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It’s Easy Eating Greens

Dark green leafy vegetables are, calorie for calorie, perhaps the most concentrated source of nutrition of any food. Here is a recipe to help you enjoy them.

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All Aboard the Turnip Truck

Turnips are in season now and an abundance of greens and roots are being harvested across the United States. Here are two great recipes for enjoying them!

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Stevia: Traditional Medicinal or Modern Pseudo-Food?

If you haven’t heard yet, sugar is bad for you: it converts to fat in your liver, it severely compromises your immune system, it contributes to both insulin resistance and high levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol in your blood, and it fosters nutrient deficiencies and the demineralization of your bones and teeth. This is why [...]

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Pumpkin Love

Pumpkin is a ubiquitous part of the American fall season—which is understandable, considering that it’s indigenous to this part of the world. The Native Americans used it as both a food and a medicine. The first settlers from Europe added it to their diets and then some of them helped spread it to the rest [...]

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Arugula-Ready Recipes

The cool weather greens are just starting to come ready for harvest here, and this week both my garden and my CSA box have plenty of arugula with which to make salads and other delights. Arugula is a very nutritious, leafy green vegetable with an unusual spicy flavor. Arugula is high in vitamins A, C [...]

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Raw Butternut Squash Cookies

Before I had Babyzilla, I was a regular Cookie Monster. I loved cookies in all their permutations: chewy, crunchy, chocolately, nutty and spicy. However, now that we eat grain and dairy-free, I have to find other ways to satisfy my cookie craving. If you’re senstive to gluten, on a raw food or GAPS/SCD diet, or [...]

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