The Mighty Mushrooms

The Mighty Mushrooms

Mushrooms are power packed nutrition.  Both wild and cultivated mushrooms have been consumed by humans for their nutritional and medicinal benefits. Nutritionally, mushrooms are low in calories and fat but high in protein, carbohydrate, and dietary fiber. Mushrooms contain a variety of minerals and trace elements such as potassium, and copper and vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, […]

FOR THE LOVE OF PUMPKINS!

FOR THE LOVE OF PUMPKINS!

I love them, whether it is to eat them, decorate with them or visiting all the pumpkin fields around my area! I love the colors, the shapes, the nutrition within most of them and just everything about them! I love watching them grow, shaded by their own leaves most of the time. Seeing them turn […]

Watermelon – Summer’s Treat

Watermelon – Summer’s Treat

Watermelon has a high water content (approximately 92%). This summer treat is a real thirst-quencher. High in vitamin C and lycopene. Lycopene along with betacarotene and vitamin A. This makes for a powerful antioxidant providing protection from the oxidative damage to cellular structures caused by free radicals (sometimes produced by stress). Enjoy this great recipe! […]