March 2013
10 Ways To Sneak Some Extra Fruits And Vegetables In Your Family’s Diet
We all know by now that we should be eating at least five servings of fruits and vegetables each day. But knowing and doing are two different things, aren’t they? Sometimes it is just not easy to get them all in there. We are constantly tempted to fill up on convenience and junk food. If […]
Make Eating Healthy Foods Fun.
Children everywhere in the world have an on-going love affair with junk food such as hamburgers, pizza, candy, soda and salty foods like potato chips and french fries. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find a single child who has these same strong feeling for the healthy food that they need such as grains, vegetables, fruits and […]
Shopping for bread.
Diabetics and people who are trying to lose weight or control cholesterol should avoid all forms of ground-up grains, and that includes bread. For everyone else, bread is a perfectly satisfactory food. Breads have been made for thousands of years, in virtually every culture, to wrap, sandwich, or accompany other foods for breakfast, lunch and […]
Easy Sweet And Sour Peppers.
Ingredients For the sauce: 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1/2 cup water 1 clove garlic, crushed in garlic press 1/4 cup catsup 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup cider vinegar 2 tablespoons brown sugar For the vegetables: 1/2 cup bouillon 1 bag frozen or canned (drained) shoe peg corn 1 8-ounce can sliced water chestnuts, drained 2 […]
Caesar Tofu Dressing.
Ingredients 2 garlic gloves, peeled and minced 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 12-ounce package of tofu 2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce or soy sauce 1/4 cup lemon juice 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Direction Combine all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. Keeps well. Yield: about 1 cup Note: Toss into a bowl […]