My food philosophy is to know what I eat and then eat what I choose. As Thanksgiving nears, I was happy to find this EWG infographic. Healthy choices await.
Tag: sweet potatoes
Health Benefits of Sweet Potatoes and a Thanksgiving Recipe
Learn the health benefits of sweet potatoes and get my favorite Thanksgiving sweet potato recipe!
Vegan Recipe: Caribbean Sweet Potato Fries
These island-spiced sweet potato fries provide the perfect accompaniment to grilled pineapple and black bean burgers, at summer picnics or grill-outs!
Africa’s Biofortified Sweet Potato: Evangelism or Heresy?
“A campaign to promote orange varieties of sweet potatoes in Mozambique and Uganda (instead of the white or yellow ones that are more commonly grown there) now seems to be succeeding…,” but at what cost?
Urban Gardening: St. Louis Sweetens the Pot(ato)
On May 23rd, The Sweet Potato Project will be hosting a fundraiser to garner awareness and hopefully monetary donations to get the project off the ground. If kids can learn skills that keep them busy and have long-reaching effects, perhaps the betterment of urban areas nationwide is only a yam away.
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes From Around the World
These ethnic vegetarian and vegan dishes are certain to spice up your Thanksgiving menu.
Thanksgiving Recipes for Vegans (Part I)
Whether you are a vegan yourself and looking for some good vegan Thanksgiving meals or are not a vegan but are hosting a Thanksgiving dinner at your house that some [ … ]
Vegan Sweet Potato Blondies
Yesterday I wrote a request for your favorite vegan cookie recipes and pointed you towards one of my favorites: gourmet carrot cookies. Here’s another one of my favorite vegan cookie [ … ]
The Healing Dish: Cayenne Pepper Spiced Organic Red Onion Spirals with Sweet Potato and Yam Chips
Organic baby sweet potatoes, yams, and red onions taste great when sliced thin, drizzled in olive oil, seasoned with a dash of organic cayenne pepper and baked. Did you know [ … ]
Thanksgiving Golden Beet, Yam and Apple Fall Salad with Cranberry Dressing
Fall salads are as bright and colorful as the falling leaves outside now. I hope you’ll try this easy fresh beet, apple and yam salad with cranberry dressing. The recipe [ … ]
Alkaline Eating for Better Body Chemistry, PH Levels, and Overall Health
Going to a body and nutrition expert with my husband is one of the best things we’ve done for ourselves. What was the key take away? Warning! Turn Alkaline! Turn [ … ]
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
It’s sweet potato central here at my house now that they’re in the farmers market. But while sweet potatoes are very nutritious, they also have that sweet flavor that can [ … ]
Sweet Potatoes and Cherry Tomatoes
Sweet potatoes are just starting to show up at my local farmers market. The first sweet potatoes of the season are not as sweet as those that come later. Farmers [ … ]