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Incredible Edible Flax
80% of linseed oil production goes into paint and oils, and is also used as waterproofing. Flax (known as common flax) is grown in the home garden for its lovely blue flowers. Linen is an important component of the US paper money, making it last far longer...
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Super Nutritious Bok Choy (Pak Choi)
The seeds germinated quickly, and within a few days the tiny leaves turned a rich, chocolaty color. My preferred cooking method issaute them in vegetable or olive oil along with a generous amount of garlic and fresh ginger.
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Golden Rice--what it is and why the controversy
In particular, rice lacks vitamins A, D, C, calcium, iron, zinc and protein. I didn't understand any of those things, of course, and the only way I could feel that I could control the situation was to object to hair dye and to a (surely dangeraous) microwave...
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January is National Oatmeal Month
Oats come in many forms: rolled (the oats are steamed, rolled, re-steamed, then roasted), steel-cut, also known as coarse-cut, pinhead, or Irish oats (whole grain cut into two or three pieces by steel), quick cooking (whole grain cut into small pieces...
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Canola: Where Does it Come From?
Plant canola (or other oilseeds, turnips and mustards) in your butterfly gardens, and let them flower. Rapeseed meal actually turns out to be helpful for lactating cows, an often misunderstood group.Is Canola oil the healthiest oil out there?
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Nuts About Pistachios
Pistachios have been around since 6760 BC, although the pistachio industry however, has evolved in more recent years. The green fruits are called drupes. Other plants with drupes include coffee, mango, olive, apricot, cherry, peach and plums.Pistachios...
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Herb Pastas: Making Healthy Homemade Herb Noodles
Why use plain water when the nutrition, taste, and color, of your pasta can be easily upgraded with one of these exciting liquids?- Recipes from: basic dough; using different flours; various machines; and using fruits, vegetables, fish, and herbs.- Recipes...
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Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
Stems will produce sideshoots as they grow. Discover gardening information about watercress, and why scientists find this nutrient-rich herb so fascinating.Gardeners, chefs and home cooks enjoy growing and cooking with them both.or more information about...
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Have you had your (nutritious) beans today? Try Lentils!
One variety of yellow "lentils," Chana, is in fact made from the kernels of chickpeas.[1] The small lentils generally have more flavor and are preferred in the Middle East. Red, white and yellow lentils are decorticated, i.e. they have their skins removed.
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The welcoming entrance is full of annual and perennial blooms dotted with large purple globemaster alliuThe farm has a retail market featuring bountiful produce and beautifully made planters and hanging basket arrangements bursting with interesting colors,textures...
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The Pomegranate - Healthy, Historical and Heavenly in Cooking
It was September and the fruit I had long read about became real to me. Cool and put in container - this will last 3+ months in your frig.Brush this on chicken, fish, lamb, pork prior to roasting/grilling, or just use a spoonful or two in a vineagrette,...
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The Amazing All-Purpose Pine Needle Tea
It is a fact that the tea extracted from pine needles is very high in vitamin C, helped keep the early settlers alive through their first winter in America, and to this day, is regularly used by natives, hunters, and explorers in nearly every region around...
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How Fermentation Techniques Preserve Food
Is it a safe and healthy means to store our harvest? FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 134.Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome. When the good guys are present and happy, the food remains edible.Fermenting enhances the flavors...
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Check out CHIA - Super Seed Nutrition
This may help curb overeating and decrease obesity risk.Plant foods, including chia, contain natural sterols. Check out Chia! (part 3) DHA and EPA from marine sources are associated with cognitive function (brain, mood) and eye health.
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Rabbits and Diet- Feeding your Truly Vegan Pet Properly
But some of us have rabbits as pets. This is a horrible food for rabbits and should be avoided. These rabbits don't lose weight soon) they could end up with severe cases of malnutrition, dysbiosis and severe illness.Here is a link to an article that has...
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Growing Asparagus
More recent hybrids are better yielding and more disease resistant.utgers, the State University of NJ is a producer of many of the well known asparagus hybrids., a popular commercial hybrid, by approximately 25%.Rutgers' program strives to release asparagus...
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Uncommon Nutrition from the Common Fig ~
Figs are mentioned in the Promised Land list of foods in the Torah (Deuteronomy 8) and are also one of the two sacred trees of Islam.Today, figs are a valued commodity in the world.
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Check out CHIA - an Indigenous Food
In the Arizona desert their indigenous food plants included mesquite, cholla, pricklynd chia seeds - none of which are popular foods in modern American or even Native American diets.Native people) are plagued with the highest risks for obesity, heart...
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Check out CHIA - a Super Salvia
Chia plants produce incredibly healthy seeds, super high in omega-3's (like flaxseeds). Golden chia growswell in the west from California to Utah and south to Northern Mexico.Thanks to a health conscious gift shop owner at Long Beach Island, NJ many years...
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Superfruit ~ Acai Berry,
Here in the USA sales have skyrocketed for retailers and restaurants since the berry was mentioned on the Oprah Winfrey Show last year.In a NJ Wegman's grocery store, a department manager recently said to me that their freeze-dried Acaipowder, which had...
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Eat your greens! Dandelions are a dandy way to get super nutrition in a variety of tasty ways..
While the fettucine is cooking, heat 1/2 cup of chicken (or vegetable stock if a vegan) in a saucepan. Of course, my parents with 9 kids had no thought of a weed free lawn so chemicals weren't even a thoughtit was just head on out and gather greens...
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What\'s in Your Acifidity Bag? Asafoetida is in Mine!
Naturally, the word "flu" struck terror in the minds of generations to follow, and the smelly cure-all medicine bags appear repeatedly throughout history whenever an outbreak of potential epidemic illness or disease occurs.
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Herbal Remedies for Cold & Flu Symptoms: What\'s For Dinner?
Jun 1999.scar.utoronto.ca/~burton/foodcourse/spices.html. You can quickly glance through the list and determine which of your favorite dinner recipes include the most powerful herbs and spices to allow you to fight off colds and flu.Check the freshness...
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Celebrate National Nutrition Month by Gardening with Children
The corn can be popped in a microwave. Victoriana Nursery Gardens is a division of Floriculture International Limited.Registered Trademarks of The American Dietetic Association. "Kids learn to identify andtaste a variety of fresh, seasonal food that they...
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Kids Eat Right with Colorful Gardens
Four-year old Connor says, "crackin seeds" (snap peas) are his favorite because, "they climb on stuff." He likes to pop them open when it's time to eat them.Connor and his brother and sister "are berry freaks," according to their mom.
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Celebrate National Nutrition Month!
National Nutrition Monthyou and your family's health and nutritional needs.Here's some more information on aNow is also a good time to help others less fortunate pIn addition to increasing your physical activity, you can help yourself by eating a balanced...
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Superfruit ~ Goji Berry,
Stacey and her staff are anxiously awaiting its first berries."She should get a little fruit this year," according to Scott Walker, co-owner of a fourth generation family farm/business (along with his brother Michael Walker and two cousins (Jim and Jeff...
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