I tried my first Impossible Burger a few days ago. Verdict? It could pass as a regular beef hamburger. It’s a perfect choice if you want to blend in at a restaurant despite eating plant-based food. The Impossible Burger could be just the ticket if you are craving something familiar in a bun with your […]
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Plant-Based Prevention of Disease
This weekend, I’m going to the national Plant-Based Prevention of Disease conference (#PPOD18) which is an: evidence-based look at how plant-based eating patterns may reduce the risks of society’s major preventable diseases. The Raleigh gathering starts with an introduction by RD Matt Ruscigno asking “Why Does the Future of Healthcare Begin with Nutrition?” Because prevention is better […]
Want to get in shape with me?
You may have noticed that last week’s recipe for Apple Pie listed 6 servings for a whole pie. Even my Taster says it should be 8 servings!!! My thrifty, healthy self knows it should be 12 servings. I’ve been eating more than I should since June 2016, the day of the California primary. My concerns about the […]
Proposed Changes to Food Stamps. Who Wins? Who Loses?
Like a reverse Robin Hood, the 2019 US federal budget wants to take money off the SNAP cards of people in need and give them a box of packaged American-made commodity food instead. (You may know the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as food stamps.) These USDA Foods Packages will take millions of our tax dollars away […]
How to Contact Your Representatives
Learn how to find out who represents you and how to communicate with them effectively. If you live in the United States, you have many people in government who represent you when making decisions about how our country, states, cities, and more operate. Voting lets you influence who these people are and staying in touch […]
Hungry Harvest Cuts Food Waste, Fights Hunger
Hungry Harvest runs a CSA with a twist. They bring you recovered fruit, vegetables, and more that otherwise would have been used to feed animals or just sent to the dump. They donate their own surplus to anti-hunger organizations. In Raleigh, they donate food to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. (Good choice!) Hungry Harvest also runs Produce […]
