Healthy Cooking

Oregano is found in many herb gardens likely due to the large number of dishes it can help flavor. It’s famously known for it’s use in pizza and complements most any tomato dish. Fresh oregano has a bold peppery taste that pairs well with cooked vegetables, including eggplant and zucchini, egg...

Osteoporosis doesn’t typically have any symptoms, and most don’t know they have it until a bone breaks. While it mainly affects postmenopausal women, it’s still a major cause of fractures for older men, too. Prevention begins in childhood and continues throughout adult life, but no matter your age...

Broccoli rabe, also known as rapini, isn’t the most well-known vegetable, but that doesn’t mean you should count it out. The whole plant is edible, it’s extremely easy to cook, and it’s loaded with disease-fighting nutrients. Broccoli rabe may have edible buds that resemble broccoli, but it...

I love a good salad but often get bored using the same greens and the same bottled dressings over and over. What’s the solution? Try watercress! Watercress adds a fresh, slightly peppery flavor that can be added to other salad greens or stand alone as the star. Hence the name, watercress is...

If you’ve eaten sushi, you’ve likely encountered wasabi. The green paste is a condiment served alongside sushi or sashimi (raw seafood). However, most of us have likely not eaten actual wasabi. Real wasabi is the wasabia japonica plant, also referred to as Japanese horseradish. It’s lime...

Which is healthier, ground turkey or ground beef? Most people will tell you ground turkey, and they’re not wrong per say. But is it really that much healthier?First, when comparing one meat to the other, you must level the playing field and compare the two using the same number of ounces and the...

One of the questions I often receive is “what about coconut oil?” Coconut oil has increased in popularity because of it’s perceived health benefits, and people want to know if it truly lives up to all the hype. I often feel bad for disappointing people when I must tell them that coconut oil is not...

March is National Nutrition Month. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics created the annual campaign in 1973 (50 years ago), and it includes a new theme each year. This year’s theme is “Fuel for the Future.” But what exactly does that mean? Food is the fuel that our bodies need to keep our system...

With the price of eggs so high, you may be thinking that it’s time to cut back. Maybe you skip the scrambled egg breakfast and choose oatmeal instead, or you look for a vegan egg alternative that’s not equally as costly. But how do you substitute eggs in recipes, such as muffins, pancakes or...

I recently tried a new white chicken chili recipe and it called for both cannellini beans and Great Northern beans. I have always used one or the other, but never at the same time. The two beans in the same bowl of soup allowed me to see and taste their similarities and differences, though honestly...