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Here you can read and explore our archive of articles. Some are written by the industry experts in nutrition and food sustainability.

You can also learn about the nutritional facts, quizzes and many more little secrets about how to cook and eat healthy.

Food sustainability

May 27, 2021 by Louise Symington | Last Modified: November 15, 2021

What is exactly food sustainability? As a dietician and nutritionist with a primary focus on food sustainability, I’d like to present you with some solid evidences about our food production. We know that our food production, consumption habits need to change if we want the planet to become globally food sustainable. The first question to… 

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Natural Vegetable Dye

September 3, 2015 by Eve | Last Modified: August 21, 2020

Most store bought food coloring contains toxic ingredients such as FD&C Yellow 5, FD&C Red 40, and Propylene glycol.  Instead of feeding our bodies these harmful chemicals, you can make your own homemade safe and natural food coloring that can be used to dye eggs, create art on plates, and more! To begin choose your vegetable… 

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What to do with Oversized Zucchini

August 29, 2015 by Eve | Last Modified: January 23, 2023

Have you ever walked into your garden and found a zucchini that is actually HUGE? You know, like this one that is a 2 feet long (Lady holding it) and weighs 10 lbs. Extra large zucchini tend to be seedy and tough, but don’t throw them away just yet. Note: At maturity age, they can… 

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Filed Under: Articles, Recipes Tagged With: Gluten-free Recipes, Kitchen and small garden, Zucchini Fruit Aka Courgette Eve

Garlic + Stomach

August 22, 2015 by Eve | Last Modified: June 22, 2022

Garlic-Makes-Stomach-Ache

Have you ever experienced a stomach ache after eating garlic? When eating garlic, some people may experience abdominal discomfort or severe pain. Adding too much garlic to your food can actually cause nausea, cramps, vomiting, and other digestive acids issues. This often happens to sensitive stomachs. If you typically eat four to five cloves of garlic… 

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Fed Up Movie

June 15, 2015 by Eve | Last Modified: August 22, 2015

Fed Up Movie

Have you seen the new movie “Fed Up”?  It spotlights America’s obsession with sugar and lack of exercise, due to the lies the government has led us to believe. The movie poster highlights the words, “Congress says Pizza is a Vegetable”.  Sadly, some people believe that is true.  America needs to learn that tomato paste is NOT… 

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Incentives for eating Fruits & Vegetables

October 7, 2014 by Eve | Last Modified: January 31, 2022

Honest incentives for eating fruits and vegetables can be a powerful tool to achieve a desired end result. How to explain the reasons to your children to eat more fruits & vegetables and let them know that there is a prize to be won? The government is currently funding a $31 million grant program to… 

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6 Facts about Fruit Stickers & Produce Labels

April 25, 2014 by Eve | Last Modified: May 17, 2022

Stickers labels on banana, avocado & pears

As you can see in the image above, most fruit and vegetables that you purchase in a grocery store, will come with a sticker attached to them. But why is that? What does it mean to you the consumer? The label meaning is (purely) to indicate that the sticker usually contains the brand name, the… 

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How much Fruit and Vegetables Should I Eat?

January 20, 2014 by Eve | Last Modified: June 21, 2022

How-Much-Vegetables-to-Eat

We all need to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, but how much should we be consuming per day? That is an easy one. Eat as much as you can. However, many organisms say that you should have at least 5 portions of seasonal fresh fruit and vegetables a day. For example, adults should have… 

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Fruitnveggie.com is a blog about fruits and vegetables. It is neither vegetarian nor vegan based (though many of the recipes will fit into these categories). Our idea is to push ourselves to eat less meat and increasingly putting fruits and vegetables at the center of our weekly meal. Bon appétit!

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