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Cooking Zen Zone, Dairy free recipes, From Around the World, From the Kitchen, Pastas, Grains and Legumes

Green Pea Risotto with Aromatic Homemade Pea Broth

June 17, 2023 surreyfarms.net 9 Comments

Slightly sweet from homemade pea broth, with lovely tender sweet peas, plus all the flavor enhancers like onions garlic and chives turn a simple pea risotto into something amazing! Give it a try!

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Decadent Mac n Cheese

February 9, 2023 surreyfarms.net 4 Comments

Our family calls this mac n cheese “Decadent Mac n Cheese” because it truly is decadent. Three types of cheeses, lots of butter, pasta, buttered white bread, all in a creamy sauce. It is rich, cheesy and decadent.

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Chile Rellenos with ZUCCHINI & PANEER

September 4, 2021 surreyfarms.net 2 Comments

“This recipe for chiles rellenos comes from Andrea Serrato, who sells an exquisite version of the dish out of her home in East Los Angeles. Ms. Serrato learned to make it from her mother, Rose Serrato, who fills big chile poblanos simply with queso ranchero, fries them in a cloudlike batter and simmers them in a garlicky salsa roja.” NY times Cooking

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Mediterranean Diet named best year after year and now again for 2023

Year after year, when multiple diets are looked at for effectiveness, benefits for life and longevity, and long term sustainability, it’s the Mediterranean Diet that comes on top every time.

The diet features simple, plant-based cooking, with the majority of each meal focused on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans and seeds, with a few nuts and a heavy emphasis on extra virgin olive oil.

Meals may include eggs, dairy and poultry, but in much smaller portions than in the traditional Western diet. Fish, however, are a staple.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/05/health/mediterranean-diet-2021-best-diet-wellness/index.html

Eat a salad boost brain power

Older adults who reported regularly eating one to two servings a day of green leafy vegetables slowed their rate of age-related cognitive decline. So much so, in fact, that they tested as if they were 11 years younger! Journal of Neurology

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Start Gardening To Eat Better

A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that when older cancer survivors started an at-home vegetable garden, they boosted their daily produce intake, prevented some waistline weight gain, and reported feel greater “worth” compared to their counterparts who didn’t garden. Cooking Light Magazine.

Not exercising worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease, study reveals.

We've all heard exercise helps you live longer. But a new study goes one step further, finding that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease. Source: Journal of American Medical Associatio (JAMA)

diet quality, not quantity, is what helps people lose and manage their weight

Diet quality, not quantity, is what helps people lose and manage their weight most easily in the long run. If you cut back on added sugar, refined grains and highly processed foods and eat plenty of vegetables and whole foods, you can lose significant amounts of weight — even without limiting portion sizes. The Times’s Anahad O’Connor reported this week,

Healthy Tip

“Green, leafy vegetables such as arugula, kale, collard greens, broccoli, spinach, and Swiss chard are among the foods that support brain health.” CBSnews.com