Fresh Squeezed Juices
Posted by Margaret in Nutrition on 28. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
A healthier alternative to wine or cocktails – colorful, fun elixirs can enhance flavors in your food while giving you a refreshing pick me up! I spent the weekend with some girlfriends and we had a great time creating our own spritzers mixing fresh fruit, ginger ale and lemonade… you can add wine or champagne [...]
7 Foods So Unsafe Farmers Won’t Eat Them
Posted by Margaret in Nutrition on 09. Mar, 2011 | 1 Comment
What’s wrong with canned tomatoes, farmed salmon and conventional apples?
Grocery stores may sell them, but experts won’t touch them, click on the link below to learn what you should know about your food.
Read Laura House’s article on Planet Green here.
10 Eco-Friendly Food Trucks
Posted by Margaret in Nutrition on 01. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
The budget-friendly mobile food business is booming, and now street vendors are stepping up and going green. Many serve local, organic and vegetarian fare, use biodegradable packaging and power their business with biofuel.
Here is a list of Mother Nature Network’s Top 10 eco-friendly food trucks that offer healthier options for you and the planet.
Liba, [...]
Ingredient Substitution Guide
Posted by Margaret in Nutrition on 01. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
If you’re looking to tweak a recipe to make it meatless, low fat, vegan, ethnic or allergen-free, this Ingredient Substitution Guide created by Vegetarian Times offers some great tips.
In addition to using the chart below, here are some guidelines when making substitutions:
Keep the ingredients in the same ethnic category. For example, if you are making a [...]
Healing Foods
Posted by Margaret in Nutrition on 16. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
According to Ayurveda, food can enliven, stimulate and rejuvenate!
Lemons are both purifying and nourishing, and they stimulate digestion. I like to start my day with a glass of room temperature water and the juice of a lemon to reduce toxins.
Almonds are nourishing and life-supporting. A handful of raw almonds daily can increase strength and energy.
Mung [...]
