Category Archives: Nutrition

Making Healthy Eating a Reality:What to Do with Your Leftover Turkey?

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As Thanksgiving approaches, we all get excited to enjoy a traditional meal with family and friends. The smells of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, fresh bread, and pumpkin pie bring smiles to our faces. But by the third day after Thanksgiving when you are still eating leftover turkey, those smiles are sometimes turned upside down...reheated turkey again.Let's get those smiles back! Turkey soup is a great way to use the leftover turkey in a way your family will
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Choose Foods and Habits That Will Combat Stress

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  Stress is an essential part of living a productive life.  However, most of us have more stress in our lives than we need.  As a result of our high stress levels we often choose stress-prone eating behaviors that further stress our bodies.  These stress-prone eating behaviors include choosing foods and beverages that are high in fat, sugar, and caffeine.  These eating behaviors further stress our bodies and do not provide our bodies the nutrients they need. The good news is that
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Basil Bountiful

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One of our favorite herbs, which we plant in the spring outdoors, is basil. Luckily basil grows well even for someone, like me, who doesn't have a green thumb. Moderate moisture and sunlight will give you enough basil to use fresh throughout the summer, or more to preserve for longer periods of time. When harvesting basil, choose evenly colored leaves, with no indication of wilting or insects. You can keep basil refrigerated wrapped in a slightly damp paper towel and then
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