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Pine Nuts

Pine nuts have been a culinary favorite since the Stone Age, and show up in everything from stir-fries, cookies, and sauces. If you've ever bought pine nuts, then...

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Wondrous Winter Squash

From blue to orange, smooth to bumpy and popular to obscure, diverse winter squash all provide cancer-fighting compounds and an earthy-sweet taste that makes the oncoming cold weather...

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Quinoa: Health Benefits & Recipe Tips

Great Grain, Funny Name By Fiona Breslin Quick-cooking quinoa (say KEEN-wah) is far easier to love than to pronounce. The grain-like crop, native to the Andes Mountains of South America,...

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Why Brassicas?

Remember being told to ‘eat your vegetables’ while you were growing up? This not so gentle suggestion to eat Brussels sprouts, broccoli, or cabbage was far from welcome...

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Eating Strategies for The Single Survivor

Finding the motivation to cook meals for one can be a challenge. Most recipes yield 4-6 servings, so doing the math to reduce the servings down to 1-2...

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Taking Stock of the Bone Broth Trend

Bone broth has grown in popularity in the last number of years, and the trend shows no sign of abating- in fact, study published in 2017 showed that...

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Natural Sugar Alternatives-Guest Blog Post

This blog was submitted to us by our friends at...

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Big News at Cook for Your Life!

Cook for Your Life was founded in 2007 by three-time cancer survivor Ann Ogden Gaffney, who left her career in the fashion industry to start a non-profit in...

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Have a Spooktacularly Healthy Halloween

Halloween is just around the corner, and many kids around the country are preparing their costumes for the annual tradition of trick-or-treating. Whether heading out with kids yourself...

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All about Tofu

Tofu or bean curd has been around for a long, long time, over 2000 years in fact. It's said that a Chinese Han dynasty cook accidentally curdled some...

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Cranberry Beans

Late summer and autumn bring us the beautiful cranberry bean, so named for the deep-red speckles that adorn its white or cream-colored pod. If you don’t mind doing...

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Legume Overview

Legumes are an important part of a daily diet because of their nutritional and health benefits. They are a good dietary source of protein, rich in soluble fiber,...