Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Squash Blossom Season
Tis the season for squash blossoms, and if you can get your hands on them, I highly recommend you scoop some up. Squash blossoms are the male and female flowers of squash plants. The female blossoms produce the little baby squashes and the male flowers exist simply to aid in the fertilization process. Squash blossoms […]
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 […]
Food For Thought: The Magic of Oil of Oregano
Oil of Oregano really is nature’s antibiotic. This special oil is harvested from the leaves and flowers of the wild oregano plant when its oil content is at its highest. A member of the mint family, the wild oregano plant grows in the faraway mountainous regions of the Mediterranean. This potent oil kills fungus, yeast, […]
Healthy Foods: Keen for mustard greens
Mustard greens are the leaves of the mustard plant. These beautiful dark leafy greens are in season from December through April and they add a distinct peppery flavor to the dishes you add them to. And they are extremely good for you, too. A member of the cruciferous veggie family, a serving of mustard greens […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: The luck of the Irish (moss)!
Irish moss isn’t really moss. It’s actually a seaweed found along the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean. In Ireland, this seaweed was once used to feed cattle and to stuff mattresses. Then a great famine in the 19th century left the country’s residents starving. They turned to the shores and Irish moss became a key […]
Food For Thought: The many health
benefits of cod Liver oil
Our grandmothers had it right in a lot of ways. For example, while not many moms and dads in this day and age force cod liver oil down the throats of their children, there’s a good chance that your parents or your parents’ parents were given no choice but to take a daily dose of […]
Healthy Foods: Lingonberry – the new superfood on the block
You’ve heard me go on and on about the health benefits of berries, but there’s a new one on the North American market that you might not have heard of before. Lingonberries have a very high concentration of plant polyphenols, which means that they can give us a tremendous amount of nutrition and health benefits. […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: The appeal of plantains
How many times have you walked past the plantains at the market, not sure about what to do with them if you took them home? Well, I encourage you to pick one up the next time you’re out shopping and take it home to see what it’s all about. Plantains look like bananas. The two […]
Food For Thought: Eat for your teeth
As we get older, so do our teeth. And the average North American diet is not conducive to dental health. Many of us suffer from enamel erosion and tooth decay, either from our highly acidic diet (carbonated beverages, wine, lemon water, etc.) or from lack of proper nutrition (or a combination of the two). Perhaps […]