This technique for cooking vegetables will entice even the most veggie-hating people in your group to try them. Greeks know how to cook vegetables – we’ve been cooking from our home gardens for thousands of years. This technique works especially well for the Spring and early Summer veggies like green beans, zucchini, cauliflower, and summer squashes. […]
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You Can Eat Less and Not Even Notice
You can use optical illusions to trick your brain into thinking you are eating or drinking more than you really are. So you eat less without even noticing. Sound crazy? I thought so, but the research being done by Brian Wansink, Ph.D.’s team at Cornell University proves its true. We eat with our eyes, and […]
Loving Farro Salad
Farro Salad, the new love of my kitchen I want to share with you Never heard of it before? It’s a little like a panzanella bread salad, but swapping out the white bread and replacing it with farro, a whole grain that is high in protein and fiber and deliciousness. Really, this is so good and […]
Fix Dry Eyes and Skin
Are your eyes feeling dry and itchy? How about your skin? Mine too, even here in Southern California (shhh…don’t tell anyone the weather here isn’t perfect) no matter how much water I drink. Healthy fats are the key to keep your eyes and skin feeling supple and healthy throughout the winter. Avocados, nuts, olive oil […]
Walk Away Diabetes
Results of a new study were recently released (June 20 Diabetes Care), with really good news. And with half of our population expected to develop diabetes during their lifetime, good news is great. Really great. These researchers followed a group of ver 1,800 people at high risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes for five years, […]
A Calorie is NOT a Calorie
More and more research is disproving the theory that “a calorie is a calorie, regardless of the source.” This is no surprise to many of us, who can tell by anecdotal experience that people who eat really well – and by this I mean whole, natural foods – don’t really have to count their calories […]