What are scallops? Scallops are bivalve shellfish like clams, oysters and mussels of the mollusk family. This means they have two shells joined by a hinge. What we eat is the muscle that opens and closes the shell, called the…
4 Ways To Add Variety To A Healthy Whole Food Diet
Eating a wide variety of healthy whole foods is the key to maximum health. It is easy, though, to fall into the habit of eating only what is readily available and easily prepared. It is also easier to eat what…
Wonderful Winter Squash For Whole Food Health
Winter squash is a wonderful source of nutrition for whole food health. These hard squashes should be part of any healthy whole food diet because of the combination of health benefits they bring to the table. Most varieties of winter…
Roasted Spaghetti Squash Recipe
Spaghetti squash is a member of the hard, or winter, squash family which also includes acorn and butternut squash. This family of vegetables are good sources of carotenoids, lutein, zeaxanthin and beta-cryptoxanthin. Though relatively high in starches, the complex…
Eat Chile Peppers For Spice And Nutrition
Chile peppers will add spicy heat, anti-inflammatory vitamins and lots of variety to any diet. From large to tiny, green to red to yellow and mild to scalding, there is a chile pepper available for every taste and to suit…
Eat The Whole Beet For Maximum Nutrition
Beets are part of the very large chenopod genus of plants, which also includes spinach, quinoa, Russian thistle and lamb’s quarter. Commercially grown beets in grocery stores are almost always Detroit dark reds but beets, like chenopods, come in many…
The Nutritional Bounty Of Seaweed
There are many varieties of edible seaweed, each with its own unique flavor and nutritional profile. All edible seaweeds share iodine, calcium, iron, copper, magnesium, zinc, sodium and potassium. All of them contain soluble fiber and protein. They all have…
Turmeric For Great Taste and Good Health
Turmeric deserves a place in every healthy whole food diet for its great taste and very strong anti-inflammatory properties. It is a good source of manganese, iron, potassium and vitamin B6. Turmeric is a rhizome related to ginger and is…
Mushrooms Are Part Of A Healthy Diet
Mushrooms provide important variety, flavor and nutrition to any diet. All mushrooms share a broad nutrient outline but each individual species of mushroom brings its own distinct micro-nutrients as well. The wood-decomposing mushrooms as a group also have a slightly…