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French Press Tea Anyone?

January 31, 2016 surreyfarms.net 6 Comments

You’ve all seen the French press, it’s everywhere now. If you are a coffee connoisseur, I’m sure you have a French press. It’s supposed to be the best coffee gadget to bring out the delicate coffee flavor. What I didn’t know is that it can also be used to brew tea. Continue reading French Press Tea Anyone? →

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From the Kitchen, Sunday Soups

Cauliflower and Roasted Garlic Soup

January 28, 2016 surreyfarms.net 2 Comments

I made this soup the first Sunday of the New Year after the holidays. It was time to get back into the Sunday Soup routine that I had started last year. Everyone loved the idea of having soup on Sundays for dinner, and it made it easy for me too to plan the meal for Sunday – it was going to be soup, that’s it! Nothing else! Continue reading Cauliflower and Roasted Garlic Soup →

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“Nature. That’s the one thing that tips the balance in terms of living here in California. Within minutes I can be in a desert, at the ocean, in the wine country, and that’s the most nourishing food for my soul. -Lara Pulver

FOOD

Buy it with thought
Cook it with care
Use less wheat & meat
Buy local foods
Serve just enough
Use what is left
Don’t waste it

U.S. Food Administration – 1917

Mediterranean Diet named best for 2021

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. And this year 2021, it’s the Mediterranean Diet again that wins top honors.

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

Low-carb diets might be best for maintaining weight loss

“Those on the low-carbohydrate diet burned about 250 calories a day more than those on the high-carbohydrate diet, even though all the groups were the same weight,” said Dr. David Ludwig, principal investigator of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children’s Hospital.

5 Lifestyle Habits that Help your live longer

Not smoking
Eating healthy
Excercising regularly
Maintaining a normal weight
Drinking only in moderation

Gardening could be the hobby that helps you live to 100

According to a recent BBC article Many of the world’s centenarians share one common hobby: gardening.

Quotable quotes

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain

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