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Desserts, Health and Wellness, healthy eating, Healthy Food, healthy kitchen, Heart Health

Secrets to Cooking Healthy, Soul Food for Thanksgiving

There are two things synonymous with traditional soul food: flavorful and unhealthy. While eating a soul food meal can leave you in a state of immense satisfaction; a daily diet of food high in sodium, sugar, and fat will put you at risk for developing a chronic illness such as: high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity. The secret to cooking healthy, soul food is all … Continue reading Secrets to Cooking Healthy, Soul Food for Thanksgiving

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Health and Wellness, healthy eating, Healthy Food, Recipe Ideas, vegetarian

Stress-free Tips for Hosting Vegetarians at Thanksgiving

This year, you’ve decided to host Thanksgiving dinner at your house. You’ve got the meal all planned out, and have collected all your favorite recipes. But, you’ve just found out that you have a vegetarian guest coming for dinner. What now? Well, no need to fret. Your guest is a non-meat eater, not an alien from another planet. Although, vegetarianism is pretty well accepted in … Continue reading Stress-free Tips for Hosting Vegetarians at Thanksgiving

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Fish, Health and Wellness, healthy eating, Healthy Food, Mediterranean Diet, Recipe Ideas

Healthy Food Fusion: Mediterranean Tilapia with Pasta & Vegetables

Since I don’t normally cook from recipes, I find myself fusing different ethnic tastes, and many times I’ve surprised myself with the outcome. One such meal is the dish pictured here, which I called Mediterranean Tilapia with Pasta & Vegetables: The preparation for this dish was relatively easy and quick. I used simple ingredients: whole wheat angel hair pasta, onions, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, fire-roasted diced … Continue reading Healthy Food Fusion: Mediterranean Tilapia with Pasta & Vegetables

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Fall recipes, Health and Wellness, healthy eating, Healthy Food

Fall Veggies: A Rainbow of Variety

Each season produces a variety of fruits and vegetables; fall is no exception. During the fall season, the variety of colorful vegetables is abundant. You can find, at the grocer and your local farmers market, a selection of vegetables in hues of : orange, yellow, green, red, and white. Certainly, some fall vegetables are available at other times of the year, but they are at … Continue reading Fall Veggies: A Rainbow of Variety

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Health and Wellness, healthy eating, Healthy Food, Uncategorized

Don’t Ignore Your Body’s Language

The human body is amazing! It will give you signals and warnings to let you know when something is out of whack. When I start to feel rundown, and cold symptoms like a runny nose and sore throat creep up, I know my body is giving me signals to: slow down, get some rest, and boost my immune system, to keep from getting sick. If … Continue reading Don’t Ignore Your Body’s Language

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Get Cozy with Favorite Fall Foods

While I love the hot, summer season for enjoying family vacations at the beach, eating sweet, ripe watermelon and tropical fruits, and preparing quick, healthy salads, I look forward to the cooler temps of the fall season and my favorite comfort foods. As soon as the summer season is about to end, I start reminiscing about all my favorite fall foods that I love to … Continue reading Get Cozy with Favorite Fall Foods

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Simplify Your Diet with Real Food

With so many food choices available, it can be difficult for one to choose foods that are healthy, and foods that shouldn’t be eaten. One way we can simplify our diets is by eating real food. Michael Pollan, best-selling author, in his book: In Defense of Food, writes: “Don’t eat anything that your great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” Back in the day, before convenience … Continue reading Simplify Your Diet with Real Food

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Food Safety, healthy kitchen

Is Danger Hiding in Your Fridge?

Undetected danger could be hiding among the fruits and vegetables, in your fridge. A recent salmonella outbreak affecting 141 persons in 20 states has been linked to Cantaloupe. Yes, this ripe, sweet fruit, if grown in southwestern Indiana, could make you and your family very ill. Reports of illness were identified in the following states: Alabama , Arkansas , California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, … Continue reading Is Danger Hiding in Your Fridge?

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Easy Ways to Eat Healthy; Even When You Hate Cooking

I’ll admit that I’m a foodie. I love cook books, watching cooking shows, playing Diner Dash, and writing about cooking. Despite the fact that I love cooking, there are moments when I don’t want to cook, which is usually after I’ve worked my 9-to-5 and driven 45 minutes in traffic. The one nice thing about my drive home is having the time to think of … Continue reading Easy Ways to Eat Healthy; Even When You Hate Cooking

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New Ways to Enjoy Summer Squash

Summer squash is plentiful during the month of July. The farmers markets and grocers are stocked with yellow squash, zucchini, and pattypan (the big, green and yellow squash). Yet, with so much variety and abundance of squash, it can be difficult to think of new ways to prepare it. There are many ways that summer squash can be prepared: grilled, sauteed, fried, and roasted are … Continue reading New Ways to Enjoy Summer Squash

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