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    Straight Talk on Protein

    November 2nd, 2009 Posted by Sophy 1 Comment

    From our friends at Healthy Monday…
    There seems to be a lot of chatter lately about the nutritional value of meatless meals. While some agree limiting meat is a healthy choice, others worry that plant-based fare won’t provide adequate protein. Truth is, by having a Meatless Monday, you not only are nourishing your body with sufficient [...]

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    Pumpkin’s Culinary Potential

    October 26th, 2009 Posted by Sophy 2 Comments

    From our friends at Healthy Monday…
    You may be surprised to learn the culinary potential of the pumpkin goes way beyond a can of pumpkin pie mix. Underused in American cooking, this nutritional powerhouse is revered for its leaves, seeds and roasted flesh in other countries. A member of the gourd family, pumpkins are packed with [...]

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    “Veggie Teens” A Family Affair

    October 19th, 2009 Posted by Sophy 1 Comment

    From our friends at Healthy Monday…

    When your mom’s a doctor and your dad’s a spa chef, what’s a meatless tween to do? Well in the case of then 12 year old Elyse May, she harnessed her well-rounded knowledge and wrote a teen’s meatless cookbook. Initially a junior high school project, Veggie Teens: A Cookbook and [...]

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    The Legacy of Gourmet

    October 12th, 2009 Posted by Sophy No Comments

    From our friends at Healthy Monday…
    As we opened the October 2009 issue of Gourmet magazine, an impossibly good coupon fell into our lap. “Gourmet is having a very special white sale,” the promotional card announced, “12 issues for $15. It’s like getting 8 issues free!” We were suspicious of the enthusiasm behind the offer. “Is [...]

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    Meatless Monday: Pack a Healthy Lunch

    October 5th, 2009 Posted by Sophy No Comments

    From out friends at Healthy Monday…
    This interview was contributed by Kerry Truman of The Huffington Post.
    Food products created just for kids are a relatively new phenomenon; back in the day, children ate the same foods that grown-ups did, only in smaller quantities.
    In recent decades, however, we’ve witnessed the rise of ‘fun’, kid-centric cuisine–i.e.,those processed foods [...]

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    The Grape: Preventative Health Provider

    September 28th, 2009 Posted by Sophy No Comments

    From our friends at Healthy Monday…
    Depicted in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, the grape is the world’s first recorded preventative health hero. Although its high concentration of vitamins B, C and K work to boost your immune system, it is the supplement Resveratrol, found only in grape skin, that makes the grape a standout preventative power. Resveratrol [...]

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    Good Nutrition Starts at School

    September 14th, 2009 Posted by Sophy No Comments

    This post comes to us from our friend Kerry Trueman at Eat Healthy Monday.
    I haven’t got much in common with Whitney Houston; I’m not tall or thin, and I can’t belt out show-stoppers. Oh, and I’m white. But, like Whitney, I believe that children are our future. We all agree – whatever size, shape [...]

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    The High Cost of Cheap Food

    August 31st, 2009 Posted by Sophy 2 Comments

    From our friends at Healthy Monday…
    America has a well-earned reputation for serving up large quantities of cheap, fast food. Such meals may seem like a bargain on the surface, but a closer look shows us that these highly processed, industrialized food products have a multitude of hidden expenses. Brian Walsh, a health and science writer [...]

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    Go Flexitarian For Your Health

    August 24th, 2009 Posted by Dawn 1 Comment

    From our friends at Healthy Monday:
    Dawn Jackson Blatner, a registered dietitian, considered herself a vegetarian. Her diet consisted almost entirely of plant-based foods, but she didn’t want to deprive herself of the occasional hamburger at a back yard barbeque or her favorite family recipes. Rather than remain a “closet meat-eater”, Dawn redefined her habits. She [...]

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    Healthy Monday: Who Will Be Tomorrow’s Julia Child?

    August 17th, 2009 Posted by Dawn 1 Comment

    The day Julia Child flipped her potato pancake onto the stove on her live show The French Chef was a key moment in culinary history. It reminded viewers that mistakes happen; it took some of the fear out of cooking. In this summer’s box office hit Julie and Julia, Meryl Streep plays Child and muses [...]

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