Each of these candy companies provides nutritionally superior, environmentally conscious, and/or social change-focused sweets. Try some of these fair-trade Halloween candy ideas to make the treats you give this year sweeter for kids, better for the planet, and more supportive…
Simple Coconut Delicata Squash Chips
Not sure what to do with your abundance of squash? These Delicata squash chips are healthy, flavorful and delicious – not to mention super easy to make! Oven-Baked Coconut Delicata Squash Chips Ingredients 3 delicata squash, halved, seeded, and cut…
Healthy Halloween Recipes that the Kids Will Love
Don’t ignore your sweet cravings this time of year, indulge them! With these pre-trick-or-treating healthy Halloween recipes (some from Holistic Culinary School Bauman College), you can fill up on yummy goodness, and impress your friends and kids! Here are our top…
Sweet Potatoes and Yams are Two Different Vegetables
The holidays are here and sweet potatoes are one of the most popular vegetables on the menu. Sweet potatoes are commonly labeled as yams when in reality they are most likely sweet potatoes. Many years ago the U.S. government decided to…
This Healthy Green Bean Casserole is the Ultimate Comfort Food
This healthy green bean casserole recipe recreates the flavors of classic comfort food while providing essential nutrients for you and your family. Healthy Green Bean Casserole Recipe Ingredients 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 large leek, sliced in half…
3 Helpful Tips to Prevent Apples from Browning
If you’ve ever put cut apples in your lunch, or served them on a plate as an afternoon snack, you’ve most likely noticed that some browning of the flesh starts to occur not long after they have been cut. Many of us…
The Insider’s Scoop on Late Summer Produce
As we are heading into September, the late summer sun gently touching our agricultural lands, we are once again in a transition. From summer bounty to fall, we find ourselves in the seasonal preparation for winter. It’s the last push…
An Easy Way to Eat More Veggies: Vegetable Cashew Stir-Fry
If you are a regular listener to the What’s in Season segment of our show, you more than likely have heard Earl Herrick and I talking about transition times in your produce department. April and May are those “in between” months where local…
Grilled Summer Squash with Farro Salad
Grilled Summer squash is an easy way to use up your seasonal garden offerings and farro adds protein and fiber to this summer-filled salad! Grilled Summer Squash with Farro & Greens Ingredients 1 10oz package of organicgirl 50/50! salad mix…
Herbal Sun Tea: A Taste of Summer Sunshine
My first memories of Iced Tea in the Summer were of brewing this beautiful amber elixir in large glass carafes with my mother. Always the elegant and creative teacher, my mother had a multi-gallon dispenser specifically for herbal sun tea…
