From trends and specialty diets to indecipherable food labels. From expensive equipment in food reality shows on TV to ingredients in processed foods that have nothing to do with nourishment, it is remarkable how complicated food has become. Let’s bring…
5 Healthy Sugar Substitutes: A Handy Guide to Keep in Your Kitchen
It’s no secret that refined sugar and artificial sweeteners pose major health risks. To take the holistic route, use concentrated sweeteners sparingly so that blood sugar levels can remain stable. For daily sweet treats, choose fresh, seasonal fruit. For baking…
5 Simple Ways to Enjoy Winter Squash
The season is abundant with winter squash. These “globes of joy,” burst with sweet, nutty flavor, are packed with antioxidants and can be as versatile as your creativity allows. To help you get started, here are some of Chef Sita’s…
Your Guide to a Therapeutic Pantry
A well-stocked pantry will guarantee you a delicious meal anytime. A therapeutic pantry will also guarantee you a lifetime of good health. Fill your cupboards and refrigerator with these traditional foods, and keep checking back for easy recipes and fun…
Don’t Let Your Fresh Produce Go Bad! Here Are Some Tricks
Quite often, good intentions of eating healthy and stocking the fridge with fresh produce can take a wrong turn during the week, as schedules pick up in pace and you don’t have time to make as many dishes as you…
Homemade Nutrient-Dense Mineral Broth
Homemade mineral broth has more body and is more nutrient-dense than traditional store-bought vegetable broths because of the addition of some or all of the following Booster Foods: kombu, nutritional yeast, flaxseeds, and miso. Make your own Mineral Broth at home…
Keep or Toss? Your Guide to the Best (and Worst!) Cooking Oils
When it comes to pan-frying an egg, drizzling oil over a salad or roasting veggies, one thing is for certain: you need healthy, heat-appropriate cooking oils to optimize the health benefits of whatever dish you are preparing. Here is our…
Reduce Food Waste! How to Use Every Bit of Your CSA Produce Box
It’s here! The box you’ve been waiting for: your weekly CSA produce box. Most of the items you’ve set aside for recipes, but there at the bottom remain a few vegetables you don’t know what do with… Until now! Below…
Authentic Mexican Cuisine: A World of Flavor and Spirit
Today we are inviting you to come explore the world south of the border with us – the Mexican border, that is. We are taking it way beyond what is commonly known as Tex-Mex food. Burritos, Enchiladas, Guacamole, and Tacos.…
Nutrition Facts Labels: What Does it All Mean?
Nutrition Facts Labels Nutrition Facts Labels are governed by the FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration) and are commonly found on prepackaged foods. They were updated in 2016 to reflect new scientific information. The refreshed design included increased type size…
Minty Apple Kombucha Smoothie – Delicious, Healthy, and Guaranteed to Wake You Up!
Originating in Asia about 2,000 years ago, Kombucha contains a large number of healthy bacteria,…
