TRENDS: Chicken Up, Seafood, Pork & Beef Down

Chart courtesy The Wall Street Journal.     While Americans are aware of the need to improve their diets, there’s been a decline in consumption of one of the healthiest food choices: fish. According to the Wall Street Journal, in 2012, the last year for which figures are available, the average U.S. consumer ate: 82…
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RECIPE: Egg-Stuffed Peppers

We’re always looking for new brunch recipes. This one, a different take on stuffed peppers from Heidi of FoodieCrush.com, lets you prep ahead and let the oven finish the dish. “Colorful, sweet bell peppers are the mainstay of the show,” says Heidi, “but the flavor melds of butternut squash with thyme and sweet hint of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try Dandelion Greens

Dandelion greens, the delightfully edible weed. Photo courtesy Webstarts.com.   The scourge of the well-kept lawn—and one of the first signs of spring in the veggie universe—is the delicious, nutritious vegetable, dandelion greens. The slightly peppery greens are much more nutritious than broccoli†. A relative of the sunflower*, the crowns, leaves and stems are all…
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