As I write this blog I am sitting in the Denver airport, Colorado. Our plane has been cancelled due to an unexpected snowstorm. Large snowflakes cover the tarmac outside as we wait to find out when flights will resume.I have... Read more
Growers, processors and seed companies volunteered their time for elementary school students as the Farm Day experience returned to Salinas, California.Farm Day Salinas is one of the 3 annual events that reach about 7,800 third... Read more
There’s nothing more exciting than growing your own food. I popped my head out the kitchen window to pick some herbs this morning, to be greeted by these two delicious beauties hanging precariously from their branch;... Read more
We saw last month that boiling vegetables in water is healthy option, but we also run the risk of losing many nutritional properties. Many water-soluble vitamins in vegetables are lost upon contact with water.... Read more
It’s a fruit shaped like an egg, with vibrant green flesh and is nicknamed the “alligator pear”. What is it?... Read more
Cooking vegetables by boiling them in water, is one of the methods many nutritionists recommend when we want to start dieting as they are cooked without fat or oil unlike frying, grilling or... Read more
You're not going to find any medicine in the pharmacy that has as many benefits for our health like the properties of tomatoes. Who would have thought that in a supermarket could buy such a "drug" ?... Read more
I must confess that when I was young, my salads were always very boring. The typical lettuce and tomato salad with olive oil and salt, and maybe a little vinegar. Nothing wrong with that, but since I find myself... Read more
Grilling vegetables on the BBQ or griddle pan is well-known as one of the healthiest ways of cooking. The use of low fat and quick cooking means retaining much of the vitality and nutrition. (as opposed to... Read more
Is it a honey-glazed leg of ham? Or perhaps it’s an orange and pistachio stuffed turkey with cranberry sauce and roast potatoes? What about a flaming plum pudding with brandy butter?... Read more
