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A rainbow of fruits and veggies (photo © Stephanie Suchat). In elementary school, we learned how to remember the order of the colors of the rainbow: ROYGBIV—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Now, nutritionists advise us to “eat the rainbow.” The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics made this year’s theme “Eat Right…
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[1] Lacinato kale is also called black Tuscanand dinosaur kale (photo © Good Eggs). [2] Sundried tomatoes are combined with kale in the recipe below (photo © Bella Sun Luci). [3] Don’t forget the garlic (photo © TijanaDrndaski | Unsplash). [4] Lemon zest perks up the recipe (photo © Sunkist). A few weeks ago,…
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February is National Sweet Potato Month. Yet how many of us only think of sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner? We enjoy them year-round, baked or sliced and steamed in the microwave for a tasty side or snack. But there’s a lot more to enjoying sweet potatoes. Join Alton Brown as he demonstrates…
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The easiest way to make vegetables attractive to veggie non-enthusiasts is to put them on skewers. Serve them as snacks or with lunch or dinner. Bamboo skewers are very inexpensive: six-inch skewers are $1.00 for 50, and you can wash and reuse them. (Make sure you get skewers with pointy ends, not flat popsicle sticks.)…
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Cook your cucumbers: They’re even better than when raw. Photo by Monika Szczygiel | SXC. This is the continuation of “Going Against The Grain: Raw Foods You Should Try Cooking And (Typically) Cooked Foods You Should Try Raw” (here’s Part 1.) 6. Cucumbers… don’t have to be cool! Cucumbers are a terrific, healthy snack,…
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