Rhubarb: Not Just for Dessert

Rhubarb is a tart vegetable mostly served as a dessert with heaps of sugar. You can enjoy the health benefits of this plentiful vegetable without the huge amounts of sugar with these savory recipes (and one dessert recipe). The sugar that I do use in these recipes is from maple syrup and molasses or sweeter…

Why Fat is My Friend

The recent article Fat (Reconsidered) by Nina Teicholz and her newly released book The Big Fat Surprise, finally provides a comprehensive analysis as to why this nation fed into the FAT IS BAD campaign and what we all should do about it. If you love fat, like I do, you know longer have to hide from…

11 Veggies a Day for Health and Vitality

One way to ensure you get enough nutrition in your diet is to have a goal of eating 11 servings of vegetables per day. Eating this many vegetables will help to keep your weight and energy stabilized. Once your weight and energy are stabilized you have all of the tools to live the active life…