Make Healthy Meals

1 lb. each of artichokes and potatoes
1 Spanish onion, 1 oz. of butter
1 pint of milk
pepper and salt to taste.

Peel, wash, and cut into dice the artichokes, potatoes, and onion. Cook them until tender in 1 quart of water with the butter and seasoning. When the vegetables are tender rub them through a sieve. Return the liquid to the saucepan, add the milk, and boil the soup up again. Add water if the soup is too thick.

2 cups beans
2 tablespoons finely cut onion
2 tablespoons finely cut bacon
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 teaspoon thyme
3 tablespoons flour

Soak beans in water over night. Drain and put into saucepan with six cups boiling water and boil slowly two hours or until soft; add onion and bacon which have been fried light brown; boil five minutes; add salt, pepper, parsley and thyme. Mash beans with back of spoon. Add flour which has been mixed with a little cold water; boil five minutes and serve.

I know a lot of people who prefer to buy bottled water. The kind varies – from the big bottles that get delivered to your door by one service or another to the smaller bottles you buy at the store. But how necessary is it?

The water supply in the United States is generally very clean, so you don’t have to worry about bacteria most of the time, short of a water pipe breakage. However, some people are not comfortable with the chemicals added to many cities’ water supplies. Fluoride is quite common, and is supposed to help prevent tooth decay. Some argue that it in fact causes other problems, and so you might choose to avoid your city’s water because of that.

Bottled water, however, does not have to stand up to the same standards as tap water. The EPA regulates tap water, while the FDA handles bottled water. Read the rest of this entry »

1/2 cup low fat mayonnaise
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons curry powder
2 cups cooked chicken — chopped
1/4 cup diced celery
1/2 cup Thompson seedless grapes — halved
1/4 cup almond slivers Read the rest of this entry »

6 fresh baby artichokes
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 pound penne pasta
1/2 cup tomato juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
Juice of one lemon
2 cloves garlic — minced
3 tablespoons fresh parsley
3 tablespoons fresh basil — or 1 tsp. dried
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup fresh tomato — chopped
1/2 cup olives — Kalamata
2 tablespoons capers
1/2 cup feta cheese — optional Read the rest of this entry »

The teenage years are tough for parents. Your children are less and less in your control in so many areas. They want to do more on their own and may be rebelling against your rules.

They are also more interested in making their own food choices, and have more opportunities to do so. It’s no longer possible for you to know what they eat every day. But you can encourage them to make good food choices and present healthy meals to them at home.

Start out with breakfast. Many teens lead busy lives and won’t want breakfast, so you may have to insist. Even something as basic as cereal is a good start. If you can do better than that, do so. Read the rest of this entry »

1 1/3 cups Water
2 2/3 tablespoons Applesauce or Oil
1 1/3 tablespoons Dark molasses
1 1/2 tablespoons Vinegar
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Dried minced onion
1/4 teaspoon Fennel seed
2 1/2 teaspoons Caraway seed
2/3 cup Oat bran
1 teaspoon Instant coffee granules
2 tablespoons Cocoa powder
1 1/3 cups Rye flour
2 cups Better for bread flour
2 1/2 teaspoons Active dry yeast Read the rest of this entry »

3/4 cup Water
2 cups White bread flour
1 tablespoon Dry milk
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Butter
1 teaspoon Chives
1 teaspoon Marjoram
1 teaspoon Thyme
1/2 teaspoon Basil
2 teaspoons Yeast (active dry) Read the rest of this entry »