Mooove over cow milk, there are some new (and not so new) milk choices in town. Many people are opting for dairy free milk alternatives and fortunately there are some great options out there. With just as much calcium and vitamins in milk alternatives, there are a variety of reasons for steering clear of dairy….
Healthy Food Choice
Ugly Organic Vegetable
We have belonged to a CSA for many years. We are very fortunate because our CSA has established a reciprocal buying arrangement with a number of other farms, which allows them to provide a farm share option year round. We pick up our weekly bounty of fresh, organic fruits, vegetables and eggs at our local…
5 Vegetables That You Don’t Need to Peel
Vegetables are gorgeous- the bright colors, the crunch and the variety. The benefits from eating vegetables stack up quickly: reducing your risk of certain chronic diseases, keeping your weight in check and boosting your immune system. Eating vegetables is one of the best things you can do for your diet and your body. I recently…
Organic Doesn’t Always Mean Healthy
There is something so special about Valentine’s Day when you’re a kid. My kids spend endless hours reading through each valentine that comes home from school and sorting through all the candy, pencils and other loot. We gave a lot of thought this year about what to attach, if anything, to the valentines handed out in…
Nutrition Keys: Will They Really Help Us Make Better Food Choices?
Nutrition Keys will soon appear on the front of Food Packaging Say hello to ‘Nutrition Keys’. The Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Food Marketing Institute unveiled the industry’s voluntary Nutrition Keys that will display calories, saturated fat, sodium and sugar content per serving on the front of food packaging. Some packages will also contain additional…
McDonald’s Forgot to Put Maple in Their Fruit and Maple Oatmeal
McDonalds kicked off the New Year with a new addition to their breakfast menu-Fruit and Maple Oatmeal. There are a few problems with McDonald’s new offering-one big one: their Fruit and Maple Oatmeal doesn’t contain any actual maple. The Vermont Agency of Agriculture is claiming that this new product doesn’t contain any pure maple, which…
Microwave Safe: Are Toxins Leaking Into Your Food?
I love Trader Joe’s for many of the same reasons this guy is singing about in this quirky, unauthorized commercial for TJ’s. Hopefully the tune is now swimming around in your head, as it is in mine (misery loves company). But today my love for TJ’s was tossed aside and all I felt was anger….