Tip, Trick & a Recipe: More to tapioca than pudding!

Many people are familiar with the creamy white dessert known as tapioca pudding, but there’s a lot more than that to the root of the cassava plant. In some countries, tapioca (which is essentially a root vegetable) is eaten as a main dish for a good source of energy that is low in cholesterol. Tapioca […]

Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Few good grains left, but what about teff?

Teff is one of the smallest grains in the world, and it’s also one of the oldest, having been around for more than four thousand years. If you’re leading a gluten-free lifestyle, you may want to consider adding teff to your diet. Teff is a gluten-free grain-the seed of an Ethiopian grass-, which may be […]

Tip, Trick, & a Recipe: Little fish, big health — Sardines

A teeny little fish that may never have been on your radar before is popping up on the shopping lists of health nuts across North America. Pacific sardines are a tremendous fish to add to your diet. These little guys are chock full of minerals, Omega-3 fatty acids (they contain ten times more Omega-3s than […]

Healthy Foods: Big health bang delivered by liver

Few things can raise as many “I’m not eating that” and “eew! Disgusting!” reactions from the dinner table as liver, but that’s too bad because the nutrition found in organ meats is unbelievable! The liver is a storage organ for vitamins A, B12, D, E, and K, as well as copper, iron, and other essential […]

Healthy Foods: I heart hemp hearts!

Even though they come from the cannabis sativa plant, hemp hearts or hemp seeds can’t be smoked and they won’t give you the munchies if you know what I’m saying! Not only are hemp seeds not going to give you any psychotropic effects, but they will deliver some powerful nutrition when you pop them in […]

Get caught up to speed on how to make ketchup

Most condiments that you find on your grocery store shelves are packed with refined sugars, unhealthy oils, and genetically modified vegetables. If you were to read the ingredient labels on most conventional salad dressings and condiments, including ketchup, you’d see a long list of ingredients that you can’t pronounce. Nobody wants to be putting chemicals, […]

Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Lean Mean Green Beans

Some veggies seem to have it all; good looks, good taste, simple means of preparation, and good nutrition. For instance, while an artichoke is quite interesting to look at, quite nutritious, and yummy, you really can’t get into one of those things without some work. Green beans on the other hand, well, are an excellent […]

If you can’t stand the heat, use your freezer!

If you’re anything like me, sometimes you are just plain fed up with feeding people. Meal planning, grocery shopping, chopping, peeling, roasting, boiling, eating, coercing the children into eating their vegetables, cleaning up the pots and pans only to do the exact same thing again tomorrow. Getting a nourishing meal on the table at the […]

Dinner Diva: Gluten-free finger foods

In one of my last posts, I shared some strategies for you to use when you’re trying hard to stay on track with a healthy eating plan when the family BBQ invite comes along. Today, we’re going to look at the flip side of that by talking about what sorts of finger foods you might […]