20 Unexpected Ways to Use Apples. Flickr/msr/CC BY 2.0 Apparently we've forgiven the once-forbidden apple for its tempting ways and have learned to fully embrace the sweet pomaceous fruit. Apples are the second most popular fruit (after bananas) in the country. They are grown in every state (meaning they can be local for everyone), and we eat on average 46 pounds of apples and apple products per person annually. How 'bout them apples? With all those apples, you may need relief from the apple glut and rut while continuing to support your local apple orchard. Apple pie is a treasure, but there's a much bigger world out there -- so when life hands you apples, get adventurous with these fresh spins on the classic. 1. Flickr/TowerGirl/CC BY 2.0 Apples and peanut butter are a match made in healthy-snack heaven. 2. Flickr/The Green Diva/CC BY 2.0 3. Flickr/anjuli_ayer/CC BY 2.0 There's something undeniably magical about eschewing plastic baubles on the tree in favor of homemade ornaments. 4.
. © Jaymi Heimbuch 5. Mommycoddle/CC BY 2.0. Common Appliances, Uncommon Uses - Feature. All those kitchen appliances, taking up shelf space until the next time you’re craving waffles or dried fruit or sorbet. Isn’t there a way to employ them more often? We were inspired by a Chowhound post that asked for alternate uses for a waffle iron. As we researched, we found people who brew beer in coffee makers or cook fish in the dishwasher, but not every experiment was worth the time or effort.
We came up with the following parameters: (1) the food should taste as good or better than when made in the conventional manner, (2) the cooking time should be equal to or shorter than normal, and (3) the method should use the appliance in a way that’s totally different from what it’s known for. Imagine our delight at seeing a soufflé rise up in the slow cooker, a frozen mixed drink take shape in the ice cream maker. Our late-night snack cravings found succor with a waffle iron.
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5 Online Sources for Local, Organic Food Delivery. Dinner Series/CC BY 2.0 While ordering a box of fresh produce through a local farm in your Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) network is a fantastic way to have organic delivered, it's not the only option. Whether you don't have the space to grow your own fruits and vegetables, can't make it to your farmer's market's Saturday-morning-only hours, or are looking for more variety, these large-scale online organic grocery delivery services can fill the gap by sending organic, all-natural produce and products right to your door.
You can't beat the convenience, but you should keep a few points in mind when you're ordering: Double check that the offerings are seasonal and local -- if you see bananas in your box in January in New York, you may be eating organic but you're not eating local; look for a service close to you to cut the shipping footprint; and be prepared to compare the prices and quality to what you could get on your weekly store trip. 1.
aMichiganMom/CC BY 2.0 2. 3. 4. 5. Why You Should Grind Your Own Flour and Other Lessons from The Urban Farm Handbook (Book Review) © Paula Alvarado Motivated by her baby’s digestive problems, Seattle-based Annette Cottrell set out to investigate the connections between diet, health and behavior. And after avoiding a nutritionist’s advice to feed her kid with processed foods to make him gain bodyweight and finding that rich organics like butter, heavy cream, meats and eggs did the trick, she had what she calls “a mid life food crisis” and set out to change her family’s diet completely and become a prolific urban farmer. It was the beginning of a journey that led her to replace a traditional grocery list with a new one that goes several steps back, to the source: local grains instead of bread and flour, chicken feed instead of eggs, goat mineral supplements instead of milk (refer to the growing backyard-goat-keeping trend), and seeds instead of vegetables.
They also touch on getting food from the source if you don’t want to produce your own or don’t have a backyard. Why should you? A Subscription Snack Box Program Will Have You Eating Healthier Without Trying. © Lollihop Whether or not you think snacking is a serious problem behind overeating, or a healthy way to keep up energy throughout the day and avoid going overboard at meal times, snacks are a part of daily life for most people. The real challenge is making sure those snacks are healthy and organic. There's a new start-up in San Francisco that has taken the model of monthly subscription boxes and applied that to our snacking habits.
Lollihop is run by Suzanne Xie, Tamara Lucero-Rajaram M.D., and Craig Ferguson. The team focuses on finding the healthiest, most delicious, and most natural snacks around, and create boxes of the best finds to be sent out on a monthly basis to subscribers. Not only does the COO have a medical degree, but they also consult with nutritionists and have every snack choice tested out by their staff.
Each month has a theme -- for instance, January's theme is "Being lean" and February's is "Heart healthy. "
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