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Turkey Still Frozen?
Quick, Last Minute Solutions for a Healthy, Pain-Free Thanksgiving We know Allison Fishman is a proponent of wild blueberries, learning to cook, and having plenty to chew on your plate. We love all three, so who better to weigh in on a healthful, always delicious Thanksgiving? Try a taste! She offers up… Read More
Have a Not So Traditional (Healthy) Holiday
Joanna Dogloff of the Huffington Post says that the typical Thanksgiving dinner has a whopping 2,796 calories. That might even sound a bit conservative, if Thanksgiving happens to be your favorite holiday. Fit Sugar alleges that the typical Thanksgiving meal actually comes in at 4,500, a number that truly puts the “gob”… Read More
Is Cheating Healthy?
The popular “4-hour Body” originator Tim Ferriss says that setting one day aside to totally indulge when you are dieting is the key to staying motivated and maintaining your metabolism. Is a “cheat day” necessary to achieve a healthy weight? Or does planning for a Saturday splurge just mean we’re… Read More
Seasonal Recipes Offer Fresh, Simple Food All Year Long
Kathy Gunst Shares Her Wild Blueberry Syrup Recipe & Talks to Wild About Health About the Virtues of Seasonal Eating The delights of summer in Maine are obvious. But local author Kathy Gunst has a lock on what makes all seasons in our state delightfully delicious. Gunst is a writer, food… Read More
Fall for Apples
Shine Up a Cortland, Grab a Macoun…This Favorite Fruit Has a Lot to Offer Kiwi, guava, cactus pears, acai…the longsuffering apple can get lost in the cornucopia of today’s stylish fruit choices. It’s easy to pick up a bag during apple-picking season, cook up a crisp, and forget this favorite… Read More
Top Montreal Chef Makes a French Connection with a Wild Ingredient
Chef Jérôme Ferrer is a Montreal chef with a flair for creative, delicious food and a talent for distinctive use of market fresh produce. As Grand Chef at the celebrated Restaurant Europea, a true hot spot of creative, modern cuisine located in a luxurious Victoria Mansion in the heart of… Read More
It’s National Farmers Market Week!
Celebrate By Targeting These 5 Market Fresh Foods by NatalieMaynor It’s not unusual to get a hankering for a bag of farm fresh potatoes (bursting with a variety of phytonutrients). Around the time when the urge hits, wouldn’t it be great to watch them instantly turn into a Garden Vegetable or Zesty… Read More
Sneaky Smoothies? One-Trick Ponies? You Might Be Sabotaging Your Healthy Servings
Doing all you need to do to eat healthy and maintain your weight? Calories are sneaky, and efforts to maintain a healthy weight can defy the best intentions. Consider our recent post about Chinese adolescents who report eating plenty of veggies but consistently outweigh their non-serving-eating counterparts. Even if you are getting… Read More
Serve the Season’s Fresh Fruit: 10 Way-Out Ways
Fruit with Swedish Pancake (CC) Courtesy of norwichnuts The fruit race is on! Fresh fruit is showing its color everywhere now that summer is at its apex. It makes a health-conscious eater wonder: How much fresh fruit can we actually eat? We know frozen fruits and vegetables offer the same taste and… Read More
Saving Your Frozen for Processing? You’re Missing Out
A recap of the 2011 Berry Health Benefits Symposium includes some interesting data about those small nutritional gems we know as berries. All varieties were under discussion this year at this California symposium, including strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries, as participants piled on the evidence for the berry’s superfood status and the… Read More
