I scream, you scream, we all scream for… mushrooms!

Great news for mushroom lovers! Research from the Agricultural Research Service found that white button mushrooms are the way to go when it comes to immune function. The study was conducted  by nutritional immunologists Simin Meydani and Dayong Wu at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center of Aging at Tufts University. Study Findings [...]

Homemade Belgian Waffles to Fuel “Black Friday”

If you don’t have a waffle maker maybe you should put one on your list. We made the original recipe for Belgian waffles and it is worth your time! You will need to use yeast. You’ll need to separate yolks and whites. You’ll also need to let the batter sit for an hour. So brew [...]

Homemade Cranberry Sauce is Worth 10 Minutes

I know some people love the cranberry schloop that keeps the shape of the can. But I promise you, freshly made cranberry relish is worth the 10 minutes it takes to make! Just follow the directions on the bag. Here’s a pic from our saucepan! Leftovers are great in oatmeal or smoothies. The red color [...]

Easy Homemade Rolls for Thanksgiving!

If you have a breadmaker go the extra mile and make rolls from scratch. These only took an hour “from soup to nuts”! We used a nice egg wash for the color and we raised the bread near the wood burning stove! The best part is not having the fear of losing an eye in [...]

Compare Your Favorite Foods Using MyFood-A-Pedia

MyFood-A-Pedia is a new nutrition tool designed for users to quickly access a food’s calories and MyPyramid food group information. This application also allows you to compare two different food items. What makes this tool unique from other online calorie counters is that is calculates the total number of discretionary – or “extra”- calories from [...]

Have a Balanced and Healthy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is notorious for getting just as “stuffed” as the turkey. There’s a lot of rich once-a-year foods available and we indulge… that’s why the typical plate is 1500 calories, nearly a day’s worth for women and a half day’s worth for men! It’s almost like eating a large Big Mac, fries, soda, and an [...]

Banana Bread Make-Over

Banana bread with a hot cup of coffee may seem like a good, quick breakfast or an afternoon snack, but bite for bite, it may not be worth the damage! My recipe, a similar version found in many cookbooks (posted below), yielded the following numbers per serving when cut into 12 thick slices. 290 calories 15 [...]

Basic Understanding of Omega Fats

Omega 3 and 6 unsaturated fatty acids receive a lot of publicity for their role in good heart health, but they play a part in providing us with other health benefits as well. To understand why omegas are praised, we first need to understand that they are part of the “unsaturated fats” group. Unsaturated fats [...]

It’s a Disease Not a Diet: Gluten Free Diets

By: Carlene Helble It seems like the latest fad diet, is one associated with a serious disease. Going gluten free has become the latest ‘weight loss’ plan among many, but dropping pounds doesn’t come with dropping gluten. Rebecca was recently interviewed by Fox 5 on Gluten Free dieting as a way to lose weight, made [...]

America Fails in Eating Fruits and Vegetables

By: Elizabeth Jarrard The National Fruit and Vegetable Alliance (NFVA) recently released a report that showed in an average day, only 6 percent of individuals consume the recommended amount of vegetables and 8 percent the recommended amount of fruit. The US’s report card didn’t look to great, and even received a couple Fs. The societal cost [...]