Articles tagged “Vegetables”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

What Makes the Dirty Dozen So Darn Dirty? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jun 25 2011 We see it all the time, but what does it mean? + READ MORE

Produce Industry Mounts Campaign to Entice Us Back to Conventional Pesticide-Loaded Fruits and Veggies By Sara Novak IN Food & Health May 25 2011 Pesticide residue safe? I don't think so. + READ MORE

5 Super Micro-Plants to Include in Your Diet By Care2.com IN Food & Health Apr 8 2011 There are a few plants in Nature that are extremely concentrated with vitamins and minerals surpassing even kale and broccoli. Although micro-plants are related to dark leafy vegetables, they provide a higher level of nutrients than other foods. + READ MORE

Make Your Own Seed Tape for Planting Annuals, Herbs, or Vegetables By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Home & Garden Mar 9 2011 Making seed tapes is an inexpensive, easy way to sow seeds for your garden. + READ MORE

3 Reasons To Embrace Frozen Foods By Care2.com IN Food & Health Jan 28 2011 Living in California, I am aware that I belong to a privileged group of “happy fews” who have access to farmers’ markets and their bounty of fresh seasonal produce year round (although I’ll admit I tire of root vegetables and winter squash at this time of year). But how are health- and environmentally-conscious individuals and households to feed themselves when the frozen winter months stop their local food production? + READ MORE

The Tanning Bed Diet! Bronze Snacking on These Six Veggies/Fruits By Jessica Root IN Food & Health Jan 18 2011 Anyone else sporting winter's lackluster complexion? It's that time of year when all the blush, bronzer and and lip gloss in the world just won't cut the pasty, ghost glow I begin to rock mid-January. If there's a natural, low-cost way to look sun-kissed, I'm sold. + READ MORE

One Seed Chicago - And How You Can Encourage Gardening in Your Community By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Home & Garden Jan 11 2011 How One Seed Chicago could be a model for doing a bit of community greening in your own neighborhood. + READ MORE

Favorite Gardening Posts of 2010 By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Home & Garden Dec 30 2010 Here are our favorite posts about gardening from this past year. + READ MORE

Winter Gardening: Crops You Can Grow in Cold Weather By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Dec 28 2010 Just because it's cold outside--and SO snowy, if you're in the northeast--doesn't mean you can't keep up the green thumb you were developing all summer. + READ MORE

First Early Settlers and Now Innovative Chefs are Foraging For Miner's Lettuce By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Dec 9 2010 Miner's lettuce is a green that even the most finicky, vegetable-averse child will love. If you haven't eaten miner's lettuce before, try it first at a restaurant in a salad or boiled as you would spinach and you won't be disappointed. And once you know exactly what you're looking for, consider going foraging yourself. + READ MORE

Lotus Root Chips for a Funky Snack By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Nov 27 2010 I never thought I would eat a food that was plucked from a river bottom but this week I did. The lotus root is actually the stem of a beautiful plant that grows into an elegant flower atop rivers and ponds. + READ MORE

How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables By Care2.com IN Food & Health Nov 17 2010 I’ve met a few kids in my time who have never had more vegetables than a carrot stick and, if they had to guess what an artichoke is, would say it’s a karate move. But not my kids, of course. They eat their vegetables all the time, (at least sometimes), but when it’s all said and done, they eat almost every vegetable there is. What’s my secret? Well, I have 10 of them… + READ MORE

6 Ways to Revamp Your Leftovers By Care2.com IN Food & Health Nov 3 2010 Wasted food is wasted energy, so rather than scraping your plate into the garbage or leaving leftover food at the restaurant where it will end up in the trash, try turning that leftover food into a whole new meal for later on in the week! + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Cauliflower and Cheese Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Oct 29 2010 I bought a cauliflower the other day which I absolutely did not need. I had a refrigerator full of fresh vegetables waiting for me to eat them, but I passed this pile of absolutely perfect Ontario cauliflowers and I couldn't stop myself. + READ MORE

How to Freeze Summer Squash By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Home & Garden Sep 20 2010 Here are two easy methods for freezing some of that summer squash so you can use it this winter. + READ MORE

The Odd Evolution of the Baby Carrot By Care2.com IN Food & Health Sep 16 2010 If you were to ask the average American child what a carrot looks like, they would likely describe something that more resembles a flame-colored finger: rounded at the edges and uniformly smooth. The idea of carrots being knobby, conical, and deep orange with a feathery green crown is just plainly outmoded after two decades of baby carrot dominance. Here's how it got that way. + READ MORE

Tips for Freezing Fresh Produce By Care2.com IN Food & Health Sep 16 2010 Fast forward two seasons and visualize the produce aisle. Hard pink mealy globes in the tomato bin and peaches about as succulent as a kitchen sponge—this is produce bred to travel across the hemisphere, rather than selected for texture and flavor. With pristine, local summer fruits and vegetables flourishing in the greenmarkets right now, it’s easy to squirrel some away in the freezer for a shot of sun-ripened flavor come January. + READ MORE

Are Processed Foods Killing Our Taste Buds? By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Sep 13 2010 The high sodium, sugar, and fat content in processed food can desensitize your taste buds. + READ MORE

Winter Squashes are Here: Try a Butternut Squash Orzo By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 11 2010 With the season comes all the health benefits of the winter squash family. In fact, winter squashes are known for providing more bang for your nutritional buck when compared to summer squashes. + READ MORE

Who Picked Your Veggies? Using Packaging to Recognize the Farmer By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Sep 1 2010 Would people shopping in a supermarket be more dedicated to choosing local produce over, say, Dole lettuce -- even if it costs a little more -- if they can see who produced it? + READ MORE