Articles tagged “Fruit”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Make a Kitchen Still Life By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 23 2008 I came across this beautiful photo while checking out the Web site The Kitchn. It seems like such a lovely, simple idea: Take your week's produce and make an enticing still life.When a family member wants a healthy snack, it's right there in front of them and everyone can have fun deconstructing the artwork. + READ MORE

Teach Your Children to Cook (Or Will Your School Do It?) By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 23 2008 When I was in high school, we took a course entitled Home Economics. So if the school curriculum starts to actually provide children with the skills to make a stir fry with vegetables, rather than nattering on at them about how vegetables are good for them, I can only see that as an improvement. + READ MORE

Clean Our Air, Clean Your Lungs: Quit Smoking By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 15 2008 : We're already tackled that other big New Year's resolution, so now we are going to take a look at quitting smoking. Avoid alcohol while you are trying to quit: Not only do people find alcohol a trigger, because they often smoked in social settings with a drink, but alcohol will lower your ability to say no when that... + READ MORE

Eat Like Michael Pollan By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Jan 14 2008 Michael Pollan has written a new book, In Defense of Food (2008, Penguin Press), in which he is critical of not only the way we eat, but also the way we are told to eat. Avoid food products that make health claims: The creations of food science make louder claims than the produce department does, though the added... + READ MORE

Lose that Holiday Weight (and Keep it Off) By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 11 2008 Okay, so we are now a week and a half into the new year. Exercise, exercise, exercise: When people say they don't have time to exercise I think, "You don't have time to be healthy?" + READ MORE

Composting Basics: Compost Without a Yard By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 10 2008 You don't need a big, roomy yard to start churning out your own compost. Farmers' market: Farmers' markets in certain cities, including the Union Square Green Market in Manhattan, have drop-off bins for organic scraps (such as fruit and vegetable peelings, coffee grounds, tea leaves, and eggshells) that will later be... + READ MORE

Attend, Organize a Seed Swap By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 4 2008 Eagerly waiting for the postman to jam your mailbox with seed catalogs? Before you start circling your orders with gusto, consider checking off the items on your garden wish list by attending-or even organizing-a seed swap.Not only will you be able to stash away some dough, but you'll also be able to meet and greet... + READ MORE

Take Back Your Post-Holiday Fridge (Part II) By Kelly Rossiter IN Home & Garden Dec 28 2007 Collin's post about what to remove from your refrigerator got me thinking. Mix your leftover turkey and mashed potatoes with some onion, coat the mixture in egg and bread crumbs, and make turkey croquettes. + READ MORE

Make A Potluck Party Contribution: Pumpkin Cheesecake By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 14 2007 Okay, before anyone jumps all over me about how unhealthy this recipe is, I will say right up front: Do not make this cheesecake and then sit down and eat it all yourself. Pumpkin CheesecakeServes 10 to 12 1 graham cracker crust (recipe follows)2/3 cup packed light of dark brown sugar + 1/4 cup packed light brown... + READ MORE

Composting Basics: Troubleshoot Your Indoor Compost By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 10 2007 Nature, unfortunately, doesn't come with tech support, so if your little composting wrigglers are trying to make a break for it, or worse, they're dying en masse, you'll want to bone up on the New York City Compost Project's troubleshooting guide. You might have a problem with too much moisture or you're not covering... + READ MORE

Get Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies From the Beginning By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 7 2007 Apparently, getting your kids to eat their veggies goes way beyond being a good role model.According to new research from the Monell Chemical Senses Center, if you're breast feeding, eating vegetables will encourage your children to eat them later. So, a baby learns to like a food's taste when the mother eats that food + READ MORE

Make Your Own Yogurt By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Dec 6 2007 Accidentally discovered by Middle Eastern nomads thousands of years ago, according to legend, yogurt (or yoghurt, yoghourt or yogourt, depending on how like to spell it) is produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. You can use hormone- and antibiotic-free organic milk from a local dairy to ensure great taste and... + READ MORE

Save More Money by Eating More Veggies By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Nov 30 2007 As we've seen from Kelly's "Eat Your Veggies" series, laying off the meat can be delicious, in addition to being better for the planet.According to the USDA, the weighted average price for all fresh fruit is 71 cents per pound; that averages out to about 18 cents per serving, and almost two-thirds of the fresh fruits,... + READ MORE

Get Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 23 2007 Getting children to eat enough fruit and vegetables can be difficult at times. Understand that taste buds change as children grow older, so don't assume that because they wouldn't eat something at five that they willn't be willing to try it at ten. + READ MORE

Take it Easy: Sloth is Green. By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Nov 15 2007 Art credit: Hieronymus Bosch: The Seven Deadly Sins, Sloth Who knew that putting off today what you can do tomorrow, that being slothful and lazy was so good for the environment. Cut down on your shopping trips: You willn't have to get in your car, find a parking space, deal with the crowds, pull your wallet out, carry + READ MORE

Have a Healthy Thanksgiving By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 6 2007 Just in time for the big dinner the University of Michigan Health System has some tips for how to make it through Thanksgiving without adding any weight. We know the cook was hard at work in the kitchen all day, but don't let anyone bully you into another spoonful of mashed potatoes or another slice of turkey with... + READ MORE

Make It Vegetarian By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 3 2007 Anyone who has been following my posts on Planet Green over the past few weeks will have noticed that the focus has been more toward the vegetarian aspect of cooking. I have heard a lot of arguments against a vegetarian diet: "too many carbohydrates and it will make you fat", "you can n't get enough protein without red + READ MORE

Make Your Own Granola Bars By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Oct 19 2007 Why settle for store-bought granola or trail-mix bars pumped full of preservatives-not to mention wastefully individually packaged-when you can whip up a batch of your own, licketty-split? Difficulty level: EasySneaky Chef Grab -n Go Crispy Granola Bars: Makes about 18 bars2/3 cup rolled oats, ground in a food... + READ MORE

How to Dumpster Dive By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Sep 11 2007 Who knew dumpster diving was so involved that there was an actual art AND science to it? So whether you're foraging, scavenging, gathering fallen fruit, starting up your own free-market kitchen, or just picking up whatever free stuff that no one else wants, glean on, friends. + READ MORE

Grow Your Own Loofah By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Sep 1 2007 Also spelled luffa, loufa, or loofa, the cylindrical sponge many of us use to slough off dead skin cells in the shower or bath doesn't come from the ocean, as some might assume, but can actually be grown in your own backyard.When the fruit has matured and dried in about 6 months, you peel off the skin and remove the... + READ MORE