Just saw this on Serious Eats and had to share. [Click on the map to enlarge] California is grapes, while New York and Illionois are pizza. Texas is steak, while Florida gets oranges. What’s with the green Jell-O, Utah? Get … Continue reading
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DIY Packaging Tricks For Healthy Snacks
This is a guest post by Lisa Cain, PhD, a.k.a Snack-Girl If you think something will taste really delicious you will eat it. Most of us would assume that taste is based on using our taste buds, but what about … Continue reading
Food at the Beach
A short blog post today – heading out to the beach with the kids for some fun in the sun before the school year begins. Kids get very hungry swimming and building sandcastles, but the sand and the heat make … Continue reading
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Cool Fruit [Literally]
Ever get stuck with over-ripe fruit? In these hot summer months, a day or two in that nice bowl on your countertop may be all that’s needed to turn a picture perfect specimen into a messy mush. The Amazon Fresh … Continue reading
Life’s a Peach…Full of Pesticides
Still recovering from the most recent UK study showing that organic food is no more nutritious than conventional, we read in the Chicago Tribune that peaches contain excessive amounts of pesticides, some above government safe levels. It seems that peaches’ … Continue reading
Pesticides – Are They Killing Humans Too?
Those giant shiny apples and tomatoes stacked neatly at the produce stand at the supermarket are a marvel of nature. With a lot of help from man. And man’s chemicals. In order to keep pests from blemishing your fruits and … Continue reading
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Inside the Label: Juicy Juice Brain Development [Marketing BS]
The creative marketers at Nestle have been pushing various flavors of Juicy Juice liquid candy at parents for several years with great success. But it wasn’t enough. Always under pressure to sell more and grow (hey it’s the American way!), … Continue reading
Afternoon snacks and more
Two recent posts from Health Castle with great ideas for easy and healthy after school snacking. 10 Healthy After-School Snacks Four Everyday Fruits Packed with Powerful Nutrition (Apples, Banana, Oranges, Grapes) Get Fooducated Download APP Subscribe Follow