Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Sweet, sweet nectarines!
There’s really no way to describe the experience of biting into a ripe nectarine. The way the flesh gives under your teeth, releasing the sweet juice into your mouth . . . well, it’s one of life’s great indulgences! Peaches and nectarines—both delicious stone fruits—are often used interchangeably in the kitchen, but these two orange […]
Food For Thought: Pros (no cons) about probiotics
If you know me at all, you know I’m nuts about guts! Gut health, that is. One often overlooked aspect of good gut health is getting plenty of those good bacteria moving through your system. I’m talking about probiotics. Good gut bacteria is extremely beneficial for your physical well-being. Did you know that there are […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Fiddlehead season! Music to my ears.
There’s a very special vegetable that is about as seasonal as plants get-fiddleheads. Popular in mid-spring across the Eastern United States and Canada, these young, coiled ferns are indeed a seasonal delicacy. You won’t find fiddleheads at any other time of the year because fiddleheads are harvested from young fern plants and these ferns only […]
Healthy Foods: The Pineapple of my eye
Pineapples were first discovered on a Caribbean island (which we know now as Guadalupe). Imagine the surprise and delight of Columbus and his friends when they first opened up one of those prickly brown fruits and tasted the sweet juicy goodness inside. As we all know, pineapples are rather perishable so it wasn’t easy to […]
Healthy Foods: Please pass the peas!
We know that peas are sweet and starchy. We know they are fun to eat fresh out of the garden and we know that kids love them. But did you know that peas are coming onto the cancer prevention radar screen? Research has revealed that peas contain a polyphenol phytonutrient called coumestrol which lowers the […]
Dinner Diva: When school’s out for summer, start teaching about food!
Pop quiz: How do you get kids to eat just about anything? Answer: You get them involved in the kitchen. There’s no surefire guarantee that your kids will eat something they have had a hand in preparing, but it absolutely increases the odds of them trying and liking a dish. Get your kids right in […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Always reach for the organic peach
The coming of summer means the coming of peaches. These fuzzy, sweet fruits are a staple snack in the south when they’re in season. So juicy and delicious, peaches are a pretty easy sell. Peaches come in two main varieties; freestone peaches and clingstone peaches. You can probably tell from the names what differentiates them, […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Ready for Rhubarb?
It is rhubarb season and these cool-season perennial plants are standing about 5 inches tall in gardens throughout Canada and the Northern US now. Though it quite resembles celery, this red stalky fruit is…well…actually a fruit. An extremely tart fruit, but fruit nonetheless. Also important to note is that rhubarb leaves are toxic. Do not […]
Clean out those condiments!
Spring is here and folks, it is time to clean! I’m not talking about the dust bunnies in the corners, either. I’m talking about those condiments that you have got to get rid of. It’s time to take stock of your pantry and toss the stuff you’ve had hanging around for way too long because, […]