Is there a winter squash that tastes better than my usual favorite, the butternut? Today, I roasted three to find out: a butternut, a kobocha, and a tetsukabuto, aka a green pumpkin. Farmer Beth Haarer of Wild Onion Farms inspired me with her note to her CSA subscribers: Kabocha squashes are hands down your favorites, […]
Vegetables
How to Shell Fresh Black-Eyed Peas and Field Peas
Get over your fear of shucking. Fresh black-eyed peas are worth unzipping a pod for. They taste light and bright, unlike the more earthy but still delicious black-eyed peas cooked from dried. Other highly shuckable legumes include field peas, butter beans, lima beans, shellies, and cowpeas. Often you can find bags of shelled fresh legumes […]
It’s SAD: the Standard American Diet lacks fruit and veg
A new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that most Americans don’t eat enough vegetables or fruit. Only only 9% eat enough vegetables and only 12% of eat enough fruit. We’re missing fantastic food and an easy way to feel great and live longer. What’s Enough? The study says: […]
Eat organic vegetables for a safer pregnancy
Can eating organic vegetables help you have a safer pregnancy? New research says yes! Eating organic vegetables reduces the risk of pre-eclampsia, an uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous condition. That’s the findings of a large Norwegian study involving over 28,000 women. One in twenty pregnant women suffer from pre-eclampsia (formerly called toxemia). If not treated, pre-eclampsia […]
Healthy Menu Plan with 10 Servings of Fruit and Vegetables
Eating 10 servings of fruit and vegetables a day can help you live longer, says a major study. When I shared the good news, some of you asked “How can I eat 10 servings a day?” “How can I afford to eat that much fruit and vegetables?” This typical Cook for Good menu costs only […]
How many vegetables do I need a day? How much fruit?
Research shows that eating 10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day can significantly improve your health. A new meta-analysis published in the International Journal of Epidemiology looked at up to 2 million people in 95 studies worldwide and found that: approximately 7.8 million premature deaths worldwide could be potentially prevented every year if people ate […]
