The other night, I wanted to create a nutritious, quick and easy side dish to go with the fish I served.  Quinoa fit the bill, as it cooks very quickly and is extremely nutritious (loaded with protein, and also contains many vitamins and minerals).  I wanted to mask its flavor […]

  I made this for the first time this past Thanksgiving.  I got the idea from my friend Jody, who told me that she had the most delicious green beans at a friend’s house that were roasted with olive oil, garlic and salt and pepper.  So I did what I […]

  Bok Choy is one of the best sources of calcium.  The human body can absorb a higher percentage of calcium from bok choy than from most other calcium sources (54% from bok choy vs. 32% from milk, for example).  This vegetable also has lots of vitamins A, C, K […]

  My doctor reminded me the other day that I need to make sure I get lots of calcium in my diet to prevent osteoporosis.  Recently, I heard on the news that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against taking vitamin D and calcium supplements to prevent osteoporosis, as […]

 This was a quick and easy side dish I threw together the other night.  You could use any kind of onion, but I think the red onions when cooked until just a tiny bit brown are especially sweet.  The browning caramelizes the onions, making them taste almost like sugar.  Yum! […]

  Livestock uses 30 percent of the Earth’s land surface (this includes land used to produced feed) and contributes 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report issued by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.  Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is largely due to land clearing for […]

  Some people have told me that they are unfamiliar with all the different grains out there.  We are becoming more aware of how important it is for us to eat whole grains, but it can get confusing to understand them all.  And what to do with them?   Consuming […]

  Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of this dish before it got eaten up (the photo shows uncooked farro).  But it was very tasty.  It takes a while to cook, but you can do other things in between stirring the farro.  Farro is a highly nutritious ancient whole […]