Best Berry Recipes: Blueberries, Raspberries, Strawberries
Blueberries - Health Benefits
Blueberries have more to offer than just good looks and taste.
Raspberries - Health Benefits
Rich in vitamin C, folate, iron and potassium, raspberries also provide high amounts of insoluble fiber (thanks to all those little seeds) as well as respectable amounts of the soluble fiber pectin, which helps control cholesterol [...]
Best Berry Recipes: Strawberries
Succulent strawberries abound and wordpress.com bloggers are not slouches when it comes to sharing wonderful, mouth watering recipes with their readers.
Although strawberries are a wonderfully healthy, low-calorie treat when eaten plain, I look forward to strawberry season for another reason: Strawberry Shortcake!
Here’s Strawberry Shortcake from pinchmysalt
Ingredients
4 C. fresh strawberries, rinsed [...]
Americans not eating enough fruits and vegetables
The effect that advertising has on our lives changes our lives and not necessarily for the better. Everywhere we go and everything we focus on or pick up to read is plastered with advertisements for food. Well, maybe I should say “pseudo-food” because most advertising is aimed at marketing processed stuff and junk foods.
This is [...]
The Raw and Living Food Vegan Diet
When it comes to doing something about (1) climate change that is more effective than purchasing a hybrid car, and (2) reducing obesity in children and in adults, then switching to a meat free diet is at the top of the list.
Short Order Mom’s Harry Potter Recipes
If you’ve been reading the J.K. Rowling Harry Potter series then you may have speculated on what those recipes were for those dishes the Howart’s wizards were eating. Well, shortordermom has published her take on them on her blog Cookies to Caviar just as the Deathly Hallows hits the shelves.
One recipe follows and the [...]
Allergy Protection for Children: The Mediterranean Diet
A “Mediterranean” diet rich in fruits, vegetables and nuts protects against allergic rhinitis and asthma symptoms, suggests research published ahead of print in Thorax. The researchers assessed the dietary habits, respiratory symptoms, and allergic reactions of almost 700 children living in four rural areas on the Greek island of Crete.
Whether the children ate a “Mediterranean” [...]
Eating Simply: Eating Well
I found some excellent advice at this site.
It compliments a related blog post that can be found here Fuel for Fitness.
The Basics
1. Eliminate junk food, processed food, fast food, red meats, fried food.
2. Choose basic whole food ingredients that can be easily and quickly prepared.
3. Choose nutritious foods containing the fiber, vitamins and minerals, [...]
Vegetarian Experiences: A Scrumptious Lunch Menu
When four women vacation together and woo each other with a week of ovo-lacto vegetarian cooking the results are memorable and worth sharing.
Menu
Creamy Split Pea Soup
Tossed Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette Dressing
Quiche Hollandaise
Cracked Wheat Bread
Lemon Ice-Box Pie with Sour Cream Topping
* Begin by preparing the dessert first, just after breakfast.
Creamy Split Pea Soup
1 cup split peas
6 [...]
