Avocado Avocados are a great source of healthy unsaturated fat,  rich in flavor and, also provide vital nutrients and phytochemicals.  The total calories of an avocado (serving size 1/5 medium [30g/1oz]) is 50 per serving (35 calories from fat) or 250 calories for a whole avocado. In the recipe for Cabbage Slaw  below they replace [...]

  I was fortunate to attend Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives- Caring for Our Patients and Ourselves, a continuing medical education conference co-presented by the Culinary Institute of America and the Harvard School of Public Health. As they promise in their write-up it was a “feast of scientific, clinical and culinary delights” and they delivered.The next [...]

      New research by Brian Wansink  has found the addition of bite-size carrots, broccoli or peppers reduced the total amount of food eaten while snacking and watching TV . The researchers compared the amount of calories consumed in four different snacks while young children, grades 3-6 watched TV for 45 minutes. The children [...]

      If you are worrying about your child’s diet don’t allow it to poison your relationship with your child or his relationship with food. Channel your worries into positive actions, but do not respond by imposing food restrictions. You cannot control what your child wants to eat, or how much he eats; you [...]

When the small tender eggplants are on sale I buy them and stuff them with sautéed vegetables,  a little cheese and roast them until the skins are tender. Slice the eggplant in half,  cut out the inside flesh, but do not break the skin.     Chop the eggplant pieces and cook with assorted chopped vegetables, [...]