Category: Blog
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Warm Apple & Papaya Fruit Topping – All in Pictures
This fresh and very quickly cooked apple and papaya fruit topping goes great either warm right out of the pan or chilled on hot or cold cereal, waffles, pancakes, French toast, yogurt, or ice cream. But what if apples or papaya aren’t available – or you don’t like either of them? No problem. Instead of…
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Banana Flax Pancakes – Fully Flavorful, Easy to Make & All in Pictures
The hardest part of making these full-on flavorful banana flax pancakes – and it’s not that hard to do at all – is flipping them in the pan because there is no fat or oil added to the batter. I, therefore, recommend using a sturdy spatula like the metal-bladed spatula shown here as well as…
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How to Recognize and Change Our Strong Emotional Connection to Food
Followed a link from Stonehearth Newsletters to the recent and very informative Orlando Health article (I recommend you see by clicking any picture on this page) about our powerfully strong emotional connection to food and how that affects both why we eat and our body weight. Bottom line: our emotional connection to food is established early…
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Easy Turkey Leftover Parmesan – All in Pictures
This turkey leftover Parmesan recipe is just as easy to make – and vary to your taste – as it is fantastically flavorful to enjoy. Here’s what you need – if you don’t have leftover turkey or oven roasted squash as shown below, just substitute those with whatever meat/vegetable leftovers you have.
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Thanksgiving Tip: Fresh or Frozen Turkey?
I’m sure you’ve seen signs in the grocery store urging you to order fresh turkeys now. But is fresh really better than frozen? Actually, it’s really your preference because the quality of frozen and fresh turkey meat is about equal. Frozen turkeys are less expensive and can be stored in the freezer for at least a…
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Brussels Sprouts Chips – Flavorful Alternative to Bagged Chips & All in Pictures
Brussels sprouts chips are an excellent quick, flavorful, and much more nutritious alternative to commercially bagged chips. The hardest part about making these great tasting chips – and it’s actually not hard at all; it just takes a little time – is peeling the sprout leaves as shown above. After that, it’s just add oil,…
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Microwave Cooked Pistachio Pesto and Hummus Quesadilla – All in Pictures
Food usually comes to mind while I’m out on the bike. After a spectacularly colorful October ride, I came home to put together this recipe that combines the nutty flavors of pistachio pesto and hummus along with the fresh crunch of red bell pepper and creamy texture of avocado. Great stuff for a post-ride/workout meal…
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How to Cook Dried Kidney Beans – All in Pictures
Buying and cooking dried instead of canned kidney (or any) beans has two distinct advantages: dried beans are less expensive than canned beans, and, unlike canned beans – even those labeled “low salt/sodium”, dried beans are not at all processed with added salt or preservatives. Here’s an example of an ingredients label from a bag…
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Microwave Beans Alfredo Fusion: Full-On Flavor and All in Pictures
I’m a big fusion fan! Here’s a fully flavorful, richly nutritious, and very easy to make recipe that came to mind while ripping it on a gorgeously colorful fall bike ride the other day that combines – or fuses – the Italian creamy Parmesan cheese flavor of a modified (less fat, lower calorie) Alfredo sauce with the richly…