Raw & Living Foods

Shiso Fabulous

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This week the CSA box had a big bunch of shiso. I haven’t eaten shiso—also called perilla, beefsteak plant, or sesame leaf—since I lived in South Korea over 15 years ago, so the bunch in my box inspired me to research traditional Korean dishes this week.

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Perfect Pamplemousse

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Pamplemousse is French for grapefruit. Here are some special ways to enjoy the brightness of grapefruit this winter.

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It’s Easy Eating Greens

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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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10 Ways to Strengthen Your Immune System

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With all the headlines about the H1N1 flu and the excitement over the vaccine, you would think that there is nothing you can do except get your shot and pray not to get sick this year. Nothing could be further from the truth. Considering that communicable diseases like colds and flu are highly contagious, your [...]

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Arugula-Ready Recipes

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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 Eggplant Ravioli

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Eggplants are ready for harvest in the garden, and they are making their appearance in my CSA box too. Eggplants are beautiful, relatively easy vegetables to grow and delicious, diversely nutritious vegetables to eat. 

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