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How to Eat More Vegetables

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Cucumber Tomato Heart

The Why? There are probably more than 100 reasons why to eat more vegetables. I don't want to get boring or teachy-preachy, though. So, I'm going to boil it down to 10 quick reasons why: 1.Colors  2. Flavors  3. Crunch  4. Creamy  5. Sweet  6. Delicious             7. Filling  8. Fun shapes  9. Inexpensive  10. Nutritious The How? There are at least 50 ways to eat more vegetables. Here are 10 of my favorites: 1. Add some sliced cucumbers to your breakfast. 2. Pack a big handful of carrots, radishes, celery into your lunch. 3. Keep a couple cans of tomato juice or V8 in … [Read more...] about How to Eat More Vegetables

Filed Under: Back-To-School Nutrition, Healthy Recipes, Healthy Snacks, Mediterranean Nutrition, Quick & Easy Dinner Tips, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: Antioxidants, Fiber, healthy lifestyle, How to eat more vegetables, meal planning, vegetables

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

10 Ways to Season Your Food with Extra Virgin Olive Oil

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

EVOO cruet

I find a bottle of extra virgin olive oil on nearly every cafe and restaurant table I visit in Spain - which is what I expected from the world's largest producer! What I didn't expect was that just about everything I eat these days, except for ice cream, tastes better when I season it with EVOO. It's a perfect time of year to get excited about using more EVOO because the 2019 harvest of olives and production of oil is about to begin in Mediterranean countries like Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Turkey, and others. November, December, and January is the time to shake the olives down from … [Read more...] about 10 Ways to Season Your Food with Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Filed Under: Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Food Fats, Healthy Eating Tips, Mediterranean Nutrition, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: Antioxidants, cooking at home, evoo, extra virgin olive oil, good nutrition, how to season food with evoo, how to season food with extra virgin olive oil, how to use evoo, how to use extra virgin olive oil, Mediterranean Diet, olive oil, using evoo

8 Watermelon Fun Facts and A Mediterranean Watermelon Salad Recipe

September 2, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Med Watermelon Salad

I think watermelon is just about everyone's favorite fruit in August. After all, there's nothing more thirst-quenching, sweet, and delicious, is there? 8 Fun Facts about Watermelon It is in the Cucurbitaceae family and related to melons, cucumbers, pumpkins, chayote and zucchini squash It comes in 5 types: seeded; seedless; mini or personal; yellow; and orange It is >90% water so it's a great choice for a hot day It's standard serving size is 2 cups cut-up It has only 80 calories in 2 cups It has 14 grams carbohydrates per 1 cup Watermelon, one serving, is … [Read more...] about 8 Watermelon Fun Facts and A Mediterranean Watermelon Salad Recipe

Filed Under: Healthy Recipes, Mediterranean Nutrition, Plant Based Nutrition, Simple, Healthy, Tasty, Summer fruit Tagged With: Antioxidants, easy recipe, facts about watermelon, Fruit, good nutrition, Watermelon, watermelon facts, watermelon recipe

Cinnamon Mandarinas with Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a Recipe from Spain

November 18, 2019 By Cindy Silver

Cinnamon Mandarinas Recipe

Here's a dessert recipe that will tickle your taste buds as it protects your body and brain from oxidative stress, inflammation, and aging. These sound like impossible claims, right? In fact, by combining the nutrition of a sweet, juicy, high fiber tangerine-mandarina (or orange) with the nutrition of delicious extra virgin olive oil, the health benefits are amazing. Vitamin C in the citrus fruit is a powerful antioxidant that can reduce oxidative stress and inflammation throughout the body. High quality, fresh extra virgin olive oil is a superhero of the Mediterranean-DASH Diet meal pattern … [Read more...] about Cinnamon Mandarinas with Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a Recipe from Spain

Filed Under: Citrus fruits and nutrition, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Healthy Dessert, Healthy Recipes, Mediterranean Nutrition Tagged With: Antioxidants, citrus fruits, cooking with mandarinas, desserts using mandarinas, easy recipe, good nutrition, healthy desserts, how to cook with mandarinas, Mediterranean Diet, recipes for mandarinas, recipes using mandarinas, spanish mandarinas, what are mandarinas

Top 10 Reasons to Eat Your Vegetables

November 6, 2018 By Cindy Silver

Hens eating greens

Reasons to eat your vegetables go on and on and on. I know - I'm a registered dietitian and encouraging nutrient-rich food choices is my jam. Even for you reluctant veggie eaters, I hope my list of 'Top 10 Reasons' below gets you going. Here's why...Vegetables are the difference between feeling OK and feeling great. Vegetables are the difference between making a habit of seeing the doctor and not doing that. Vegetables can be prepared in hundreds of ways  and so there really is something for everyone! Top 10 Reasons to Eat Your Vegetables They’re green-red-orange-yellow & it’s your … [Read more...] about Top 10 Reasons to Eat Your Vegetables

Filed Under: Grilling Tips, Healthy Eating Tips, Mediterranean Nutrition, Nutrition Tips, Plant Based Nutrition, Simple, Healthy, Tasty, Vegetables Tagged With: Antioxidants, good nutrition, green veggies, Mediterranean Diet, vegetables

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