Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Olives
Olives are one fruit that cannot be picked and eaten, but rather need to be brined to make the olives we enjoy edible. Olives are a great source for iron as well as vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant scavenger. Antioxidants do the job of fighting inflammation, cancer and heart disease. Not only that, but olives […]
Heart to Heart
If one of your health goals is to keep your heart as healthy as possible (good move, too–kind of critical in the staying-alive scheme of things), then you need to know what your heart needs in the form of nutrients to operate optimally. There are foods that give the heart a nutritional advantage and provide […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Brown Rice
A lot of people have a hard time transitioning from white rice to brown rice. Perhaps today’s TTR will help! Brown rice is milled once to remove the hard outer husk, packaged, and sold—rich in B vitamins, fiber, manganese, and iron. White rice continues that milling and polishing process until nothing is left but the […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Bok Choy
A Bok Choy Haiku A friendly cabbageOn the stovetop cookingIn stir fries and sides Okay, so I’m no poet and my haiku isn’t going to be published anytime soon. I do however, want to pay homage to this wonderful vegetable. A mere 10 calories for about a half cup of this awesome veggie is one […]
There’s Something About Soup
To miss out on warm, homemade soup with some good bread or homemade muffins on colder days, just breaks my heart. The condensed stuff in the red labeled can just doesn’t count. There is something soul-satisfying about a hearty soup, simmering on the stove (or in the crockpot) with the smell of something baked coming […]
Dejunking Junk Food
If you thought there was a way to make that Twinkie you’re snarfing a little less dangerous, I have a short answer for you–no. If this is a little too close for comfort, how about pizza? You like pizza, don’t you? I don’t think I’ve met anyone who doesn’t love pizza (if you’re the one […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Water
Did you know water is a nutrient? The only thing that will truly quench that thirst and hydrate your body is water. Water makes up nearly 70% of the human body. Almost every bodily function we have needs water. Water carries the good stuff in (nutrients) and it’s water that takes the bad stuff out […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Cabbage
This biggest cruciferous veggie, there’s a lot more to cabbage than just coleslaw. When a dear friend of mine gave birth to a stillborn baby, her doctor told her to place cabbage leaves in her bra to help dry up her milk. It’s an excellent source for vitamin C, fiber of course, folate, manganese, and […]
Cooking without a Recipe
I want to teach you how to cook without a recipe. Yes, without a recipe! You see food preparation and cooking have to do with ingredients being put together in such a way that a dish magically appears. You don’t have to follow a recipe to get these kinds of results. Recipes are very useful […]