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3 Quick and Easy Recipes with Canned and Frozen Foods

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Stuffed peppers uncooked

  Canning and Freezing Make Foods Safe to Store Way back in history, foods were preserved to keep them safe for us to eat. Two examples are canned and frozen foods which I cannot imagine being without in a 21st Century, healthy kitchen. Most of us have canned and frozen foods on hand at all times and we more-or-less take them for granted. Read on for tips about what exactly to stock in your healthy kitchen. Also, learn 3 examples of how to use modern canned and frozen foods to whip up easier and quicker classic recipes that taste great and are good for you. How to Stock Up on the Right … [Read more...] about 3 Quick and Easy Recipes with Canned and Frozen Foods

Filed Under: Healthy Eating Tips, Healthy Recipes, Mediterranean Nutrition, Plant Based Nutrition, Simple, Healthy, Tasty, Tips from a Registered Dietitian Tagged With: cooking at home, easy recipes made with canned and frozen foods, good nutrition, healthy canned foods, healthy frozen foods, vegetables

Fresh Herbs Make Flavors Pop and 3 Recipes to Prove It

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Fresh parsley

Fresh herbs make food flavors 'pop' if you ask me. I mean everything with fresh herbs in it just tastes better. The nice thing is that you can easily find fresh herbs in the grocery store now. Or, look for them at your local farmer’s market or grow them yourself. Then, take them home, wash, chop and toss into breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The nutritional payoff with fresh herbs is their antioxidants and pigments which strengthen the immune system and reduce inflammation in the body. Here are 3 recipes that are super delicious, easy, and their flavors  'pop' because of the simple … [Read more...] about Fresh Herbs Make Flavors Pop and 3 Recipes to Prove It

Filed Under: Fresh Herbs, Healthy Eating Tips, Healthy Recipes, Mediterranean Nutrition, Plant Based Nutrition, Simple, Healthy, Tasty, Tips from a Registered Dietitian Tagged With: 3 recipes with fresh herbs, cooking at home, cooking with fresh herbs, good nutrition, Mediterranean Diet, tomatoes

Mediterranean Turkey & Herb Meatloaf Recipe

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Mediterranean Meatloaf

Everyone loves comfort food and meatloaf is a perfect choice. By switching out the ground beef and switching in 93% lean ground turkey, along with flavorful fresh and dried herbs, this is a tasty Mediterranean version of your favorite dinner dish! Mediterranean Turkey & Herb Meatloaf Kids can help by cracking the eggs, measuring the dried herbs, and stirring everything together, with supervision.  Makes 6-8 servings 1-1/2 pounds     Lean ground turkey, 93% lean ½ large              Bell pepper, any color, chopped 1 medium           Red onion, chopped 2 large          … [Read more...] about Mediterranean Turkey & Herb Meatloaf Recipe

Filed Under: Fresh Herbs, Healthy Recipes, Mediterranean Nutrition, Nutritious Substitutions, Quick & Easy Dinner Tips, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: cooking with herbs, good nutrition, healthy cooking, healthy meatloaf recipe, Mediterranean Diet, Mediterranean Turkey and Herb Meatloaf

10 Tips for Using Spices and Herbs

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Spice and herb jars

Are you an herbs-and-spices kind of cook? With all the good news about how they boost the immune system and lower risk for chronic disease, you'll want to use herbs and spices in your kitchen everyday. But how? 10 Easy Tips for Using Spices and Herbs - Getting Started Get started for using more spices and herbs by tossing out your very old ones. If they've been in your pantry for >3 years, then out they go. Next, go to the grocery store and buy new ones, two per shopping trip. If you see a sale, then buy three. Little by little, you'll own an assortment of fresh and flavorful spices … [Read more...] about 10 Tips for Using Spices and Herbs

Filed Under: Fresh Herbs, Grocery Shopping Tips, Healthy Lifestyle Tips, healthy pantry, Herbs & Spices, Mediterranean Nutrition, Nutrition Tips, Simple, Healthy, Tasty, Tips from a Registered Dietitian Tagged With: Antioxidants, cooking at home, good nutrition, Herbs and spices, Mediterranean Diet, tips for using herbs, tips for using spices

Spanish Tapas & 3 Easy Tapas Snack Ideas

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Spanish Tapas in Salamanca

Spanish Tapas are a food experience to love. While living in Salamanca, Spain - in the northwest part of the country, near Portugal - I am discovering a new world of food that I never knew before. It's called 'Tapas' which, in Spanish, is a small portion of food that's served as an accompaniment to a drink. The drink can be anything, like a glass of wine, beer, water, coffee, or tea. Tapas are traditional snacks full of color, flavor, and good nutrition. If you enjoy learning about food history then here's a story that describes the origin of the tapas tradition, from southern Spain in … [Read more...] about Spanish Tapas & 3 Easy Tapas Snack Ideas

Filed Under: Healthy Eating Tips, Healthy Snacks, Homemade Recipes, Mediterranean Nutrition, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: easy recipe, good nutrition, how to make Spanish Tapas, Mediterranean Diet, Mediterranean recipes, Spanish cooking, Spanish recipes, Spanish tapas, Spanish Tapas ideas, traditional Spanish Tapas, what is a Spanish Tapa

Sweet Red Peppers and 3 Ways to Enjoy Them

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Red Peppers of Spain

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the sweet red peppers of Spain! Then I started seeing these beauties in every vegetable market and grocery store I visited around Salamanca, where I'm living this fall. Sweet red peppers are called 'Pimientos' in Spanish and I'm learning that they are a very important ingredient in every Spanish kitchen, restaurant, and tapas bar. How to Use Sweet Red Peppers - 3 Ways The natural sweetness of Spanish pimientos - sweet red peppers - brings bright flavors to all kinds of things. Here are a few examples: Wash, cut into strips and dip into … [Read more...] about Sweet Red Peppers and 3 Ways to Enjoy Them

Filed Under: Fruits and Vegetables, Healthy Eating Tips, Mediterranean Nutrition, Plant Based Nutrition, Seasonal Produce, Simple, Healthy, Tasty, Vegetables Tagged With: good nutrition, healthy cooking, how to cook with roasted red peppers, Mediterranean Diet, Nutrition of Spain, roasted sweet peppers, sweet red peppers, vegetables

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