Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Number of Servings: 6
Cups of Fruits and Vegetables Per Person: 0.50

Ingredients:
2 navel oranges, peeled, separated into segments
1 apple or pear, diced
1/2 cup halved seedless red or green grapes

Edamame are baby soybeans which are picked when young and tender before the soybeans inside are fully mature. They are steamed or boiled and usually eaten as an appetizer or snack.
You’ll find them in Japanese and Asian restaurants where they are usually served salted and at room temperature. Typically, you eat the beans inside and discard the pods. Check your grocery or specialty foods store – they can sometimes be found in the frozen foods aisle.
In Chinese, young soybeans in the pod are known as maodoujia which …

Do you love fresh delicious meals but don’t think you have the time to make them? Do you want to expand your vegetarian cooking while saving money? Then Fresh Food Fastis for you. If you haven’t eaten out of this cookbook you are in for a treat.

I first saw this cookbook on the old high school music stand that my friend Tina puts by the stove when she cooks. I must have eaten half a dozen fast, easy and cheap recipes out of it before I finally picked it up. …

NEW YORK, Jan 07, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The authors of the runaway bestsellers Eat This, Not That! and Eat This, Not That! For Kids! are back with an essential guidebook for navigating the American supermarket–EAT THIS, NOT THAT! SUPERMARKET SURVIVAL GUIDE, by David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding (paperback, $19.95).
With obesity rates soaring, food costs climbing, and family food budgets shrinking, this easy-to-use guide is hitting stores just in time to put shoppers back in control of their health, their wallets, and their waistlines. Available nationwide in stores …

Rice Helps the Heart, and the Wallet
(ARA) – With the rising cost of groceries, families are trying to make their hard-earned dollars go farther. Buying staples — as opposed to manufactured mixes — and using them in several different recipes is one way to reduce costs and yet provide a healthy meal for the entire family.
Of all the products on supermarket shelves, one of the most versatile is rice, a complex carbohydrate that is free of sodium, cholesterol and trans fat. It is also gluten-free, non-allergenic and easy to digest. …