My counter-top vegetable basket typically houses garlic bulbs, onions, shallots, and one or two avocados in various states of ripening, or rotting, as the case may be. When one appears on its way out, rather than feed my compost bin, I make guacamole. For my plain and simple guacamole, I’ll be honest, I don’t chase [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Nutrition’
Guacamole – Plain and Simple
Posted in Cooking, tagged avocado, guacamole, Nutrition on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mad About Nuts
Posted in Cooking, tagged Nutrition, nuts on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Research supports that nuts are all they’re cracked up to be. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has an approved qualified health claim stating, “Scientific evidence suggests eating 1 1/2 ounces of most nuts, including almonds, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, and peanuts as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the [...]
Stay Healthy – Cold and Flu Prevention
Posted in Cooking, Nutrition, tagged colds, flu, Nutrition, phytochemicals on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Cold and flu season is just around the corner. I tend to think positive. I’m not going to get sick this year. Children are the primary carriers of cold and flu viruses and because I spent a lot of time with my three crumb-snatchers I plan to be proactive in prevention. Here are some helpful [...]
Halloween Supper Tips
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged halloween, Nutrition on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Forget the hotdogs cut to look like squid or wrapped in crescent roll dough to look like mummys. Make dinner tonight with lots of nutritious bang for the buck and then you might not feel so bad when they fall into bed with a belly full of Snickers and without brushing their teeth.
What my kids [...]
