Tip, Trick & a Recip: Benefits of the Acai Berry
This little purple berry’s name has spread like wildfire in the last couple of years from being everything to superfood to diet supplement par excellence! They really do have high levels of antioxidants; the jury is still out on the diet help they offer, but let’s talk about the nutrition aspect. The antioxidant-rich acai berry […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: How-To on Honeydew PLUS a Cool Summer Recipe
We don’t hear much about the Honeydew. Cantaloupe? Watermelon? Sure. Honeydew? Not so much. But it’s the Honeydew that has exquisite flavor and is chock full of goodness. This soft green melon is full of these nutritional nuggets: vitamin C (actually one serving of honeydew will give you almost half of the vitamin C you […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Endive Made Easy
It’s time for us to explore endive–have you ever had it? Endive is extremely leafy with an almost lettuce-like appearance. It has either a light, nearly yellow, green color to their leaves, or a rich ruby red. Its flavor is unique and entirely its own. It’s crisp and light with a sweet, some say nutty, […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: The Forgotten Fig
Figs aren’t exactly regularly consumed fresh fruit in the USA, as much as they are overseas. Only available between June and September, it’s a pity most of us only know figs from a cookie! Figs are full of dietary fiber and potassium. Fiber as we all know is great for keeping the plumbing in working […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Grapefruit
Grapefruits come from a subtropical, and surprisingly evergreen, citrus tree. Grapefruits are famous for their pink exteriors, red flesh, tartness on our taste buds, and low-calorie count. This member of the citrus family is another fruit proud to exhibit high levels of vitamin C. It also contains the important fiber pectin that plays a role […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Hazelnuts
Hazelnuts are delicious and nutritious, high in B and E vitamins, fiber, magnesium, and antioxidants. Full of healthy fats, low in saturated fats, containing both mono and polyunsaturated fats – you’re getting a whole host of heart-healthy tastiness in this one little hazelnut! Hazelnuts can be eaten raw or roasted, used in sweet or savory […]
What is Star Fruit?
Tips, Tricks, & a Recipe What is Star Fruit? By Leanne Ely, C.N.C Star fruit is very popular in Asia, and obviously named after it’s star-like exterior. Star fruit tastes like a cross between a melon and a grape and is usually a yellow to light green in color. Ripe star fruit are lightly sweet, […]
Cooking with Alcohol
Tips, Tricks, & a Recipe Cooking with Alcohol Today’s focus is on: ALCOHOL! That’s right…booze, vino & brewskis! No this isn’t an invitation to a cocktail party! This is how to use different alcoholic beverages for cooking. If you don’t want to, never fear…I won’t leave you hanging! Just check out the handy substitution […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Celery
Everyone who has ever been on a diet, has at one time or another, crunched a stalk of celery in defiance. I call it the angry veggie, lol. Angry because I ate so many of those crisp stalks when I was “dieting” in my younger years and angry too, because of the loud CRUNCH it […]