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Good Nutrition on a Plate
How we feed ourselves has occupied a majority of the human effort since the beginning of time. As we have developed as a society more and more of the food preparation has been taken over by the...
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Healthy Fruit from a CAN?
Last time we talked about the new “My Plate” guidelines designed to help consumers make better food selection choices and how the Supermarket industry is trying to help as well with food ranking...
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Let’s See if We Can Keep Our Resolutions Until March!
I was working out with my personal trainer at the gym today (I am SUCH a New Year’s cliché!). He told me that most people drop their gym memberships purchased in January, by Valentine’s Day. I am...
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What’s Better than Cherries and Chocolate?
Some of the latest research on both of these foods has demonstrated how good they are for us. Of course we are talking about SMALL amounts of good dark chocolate, not the whole 1 lb. bag of peanut...
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Cherry Chocolate Smoothie
½ cup nonfat Greek Yogurt ½ cup vanilla almond milk ½ cup Oregon Fruit Dark Sweet Cherries, drained syrup reserved 2 Tbs. Dark Sweet Cherry Syrup 1/8 tsp almond extract 1 Tbs. Dark Chocolate Chips ½...
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Decadent Breakfast on the Run
Sometimes you just need to treat yourself. I don’t know about you but life has been pretty hectic for me lately. I find myself running from place to place, generally late for everything. I am not...
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The Queen and The Produce Man-Berry Fest 2012
The Queen and The Produce Man It’s berry season in the west and that gives rise to Berry Fest celebrations all over the place. The season in California is early and Mother’s Day weekend I had the...
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A Refreshing and Healthy Dessert for Summer
While traveling in Portland last week for business I found myself in a Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Shop drawn in by the sign featuring Greek Frozen Yogurt. Greek Yogurt is all the rage right now...
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Frozen vs. Canned Food
Winco Stores Canned Fruit Section Portland Tribune writer, Nate Ford, tackled this issue from a sustainability perspective in a recent issue of Sutainable Life (July 26, 2012). As he stated, “we...
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Oregon Fruit Makes You Happy
From every turn we are encouraged, cajoled and admonished to eat more fruits and vegetables. From the “5 a Day” campaign to Produce for Better Health, to the First Lady, Dr. Oz and Jamie Oliver on...
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