On Healthy Living

Many regular salads that are made in average household can be very boring. Here are six delicious chef salads that can be eaten as a side dish or as a full meal if your dieting or you are a vegetarian.
Greek Salad
Mixed Green Salad
Spinach Salad
Warm Potato Salad
Creamy Cucumber Salad
Beet & Carrot Salad

Did you know that corn bread is more nutritious than even wheat bread? or that if you mix in beans and corn together (as in corn bread and chili) that you have a complete protein by mixing them?  Corn is one of the healthiest vegetables you can incorporate into your diet - whether fresh ears, […]

I just finished watching Dateline NBC who put out another story that’s sure to scare some people away from veggies or at least bagged ones. Apparently in the last few years more than 400 people have gotten sick and 2 have died from eating the pre-cut, bagged vegetables that we find in most grocery stores.
The […]

My favorite article today comes from AlterNet, talking about how the average cashier at a Whole Foods Market would not be able to afford to shop there, assuming that person was the sole breadwinner for a family of three.
The fact that wholesome, natural foods often cost more than junk food and lower-quality products is […]

As if you needed anohter reason to try to drink more water, some scientists are pointing to mineral water as an important source of calcium.
Getting enough calcium is one of the keys to preventing osteoporosis, a brittle-bone disease that is largely preventable and the cause of numerous broken bones in the elderly. It is […]

Here’s a really cool website I was sent to by a buddy on a Yahoo! group: Canned Veggies. Though the page is the home of the Canned Vegetable Council, there’s lots of good information here about uncanned veggies, too.
There are veggie bios that talk about how some of our favorite vegetables got to be […]

A study from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies finds that junk food marketing aimed at kids under 12 influences them to ask for unhealthy food and snacks. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, but this is the biggest study to date of previous research on the influence of marketing on […]

Today, Nov. 1, is World Vegan Day, designed to shine a spotlight on vegans and, this year, to show that there is no such thing as a “typical” vegan.
To prove that, a website has been opened to allow vegans to post pictures and profiles, which you can view here.
From the look of things, though, […]

What’s your definition of the word organic? If you’re like me, I would guess you think organic has something to do with food that is grown without the use of pesticides and that is not treated with chemicals of any kind at any point during the process of growing, harvesting, storing, transport or sale.
Well, […]

Mesquite is great for barbeque and to add as a nice spice to healthy cooking. It’s also great for sore throats … here are some pictures of this great shrub/tree and some botanical marker sign stats on the plant ….

MesquiteProsopis GlandulosaWashune has had many uses for New Mexico’s native people and early settlers. Its […]