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Aimee’s Inside Out Stuffed Mushrooms

I love mushrooms — and now we have a good reason to love them. Recent research from Tufts University found that common white button mushrooms are health heroes! Button mushrooms can give your immune system a boost, fight viruses, and help protect against cancer. They’re also a low calorie alternative to pasta and rice. Swapping one cup of button mushrooms for one cup of rice or pasta in your favorite recipes can save you two hundred calories. Make the switch twice a week for a year and you can lose as much as six pounds with very little effort! They … Continue reading →

King of the Mushrooms

Button mushrooms are the most commonly eaten mushroom in the United States. Ninety percent of all mushrooms consumed are the plain, white button mushroom. That’s a lot of mushrooms. (They’re my favorites!) Good news for you if you like button mushrooms, too — researchers from Tufts University have decided that this is the healthiest mushroom around. White button mushrooms can do some amazing things like: Boost immune system activity. Ward off viruses (thanks to that revved up immune system action). Destroy tumors. Protect against cancer, thanks to high antioxidant content. Antioxidants kill dangerous free radicals in the body (that can … Continue reading →

Spicing Up the Holidays with Healthy Spices

My daughter and I spent the better part of last week in the kitchen trying to get our holiday baking done. We’ve got a few more batches of cookies to go before I can collapse under the Christmas tree and start enjoying the fruits of our labor. It’s been hectic, but there’s nothing better than having your home smell like the inside of a spice factory. The mouth-watering aroma of warm spices got me thinking about the nutritional value of some of the ingredients we’ve been adding to our recipes—-namely the spices. Obviously spices make a dish taste good, but … Continue reading →

Making Healthy Choices at the Thanksgiving Dinner Table

For many people who watch what they eat on a daily basis Thanksgiving is the one day of the year that they throw caution to the wind and devour whatever their stomachs desire. Not my sister-in-law. In fact, she won’t eat a bite of turkey (or ham) today. Rather, she’ll fill her plate with samples of all of the fabulous side dishes that surround the sliced up bird. It’s not because she’s a vegetarian; rather she believes that she’s doing her body good by skipping the meat dishes and eating the lower calorie menu options. (To each her own I … Continue reading →

Keep Your Salads Healthy and Tasty

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A healthy salad doesn’t need to consist of just lettuce and lemon juice. In fact, you could be sabotaging your weight loss efforts by boring yourself out of salads altogether! Try jazzing up your next salad by adding some of these healthy items to it. A quarter cup of avocado is high in good fat, low in saturated fat and cholesterol free. The high fat content in avocado will also help you to feel more satisfied after eating your salad. The right salad dressing can make a huge difference in your diet. By slathering on a cream or mayonnaise based … Continue reading →

Is Pasta Really Healthy?

This Sunday more than 35,000 runners will take to the streets of the Big Apple for the 2007 New York City Marathon. Prior to making their way along the 26.2-mile route runners have the opportunity to participate in the traditional night-before pasta dinner. Carb loading before a big race is part of the training process. At least it was for me. I pigged out on pasta before I ran the Chicago Marathon. I gorged on ziti at the Olive Garden before I ran the Madison Marathon and I had two plates of spaghetti plus four pieces of garlic bread the … Continue reading →

Health Benefits of Mushrooms

Did you know September is National Mushroom Month? I didn’t either until I saw a sign in the supermarket yesterday encouraging shoppers to “Celebrate the Mushroom.” At first I thought it was a ploy to get customers to buy mushrooms. But when I got home I did some research and learned that this month is indeed National Mushroom Month. I also discovered that the formidable fungi offer many health benefits. In fact, several Eastern cultures have long revered mushrooms as both food and medicine. But it wasn’t until just recently that researchers have been able to back up those claims … Continue reading →

Still Fascinating after Fifteen Years

I’m a night owl, and my husband is an early bird. Very often, I’m coming to bed just as he’s getting up. This morning, we sat and talked for about two hours as I wound down from my day and he geared up for his. I kept trying to shut up and go to sleep, but it was just so fun to talk to him without any interruptions that I’m afraid I stayed up a lot longer than I should have. When I finally rolled over to drift off to sleep, I said, “I’m so glad we still find each … Continue reading →

Home Mushroom Kits

I love mushrooms. I didn’t when I was younger, but I think mushrooms are those types of things that either you love them or hate them. You never really hear anyone say “Well, you can put mushrooms on the pizza, whatever.” It is usually either a “Yes!” or “No!” reply. But the thing about mushrooms that keeps me from eating them so much is they tend to be a bit expensive and even when I do buy them, they don’t last for very long. But, there are home mushroom kits where you can grow your own at home. Now, you … Continue reading →

Food and Allergies- A Solution

For years we’ve been hearing the benefits of honey. When I was a child, my mother used honey and lemon juice for sore throats. Honey for many people is a great addition to a recipe and can be substituted for sugar. But some of us are allergic to honey. In my case it causes tinnitus. Sounds bizarre but I have proved it over time to be true. Tinnitus is that constant ringing noise in your ears. In my case it sounded like I had a steam train in my head. It gets worse when it is quiet and makes it … Continue reading →