April 15th, 2008
Today is Day 2 of Women’s Nutrition Week, and here’s a healthy recipe from Every Day With Rachael Ray!
Asparagus Popover
Servings: 4Prep Time: 15 minutesBake Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
1 pound asparagus
2 tablespoons butter
½ cup milk
3 large eggs, at room temperature
½ cup flour
Salt and pepper
Pinch sugar
3 oz. gruyere or Swiss cheese, shredded (1 cup loosely packed)
Directions
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April 14th, 2008
In honor of National Women’s Nutrition Week, Vital Juice Daily pointed me toward the Eat This, Not That tool/game at Women’s Health. Super fun! Go try it and them come back here and let us know how you did. Warning: It’s harder than it looks! Warning #2: You’ll be hungry when you’re done.
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April 14th, 2008
This week is Women’s Nutrition Week, and Every Day With Rachael Ray put together 4 delish dishes centered on asparagus, which is one of my favorite green foods women should eat.
From the editors:
Asparagus is one of the best foods to help fight diseases that affect women. Asparagus is especially rich in folic acid which has […]
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April 10th, 2008
Folks have been debating the relative merits of bottled water and tap water for more than decade, and the conversation continues. But one argument the bottled water folks can’t really counter is that tap water just does not produce the same waste that bottled water does. We talked about this yesterday when I posted some […]
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April 10th, 2008
I’ve posted before about the environmental impact of drinking bottled water. With Earth Day around the corner (April 22!), I was excited to get a nice note from Filter for Good, offering to send me and my readers some free water filters and Nalgene water bottles! I don’t know what and how many are on […]
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April 9th, 2008
Jennifer of The Daily Blender posted recently about a survey reporting that 78% of consumers are less than confident about the safety of cloned foods. Gee, ya think? Nothing negative toward Jennifer for posting this, but rather a big DUH to the people who are surprised that we’re not jumping up and down at the […]
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April 3rd, 2008
For me, taking my vitamins is a daily struggle. I just hate swallowing pills. So finally, I broke down and bought children’s chewable dinosaur vitamins. And you know, they’re not half bad! The nutrition information even has a serving size for adults, so apparently I’m not the only one with this problem. One full dino, […]
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January 23rd, 2008
According to a new study published in the journal Thorax that followed 658 mom-kid pairs from pregnancy up to age 6 and a half, women eating lots of fish, fresh fruits and veggies, legumes, nuts, dairy products, and olive oil have children with a lower propensity for asthma and allergies.
Pregnant women who ate vegetables more […]
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January 22nd, 2008
The founder of two fantastic organic restaurants in New York City, who’s also a nutritionist, talks about ways to fall in love with delicious, healthy food in this short video. It’s really inspiring!
You’ll find this video and others at online women’s community Capessa.com.Contents © Copyright 2008 Kristen King
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January 22nd, 2008
Headaches. We all get them, and we all hate them. Sometimes you know where your headache comes from, but other times it just sneaks up on you. Here are common but less well-known causes of headaches:
Perfume and other strong odors - sparked by cues from your nose’s nerve cells. This might explain why you always […]
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