December may be a month dominated by the holidays, but did you know that it’s also Pear Month? This lovely winter salad is festive enough for any holiday table and it offers the spotlight to the fruit of the month as well. A Holiday Salad for Pear Month 4 Cups...
Here is an easy way to display salads, vegetables, and fruits as holiday wreaths. They make colorful and healthful centerpieces that will grace any holiday table. You can take them to parties, too. Holiday Salad Wreath 2 pounds mixed greens (ready to serve)1 beet1...
Holiday Oatmeal Cookies in a Jar Cookies in a jar make a great gift for teachers, friends, and neighbors. 1 decorative jar or cookie tin (must hold 4 cups of cookie mix)1/3 Cup brown sugar1/3 Cup granulated sugar1 1/4 Cups all-purpose flour1/2 Cup oatmeal1/2 Teaspoon...
Spice up the holidays and boost your health with warm, bright spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. You can add further health benefits by combining those spices with foods like oranges and cranberries, or drinks like black tea. So, how will you add spice to the...
How Mood Affects Food Choices You’re in a foul mood and your only thought is curling up in bed with a book and your favorite snack. You know you shouldn’t, but you don’t care enough to stop. Tomorrow you wake up feeling bloated and guilty. One night seemed to sabotage...
When people are trying to eat more nutritiously, one of the first things they go to is salad. The variety of ready-to-eat salads has greatly expanded in the past few years to accommodate consumer demand. Unfortunately, fresh produce such as salad, may be contaminated...
Every family has traditional holiday foods that show up on the table year after year. Instead of using the holidays as an excuse for high-fat, high-calorie feasting, use these five easy tips to remake your holiday favorites with good health in mind. Holiday Tip #1:...
Red Velvet Chocolate Beet Cake This delicious cake is so moist and it can be served as an elegant red velvet cake for holidays. This cake has 60% fewer calories than a regular slice of frosted red velvet cake. It uses beets instead of red food color. 3 large beets4...
Winter Beet Salad 3 small red beets (roasted and cut into quarters)1 head fennel (sliced thin)1/4 red onion (peeled and sliced thin)vegetable oil cooking spray (or olive oil cooking spray)4 Cups assorted fresh lettuces (red romaine and frise work well)1 golden beet...
Apple Fig Compote This super-easy dessert uses apples, figs, and berries and is served warm. 2 apples (cored and sliced thin)1 Cup blueberries or cranberries1 Cup fresh figs (sliced )Juice of one orange and one lemon1 Teaspoons apple pie spice2 Tablespoons pecan...
