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January is National Oatmeal Month
Unless it's a chewy, buttery oatmeal cookie hot out of the oven with a glass of cold milk.Oatmeal is one of those staples that most of us take for granted. Oats lend themselves to many recipes.Raw oats go through several processes before they reach our...
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Canola: Where Does it Come From?
Grease from a hamburger with bright orange greasy cheese and bright red ketchup? Reducing pollution from fossil fuels, and leaving the environment cleaner--sounds great, right? And read even some of this information and make up your own mind about canola...
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Nuts About Pistachios
I was surprised to discover that the first commercial crop in California was planted in 1968 and harvested in 1976 by Pioneer Nursery, who patented 'Pioneer Gold', a pistachio tree cultivar.
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Herb Pastas: Making Healthy Homemade Herb Noodles
4 May 09.Pasta machine (pasta press) clamped to table and ready for work.My usual herb pasta ingredients: herbs, spices, flour, free-range chicken egg (high in omega-3 fatty acid), and olive oil.Chocolate - Mint fettuccine noodles drying and chocolate...
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Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
The more you learn about watercress, the more likely you are to include this tasty member of the mustard family in your diet. The USDA reportsreports invasivness along the rivers of New Zealand., and according to the USDA just 10 sprigs of watercress...
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Have you had your (nutritious) beans today? Try Lentils!
Lentils are one of the protein-rich legumes and said to be more easily digested than larger beans. They are one of the earliest domesticated crops but seldom grown by modern gardeners.
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Gardening is fun and adventurous and, when combined with a curriculum like that offered at HealthBarnUSA, is a wonderful way to improve your children's diet and lifestyle, while educatingthem about plants, nature, the outdoors and science.Footnotes: Child...
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The Pomegranate - Healthy, Historical and Heavenly in Cooking
Put all this in a 13 x 9 buttered baking dish. Don't be intimidated by their gorgeous outer husks. Melt 2 Tablespoons of butter and drizzle over the top. The burst of flavor you will experience is like no other taste or sensation.
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The Amazing All-Purpose Pine Needle Tea
It is a fact that the tea extracted from pine needles is very high in vitamin C, helped keep the early settlers alive through their first winter in America, and to this day, is regularly used by natives, hunters, and explorers in nearly every region around...
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How Fermentation Techniques Preserve Food
Evidence suggests that fermented foods were consumed 7,000 years ago in Babylon.Scientist speculate that our ancestors possibly discovered fermentation by accident and continued to use the process out of preference or necessity.
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Check out CHIA - Super Seed Nutrition
Check out Chia! (part 3) Increase energy and may reduce the risks for heart disease andh flaxseed, since the two are similar in nutrients and most people are somewhat familiar with flaxseeds.Unlike flaxseed, chia is relatively new on the commercial agriculture...
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Rabbits and Diet- Feeding your Truly Vegan Pet Properly
This is only a suggestion, not a strong recommendation (yet).Bladder stone in a rabbit on radiograph (left) and same stone after having been surgically removed (right)Nearly all commercial rabbit diets consist of pellets.Most are made of alfalfa pellets,...
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Growing Asparagus
You can remove it in the late fall or early spring. Asparagus could make a home in your kitchen garden for 20 or more years! The healthy spears contain an abundance of other nutrients including: magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, and significant...
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Uncommon Nutrition from the Common Fig ~
Mama recalls visiting them in their Bronx, New York home. Available at: http//www.eatright.org. He says, "A beginner can check for ripeness by gently squeezing them."in the photo against the stones next to the ampelopsisaspects - sweet, uncontaminated...
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Check out CHIA - an Indigenous Food
Not all products using chia are gluten-free; be sure to read the product label.View on the Copper Canyon (barranca del cobre) in Chihuahua, Mexico photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons by Jens Uhlenbrock.Thumbnail and food collage photos Copyright ©2011 D.Wind.
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Check out CHIA - a Super Salvia
Chia seeds offer nutrition, similar to flaxseed.If it is bulk seeds you are after, and you do not have a lot of ground to grow numerous chia plants, it may be best to purchase bulk chia seeds.
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Superfruit ~ Acai Berry,
It is always a good idea to carefully read product labels. And Nestle USA have engaged in an exclusive joint licensing agreement for a line of healthy beverages, including acai products, under the JambaNestle recently announced on their website that the...
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Eat your greens! Dandelions are a dandy way to get super nutrition in a variety of tasty ways..
I dare you - go look at a gourmet grocery around youwhen you see the price charged for them, a small pack of seeds and nothing more than a sharp pair of scissors will convince you that these are most definately some delicious alternatives to plain...
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What\'s in Your Acifidity Bag? Asafoetida is in Mine!
Most did not know what was in the bags, but I do! The storage of asafoetida requires an airtight container enclosed in a sealable bag (or two) to prevent the smell from contaminating other pantry items.The powdered resin has a very long list of uses,...
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Herbal Remedies for Cold & Flu Symptoms: What\'s For Dinner?
19 Dec 2008.Rennard, MD, Stephen. Flufacts.com/about/cold.aspx. Apple Cider Vinegar Benefits.applecidervinegarweightloss.com/article2-flu-remedy.html. You can quickly glance through the list and determine which of your favorite dinner recipes include...
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Celebrate National Nutrition Month by Gardening with Children
Children in garden photographs Copyright © Diana Wind - photo release permission granted from[1] McAleese J, Rankin L, Garden-Based Nutrition Affects Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Sixth-Grade Adolescents.
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Kids Eat Right with Colorful Gardens
Enjoy eating right with color!Click here to read 'Best Plants for Gardening Kid's ~ part 1', featuring: Jelly Bean Tomatoes, Silly Dilly, Tickle Me Plant, Flying Saucer Summer Squash, and Red Strawberry Popcorn.Annual plant of the legume family, grown...
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Celebrate National Nutrition Month!
Essential vitamins, minerals and fiber not only provide you and your family with nutritional benefits, but may offer protection from obesity and reduced risk from chronic diseases such as stroke, heart disease and some types of cancer.is an annual campaign...
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Superfruit ~ Goji Berry,
Photos of picking fresh Goji berries used with permission - Jersey Asparagus Farms - courtesy of Rodrigo Munoz.to Junetta Mehl, Lois' Health Cupboard I, Burlington, NJ; Scott Walker, Jersey Asparagus Farm; Stacey Antine MS, RD, HealthBarnUSA; and Carol...
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Kiwifruit: By Any Other Name, It\'s still Delicious and Nutritious
The edible portion of one Kiwi provides greater than 100% of the Daily Value of, making it a high source. For a quick snack, Kiwi can be cut in half and the pulp eaten with a spoon.*: One 2" green Kiwifruit provides: 10g carbohydrates, .8g protein, 2g...
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Chickpea and Escarole Soup
Yes, you can add a small ham hock, slices of good sausage, little meatballs, a minced hot pepper, some barley or small pasta, but the simplest […] While I love the stew-like Italian pasta e fagioli and Portuguese caldo verde , I'm especially fond of...
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Should Humans Eat Seeds? We\'re Not Birds, After All!
Avocado seed diagram Are seeds really that good for us, as humans? (It helps me to think of mammals: sperm from the father, placenta from theout and form new plants instantly, which has allowed humans to collect them, store them, cross them, study them...
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