Here’s a big surprise (not): your diet influences the health of your skin. Besides the natural aging process, other factors that affect our skin include sun exposure, alcohol consumption, stress, smoking, high intake of processed foods, dry weather, certain soaps. Dairy products and whey protein have been...
Green bell peppers are not a favorite of mine. In fact, when I order veggie skillets, I usually request that they be omitted. I find them to be bitter. Here’s the reason why. Green bell peppers are unripe red bell peppers. They truly ARE bitter. Since they...
The terminology “exercise snack” is rather intriguing. I wanted one before I knew what it was. Would it be coated with dark chocolate? Is it low in sugar? Turns out the answer to both questions is, “No.” It has nothing to do with food, even though it’s a...
Let’s start with the muffin. Last week I wrote about the health benefits of eating wild blueberries. Saturday morning, I decided that I had to have a blueberry muffin. (It often happens that when I write about food, I think about it so much that...
Plant-Based Wild Blueberry Muffins These muffins are dairy-free, gluten-free and egg-free. The texture is different than mainstay blueberry muffins. I find them to be amazing. Ingredients: 3/4 cup almond flour* 1/4 cup buckwheat flour* (this is a gluten-free flour, non-wheat flour) 1 cup brown rice flour ...
If you’ve not yet discovered Wyman’s Wild Blueberries, now is your time. These tiny little berries are one of the healthiest (perhaps even #1) and most delicious foods on the planet. While cultivated blueberries that we find locally in stores or pick here in the...
“Should I spend my money on organic fruits and vegetables?” “Is organic produce superior nutritionally?” “Does it really matter?” I hear these questions frequently. My response was typically, “Check out the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) ‘Dirty Dozen’ and ‘Clean Fifteen,’ and use that as a guide.” Now I’m...
In the past week, a discussion came up about pineapple. How do you choose a tasty one? Well, for those inquiring minds, here you go. How to choose a tasty pineapple Look for a bit of yellow, which should be present at the eyes at the...
You’re probably thinking that I just celebrated my birth month. And I did. One year ago. Already. How quickly the years go by. I recently read No Regrets: A Fable About Living Your 4th Quarter Intentionally by Allen Hunt and Matthew Kelly. No Regrets is about a woman...
Interesting what shows up in conversation when a bunch of friends gather. Most recently, this is what happened. “So, have you ever wondered how cauliflower ends up purple and orange? Has anyone tried it? Carol, how does that happen?” Inquiring minds need to know. So, here you...