Medicine: Foods High in Flavonoid’s Give us so Much
As we continue in this great time of year for farmers markets, vegetable gardens, there are still many delicious foods that we associate with the sunny days of summer: sweet blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries; succulent plums, apricots, peaches,...
Food Truly is Medicine
It's a great time of year to "develop a better relationship with Food". To seek fresh, local and sustainable foods such as produce and meats at the farmers markets, your local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Farm or local natural...
Farm To Fork……….and Local Sustainable Opportunities
This is part one of a two part article. Both were blogged on the same day. The Function of Farming Determines the Function of You The Farm -to-Fork ("Farm-to") movement is one of many programs, which is evidence of...
Indian Fruit Chutney ….very easy !
This is a great accompaniment for the Chix-Peas and Ginger Sauce recipe. Easy, Excellent, long shelf life, flexible ingredients and very versatile. This is a healthy option to curb your sweet tooth, and can be prepared during any season....
Cooking Class Reflections: Exotic Indian Food……… Simple, Flavorful, Inexpensive, Versatile AND Healthy !
Indian diets are high in vegetables, low in animal proteins and have very little to no additives, and/or processed foods. Indian spices add a variety of exotic tastes and experiences in each dish. The spice mixes included the 5...
Does”Organic” Food have a New Name…New Price, and could it be “BETTER?”
Food is THE most important element to health, and therefore to virtually every aspect of our lives. Eating REAL WHOLE FOODS in it's original form, eating CLEAN FOODS without added chemicals, pesticides, etc, and eating foods from SUSTAINABLE AND...
Eating Organic & Sustainable foods doesn’t have to Bust Budget
So often I've heard people say "eating healthy is too expensive". With our current economy, many people are buying more into this claim. I think #1: The method of marketing foods in our culture, #2: The American "food service culture",...