February 12, 2019 by Joyce Bunderson
The English Poet, Thomas Tusser is credited to have said; “Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.” I think what that is meant to denote is: if you’re hungry enough you’ll eat what is served no matter how plain it is; also, eat to provide the nutrients that keep you healthy, not for […]
Tags: Healthy Eating, Healthy Recipes, Mediterranean kitchen
July 12, 2016 by Joyce Bunderson
About a week ago, I thinned our little beet patch. Mostly they were just three-inch leafy greens. I didn’t have time to do anything with them, so I just popped them into a plastic bag and put them into the refrigerator. I realized that I had spinach on hand and maybe would add the spinach […]
Tags: Healthy Eating, Healthy Recipes
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
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
July 16, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
I know that case studies are not powerful; statistically speaking that is. But I must confess that I really enjoy reading case studies of those who have lost weight – made lasting change to their eating style. Besides the joy of reading about someone’s success, what cases do offer are ideas about what might work […]
Tags: Avoiding Junk Foods, fiber, Foodland, garden evolves, Healthy Eating, Healthy Recipes, Mediterranean kitchen, Weight Management
June 4, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
The markings on the thermometer have begun to rise, but that’s not what’s really telling me that summer is here. It started with a Memorial Day picnic and it has continued since then with gatherings for graduations, a farewell, a birthday party, a baptism, a ‘welcome home,’ and a ‘nice that you’re here in town.’ […]
Tags: Avoiding Junk Foods, Cooking & Baking Hints, Healthy Eating, Healthy Recipes, Mediterranean kitchen
May 14, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
Yogurt is an old food; actually it’s one of the oldest known to mankind. I assume that since Greece was one of the early civilizations, that they’ve had plenty of time to practice making extraordinary yogurt. The makers of Greek yogurt use different bacterial cultures than our regular American-style yogurt. Those cultures and the straining […]
Tags: Healthy Eating, Healthy Recipes, heart health, Mediterranean kitchen, Reduce cardiovascular disease risk, Weight Management
May 7, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
There’s something warm and fuzzy about the feeling I had when I opened the April 30, 2013 Wall Street Journal article, Hummus Is Conquering America. In this article I learned that Virginia farmers who were accustomed to growing tobacco on their beautiful, fertile ground, are embarking on the growing of chickpeas. Yes, they’re going to […]
Tags: Foodland, Healthy Eating, Healthy Recipes, heart health, Mediterranean kitchen
March 19, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson
As you know if you’ve read my old post about sugar and junk food, we prefer sweetness from birth. What a surprise! I remember what a tough time I had 30 or 40 years ago when my children were little and I believed that I always needed to have cookies on hand for them. (O.K., […]
Tags: Avoiding Junk Foods, Diabetic Recipe, Food Psychology, Healthy Recipes, heart health, Mediterranean kitchen
July 17, 2012 by Joyce Bunderson
Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of my favorite poet/writers said, “The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create.” He goes on to say, “The food which was not, he causes to be.” Emerson, of course, lived in a different time, but I very much believe that […]
Tags: Cooking & Baking Hints, Diabetic Recipe, fiber, garden evolves, Healthy Eating, Healthy Recipes, Mediterranean kitchen, nutritionism