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The Gathering Season with Easy, Healthier, Homemade Recipes – Greek Potato Salad and Fresh Pear with Broccoli Slaw

December 10, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Cookie with heart

If you need some new creative sides for the gathering season and the New Year, try these!   Fall gathering season is a chance to create tasty and healthy meals for your favorite people - at home. It's not about cooking for days and days and then feeling exhausted. It's about cooking for fun and keeping it simple with delicious flavors. Getting friends and family to help out is always a good idea. And, don't overlook the younger generation because they are full of energy and desire to pitch in, too. Coming up with easy and healthy recipes is a joy of life for a nutrition … [Read more...] about The Gathering Season with Easy, Healthier, Homemade Recipes – Greek Potato Salad and Fresh Pear with Broccoli Slaw

Filed Under: Healthier Comfort Food, Healthy Recipes, Holiday Nutrition, Homemade Recipes, Mediterranean Nutrition, Simple, Healthy, Tasty

6 Ways to Enjoy Eating Cranberries

October 8, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Corn Cranberry Orange Muffin

Cranberries have that unforgettable tart flavor that can wake up the sleepiest taste buds. They are a beautiful color and packed with great nutrition, too. With holidays on the horizon, here are 6 new ideas for adding cranberries to your mix of healthy and totally-enjoyable foods: In Muffins: Add 1 cup of chopped up, raw cranberries to a recipe for 12 standard-sized muffins. Or, add 1/2 cup of chopped up, raw cranberries along with 1/2 cup of blueberries for 12 standard-sized muffins. In Whole Grain Pilaf: Add 1/2 cup of dried cranberries to a brown rice pilaf just before adding … [Read more...] about 6 Ways to Enjoy Eating Cranberries

Filed Under: Healthy Eating Tips, Healthy Recipes, Holiday Nutrition, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: Antioxidants, cranberries, Fruit, good nutrition, healthy cooking, vitamin C

10 Ways to Enjoy the Holidays with Less Sugar

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Deviled eggs

  Holiday Mindset What's your mindset going into holiday season? If you make your mind up to indulge less and pay attention more to what you eat and drink, then you may be pleasantly surprised. Getting to a New Year with healthier habits in place is a feeling of confidence and victory - and who doesn't like that?! May I suggest you pre-think the sugary foods you normally eat or drink from Thanksgiving through New Year's Day? Then, try your best to eat less, fewer, smaller. Or, sub in something less sugary that you feel good about.     10 Ways to Enjoy the … [Read more...] about 10 Ways to Enjoy the Holidays with Less Sugar

Filed Under: Grocery Shopping Tips, Healthy Recipes, Healthy Snacks, Holiday Nutrition, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: breakfast, eating less sugar, good nutrition, Healthier home recipes, meal planning, tips for healthy holidays

Try These Holiday Foods for a Lighter & Healthier Twist

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

roasted turkey dinner

Holiday foods bring us into the kitchen, and that's a good thing. Putting together a healthy menu, though, can be tough. Think about your holiday party appetizer table, for example. Are there rich cheeses, sour cream dip, and mini-quiches.? Or, are there steamed shrimp, nuts, and colorful raw veggies? The second option is definitely the direction to go for an enjoyable and nutritious nibble. So, this holiday season, challenge yourself to offer lighter and healthier foods in delicious harmony with great flavor. Here's a tasty starting point: Lighter & Healthier Appetizers - Try these: … [Read more...] about Try These Holiday Foods for a Lighter & Healthier Twist

Filed Under: Healthy Eating Tips, Healthy Recipes, Holiday Nutrition, Nutritious Meal Planning Tips, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: good nutrition, Healthier home recipes, healthy cooking, healthy eating during holidays, meal planning

An Orange a Day and Good Nutrition Tips for the Holidays

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Orange slices

What gets you out of bed in the morning? It could be a sweet and nutritious orange! There are lots and lots of fruits and vegetables to choose from and all are good, smart choices for their flavor and nutrition. Yet, as the colder season of the year arrives, there may be no better choice than a fresh orange, mandarin, tangelo, tangerine or other orange-colored citrus fruit. 'Nutrition Resume' of an Orange, medium, approx 65 calories 1 grams protein 15 grams carbohydrate, including 17 grams sugars 0 fat 3 grams fiber 90 milligrams vitamin C 295 International Units … [Read more...] about An Orange a Day and Good Nutrition Tips for the Holidays

Filed Under: Citrus fruits and nutrition, Healthy Eating Tips, Holiday Nutrition, Keep it Simple Nutrition, Mediterranean Nutrition, Simple, Healthy, Tasty, Winter nutrition Tagged With: citrus fruits, cooking at home, easy recipe, Fruit

This Christmas, Hannukah, New Years – Try a Pomegranate!

September 18, 2010 By Cindy Silver

Pomegranate

History of the Pomegranate Believe it or not, the pomegranate's history began 4,000 years ago. In North America, it's hard to imagine that a fruit growing currently in southern California began in various countries of the Middle East, then the Mediterranean Basin, then Asia and Europe. Pomegranate Nutrition The pomegranate's popularity over more than 4 centuries is likely based on its tangy-sweet flavor as well as its health benefits. A powerful antioxidant, pomegranates are also felt to be anti-inflammatory and, as such, may help protect all organs and systems of the body. The … [Read more...] about This Christmas, Hannukah, New Years – Try a Pomegranate!

Filed Under: Back-To-School Nutrition, Healthy Snacks, Holiday Nutrition, Mediterranean Nutrition, Nutritious Meal Planning Tips, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: Antioxidants, healthy choice, holiday, pomegranate

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