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Foodie Friday: Mangosteen
The mangosteen, looks nothing like a mango, in fact its’ deep blood red colored outside and egg-like creamy inside is an interesting contrast. Native to the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas (everyone knows where that is right?) it is and exotic fruit with a wonderful combination of popular flavors. The mangosteen can be described as [...]
Foodie Friday: Bananas
Did you know that there’s a “food holiday” almost every day of the whole year? Some of them are silly (National Food-on-a-stick Day?!), and some of them promote foods that I don’t think necessarily need more advertising (National Cheese Doodle Day?!), but some of them feature good old fruits and veggies! Friday August 27th is [...]
Spice Spotlight: Parsley
You already know about all the health benefits of herbs and spices and their ability to give your food antioxidant boosts, now let’s focus on just how on earth you can use the various types of herbs out there. First stop…parsley. Whether you are using fresh or dried parsley, here are some of my favorite [...]
Go Meatless on Monday!
Improve Your Health . . . It Only Takes 1 Day a Week! What do the following people and places have in common: Sir Paul McCartney; Israel’s top restaurants; Kim O’Donnel of the Washington Post; Ghent, Belgium; and Michael Pollan? They’re all going meatless on Mondays! Meatless Monday is a non-profit initiative, in association with [...]
