THE COMPLETE WHOLE GRAINS COOKBOOK written by best-selling author Judith Finlayson offers an abundance of recipes for year-round cooking, along with in-depth nutritional information and facts about the potential impact of whole grains on health.
Recipes from THE COMPLETE WHOLE GRAINS COOKBOOK: 150 Recipes for Healthy Living by Judith Finlayson (Robert Rose Inc., February 2008; Softcover/$24.95)
Flora Inc., renowned manufacturer of natural health products, announces four new flavors of its Bija™ Healing Teas. With an emphasis on quality and purity, Bija's teas offer remedies delivered in a soothing cup of tea. Based on healing traditions from around the world, Bija's richly flavored blends help promote optimal health.
Expanding on its already popular functional tea line, Flora Health introduces the following new flavors that will delight health-conscious tea drinkers.
Deep Defense: This blend of astragalus, cranberry, rooibos, peppermint and three types of echinacea is formulated to support the body's natural defense system and is 94 percent organic.
While most of us know we should increase our intake of whole grains to achieve a healthier diet, it is all-too-easy to fall short of this objective. Pressed for time and unfamiliar with the range of whole grains and how to cook them, we are likely to pass them by or choose their processed counterparts, which are often far less nutritious. THE COMPLETE WHOLE GRAINS COOKBOOK: 150 Recipes for Healthy Living (Robert Rose Inc., February 2008; Softcover/$24.95; ISBN: 978-0-778-0178-8) — written by best-selling author Judith Finlayson — offers an abundance of recipes for year-round cooking, along with in-depth nutritional information and facts about the potential impact of whole grains on health.
Cooking Light, the world's largest food and healthy lifestyle title, has rolled out its "8" Lists of 2008: the top 8 must-eat foods—for benefits that range from a younger-looking face and stronger bones to heart disease prevention and mind health—as well as 8 super tips to help you live well all year long.
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Liz Lovely Inc, a Vermont-based, nationally distributed cookie maker has re-released their entire line of cookies as Certified Organic, Certified Fair Trade and Certified Vegan. This is the first nationally distributed product in this segment to acquire all three certifications. The suggested retail price of the cookies has not changed: $3.99 to $4.39 for "2 big ones".
For the secret to brewing great tea, we turned to Heather Agosta, owner of The Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants in Portland, OR.
According to Heather...
Store tea in a sealed container away from light, heat, air, and moisture. This will help keep your tea fresh, to ensure great-tasting tea with every cup.
The holidays are a time for family, friends, gift-giving, sharing and of course, lots of food. It is almost impossible to lose weight around the holidays (and who wants to when there is pumpkin pie and sweet potatoes abound?), but you can still maintain your weight and fight the holiday bulge with the right mindset and flavorful yet healthy recipes. Ellen Haas, author of Fit Food offers a solution via healthy recipes that help you to eat well and stay fit whether you are dieting or not this holiday season.
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This dark, rich confection is the perfect treat for true chocoholics. Feel free to adjust the level of sweetness to your own taste. If you prefer a creamier consistency, just add and extra 2 tablespoons of cream.
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For an understanding of the different types of tea, we turned to Heather Agosta, owner of The Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants in Portland, OR.
According to Heather...
Tea can loosely be classified according to degree of oxidation; black, oolong, or pu'erh teas being oxidized, either partially or fully, where green, white, or yellow are unoxidized. Oxidation is often incorrectly referred to as "fermentation".
White tea is the least processed. This is where we will begin. White tea consists of the newest buds and leaves of the tea plant. The undersides of these young buds and leaves are covered with a downy white hair, thus giving the tea it's name.
Amazing Grass has combined their premium blend of superfoods with the great taste and health benefits of organic cacao to create Green SuperFood Chocolate Drink Powder. This innovative new drink mix is an easy and delicious way for people to gain healthy servings of fruits and vegetables. Approximately 90% of the U.S. population does not obtain the recommended 5-9 servings per day. Just one serving of the new drink mix blended with milk helps consumers achieve the new FDA food pyramid guide's daily serving of fruits and vegetables. The individual single-serving packets are convenient for traveling, too.
