We love spinach! It’s so nutritious, healthy, versatile, easy to cook, fun to grow, delicious… And you can add spinach to everything. Well maybe not quite EVERYTHING, but there’s spinach dip, pie, quiche, lasagna, salad, soup, pizza, pasta, ravioli, bread, frittata, even creamed and pickled spinach - with endless variations. The versatility of spinach alone […]
Will we get sick if I don’t boil black beans for 20 minutes? I was wondering if you could shed some light on cooking dried black (turtle) beans? I have read up on your site about them, and they seem the same as the other beans I’ve cooked. But the ones I bought came with […]
Tags: black beans, cooking beans, how to cook black beans, phytohenagglutinin, toxins in beans, turtle beans
Mom Was Right - A Healthy High Protein Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day Excerpt from our popular eBook, Get Enough Protein in Your Veg Diet. Skipping breakfast is a popular sport! It’s hard to know exactly how many kids go to school without breakfast in the morning, or adults rush off […]
For cheap easy healthy meals, shop with a meal plan, a budget and a list If you have more condiments than ingredients in the fridge, healthy weekly meal planning might be daunting. Trust me, it’s worth it. Healthy food is good for your health AND your budget. Grocery stores are full of healthy food choices […]
Connecting Beans & Gas, Low Thyroid & Soy Protein, Lose Weight, Belly Fat I love beans, but I hate the gas as does my household. I am cooking beans as I read your beans without gas report and found it extremely interesting. I will add some herbs to my beans as they cook and see […]
Tags: beans, belly fat, gas, hypothyroidism, lose weight, low thyroid, protein, soy, soy protein
Simple Causes of Indigestion, 10 Easy Steps to Digestive Wellness Please advise re gas/bloating when eating raw & cooked veggies. I do eat clean, fresh foods. Lot’s of vegetables (juicing, raw, cooked) and fruits. Also meat, fish, dairy, nuts, complex carbohydrates. Every time I eat I have a big belly and later on bloating. My […]
How to Eat a Healthy Veg Diet With Little Time or Inclination to Cook Most vegetarians and vegans I know don’t have much time to cook. Some of them aren’t that fond of cooking either. They do it to survive and hopefully thrive. But they know that’s not gonna happen if they eat the cheap […]
5 Helpful Tips for Gassy Babies & Their Moms Anyone who has walked the floor at night with a gassy baby will agree to give up anything if it will stop the pain. Sleep deprived, jiggling an increasingly heavy baby, I racked my brain. What in the world had I eaten to cause this misery? […]
Tags: babies, breast feeding, breast milk, food allergies, food intolerance, gas, gassy babies, nursing
Helpful Tips For Vegetarians Who Travel A Lot The Savvy Vegetarian is a master of road food. The woman carries a kitchen in a suitcase, complete with hot plate, crock pot, grains, spices…etc. With her restricted diet, and my father’s even more restricted diet, I can see the sense in her approach. When I think […]
The Arrival Of A Vegetarian Baby Girl! Baby Yosefina is a month old, and my brain is starting to produce coherent thoughts again! Yay! When Mom said my brain would turn to mush at the end of my pregnancy, I was skeptical. I’ll be just fine, I thought. I’m strong. I’ll work right up until […]
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