What are Healthy Cooking Fats?
ALL fatty foods found in nature have a balance of all 3 classifications of fats: saturated, mono-unsaturated(olive oil/avocado oil), and poly-unsaturated .
What does this mean?
2 Myths About Eating Liver
LIVER. I've never liked it. I didn't grow up with it nor do I still enjoy the taste... BUT it is SO FREAKING good for you! The way I see nutrition now is not always about what my mind wants, but I have to listen to what my body wants.
How to Make Homemade Mayo
Mayonnaise. I totally used to think this stuff was disgusting when I was younger. And for good reason, I had no idea what it was made of!!! But NOW? Homemade mayo is a staple and is the most amazing science experiment in the kitchen!
Book Review: Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz
Surprise! Fat does not give you heart disease, cancer, or make you fat!
This is the Big Fat Surprise this book’s title refers to and the main idea in this book. The author Nina Teicholz spent years researching facts, research, and interviewed a variety of leading scientists and doctors engaged in food research. Her …
3 Big Misunderstandings about Butter
There is always more to say & things are often more complicated than we like. Especially with butter. Butter has received a bad rap for the past 50 or so years, having been replaced by margarine, trans fats, and oils in the hopes of saving the USA of the #1 killer, heart disease. Yet, even after all of that effort, heart disease is still a top killer and now we also have higher rates of diabetes, thyroid disease, and cancer.