I know beet hummus probably sounds a little strange. That is what I thought when I first came across the recipe below, but it is actually quite good. My husband had made a beet dish and we had a few beets left over. I was searching for a recipe to use the rest of them …
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Kale and Sweet Potato Salad
You may already know what a super food kale is. I almost decided not to write about it because the grocery stores I shop at for kale are having a hard time keeping it in stock so there are times when I can’t get it. It seems like everyone is rushing in for some kale. …
Dark Chocolate Truffles
With this being Valentine’s weekend, I am sure there will be a lot of chocolate consumed. However, that doesn’t have to be a bad thing if you eat the right chocolate. There have been a lot of studies done showing that dark chocolate, made with at least 60% cocoa, can have great health benefits. Dark …
Natural = Simply
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about companies adding the word “natural” to products that really aren’t. The FDA has not real made a firm statement on what should be considered “natural.” When I looked up the word natural in the dictionary, the definition was “existing in or caused by nature; not made or …
GMO’s as “Natural”??
This week I became aware that the GMA (Grocery Manufactures Association), which is known as the “Big Food” organization which represents companies such as Coca-Cola, Kraft, ConAgraFoods, Bayer CropScience, as well as more than 300 others, is petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize the labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMO) …
Get Empowered for 2014!
I can’t believe we have already been into 2014 for a week! I gave some thought to the new year, but have been spending a lot of time wrapping up loose ends of 2013. I am now ready to embrace 2014 and move forward.. I had a good 2013, but am hoping for an even …
Fun and Healty Halloween Snacks
Can you believe it is October already? I saw a neon sign in the neighborhood recently that is counting down the days until Christmas! I am not really ready to think about Christmas right now because I enjoy the fall season. The cooler weather and colored leaves make be feel at peace. Of course, we …
Red “Honey” in Utah
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 …
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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