Category: Food

Strawberry Shortcakes

Have plans to go berry picking this summer? If you are, you may find yourself with an overabundance of fresh fruit. After snacking endlessly on berries between every meal, use some of that fresh summer fruit to create an amazing dessert at home, like strawberry shortcake. This 100% from-scratch recipe is better than those processed store-bought…


Green Detox Soup (Bieler’s Broth)

Green soup is like a warm green smoothie for the soul. Imagine that a warm green broth is much easier to digest than a cold drink, especially with the addition of a few warming spices like cumin and ginger. To make green soup, all you need to do is simmer zucchini, green beans, and celery…


How to Fix Crystalized Honey

It’s important to keep certain condiments like ketchup or ranch dressing in the fridge to retain freshness, but honey is one food you shouldn’t store in the fridge. Unlike other condiments, honey never goes bad. Because of this, you can store it in your pantry without worrying if mold will grow or if it will take on…


The ‘Extraordinary’ Ginger-Lime Pickle

When I was a new student of Ayurveda, I kept hearing different teachers promote the virtues of a ginger-lime pickle as a natural digestive aid. “A ginger-lime pickle WHAT?” I thought to myself! “What is it, and can it really be as great as they say?” I finally decided to find out the answers, and…


A Family Affair: With the Help of Special Guest Chefs, Chris Viaud Brings a Taste of Haiti to New Hampshire

Aromas of citrus, garlic, and herbs flow through the Sunday evening air as Caribbean steel drums set the mood for a night of homecooked Haitian cuisine. As diners sip fruity cocktails and nibble on plantains, they could be forgiven for forgetting that they aren’t on a tropical getaway. Instead, they’re sitting in an old bank…


What Can You Substitute for Bread Crumbs?

The time has come to prepare a weeknight dinner for the family and you’ve got your heart set on meatloaf — but you’ve run out of breadcrumbs. Luckily, there are a few alternatives to the pantry staple that you can try if you’re gluten intolerant, on the keto diet, or if you’ve simply run out of the ingredient and don’t…


White Bread, Wheat Bread, Multigrain Bread: What’s the Difference?

There are a ton of options in the bread aisle at the grocery store, the most familiar characters being white, wheat and multigrain — but what do those labels even mean, and which is the healthiest for you? Let’s start with wheat. This is an edible grain used in the breadmaking process, though it can also be…


What Is Shelf-Stable Milk?

You’ve probably woken up a few mornings ready for a big bowl of your favorite cereal only to open the fridge and realize you had no milk left. Or that your 2% had soured because it’s one of those groceries you’ve been storing incorrectly in the door. To enjoy your breakfast, now you’ll have to get out…


Nanotechnology Used in mRNA Vaccines, 2,000 Food Items, Goes Unlabeled

Unbeknownst to most Americans, thousands of the food items on our store shelves contain ingredients that are made using nanotechnology. Specifically, they are made through a process that converts things like silver, copper, gold, aluminum, silicon, carbon, and different metal oxides into tiny, atom-sized particles that are one-billionth of a meter in size. They do…


[Premiering 5/27 at 1PM ET] Nanotechnology Used in mRNA COVID Vaccines, 2,000 Food Items, Goes Unlabeled

Unbeknownst to most Americans, thousands of the food items on our store shelves contain ingredients that are made using nanotechnology. Specifically, they are made through a process that converts things like silver, copper, gold, aluminum, silicon, carbon, and different metal oxides into tiny, atom-sized particles that are one-billionth of a meter in size. They do…