Month: December 2012

  • Week 7 – Day 1

    The history of the onion is an interesting story. The onion is believed to have originated in Asia, though it is likely that onions may have been growing wild on every continent. Dating back to 3500 BC, onions were one of the few foods that did not spoil during the winter months. Our ancestors must […]

  • Week 6 – Day 7

    We use it in apple and pumpkin pies, we sprinkle it on toast, we add it to coffee or oatmeal… and it smells wonderful! I’m talking about cinnamon. According to the dictionary, cinnamon is the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially […]

  • Week 6 – Day 6

    Dr. Oz’s guest Dr. Andrew Weil spoke of his ultimate eating plan. He states that amongst the 5 foods for better health, cruciferous vegetables belong to the cabbage family. What’s great about these greens is that they protect against cancer. Look for cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, bok choy, kale and brussels sprouts. Some of the its […]

  • Week 6 – Day 5

    Sweet potato Ah sweet potatoes – those weird looking orangey potatoes are loaded with fat-fighting benefits. When eaten with the skin on (roasted whole or cut up into oven fries), a sweet potato has as much fiber as half a cup of oatmeal, for about 100 calories, says dietitian Joan Salge Blake, author of Nutrition […]

  • Week 6 – Day 4

    Here is my holiday OLIVE tree I made a few years ago. Olives are one of my favorite bite-size snack. I eat olives a few times a week, and on the Camino, olives were a daily staple of ours as it helped us replenish our salt levels. You can imagine walking 6-8 hours per day […]

  • Week 6 – Day 3

    Dark, leafy, bumpy and oh so good – Spinach. Based on Dr. Oz’s Joint health quiz, a cup of spinach contains noticeably more calcium (240 mg) than broccoli (180 mg), acorn squash (90 mg), kale (55 mg) or corn (10 mg). Healthdiaries.com gives 11 benefits of spinach: Diet One cup of spinach has nearly 20% […]

  • Week 6 – Day 2

    Artichokes is one of the vegetables that truly intimidates me. How do we cook this? How do we eat this? It just plain looks strange to me. This said, until a few years ago, I had NEVER eaten an artichoke, or part of! I attended a dinner party where the hostess served pickled artichoke hearts […]

  • Week 6 – Day 1

    When I was young, my mother, brother and I visited my sister in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. One of our outings was to a location where we swam… with shrimps! This wasn’t one of those “swim with the NAME THE FISH” type place, but simply the place we swam in also was where shrimps lived! I can’t […]

  • Week 5 – Day 7

    Beautiful strawberries. Who can resist those luscious juicy morsels of red scrumptious delight? Fresh or frozen, strawberries offer a multitude of goodness to our body. They contain fistin, a flavanoid which has been shown to help improve brain power. Eating strawberries can help reduce belly fat, and can also reduce insulin spikes that may cause […]

  • Week 5 – Day 6

    Care of our beautiful knees. This picture from the athletic advisor site shows the anatomy of a knee. Knees are quite complex and given the amount of pounding they take each step WE take, it’s amazing to me that they support us for such a long time in our lives. More than 30 years ago, […]