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Spices that heal! (with recipes!)

Most of us use spices to add flavor to our food — garlic, cumin, turmeric, cinnamon, paprika are some of my faves.  Spices are what generally translates the same ingredients to many different cuisine’s from region to region around the world. But there’s a whole other side and reason to FALL IN LOVE with spices – they have healing properties!  And there’s scientific data to…

Recipe Tuesday: A new spin on collard greens!

Most people have only had collard greens cooked one — the traditional Southern way meaning they were cooked low and slow and usually with some smoked meat (usually pork, sometimes turkey) for added flavor.  And there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with having them prepared that way; they are delicious and comforting! That said, I don’t always have the time to prepare them…

Redefining “healthy”…

Food isn’t important just because it impacts the number on the scale, how you fit (or don’t) into your skinny jeans or the levels of energy you have (or don’t). Food is important because it feeds your cells CRITICAL INFORMATION! Let’s take someone who’s “thin or skinny” — most of us would consider them “healthy” right?  Well, not so fast.  If…