Your tongue has built-in taste receptors that identify five basic flavors: bitter, sweet, salty, sour, and umami. These receptors help make eating a pleasure. Adding spices to your foods can enhance them and help them smell and taste better. There are thousands of ways to combine foods and spices … [Read more...]
Anti-Inflammatory Spices for Every Spice Cabinet
Inflammation is common, everyone experiences it inside and outside of their body. Acute inflammation can be caused by an illness or injury and chronic inflammation can be triggered by autoimmune disease or pollutants. Sometimes inflammation is helpful. When tissue is injured, swelling helps healing cells do … [Read more...]
Connecting the Dots Between Health and Spices
Humans suffered illness long before medicine came along. What happened when ancient peoples were sick and didn’t have access to modern medical aid? For centuries, people turned to nature to prevent and heal illness, often in the form of plants also known as botanicals. The term spice, refers to the … [Read more...]
Start Young- Making Veggies Part of a Healthy Eating Routine
Loving veggies is normal. Most distaste for veggies is either modeled behavior or a matter of texture. How your mother made your peas influenced your decision to keep eating them or not. To what degree your dad enjoyed broccoli greatly influenced your thoughts about “green trees.” They key to a … [Read more...]
Create Smoothies that Include Unexpected Veggies and Flavor
Smoothies and juicing are very popular at the moment, but your family may not be in on the news. If you’ve tried to get your family to love their veggies and it just isn’t working, consider using the smoothie craze as a way to get them excited about snack time. If your family typically likes fruits over … [Read more...]
Baking with Veggies – They’ll Never Believe What’s in There
Baking for your family is an act of love and wins their affection one cookie, cupcake, and yummy goodie at a time. Finding ways to sneak wholesome veggies into their favorite baked goods is an easy way to improve their diet and feel good about what they are eating. Have you ever used veggies in … [Read more...]