vegetables

Confession: My Dirty, Shameless Affair

May 11, 2013

My garden is my part-time lover, absorbing as much time as I sneak in on evenings and weekends. My husband isn’t jealous though, as this dirty love-affair translates as delicious food and a mellow wife for him. We’re wasting no time with making babies. We already have hundreds of leeks, broccoli, kale and cabbage seedlings. [...]

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Quinoa, Chard, Cranberry Squash – Anti-Cancer Foods

May 24, 2012

Cancer really pisses me off. Every time I learn of a friend, a colleague, or another patient who has cancer, it feels like a tragic, personal assault. This disease impacts friends, families, and communities. I feel saddened and offended at cancer’s senseless attack on beautiful life energy. I want to kick the crap out of [...]

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Breakfast Nachos

May 20, 2012

I wake up hungry enough to eat an elephant’s waist. I’m not sure how good that would taste, but I do know that it would taste better than how my mouth tastes upon waking. Bleh! Bless the soul who invented tongue scraping! I also am also an oinker for salty, savory foods. On a good [...]

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How to freeze your fresh vegetables

August 22, 2011

With home gardens and Farmer’s Markets abound, fresh fruit and vegetables arent hard to find. The challenge often is what to do with a The abundance once you have it. For many veggies, like zucchini, broccoli, chard, kale and string beans, ypu can quickly freeze them and eat them for the next three months from [...]

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Rainbow Frittata

April 30, 2011

In my world, every morning starts with a colorful burst. On average, I two – three servings of veggies or fruit at breakfast. If you consciously make an effort to start your day out with plant-based foods, you are well on your way to achieving – or possibly exceeding – the USDA’s recommendations of five [...]

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5-A-Day Keeps the Doctor Away

July 23, 2010

If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a hundred times that you should eat your veggies. But how much should you eat, and why exactly? Currently, the USDA recommends that you eat at least 5 servings of vegetables and fruit every day. In fact, some nutrition authorities recommend nine servings every day.For some of [...]

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