TIP OF THE DAY: Black-Eyed Peas For New Year’s Day

It’s a Southern tradition to eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day for prosperity in the new year. It may actually stem from an ancient Sephardic Jewish custom of eating them on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. This “good luck” tradition is recorded in the Babylonian Talmud, compiled circa 500 C.E., and includes other…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Leafy Greens Recipes

Lacinato kale is also called dinosaur kale because of the bumpy texture of its leaves, which some saw as reminiscent of reptile skin. In Italy lacinto kale called cavolo nero, meaning black cabbage, and other names* (photo © Good Eggs).   On St. Patrick’s Day, many of us will be wearin’ the green. But how…
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RECIPE: Eat Your Spinach (With Garlic!)

Another better-eating tip for the New Year: make sure to eat your daily requirement of fruits and veggies. The old “Five A Day” rule has been replaced, recognizing that age and activity level have a greater bearing on what you should consume. For example, women ages 19 to 50 who are moderately active should have…
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