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Incredible Edible Flax
Remember oilcloth slickers and oilcloth table cloths?Most of the flax grown in the US and Canada is for the food industry. It is still in production today. The seed coat contains a soluble gelatinous substance similar to Metamucil, which helps eliminate...
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Super Nutritious Bok Choy (Pak Choi)
Pak Choi grows in sun or part shade. You may even see it referred to as Chinese White Cabbage or Celery Mustard. The flavor is mild with a hint of mustard in some cultivars. My preferred cooking method issaute them in vegetable or olive oil along with...
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January is National Oatmeal Month
Oats lend themselves to many recipes.Raw oats go through several processes before they reach our tables. Nothing tastes better on a chilly winter morning than a steaming bowl of cooked oatmeal or porridge, dappled with raisins or blueberries, scented...
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Canola: Where Does it Come From?
"Canola" was definied as any true breeding oilseed with a certain chemical profile. Plant canola (or other oilseeds, turnips and mustards) in your butterfly gardens, and let them flower.
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Nuts About Pistachios
If they were to fall on the ground after splitting, they could get contaminated.Pistachios are a popular culinary favorite because of their attractive green color, making themPistachios add texture, flavor and eye appeal to all kinds of recipes andwork...
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Herb Pastas: Making Healthy Homemade Herb Noodles
A Nitty Gritty Cookbook. George Mateljan Foundation.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=84 . 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...
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Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
Delicious raw or cooked, raw watercress provides the mostWatercress is primarily consumed fresh; however, dried watercress is available from botanical companies in cut and sifted, and powdered wild-crafted forms.Markets sell fresh spicy greens in small,...
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Have you had your (nutritious) beans today? Try Lentils!
Lentils are one of the protein-rich legumes and said to be more easily digested than larger beans. They are one of the earliest domesticated crops but seldom grown by modern gardeners.
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The Pomegranate - Healthy, Historical and Heavenly in Cooking
It is also one of the healthiest foods on earth. Put all this in a 13 x 9 buttered baking dish. Bring to a simmer and then let reduce by at least 50%. When we moved to Washington, DC in my early teens, it was into an all Jewish neighborhood.
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The Amazing All-Purpose Pine Needle Tea
Pine, White.http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/pinewh36.html .The information provided in this article is for general information purposes only and does not constitute medical advice.Well-known foragers, herbalists, and healers all agree that there...
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How Fermentation Techniques Preserve Food
Evidence suggests that fermented foods were consumed 7,000 years ago in Babylon.Scientist speculate that our ancestors possibly discovered fermentation by accident and continued to use the process out of preference or necessity.
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Check out CHIA - Super Seed Nutrition
Plant sterols aide in lowering cholesterol.* The American Dietetic Association will have a new name, The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, effective January 2012.Image credits: Chia thumbnail, Tarahumara Chia Salvia tiliifolia photograph and Chia Super...
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Rabbits and Diet- Feeding your Truly Vegan Pet Properly
This article will act as a current guideline for proper pet rabbit nutrition, from a veterinary point of view. However, to be on the safe side, it is probably best to limit foods with a lot of oxylates (such as parsley, kale, spinach etc.) to a few times...
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Growing Asparagus
2) crowns or seeds? You can remove it in the late fall or early spring. All rights reserved. For small areas good old-fashioned hand weeding or tilling does a good job.or Pyrenees Star of Bethlehem), which is not related to asparagus, as its name suggests.has...
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Uncommon Nutrition from the Common Fig ~
Growing fig trees is both easy and rewarding. His most productive tree, this trees are most productive by their 7th or 8th year.He has several other fig trees growing in containers: a one-year-old cutting, which his friend called an"American" variety,...
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Check out CHIA - an Indigenous Food
Why not try Chia? What's not to like about Chia sages? Like anyseeds or nuts, they can also be stored in freezer baggies or containers. Tohono O'odham - aboriginal Americans mostly in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona and northwest Mexico, along...
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Check out CHIA - a Super Salvia
Chia and the Chumash: A Reconsideration of Sage Seeds in Southern CaliforniaChia Pet is a registered trademark of Joseph Enterprises At my home we grow chia salvias for beauty and wildlife and let commercial chia seed producers do the heavy harvesting.
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Superfruit ~ Acai Berry,
And Nestle USA have engaged in an exclusive joint licensing agreement for a line of healthy beverages, including acai products, under the JambaNestle recently announced on their website that the product line, including smoothies and juices, is now available...
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Eat your greens! Dandelions are a dandy way to get super nutrition in a variety of tasty ways..
I dare you - go look at a gourmet grocery around youwhen you see the price charged for them, a small pack of seeds and nothing more than a sharp pair of scissors will convince you that these are most definately some delicious alternatives to plain...
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What\'s in Your Acifidity Bag? Asafoetida is in Mine!
Use of plant's resinous root juice has appeared in writings of Alexander the Great, medical practitioners in the first century, noted in the histories of ancient Rome, and used as a medicine into the Middle Ages.The strong sulfurous odor of asafoetida...
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Herbal Remedies for Cold & Flu Symptoms: What\'s For Dinner?
In searching for medicinal herbs that I might use to ease cold and flu virus miseries, I discovered most culinary herbs I keep in regular stock were considered antiviral, which means they strengthen the immune system and either kill, or reduce, the reproduction...
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Celebrate National Nutrition Month by Gardening with Children
Strawberry Popcorn Photos used with permission, copyright ©Victoriana Nursery Gardens, Buck Street, Challock, Kent, UK. Smiles become contagious, as the boys and girls hand pick the fruits of their labor.
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Kids Eat Right with Colorful Gardens
Kids like to eat what they grow! This article features colorful plants selected by children as some of their garden favorites to grow and eat. Chard also provides a good source of dietary Fiber, calcium, Vitamin E and antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin.
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Celebrate National Nutrition Month!
I find it difficult to eat enough servings of fruit daily. Essential vitamins, minerals and fiber not only provide you and your family with nutritional benefits, Essential vitamins, minerals and fiber not only provide you and your family with nutritional...
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Superfruit ~ Goji Berry,
Photos of picking fresh Goji berries used with permission - Jersey Asparagus Farms - courtesy of Rodrigo Munoz.to Junetta Mehl, Lois' Health Cupboard I, Burlington, NJ; Scott Walker, Jersey Asparagus Farm; Stacey Antine MS, RD, HealthBarnUSA; and Carol...
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Kiwifruit: By Any Other Name, It\'s still Delicious and Nutritious
Enjoy Kiwi as a healthy snack and as a serving of fresh fruit. Kiwifruits contain dietary fiber and many vitamins and minerals. Kiwifruits grow best in fertile soil having pH levels between 5 and 6.8. And like grapes, new shoots begin to emerge in the...
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