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Want to eat foods that can help maintain your blood pressure, decrease the likelihood of cancer and cardiovascular disease, and help strengthen your immune system? Then eat more winter white produce such as cabbage, mushrooms, parsnips, and rutabagas. These fruits and vegetables are excellent sources of essential vitamins and minerals and are at their peak […]

Unfortunately, no matter how I make it, my husband is not going to become a fan of broccoli any time soon. Sometimes, if I’m lucky, I can chop it up small enough and hide it in a casserole, and he’ll manage a few bites before picking the rest out, but he ain’t requesting it […]

Well, it’s coming towards the end of their season now, but they’re still worth mentioning - these fabulous little knobbly tubers with a distinctive flavor.
I love Jerusalem artichokes so much we planted some in our garden last year, and are just harvesting the results now. Not, perhaps, particularly successful, but then we are beginners […]

Once upon a time, bakers used butter …
Anyone who has ever baked a cake, cookie, biscuit or pastry, knows that baking needs fat, and traditionally, the best fats to use have been butter or lard.
These are saturated fats, and have become deeply unfashionable in the popular mind as being unhealthy because saturated fats increase […]

It may have been a bitterly cold January evening in Denver, but the package waiting in our refrigerator would take me and my husband back to our fifth anniversary vacation to the Big Island of Hawaii last April.
Fresh sushi-grade fish is hard to find at the retail level in the northwest suburbs of Denver, so […]

The other day I stumbled across a cool recipe website called Allergycooks. As you may have guessed, the site caters to food allergies, though they are a bit more dedicated than most. All of the recipes from Allergycooks are free from wheat, egg and dairy products. The site is based out of the […]

Cinnamon has been getting a lot of press lately. Most of it started in June 2007, when
reporters and newscasters were urging people to sprinkle some cinnamon on their rice pudding (or anything else they liked) because it would lower their blood sugar levels.
The hype was the result of a study from Malmo University Hospital in […]

What’s hot this winter? Pomegranates. Eat them fresh, add them to a salad, drink the juice, or wash your skin with pomegranate soap; it is everywhere. Pomegranates have actually been hot for some time now. That’s because few foods provide as many health benefits.
Pomegranate seeds– tiny brilliant red rubies– pack a sweet tart punch. They’re […]

Like many other people, perhaps you’re planning some New Years resolutions?
Here are a few reasons why ‘giving up chocolate’ should NOT be on your list, even if you do want to lose some weight …

Chocolate is an anti-depressant

Serotonin, endorphins and phenylethylamine are all lurking in your chocolate bar, and these are mood-enhancers as well as […]

You’ve seen them in the market. You’ve admired their brilliantly colored orange skin. You’ve picked them up, perhaps even sniffed them, then put them back and purchased some pears instead.
Poor persimmons. They are winter gems but just aren’t as well known apples and pears. That might be about to change.
Though there are about a dozen […]