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Lifestyle

Lifestyle, (in food terms), is all about discovering the benefits of healthy eating habits for healthy life. Example: why I give up eating meat?

Whether you eat alone, with family or with a group of friends, you may talk or share a few good reasons to eat lots of fruit and veggies. We also try to cover people's behaviour patterns through healthy diets.

Christmas Meals to Wow Your Guests

December 21, 2022 by Paul Alves | Last Modified: January 7, 2023

With the holidays quickly approaching, it’s time to start thinking about what kind of delicious Christmas meals you want to make to wow family and friends. Find below a handpicked selection of 15 flavorful and festive French, Portuguese and British recipes is sure to impress your guests this holiday season! I wanted to share my… 

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Filed Under: Recipes, Lifestyle Tagged With: Foreign christmas dishes Paul Alves

Best Halloween Recipes Ever

October 27, 2022 by Paul Alves | Last Modified: November 2, 2022

Halloween is one of the most popular holidays. So this year, we are giving you plenty of options to choose from. We would like you to explore new cooking or baking ideas from our selection below. If you are entertaining, or baking for your kids, you might want to prep ahead new recipes this year…. 

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Hallowen meals, Vegan, Vegetarian meals Paul Alves

Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables

April 30, 2022 by Paul Alves | Last Modified: November 14, 2022

Do you know which fruits and vegetables are in season? I know, and I am with you, with our busy lives it is difficult to remember all of them. Also, which ones are good for you? That gives you plenty to think about, doesn’t it? And that is why we created this post. Do you… 

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Filed Under: Vegetable gardening, Lifestyle Tagged With: Food systems, Gardening tips, Kitchen and small garden, Vegan Paul Alves

What to do with lots of carrots?

November 28, 2021 by Paul Alves | Last Modified: October 28, 2022

What to do with lots of carrots?

Don’t know what to do with lots of carrots? You are not alone. Millions of people ask the same question at least once a week. I did a search. 🙂 We often have a surplus of carrots in our household. And that is okay. To be honest with you, we make several recipes. We bake,… 

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Filed Under: Recipes, Lifestyle Tagged With: Gluten-free Recipes, Healthy smoothie ideas, Vegan, Vegetarian meals Paul Alves

Energy boosters

October 31, 2021 by Paul Alves | Last Modified: September 2, 2022

Energy boosters

In my opinion, there aren’t any perfect energy boosters. What you can do to get a reasonable energy level on a daily basis is to think of combining sources of natural energetic drinks, tea, sleep, exercise, etc. Have you ever felt your energy levels suddenly dropping? To answer this and many more questions you might… 

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Filed Under: Recipes, Lifestyle Tagged With: Food systems, Healthy smoothie ideas, Vegan, Vegetarian Paul Alves

Garlic Health Benefits

September 20, 2021 by Paul Alves | Last Modified: March 21, 2022

Garlic clove and compound image formula

Discover the mighty health benefits of garlic why you should include some in your diet. From anti-cancer properties to many more benefits. Keep reading to find out. Throughout the centuries, garlic has been used to treat many types of health disorders. Around 835-850 B.C, the Greek philosopher Homer, discovered that garlic had solid medicinal compounds…. 

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Food systems, Healthy food Paul Alves

8 reasons to eat fruit and vegetables

July 24, 2021 by Paul Alves | Last Modified: August 8, 2022

Reasons to fruits and  vegetables

I will describe the 8 main reasons to eat your fruit and vegetables. Those are now clear thanks to scientific (conclusive) studies. You may or may not know them, and that is why I will remind you the most important ones based on the findings. All fruits and veggies are naturally packed with healthy nutrients,… 

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Food systems, Vegetarian meals Paul Alves

Fruit and Vegetable Halloween Costumes

September 15, 2019 by Eve | Last Modified: September 14, 2022

Fruit Halloween costumes

In the spirit of the blog and also eating healthy, we think you should dress-up and pick any of the amazing fruit and vegetable Halloween costumes this year! Well if you are reading this, chances are you are on the look for a Halloween costume to wear this year, right. Well, to facilitate that, we… 

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Halloween costumes ideas, Super Greens Veggie Eve

How to Freeze Bananas

August 22, 2015 by Eve | Last Modified: November 1, 2021

How to Freeze Bananas for Smoothies

Why freezing bananas will preserve its qualities? There are various reasons for that. Studies shown that the freezing process helps preserve all its nutrients. Frozen bananas not only make the best mango banana smoothies but are also great for ice cream, desserts and chocolate-dipped snacks! If you ever have some overripe bananas sitting on the… 

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Freezing fruits Eve

To Peel or Not to Peel Carrots? – Pros & Cons

August 17, 2015 by Eve | Last Modified: October 28, 2022

Every time I grab carrots to cook, I instinctively take out the peeler and start to peel the skins. But why and where is this habit coming from? A reflex perhaps? I guess, you and I picked from our own parents. But the question we’ll try to answer is: “do you or should you need… 

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Food systems, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vegetarian meals Eve

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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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