Tip, Trick & a Recipe: What popular bird food can calm your nerves?
Sunflower seeds are a staple in my house. I sprinkle them over my salads, toss them in my smoothies and I even add them to my eggs sometimes to change things up a little. Sunflowers were one of the first plants to be cultivated in the US. Over 5000 years ago, Native Americans were using […]
This fruit is actually a big berry! (and antioxidant rich!!)
If you were to name five tropical fruits, there’s a chance guava wouldn’t make your list. But this fruit, while quite obscure, is extremely nutritious. The guava is a large berry that grows on tropical evergreen shrubs and has a delicious sweet taste that gets more intense as you eat it. The taste of guava […]
10 ways to serve boneless chicken breasts for a quick and healthy dinner
Chicken breasts are a great starting point for a delicious and healthy meal. They’re a very lean source of protein and an excellent item to serve to your family on a regular basis. And I promise you that there’s an endless number of ways you can cook chicken breasts so that you don’t end up […]
Never buy this again
Ever find yourself in front of the chicken display at the market trying to figure out the difference between free-range, pastured, and organic? And whether buying the more expensive organic chicken is worth the extra money? We recently had a reader write in and ask for help deciphering the confusing labels we see on chicken […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Are you throwing away free food?
Depending on where you live, there may very well be edible plants in your yard that you could be eating, rather than yanking them out of the garden because they don’t look pretty among your flowers. Lambsquarter is an entirely edible plant related to spinach (and yes, it tastes like spinach), beets, amaranth, and quinoa. […]
Turkey talk
If you have a large family (or if you have teenagers in the house), roasting a turkey once a week is a great, inexpensive way to keep up with all those protein needs. That’s right . . . turkey does not have to be reserved for Thanksgiving! Think a whole turkey exceeds your needs? Portion […]
Cooties? I’m for them (you will be too!)
Gut health is on everyone’s lips these days and you might be wondering what all the fuss is about. Especially since this is something that up until the last couple of years, we didn’t hear anything about in mainstream media. The gut is the catchall word for the digestive tract—the big yucky tube that runs […]
Let’s go local!
There’s something happening in cities and towns throughout North America right now that’s been a long time coming. More and more consumers are shopping for local food sources and demanding that their local grocery stores stock local options for meat, produce, and dairy. The local food movement is alive and well, and so it should […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Big on Basil
What’s an Italian meal without a good hit of basil? I enjoy making pesto with good quality olive oil, pine nuts, and my own homegrown basil. I like adding my basil to soups, stews, and salads, too. Basil is great in pasta sauces, meat marinades, on top of a pizza, and of course, you can’t […]