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Mindless Eating – Part 1

Last week I wrote about all the food decisions and portion control we make each day, so this week I am following up that train

Artichoke Hearts

Artichoke Hearts

Globe artichokes are a delicious delicacy among the vegetables. You can eat both the plant leaves and artichoke heart. Legend According to legend, the artichoke

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We Eat with Our Eyes

It’s hard to think about “serving or portion sizes” when we go out to eat when what we are served is so HUGE! Do you

Celery

Celery – Stalk or Rib?

That refreshing “crunch” you get biting into a crisp rib is one of the great pleasures of eating celery. Celery is truly an amazing and

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Trusted Nutrition Resources

Where do you usually turn to for nutrition information? It can be exhausting to comb through all of the information out there related to diet,

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Get Sauced: Five Mothers and Others

Sauces are an essential element in cuisines all over the world. French cookbooks literally list hundreds of sauces. The extensive list was consolidated to just

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Mindless Eating – Part 1

Last week I wrote about all the food decisions and portion control we make each day, so this week I am following up that train of thought with some questions Brian Wansink, Ph.D., director of Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, posed in a release written by Alice Henneman, MS, RD, Nebraska Extension Educator, in her Lancaster County newsletter.  Let’s see how well you do.  Cover up the answers first.  No cheating! Question 1 How much more soup did people

Artichoke Hearts

Artichoke Hearts

Globe artichokes are a delicious delicacy among the vegetables. You can eat both the plant leaves and artichoke heart. Legend According to legend, the artichoke was created when the smitten Greek god Zeus turned his dearly beloved into a thistle after being rejected. His loss is our gain, because that thistle is now known as the artichoke. Edible Artichokes The artichokes we eat are actually the buds of a purple flower that can grow more than 3 feet tall. When

Portion control text with fork

We Eat with Our Eyes

It’s hard to think about “serving or portion sizes” when we go out to eat when what we are served is so HUGE! Do you take half of it home to have for a later meal? Or, do you share the food? Daily Decisions According to Dr. Brian Wansink, director of Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, “we make more than 200 food-related decisions daily and aren’t aware of 90 percent of them.” “Perhaps you think you just make three

Celery

Celery – Stalk or Rib?

That refreshing “crunch” you get biting into a crisp rib is one of the great pleasures of eating celery. Celery is truly an amazing and versatile vegetable that should be in every refrigerator. Delicious and Available Year Round The green celery available in most produce sections today is a variety known as Pascal. Celery is available year-round, but it does have a natural season and is at its best in the fall, with its harvest continuing through winter in warm

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Trusted Nutrition Resources

Where do you usually turn to for nutrition information? It can be exhausting to comb through all of the information out there related to diet, food, and nutrition. With an ever-growing selection of food and nutrition-related publications, it can be difficult to determine which ones offer reliable information and sound advice. Below is a list of reliable resources that provide timely and scientifically based. By no means is this a comprehensive list, nor does inclusion on this list indicate endorsement

7 different sauces in small containers

Get Sauced: Five Mothers and Others

Sauces are an essential element in cuisines all over the world. French cookbooks literally list hundreds of sauces. The extensive list was consolidated to just five, which forms the foundation for many other sauces in French cuisine and hence the term “mother” sauce. A sauce made by adding flavoring to a basic mother sauce is a “sister” sauce. French Mother Sauce Whether you realize it or not, you have probably eaten at least three of the five “Mother Sauces.” Moreover,

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