What’s In Season

‘What’s In Season’ is a weekly blog that helps you choose inexpensive foods that have been harvested at the right time to provide all the vitamins, minerals, and macro nutrients necessary for healthy eating. Ideally, we want to capitalize on eating locally grown produce, but when foods show up in the grocery store, not native to our region, and are inexpensive, we grab them! Somewhere in the world this food is growing in abundance and exporting it to countries that will appreciate and reap its nutrient value is a win-win for everyone.

This blog provides knowledge of foods and simple recipes to help you eat healthy, be cost effective and reduce world-wide waste.

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How Important is Consistency?

There are 5 voluntary tasks that we as humans must do to keep the body alive. These are 1) drink fluids, 2) eat food, 3) sleep, 4) go to the bathroom, and 5) dress to maintain body temperature. The body has internal alarms set for all of them – 4 of which are loud and

Ohhhh Shhhhhugar, It’s Tempting!

You know that feeling that is so hard to resist. You think “just one more” then you’ll stop and use some restraint next time. But it happens again – not on a regular basis but in moments when no one is looking, or when you think you’ve earned it. Wait! What are we talking about

Why are Comfort Foods, so Comforting?

Comfort foods are calorie dense and nutrient specific. When our bodies encourage us to eat comfort foods, it is looking for calories and more specifically, a certain type of them. We crave those comfort food calories because there is something…increased stress, lack of sleep, cold temperatures, fighting off infection, or simply skipping a meal… that

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