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I Love You Sardine

As I was eating my salad this afternoon of greens, beets, cucumbers, avocado, black beans, sardines and balsamic vinaigrette, I...
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Spice it up!

As a rule, American food tends to be rather bland.  We don’t utilize a lot of spices in our cooking...
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German Christmas Stollen

Most of us have Christmas traditions that we look forward to every year.  Generally these involve decorating the house, trimming...
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Parents’ Influence On Children’s Eating Habits is Limited

I stand corrected. Parents may not be the most important factor in developing their child's eating habits in the long...
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Getting Your Kids to Eat What YOU Want Them to Eat

Nutrition for children is one of my passions.  It helps that I am a mom so I have a vested...
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Is the Vitamin D Debate Settled Once and For All?

As I mentioned the other day, the new Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin D and Calcium just came out.  I’ve...
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Hot Off the Press! New Guidelines for Vit D and Calcium Intake

Report Brief - Institute of MedicineI'll post my comments soon, but in the meantime, what do you think?
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It’s almost Turkey Day…..let’s get cookin’!

Thanksgiving is almost here, and no, there is no “tofurkey” here at the VenHuizen house.  Nor will there ever be. ...
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Healthy Fats?

I've been asked to share a little more about healthy fats.  So I shall.  Fats are wonderful things.  They are...
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