September 20, 2016 by Joyce Bunderson
I was just sharing the recognition of the approaching return of oatmeal season with my husband, Vic, this morning at breakfast. We generally only eat two different cereals; shredded wheat mostly while the weather is warm and old-fashioned oats when it’s cooler. If you’ve been reading this blog for many years, you know that Vic […]
Tags: Cooking & Baking Hints, Diabetes, fiber, Healthy Eating, Whole Grains
March 29, 2016 by Joyce Bunderson
The science has been around for over 20 years verifying an increased risk of colon, prostate and pancreatic cancer with eating processed and red meat. That science was known a long time before we wrote Farewell Bacon, My Dear Bacon (2012) and Porking Out (2011); a couple of fun pieces from a few years back. […]
Tags: Cooking & Baking Hints, Healthy Eating, Reduce cancer risk
December 15, 2015 by Joyce Bunderson
You’ve prepared holiday meals many times before and have been safe. But sometimes perhaps, you haven’t been exactly sure whether the family got the “flu” or if their gastric distress was due to food poisoning. Food poisoning is certainly not a happy holiday event. To significantly reduce the risk of food poisoning there are procedures […]
Tags: Cooking & Baking Hints, Food Economics, Healthy Eating
October 27, 2015 by Joyce Bunderson
When a famous movie star (in this case Gwyneth Paltrow) takes a Food Stamp Challenge, and fails to eat for 7 days on the $29 food stamps provides, it makes the news. But I’m not sure if many of you missed a story about Leanne Brown, a Canadian masters student at New York University who […]
Tags: Food Economics, Healthy Eating, Healthy Recipes
June 16, 2015 by Joyce Bunderson
Choosing the oil that you generally cook with is an important contribution to your diet and health. In this post, I share some principles about evaluating, and if desirable, changing your cooking oil. The top four vegetable cooking oils consumed in the United States are soybean, canola, palm, and corn oil. These oils are referred […]
Tags: Cooking & Baking Hints, Reduce cardiovascular disease risk
December 30, 2014 by Joyce Bunderson
I’ve been around the grandchildren quite a few hours this week; so I’m thinking of riddles. Can a tear or two contribute to a tasty and healthy recipe? OK, in all honesty, I know that is a silly riddle. Probably most adults know that I’m probably talking about the vegetable in the allium family – […]
Tags: Healthy Eating, nutritionism
December 16, 2014 by Joyce Bunderson
Holiday eating is filled with a mix of emotions. Some of the emotions are positive; the anticipation of eating Mom’s finest recipes – memories of happy times together with family and friends blanketing the experience. Just looking forward to the traditional recipes that our individual families take pleasure in is part of the enjoyment of […]
Tags: Cooking & Baking Hints, Food Psychology, Healthy Eating, Weight Management
October 28, 2014 by Joyce Bunderson
I’m attributing my pumpkin enthusiasm to this cool autumn day and the color splashed in every direction that I gaze. Somehow bright orange pumpkins got inseparably united in my brain with the glory of autumn. Since I moved to the mountain west from my native southern California, autumn has become a big deal. I’ve only […]
Tags: fiber, Healthy Eating, Healthy Recipes, Mediterranean kitchen, Weight Management
June 10, 2014 by Joyce Bunderson
We nutritionists and dietitians are often encouraging the consumption of fish; the reason is that it’s generally a very low fat, low calorie source of protein, with an added bonus of omega-3 fatty acids. But because shrimp is so low in total fat, it isn’t a great source for omega-3 fatty acids. But before you […]
Tags: Cooking & Baking Hints, Healthy Eating, Mediterranean kitchen, Weight Management
April 15, 2014 by Joyce Bunderson
It seems pretty clear that eating more fruit and vegetables is a very important part of keeping humans healthy. It’s not a colossal shocker when we read headlines notifying us that eating seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day will reduce our risk of death by 42 percent. The latest headlines based […]
Tags: Cooking & Baking Hints, Health Claims, Healthy Eating, Reduce cancer risk, Reduce cardiovascular disease risk