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Outrageous: experts who say whole wheat flour no better than White Flour?
Bread is called the staff of life because it has more nutrients per weight that fruit, vegetables, meat, milk, and potatoes. Whole wheat flour is better than refined white flour for four reasons according to Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, Associate Professor … Continue reading
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Michael Pollan on fiber and how gut bacteria affect our health
Michael Pollan. May 15, 2013. Some of My Best Friends are Germs. New York Times. In this article, Pollan explores the new science of how our gut flora influence our health. A lot is unknown at this point, but it … Continue reading
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Corn chips with blue corn or masa harina flour
The 2nd edition (print version) of Crunch! Whole Grain Artisan Chips & Crackers has a much better corn chip recipe than the 1st edition, since I found out that additional kinds of flour helped to make them shrink less and … Continue reading
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These are every bit as delicious as they look! If you bake these Crunch! Whole grain artisan chips and crackers at home, you won’t be tempted by unhealthy, fattening factory food chips & crackers.
Crunch! Whole Grain Artisan Chips and Crackers
Learn a quick and simple way to bake Chips & Crackers in the new book, Crunch! Whole Grain Artisan Chips & Crackers. Authored by Oakland’s Alice Friedemann, Crunch! is based on five years of nutritional research and kitchen experimentation, and … Continue reading
Beet water for red coloring
You can add more red to any chip or cracker by grating 1/4 cup of red beet, and then boil it for a minute in 2 to 3 cups of water (depending on how dark and intense a color you … Continue reading
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Best Nutrition Book you can buy: Nutrition for Health and Health Care by Whitney
Eleanor Noss Whitney, et. al. Nutrition for Health and Health Care. I looked through hundreds of nutrition textbooks at the University of California Public Health and Life Sciences libraries, and thought this was by far the best textbook. I’m not … Continue reading
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Over 20 kinds of grain, lentil, bean, rice, corn, and nut flours to make chips & crackers from
Delicious and Nutritious — look at the many kinds of grains, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds you can combine to make really tasty chips and crackers. Chip or Cracker What? Grind in Coffee & Spice Mill Stores: Packaged or bin … Continue reading
White Bean Dip
1 can (15 ounces) white (cannellini) beans, rinsed and drained 8 garlic cloves, roasted 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons lemon juice In a blender or food processor, add the beans, roasted garlic, olive oil and lemon juice. Blend … Continue reading
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Fruit Salsa
Mango Salsa (from the Mayo Clinic) 2 mangoes, diced (about 2 cups) 1/2 small red onion, minced (about 1/3 cup) 2 tablespoons cilantro, minced 3 red Fresno peppers, minced (about 1/3 cup) Zest and juice of 1 lime 1 … Continue reading
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