BY LINDA WAGNER
A fast, easy option is always a nice, juicy vegetable sandwich! So easy to make, kids could help you put it together. This isn’t some boring veggie sandwich either, this tastes delightful! It’s both healthy and satisfying, the perfect combo. [click to continue…]
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BY JOANNE BRUNOSweet potatoes are kind of a big deal in my life. I didn’t realize how much of a big deal until I went on a first date with a guy and he told me, with all the nonchalance he could muster, that he didn’t like them. [click to continue…]
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Sometimes food can be used for more than just eating. There are many unusual uses for everyday ingredients that we may use in our recipes. So when a unique ingredient or food with a bizarre use comes to our attention, we’ll be sure to inform you about it.
Today, we’ll feature the cucumber, which is in abundance this season. Have too many cucumbers lying around that are about to go to waste? Fear not! We’ve got some unique uses for this cool summer veggie. [click to continue…]
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Vitamin E, along with vitamins A, D & K, is a fat soluble micronutrient. The presence of fat at the time of digestion is necessary for the body to absorb this nutrient. A diet low in fat is often a contributor to [click to continue…]
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It’s almost August, but there’s still a few weeks left of prime grilling and outdoor eating weather. If you want to have a summer meal without packing on extra weight, try some healthy grilling alternatives [click to continue…]
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It”s not easy to get some people to eat vegetables, especially children. Even through adulthood, some have just never learned to like them. Call me idealistic if you want, but I truly believethat people only say they don’t like vegetables because they haven’t had them prepared in a way that appeals to them yet.
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We all know that familiar routine: grab a shiny bag with appealing advertising, easily pop it open, relish the snack inside with a satisfying crunch and repeat. Now imagine that snack as tasty and healthy baby carrots instead of those processed potato chips and cheese doodles we are all familiar with. This idea was exactly what Jeff Dunn, of Bolthouse Farms, and Omid Farhang, of Crispin Porter + Bogusky advertising agency, had in mind while trying to devise a strategy to make baby carrots cool again. In his entertaining and interesting article, “How Carrots Became The New Junk Food,” for Fast Company, Douglas McGray details the long, but comical process of for baby carrots’ new ad campaign, “Eat ‘Em Like Junk Food”. [click to continue…]
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Tomatoes are among the most common vegetables, or fruits, on the planet. There are countless varieties of tomatoes and numerous ways to distinguish those varieties. One way to distinguish them is to [click to continue…]
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Urban Rooftop Farm Brooklyn Grange
High above the bustling streets of Western Queens, there is a one-acre urban farm, planting, growing and harvesting its way to a more sustainable lifestyle. Brooklyn Grange Farm, located in Long Island City, is part of a slew of urban farms rapidly taking over New York City’s abandoned or unused lots, terraces and rooftops. At one-acre, in a city known for cramped spaces and crowded streets, Brooklyn Grange is a feat unto itself, turning the vacant office building roof they lease into a viable and successful urban farm – one of the biggest in New York City! [click to continue…]
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By Lindsay HuntWhen summer finally arrives, it’s hard to ignore the season’s harbingers. This includes but is not limited to: over air-conditioned indoor spaces, steaming subway platforms and streets, and the most dreaded of all: bathing suit season. Luckily, the negatives of summer make for positive solutions. I end up eating more salads and smoothies; and I exercise more. When the weekend comes, however, those well-intentioned plans can get derailed. (Brunch around the corner with a basket of pastries? Yes, please!) This summer I plan to have none of that, and to make it through each Saturday and Sunday with a healthy brunch without a side of guilt. [click to continue…]
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