Antioxidants

Starting from SCrApS!

In 2007 I uploaded my very first YouTube video. But it was not my first “video” ever. My first TV appearance was in January 1998 for a segment on Healthy Super Bowl Snacking. However, I was much more conservatively dressed back then. 🙄 In 2007, at the age of 38, I posted that first YouTube…

SUPER SLAW for Weight Loss!

Eat MORE Slaw to Lose MORE Weight! You think of it simply as summer fare, reserved for picnics, laden with Mayo, and putting you at risk for food borne illnesses, because we hear that Mayo + Heat = proliferation of bacteria. However, I’d like to change your views on SLAW. From my standpoint, SLAW is…

The Belly Button Fruit

Sometimes you can tell which body part is helped by a particular food, just by looking at it. Notice how a “NAVEL” orange has a “belly button” or “navel” of it’s own. You get nearly 100% of your Daily Requirement for vitamin C from EACH orange. Vitamin C is the primary antioxidant that protects the…

Aphrodisiacs by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

One seductive salad (originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press Newspaper 2008) The Kiss. It is my favorite painting. It is my favorite experience. The most important one is that first kiss. It can make or break a relationship. You either feel it or you don’t. Kissing is one way to “feel it” while…

SLAW: fill the VOID by adding SLAW to meals & snacks

Not sure what to do with that head of cabbage you bought several weeks ago? Peel off the outer leaves, chop it up & add some shredded carrots & fresh chopped herbs. I often have cilantro & parsley just looking to be put to use. Next, make a dressing. If you don’t…

Black Bean Brownies: FOX News Cooking Segments

Beans: the often overlooked “Super-Food” BEANS are THE highest fiber food in our “whole food” repertoire (natural and not man-made like Fiber one bars). They are high in protein, 16g per cup. They are a very, very slowly digested source of energy yielding carbohydrates; perfect for people with blood sugar issues such as Diabetics. Beans…

What does your refrigerator say about you? by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

Thought for Food We all know the saying about “Food for Thought” which means anything that provides mental stimulus. But how many of us really think about our food? Not only that, but how many of us think about how our food is reflective of our personalities, our successes and failures or better yet, our…

EAT the WHOLE EGG!!!…by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

EGGs Rule! It’s incredible. It’s edible. It’s an egg, although many people think it’s a no-no. The egg is in fact a yes-yes, even a “must-have” for people following a vegetarian diet. For vegetarians willing to incorporate eggs into their eating repertoire, they can easily meet their needs for many otherwise lacking nutrients. These vegetarians…

What’s in Season?

There is a season Originally published on pg. 6 of the Santa Monica Daily Press newspaper To everything, “turn, turn, turn,” there is a season “turn, turn, turn,” but sometimes we forget since we, in America, can pretty much get anything we want year round. During a recent trip to the farmers’ market, I was…

Refrigerate After Opening…or not

No Refrigeration Required I just moved into a beautiful beachfront apartment. Each morning I have the privilege of stepping out my front door right onto the soft sand. I pinch myself each time and ask, “Have I died and gone to heaven?” The only downfall to my literal paradise is that, for the moment, my…

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