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From tips for cooking through chemotherapy to busting healthy food myths to easy, pantry-friendly meal ideas — our team of experts covers it here.

Healthy Habits

All About Parmesan Cheese

When many of us think of Parmesan cheese we think of the powdery grated cheese we see in pizza parlors and pasta joints, or in shaker boxes on...

Kitchen Dictionary

Cucumbers

Cucumbers are relatives of melons. They are grown all over the world and are used for pickling, salads, and some harder varieties are even used in curries. They grow...

Healthy Habits

Eat to Beat the Summer Heat With Easy No-Cook Strategies!

Here at CFYL we’re all about getting into the kitchen and whipping up easy meals but sometimes in the summer it’s just too darn hot to cook! Unfortunately...

Healthy Holidays

Healthy Fourth of July: Cookout Tips for Cancer Patients

July Fourth; Red, White, Blue & Barbecue What better way to celebrate July Fourth than with a BBQ? In other words, firing up the grill and gathering together with...

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National Cancer Control Month & National Minority Health Month

Time and time again, amidst fad diets and diets that promise to “cure” cancer, we at Cook for Your Life remain true to the idea that the first...

Kitchen Dictionary

Canned Tomatoes

Tomatoes are rich in the cancer-fighting phytonutrient lycopene, which gives tomatoes their vibrant, red color. Lycopene’s antioxidant properties have been studied for their potential anticancer properties, particularly in...

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Why Cook?

We wax lyrical about home cooking around here, but we understand that there can be many barriers to prevent someone from cooking; from lack of lack of cooking...

Food Myths

Alcohol & Cancer

According to the total abstinence for cancer prevention. If you are undergoing cancer treatment and wish to drink, you should speak with your medical team. Drinking alcohol during cancer treatment...

Kitchen Dictionary

Walnuts

Walnuts are part of the tree nut family, which includes Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans, pine nuts, and pistachios. All these tasty tree nuts provide phytochemicals and healthy...

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Healthy Holidays: Thanksgiving

Besides connecting with friends and family, and giving thanks for all our bounty, food is a huge part of Thanksgiving. While it’s important to celebrate and enjoy all...

Global Ingredients

One Super Soup

Garlic is an iconic, healthful essential in the Mediterranean diet, and sopa de ajo, or garlic soup, is pungent, warming and simple. If you happened to have had...