Year: 2012

People try all kinds of crazy things to be healthy — both for them and their families. But here’s a radical solution: eat with the people you love in your life. Take your time. Talk. Need data? Schoolchildren whose families ate dinner together every night ate 1.6 more servings of fruits and...

This recipe was submitted by one of our participant’s Erin Smith. Thanks a big bunch Erin!! Ingredients             3 1/2 cups rolled oats 1 cup raw sliced almonds – no salt 1 cup raw cashew pieces – no salt              1/2 cup walnut pieces – no salt 1/2 cup...

You’ll Need 1 1/4 cups sugar ¼ cup cocoa ½ chopped walnuts 1 ½ teaspoons finely ground coffee 1 cup flour ¾ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ¼ cup chopped bittersweet chocolate 3 eggs, slightly beaten ½ cup melted butter Directions In a small bowl mix flour, baking...

Here’s another doozie: dark meat is worse for you than white meat. Dark meats has more zinc, riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, vitamin B6, B12, amino acids, AND iron!!Take THAT, you dry, flavorless, white meat! In turkey specifically, dark meat contains more vitamin A, K, B6 and 12, niacin, folate, pantothenic acid, selenium,...

Okay, here’s whopper number 1:  Turkey makes you tired. Here’s the theory. Turkey has a lot of tryptophan. Tryptophan in your body can be converted to serotonin and then melatonin, both of which play roles in your sleep cycles.  But serotonin is also involved in positive emotions, but no...

I LOVE Thanksgiving.  This is the time of year when everyone gets together, makes food, hangs out, and reminds each other that you have things to be grateful for.  As the name implies, this holiday consists of  both Thanks and also Giving.  Thanks:  Don’t blubber about it or cause...

You’ll Need: 4 c. milk 7 tbsp uncooked rice (long grain) 1 strip fresh lemon peel, (1” by 3”) 1/3 c. sugar 2 tsp. vanilla ½ c. cream 1 strip fresh orange peel, (1”x3”) Pinch of cinnamon First Mix milk, rice, and peels in large saucepan. Bring to a...

I was at the checkout line at a grocery store to picked up stuff, including a couple of artichokes for dinner. The person at the checkout counter paused, then picked up the artichoke as gingerly as she could. Her eyes widened. She glanced up at me as if she heard the...

“The greatest of all time!”I remember watching Mohammad Ali as a child, and you could not NOT watch him. So fast, as the butterfly floating, bee stinging champ; the greatest of all time. I’m going to say that he was the greatest of all time, because I love the guy,...

Dry your eyes, princess, onions are awesome. Say it with me … “onions are awesome”. Thank you!!  Yes, they make you cry when you cut them, but they make you very happy if you are a diabetic … helping you control your blood sugar (here you go, science geeks and...

This fruit won’t make you pregnant, but it has been a symbol for fertility, for prosperity, and also eternal life for thousands of years. Actually, people started planting this fertility fruit about 5,000 years ago! Why is it associated with fertility? Maybe its because this fruit is nothing more than a bunch...

BeetsWhen I was a kid, beets came out of a can. I thought they GREW in there. Weird, right, how beets come pre-sliced and pre-canned. I had no idea A) that they were a root veg just like a carrot, or B) that they did not taste like dishwater. Now that...