Food!

December 6, 2012

Quinoa (KEEN-wa) was once called “the gold of the Incas,” or “mother grain.” The Inca tribe turned to this ancient grain to increase the stamina of their warriors and believed the grain to be sacred. I, like the Incas, also believe Quinoa packs a powerful punch. The punch our body needs, craves and...

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Vianney Rodriguez

Food! Blog Carnivals

December 6, 2012

December and baking go together. When the temperature drops outside, it’s nice to be inside baking something that warms up the house and fills the air with inviting smells. All too often, however, those lovely baked-goods mean extra empty calories for the whole family. And at a time when unsettling...

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Diana Donlon

Food!

December 6, 2012

As a food justice activist and the director and producer of the upcoming PBS documentary Soul Food Junkies, I’m thrilled to introduce this MomsRising Blog Carnival – Healthy Holiday Food: It’s not a contradiction! The food we eat at home, work and school is as critically important as the air we...

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Byron Hurt

Food!

December 6, 2012

Food has been the center of my family's time and conversation for as long as I can remember - food, and the impacts of not eating healthy food. We discuss what are we eating, what we should be eating, what we aren't eating, our latest exercise regimes, how much weight we've gained, how much we've...

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Adrienne Brown

Food! Blog Carnivals

December 6, 2012

Let me preface by stating that I’m somewhat of a food snob and food purist. I haven’t consumed anything from a fast food chain in about 5 years and the very sight of highly processed packaged foods make me cringe. As a mother, doctoral candidate in nutrition and the daughter of pescatarian parents...

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Chinara Tate

Food! Blog Carnivals

December 6, 2012

As a child, I always loved going to my best friend’s house because her parents would take us out to eat for every meal. I knew that spending the night at her house meant we were going to wake up, go to the local deli where I would order a massive ham and cheese omelette, eat it all, and then drive...

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Amanda Ryan

Food! Blog Carnivals

December 6, 2012

This recipe was originally published in my blog, Presley’s Pantry . I started making this simple salsa many moons ago, as a fast tasty sauce for my tacos. Just a handful of ingredients and a few minutes and you have the ultimate salsa. I love the simplicity of the chile de arbol and tomato...

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Nicole Presley

Food! Blog Carnivals

December 6, 2012

In many African-American families, holiday meals include sweet potatoes or yams…and often they’re prepared simmering in butter, brown and white sugar, and possibly even marshmallows. In other words, fat, sugar and more sugar. This type of preparation probably negates the incredible nutritional...

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Jasmine Ratliff

Food! Blog Carnivals

December 6, 2012

This recipe originally appeared on the Muy Bueno Cookbook blog , which I publish with my mother and sister. The warm weather is a long ways away and there is nothing I enjoy more than frolicking in the sun and less time in the kitchen, at the hot stove or oven. In the summer I love to experiment...

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Veronica Gonzalez-Smith

Food! Blog Carnivals

December 6, 2012

This article originally appeared in my blog, Non-Toxic Kids . You can find more tips for safer, greener, and healthier eating in my ebook, Eat Non-Toxic: a manual for busy parents . Is there nothing kids love more than macaroni and cheese? Such lovely melted goodness, especially the homemade kind...

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