How to Use Up Halloween Pumpkins

Picture Recipe:  Pumpkin Red Bean Tostadas About now, there are likely a lot of pumpkins sitting around having the post-Halloween blues.   While most are the big Jack-O-Lantern variety with little flavor (and many of those are coated in candle wax), you may have a couple of the small, round sugar pumpkins left over from … Read more

The Cabbage Core Challenge

We want to eat more vegetables, but what if they are pretty awful tasting? Four easy tricks take the nasty taste from the harsher tasting vegetables.

Danger in the Gluten-Free Aisle

New gluten-free products are making it easy to live without gluten, but are we missing the bigger, teachable moment–and rewards–of a gluten-intolerance diagnosis?

Antioxidants and IV Drips: What They Have in Common

We know vegetables provide mega doses of antioxidants, but research now shows that those antioxidants don’t stick around very long at all. So if we want to benefit continuously from the disease-fighting benefits of antioxidants then our vegetable-eating needs to be steady and continuous, kind of like an IV drip! Join me on Twitter for fast vegetable ideas to eat all day long.

How About a Quick, “White-Free” Snack

Feel yourself getting sucked into a 4:00 p.m. “White Snack” attack? The best defense is a good offense. In this case, that means having a ready, handy, really tasty substitute for pretzels, crackers, cookies and Goldfish. Try Jicima Sticks with Black Bean Hummus instead.

What to Make with Brown Rice

If you love pizza but want something healthier than what your local pizza joint delivers, here’s a perfect option that doesn’t take long to make: Rice Crust Pizza with Roasted Red Pepper Pesto, Chard and Caramelized Onions