Spices Top 10 antioxidant spices per Live Strong (as seen at McCormick Spice World in Baltimore, MD): Cloves Organo Ginger Cinnamon Turmeric Basil Mustard Curry (presumably a curry mix that includes turmeric and fenugreek) Paprika Chili
Category: Ingredients
Dietary Iron From Plants
Add some lentils to your quinoa. Microwave and traditional rice cookers do a great job with a wide array of seeds and grains. For better digestibility and faster cooking, soak the lentils at least overnight in a jar in the refrigerator. (“sprouted lentils” – and “sprouted quinoa” – are soaked, dried lentils.) Start with twice…
All Chocolate is Dark
Calling milk chocolate ‘chocolate’ is like calling a fish stick doused with malt vinegar and dunked in ketchup ‘fish’. Milk chocolate is something you eat when you don’t care for the taste of chocolate (liquor). And as for white chocolate, that’s as close to chocolate as Kosher gelatin (made from fish bones) is to fish….
Ingredients to Avoid
Refer to Product and Vendor Selection Criteria. various 2016 An article in Food Processing on 2016 March 22 lists five controversial ingredients that some processors are avoiding – but which the US FDA (as this time still) considers safe. brominated vegetable oil (BVO) BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) nitrites and nitrates aspartame high-fructose…
Spices
Grains of Paradise mixed with Love in a Mist (Nigella seed)? Background graveolens: Meaning: Heavy scented, unpleasant smell; Pronunciation: grav-ee-OH-lens Ethiopian Berbere = spice mix that includes korarima, allspice, garlic, ginger, rue, and chili. Korarima (or korerima or kewrerima) = Aframomum corrorima or Ethiopian cardamom. In the ginger family. ‘False cardamom’ or cardamom powder. Spice…
Canawa and Quinoa
Quinoa Organic Baby Canawa – 25#** – Bulk Items – Associated Buyers. A quinoa seed straight off the plant is unpalatable due the saponin coating. Commercially available quinoa in the United States has been washed to remove the saponin. Canawa is in the same family as quinoa and is similarly high in protein and has…
Avocados
Avocado – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. How many types of avocados have you tried? While the Hass is the most common, it’s not necessarily the best tasting or best value. Most standard commercial varieties are referred to as an A or B cultivar. The A cultivars are mostly slightly less cold-hardy than the B cultivars…