Calling All Garlic Lovers
Do you have a food obsession? I have an addiction to dark chocolate and share another passion enjoyed by many: I adore garlic.
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Can Healthful Eating Save Your Eyes?
Although age-related macular degeneration is still not fully understood, experts say it may stem from damage caused by oxidation reactions. A past large study showed that high doses of antioxidant supplements might slow a person’s progression from early to late AMD.
Fresh Herbs Make A Great Sauce
Recently, I created my own refreshing herb sauce, perfect for warm days. Serve this bright green sauce with grilled, broiled or poached fish or chicken, or try my recipe for “Chilled Shrimp with Green Sauce.”
Marinated Artichokes Fit For a Star
If you have only experienced bottled or canned artichokes, you must try the fresh version at least once. Understanding that you may hesitate to wrestle with fresh artichokes, we’ve created directions that simplify trimming away their tough outer leaves and spiky tips. Includes recipe for Marinated Artichokes.
Making Sense of Nutrition Research
Publicity about the recently released results from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) on lowfat diets is a good example of the confusion the media causes when headlines seem to contradict earlier research results and common sense.
Tangy Citrus Chicken Features Tender Cutlets
If, like me, you have resisted pounding chicken cutlets, trust me, it is worth the effort. Besides helping the chicken cook evenly, pounding tenderizes it. This helps cutlets come out as delicate in this Citrus Chicken, my version of picatta, as they are when served in the most exclusive restaurants.
A Super Steak Salad
Americans love beef. Eating most foods is fine in moderation, and this includes a nice piece of juicy beef. And what tastes better at a summer barbecue than grilled steak?
Canned Salmon is a Good Choice
Research keeps offering more reasons for eating fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids, particularly salmon. Canned salmon is a great choice because most of it is wild fish and costs perhaps one-tenth of what fresh wild salmon does. Includes recipe for Salmon Cakes.
Marrying Two Middle Eastern Favorites
Using ingredients associated with Mediterranean roots can compensate for reduced fat content and add flavor in the process. These include pureed beans, garlic and yogurt. Baba ghanouj is a spread or dip made with roasted eggplant and tahini, which is ground sesame seed paste.
Flavor: Friend or Foe of Healthy Eating?
Experts say the real reason behind the success, and ultimately the failure, of many weight loss diets is that their limited variety of foods and flavors makes people so bored with the food that they eat less and lose weight.
Spring Brings Sweet Vidalia Onions
Thanks to today’s system of shipping, almost every kind of fresh produce is now available year round, from strawberries to asparagus. Still, a sure culinary sign of spring is the arrival of the year’s new crop of sweet Vidalia onions from Georgia.
Do Diet Meals Help?
The frozen food section of the grocery store contains foods ranging from pizza and snack foods to traditional meat-loaf-and-mashed-potato dinners to meals targeted at people with health concerns including weight loss, heart health and vegetarian eating.
Why Olive Oil is Part of Mediterranean Health
It’s no surprise that the Mediterranean diet is linked to good health. Small reliance on meat and scant use of butter limit the saturated fat that raises blood cholesterol and promotes development of other health conditions.
A New View of Peanuts
Eating peanuts as a snack is easy, but stopping at the recommended serving can be challenging. Read about peanuts and health – and try this African Chicken Stew recipe.
