Winter Squash Health Benefits

Winter Squash Health Benefits

Guest Post by Lisa Masé, of Harmonized Cookery Winter is here! Now is the time to savor sweet, earthy foods like winter squash, a versatile vegetable that warms our whole being and helps our bodies rejuvenate.  Squash is available in a variety of colors and flavors; however, it is the deep orange color that reminds [...]

Red, White and…where’s the Green?

Harvesting Kale - Photo by woodleywonderworks

This past weekend, I celebrated Independence Day with my Fiance’s family in Minnesota. It was my first time visiting and the weather, location and company was absolutely perfect!  We explored back country woods on ATVs, shot sporting clay, whipped around the lake on a jet ski and checked each other for ticks.  Did I mention [...]

Mediterranean Diet – is it the way to go?

My continental breakfast included two pieces of whole grain bread, fruit, and yogurt with a drizzle of honey. Surprisingly filling and satisfying!

To me the continental breakfast has always been a joke.  It never seems to be enough. A few croissants, jam, fruit, milk and coffee?  Where’s the protein?  It turns out everyone has a different idea of what constitutes a continental breakfast. Some places offer a “light” version while others offer a “full”.  A light is [...]

Which is healthier: a sweet potato or a yam?

Health, Sweet Potato, Diet, Food

  Once upon a time on a farm far far away, a farmer found an orange colored rock in his potato field.  But this rock wasn’t a rock at all! For when he cut it open, it had flesh that looked like one of his potatoes except that it was longer in shape.  When he [...]

Weekly Recipe – Parmesan & Chicken Brown Rice Bowl

Health, Diet, Brown Rice, Food, Nutrition

Serves 4 as a starter or 2 as a main entree Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes I love brown rice, especially Trader Joe’s brown rice medley mix because it is a blend of long grain brown rice, black barley and daikon radish seeds. Rice is an important component of so many cultural [...]

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