Last October I posted an article about bees that were producing blue and green honey in France. It turned out they were feeding on the waste products of M&Ms. Earlier this month, several commercial hives in Utah started seeing red honey. It appears that one of the large beekeeping operations began “open-feeding” the bees. They …
Category Archives: Ingredients
Who Decides Which Food Additives are Safe?
There are over 10,000 additives that are allowed to be used in foods in the U.S. Of those, 43% are considered to be “Generally Recognized As Safe” or GRAS. So how do they decide which ones are safe? The answer. The company manufacturing and selling the additive gets to decide which are safe. This all …
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Big Companies Dropping GMO Products in Other Countries But Not in the U.S.
Based on consumer fears in many countries, some large U.S. companies, including Kellogg, Pepsi, Kraft, Coke and Heinz, are now dropping their GMO foods from their European products. Rather than just drop them from all products in general, here in the U.S. we will still be eating GMOs if we chose to eat their products. …
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Grilled Pineapple
Are you looking for a healthy but nutritious dessert? If you like pineapple, you will really enjoy this grilled pineapple recipe. Cooking the pineapple over high heat caramelizes the pineapple’s natural sugars which brings out its natural sweetness and gives it a golden color. Pineapple is high in Vitamin C and is also a great …
Grill Your Vegetables, But Be Care of Grilling Meat
Grilling out is one of America’s favorite ways to prepare food as well as to gather together with friends to have what I call a cook-out and others call a BBQ, depending on where you are from. Since I rarely eat meat, I like to grill vegetables. Just last night I cut up some local …
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August is National Peach Month
I can’t believe it is already August. The summer seems to be flying by and I am wondering what happened to July! The thing I like so much about summer is all the fresh produce that is available locally. August is national peach month so I set out to find a good peach. I have …
Grilled Portabella Mushrooms and Zucchini and Squash
Summer is the time of year when outdoor grilling is at it’s peak. Most people probably grill some type of meat, poultry or seafood, but don’t stop there. Grilling vegetables is a great way to change the way you usually cook them. Today, I am going to focus on two of my favorites, grilled portabella …
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Real Food or Chemical Food – Do You Know What You Are Eating?
Did you know that 80% of the food in the U.S. is supplied by massive factory farms? I would like to think that by using the word farm, that it is safely grown for the health and welfare of the consumer. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case. More than 6,000 additives and chemicals are used by …
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July is National Blueberry Month!
In 1999 the USDA declared July to be National Blueberry Month. I always look forward to this time of the year when blueberries are more plentiful and tasteful. There is a little farm not to far from me and I plan to go and pick some fresh off the bushes in a few days. Blueberries …
Add Lentils to Your Diet
One of my favorite soups is lentil soup. However, I rarely ever eat soup in the summer because for me it is to hot for soup. I usually stick to cooler foods and salads. Since lentils are so incredibly healthy, I decided to pull out an old favorite lentil salad recipe of mine to share …