Create this as a gift of serve it to your guests. This recipe is a hit! You’ll Need ½ cup dates, dried, finely chopped 1 egg 1 cup sugar 2 Tablespoons butter, melted 2 cups flour, all-purpose, sifted 3 teaspoons baking powder ¼ teaspoon baking soda ¾ teaspoon salt...

Popular “detox” drinks promise to cleanse everything from liver to lymph. But your body’s internal mechanisms were built to do just that, if we could just get out of its way. One excellent first step is to give up drinks that make your body work harder to clean up...

Looking for a unique gift? How about some freshly baked gingerbread? It also works wonderfully as a part of brunch or a dessert to end a meal. You’ll Need ½ cup molasses 1 cup sugar ½ cup butter ½ cup hot water 2 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons...

At the end of the year, feasts with family and friends commonly encourage consumption of food and of drink. How do you make sure this annual occurrence doesn’t turn bad for you? You simply have to manage quantity AND quality. Drinking Quantity Wine makes the point. For example, is...

This is a wonderful recipe taken from the Three Rivers Cookbook. It’s a fantastic roll to serve as a complement with any holiday  meal.   Yields approximately 36 rolls You’ll Need ¼ cup warm water 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 package dry yeast ½ cup sugar 2 cups lukewarm water...

Staying hydrated is so important for so many aspects of your health! From your brain and kidneys to your skin and energy levels, simply keeping hydrated is one of the easiest solutions you can apply for your overall health. But how much is enough? We have been told that you...

When listing healthy drinks, first let’s exclude the liquefied salad slurry, where you toss in peanut butter, berries, whatever’s going bad in the veg drawer, and a sprinkle of flax seeds or whatever. Yes, that sludge is actually healthy for you, but peanut butter, flax, and kale are not...

Approximately every 3 minutes one person in the United States (US) is diagnosed with a blood cancer (source: https://bit.ly/2dcsntk). In other words, by the time you finish reading this post, another person will be diagnosed. And if it takes you 9 minutes to read through the “Close Look” below,...

You’ve probably heard it said, “If you live long enough, you’ll get prostate cancer.” That’s because its onset is at least partially due to increased age, with the average age of diagnosis at 66 years old! (source: https://bit.ly/2krh8jL). And now that we have a test for it (the PSA),...

This is stunning: Worldwide, lung cancer is the most common malignancy and the most common cause of cancer deaths in the past few decades. In 2012, a total of 1.8 million new cases were estimated, accounting for 12.9% of all new cancer diagnoses. (source: https://go.nature.com/2xPytsH) And the single most important risk...

An easy meal with gourmet taste! You’ll Need ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 Tablespoon dried tarragon ½ teaspoon paprika 1/8 teaspoon  pepper 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder ¾ pound chicken pieces, skin and bone removed Olive oil...

Colorectal cancer is the 2nd most commonly occurring cancer in women, and the 3rd most commonly occurring in men (source: https://bit.ly/2xLYFEP). One key suspect in this particular cancer formation is processed meats, particularly those cured with nitrates and nitrites (current thoughts on cancer boosters and blockers here: https://bit.ly/2IKBNcc....