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Categories: news » [30 Jan 2009 | Comments Off | 853 views]

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January

Fruit & Vegetables – Avocados, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, collards, endive, grapefruit, kale, forced rhubarb, leeks, oranges, parsnips, rutabagas, shallots, squash, tangerines, turnip
Fish & Meat – Goose, lobster, scallops

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February

Fruit & Vegetables – Avocados, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, chard, celery, chicory, endive, forced rhubarb, grapefruit, kohlrabi, leeks, oranges, parsnips, rutabagas, spinach, swede, turnip
Fish & Meat – Mussels, halibut, guinea fowl, lobster

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March

Fruit & Vegetables – Artichokes, avocados, bananas, beans (green & wax), beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, endive, grapefruit, leeks, mint, mooli, nectarines, parsley, pineapples, onions (bermuda), oranges, radishes, rhubarb, rutabagas, …

Categories: healthy eating » [8 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 759 views]
EAT THIS, NOT THAT! SUPERMARKET SURVIVAL GUIDE

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 …

Categories: healthy eating, organic » [3 Jan 2009 | 3 Comments | 1,807 views]
Most and Least Contaminated Produce

The nonprofit Environmental Working Group studied 47 fruits and vegetables and ranked them according to contamination.
You can get the iphone app of this list or a .pdf at their web site.
Use the list when you shop to determine which organic produce you should be buying.

Categories: healthy eating, news, saving money » [9 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 184 views]
Milk… does a body good

PRESS RELEASE
Milk is One Beverage Jackson Can’t Afford to Keep Off the Grocery List
With Food Prices on the Rise, New Tools Help Make More ‘Cents’ of Grocery Bills
JACKSON, Miss., Dec 08, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — With rising food costs, many families are economizing on groceries but one thing they should not cut back on is nutrition. At about 25 cents per 8-ounce glass, on a gallon basis, milk offers more nutrients per penny than almost any other beverage option in the supermarket — providing key vitamins and minerals like …

Categories: healthy eating » [13 Nov 2008 | No Comment | 169 views]
Pears and Kids

Here are some good ways to incorporate pears into your kids diet to give them a break from apples.

A PEARfectly Fun Snack For Kids
(NC) – Looking for ways to incorporate healthy foods into your kid’s snacks that they will actually want to eat? Sweet and juicy fresh pears are a versatile and yummy addition to a lot of childrens’ favorite snack foods.