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Incredible Edible Flax
However there is a new yellow flaxseed named Omega that is gaining popularity due to its attractiveness in the food industry.Flax fibers have been a cultivated crop for centuries, producing linen cloth from the stem skin.
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Super Nutritious Bok Choy (Pak Choi)
In warmer climates or when using rowcovers in cooler areas, harvest can last into the winter. All other photographs Copyright ©2011 Wind. Seeds can also be winter sown or started indoors, although starting seeds indoors is not always recommended.Varieties...
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January is National Oatmeal Month
Oat straw is an important supplementary feed on many farms, and fall-sown oats provide winter livestock grazing for temperate regions.. According to the Quaker Oats Company, oat crops require less fertilizer, and provide dense soil coverage that reduces...
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Canola: Where Does it Come From?
Red, greasy pizza sauce on a white, cotton T-shirt? The glucosinolates and erucic acids are what give greens like collard, mustard and kale their sharply pungent taste.In 1978, the group of Canadians growing this new oilseed decided to name it "Canola,"...
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Nuts About Pistachios
Pistachios have been around since 6760 BC, although the pistachio industry however, has evolved in more recent years. Other plants with drupes include coffee, mango, olive, apricot, cherry, peach and plums.Pistachios are also harvested differently than...
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Herb Pastas: Making Healthy Homemade Herb Noodles
The semolina durum wheat flour traditionally used for pasta is not readily available in my area and needs to be ordered, making it more expensive and less convenient.Almost any other flour can replace a portion of the flour without a problem--some substitutes...
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Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
Similar to other greens, like spinach, cooking watercress takes a large quantity of leaves just to serve 3 or 4 people. Watercress adds a gourmet touch to egg dishes, atop sandwiches, salads, andadded to breakfast, lunch or dinner recipes, raw or cooked,...
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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. Red, white and yellow lentils are decorticated, i.e. they have their skins removed.
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Human Issues in Horticulture. Ands-on gardening experiences have been shown to improve dietary habits of children.Little Michalah, pictured here holding her basket of beets, loves visiting her grandparents' garden.
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The Pomegranate - Healthy, Historical and Heavenly in Cooking
Bring to a simmer and then let reduce by at least 50%. A deep bowl or sink of water makes quick work of separating membrane from aril as these glossy little gems rise to the top. It was September and the fruit I had long read about became real to me.
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The Amazing All-Purpose Pine Needle Tea
Be sure to collect your needles from trees growing well away from road sides where they may be subject to constant vehicle exhaust, road salts, maintenance chemicals and weed sprays.
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How Fermentation Techniques Preserve Food
Although desirable anaerobic bacteria convert carbohydrates to acetic acid that “pickle” and preserves the food, the brine protects the vegetables from aerobic organisms.Pickling vegetables created with vinegar (fresh-pack, or quick-process method)...
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Check out CHIA - Super Seed Nutrition
Other, not as rich (less than 500mg per serving), sources include: wheat germ, soy oil, tofu, winter squash (including acorn, butternut, spaghetti, hubbard), bok choy, kale, Brussels sprouts, mustard seeds, pumpkin seeds, avocado, and bush and pole beans...
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Rabbits and Diet- Feeding your Truly Vegan Pet Properly
This sort of unecessary and inadvisable addition to a bag of food is done completely as a marketing ploy, as the hay alone is much better for rabbitstimothy, orchard, meadow, Bermuda, brome, wheat, rye, oat and barley.These hays are very high in fiber,...
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Growing Asparagus
All rights reserved. Asparagus occupies the same area for many years, making composting and/or fertilizing important to assure an optimum crop. More recent hybrids are better yielding and more disease resistant.utgers, the State University of NJ is a...
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Uncommon Nutrition from the Common Fig ~
That way, even if it dies back, we have the starts of many branches protected and it quickly re-grows."A southern, warm and sunny exposure in a somewhat protected spot will help to ensure your fig tree survives the winter.
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Check out CHIA - an Indigenous Food
Why not try Chia? Tiliifolia caught my interest because, not only are they beautiful hummingbird-attracting plants, their seeds are super high in nutrition, similar to flaxseeds. Gluten-free products include: chia oil, ground chia and chia seed flour...
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Check out CHIA - a Super Salvia
Organic Chia seeds are available online and from Natural Food stores and gourmet markets.[2] Timbrook, Jan, Department of Anthropology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Golden chia growswell in the west from California to Utah and south to Northern...
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Superfruit ~ Acai Berry,
Here in the USA sales have skyrocketed for retailers and restaurants since the berry was mentioned on the Oprah Winfrey Show last year.In a NJ Wegman's grocery store, a department manager recently said to me that their freeze-dried Acaipowder, which had...
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Eat your greens! Dandelions are a dandy way to get super nutrition in a variety of tasty ways..
Add in a few cups of chopped dandelion greens until completely wilted. It's how you dress them up and combine them with other flavors that make these a truly dandy meal. Heat on medium high heat til everything kind of dissolves into a mass of very soft...
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What\'s in Your Acifidity Bag? Asafoetida is in Mine!
Lab reports proved that asafoetida resin lived up to its historical hype as a cure. Babies and school-aged children were forced to wear acifidity bags during outbreaks of polio, measles, and during the winter to stave off influenza.Asafoetida is native...
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Herbal Remedies for Cold & Flu Symptoms: What\'s For Dinner?
24 Dec 2008.Bricklin, Mark. Most dried herbs have a shelf life of one year if kept in a cool, dark, and dry environment.If you examine the herbal ingredients commonly used in the comfort food chicken soup, you can see why it is called “the Jewish penicillin.”...
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Celebrate National Nutrition Month by Gardening with Children
'Nutrition from the Ground Up' can be celebrated all year long, not just during the month of March. After all, special features make gardening all the more exciting and fun!Keep in mind there are thousands of cultivars and species of various fruits, vegetables,...
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Kids Eat Right with Colorful Gardens
Turnip greens provide an excellent source of dietary fiber; vitamins A, C, K; and calcium. Colorful foods can be purchased fresh, dried, canned or frozen. "He'd rather go 'plant seeds than play a video game or watch a movie," says his mother.Their Hawaiian...
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Celebrate National Nutrition Month!
Be honest with yourself...when it comes to our bodies we know what weprobably should or shouldn't be doing to improve, but can'talways bring ourselves to do anything about it. To assess your food intake or physical activity, visit.
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Superfruit ~ Goji Berry,
In my examination of several dried goji berry products, I noticed some discrepancies in the nutrient food labeling. The berries being sold in gourmet grocery and health food stores are primarily from China; however, Goji berries are also cultivated in...
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Kiwifruit: By Any Other Name, It\'s still Delicious and Nutritious
Needing a long growing season to ripen and mature, Kiwifruits are still hard and sour in September and October. Try Kiwi pureed in fruit dips, smoothies, and frozen sorbets, or as a natural tenderizer for meats.
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