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Moroccan cuisine-Couscous with vegetables
Moroccan cuisine-Couscous with vegetables (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

Food Tip Delight your taste buds with this exotic and flavorful summertime dish: Vegetable Moroccan Couscous Salad.

 

 

Salad dinner, again
Salad dinner, again (Photo credit: freddy)

The trend in Moroccan fashion and home furnishings has extended to the dinner table. Moroccan cooking is largely defined by its use of complex, aromatic spices like cumin, turmeric, saffron and cinnamon. These colorful spices are often added to dishes early in the cooking process, so they have time to blend and develop into deeply complex flavors.

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couscous~ (Photo credit: zoe….zero)

This Vegetable Moroccan Couscous Salad is no different. Seasoned with saffron, turmeric and cayenne, and tossed with sweet, roasted vegetables, along with a tangy mustard vinaigrette, it delivers a gorgeous flavor profile that is at once savory, spicy and sweet. It’s also an excellent way to get a major dose of whole grains and vegetables.

 

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Salad with vinaigrette dressing
Salad with vinaigrette dressing (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Body Tip Guys, protect your prostate by eating olive oil and nuts. Choosing healthy fats over the saturated kind can help you live longer.

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Men, improve your chances of a long and healthy life by choosing olive oil and avocado over butter and mayo. Research shows that men who swapped 10 percent of their daily calories from animal fats with healthy fats like olive oil, seeds, avocados

or nuts were 30 percent less likely to die from prostate cancer and 25 percent less likely to die from any other disease compared to those who did not make the switch. Even a single daily tablespoon of oil-based salad dressing, such as balsamic vinaigrette, resulted in a noticeable drop in mortality risk. To protect your health and enjoy delicious flavor, use oil and vinegar instead of cream-based dressings and cook your food with extra virgin olive oil instead of mystery “vegetable” oil.

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English: Fresh fava beans for sale at the mark...
English: Fresh fava beans for sale at the market in Tenango del Valle, Mexico State (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

English: Vica faba or broad beans, known in th...
English: Vica faba or broad beans, known in the US as fava beans. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Food Tip Nothing says spring like this Fava Bean, Artichoke Heart, and Grape Tomato Salad recipe, with lemon vinaigrette and fresh mint and parsley.

 

For bright, refreshing flavors that celebrate the arrival of spring, make this delicious and waistline-friendly Fava Bean, Artichoke Heart, and Grape Tomato Salad. Brimming with protein, fiber and essential vitamins and minerals like iron and folate, fava beans are the perfect food for women whose diets fall short of such nutrients. Plus, fiber and protein fill your belly and keeps it full, so you don’t need to raid the refrigerator two hours later. Fresh mint and parsley pack a flavorful punch and a ton of nutritional benefits. Herbs are an easy — and tasty — way to squeeze more vitamins into your diet. Parsley is high in vitamins K, and C, and it’s a good source of valuable minerals like potassium, calcium, iron and magnesium. It also possesses the power of fiber to help prevent spikes in blood sugar. And when you have more flavors in your dish, you’re less likely to reach for extra salt.

 

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pasta salad with shrimp, chicken and vegetables
pasta salad with shrimp, chicken and vegetables (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Food Tip Fill up and slim down with whole-grain pasta salad, peas and lentils, all with a complex carb that helps you lose weight and feel full.

Quick, what do barely ripe bananas, beans, cold pasta and potatoes, and lentils all have in common? They’re brimming with a type of fiber that slips through the stomach undigested and gets fermented in the intestines. What does this mean for your health? For one, this process releases hormones that tell the body to use stored fat (e.g., from the belly or hips) for fuel. This fiber also takes the edge off of your appetite, keeping you fuller for longer. Beyond helping you lose weight, a diet rich in fiber may also kill precancerous cells and reduce inflammation. To add more fibrous carbs to your plate, choose healthful sources like yams, peas, chickpeas and barley, as well as cooked and chilled foods like brown-rice sushi and whole-grain pasta salad.

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Food Tip Explore healthful new flavors and add more colorful veggies to your plate with this Arugula, Radicchio, Orange, and Dried Plum Salad

Explore healthful new flavors and add more colorful veggies to your plate with this

English: Heirloom Tomato and baby arugula sala...
English: Heirloom Tomato and baby arugula salad, by Chef Kevin Doherty at Showcase Live in Foxborough, MA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Trying to eat better in the New Year? A great way to turn family members on to healthful eating is by exploring new flavors and recipes. Anyone who thinks following a healthy diet is boring or tasteless just needs a new set of recipes that focus on fresh, in-season produce, fresh herbs, and creative flavor combinations. This delicious, resolution-friendly salad, made with crisp, seasonal greens and oranges, is perfect for the winter months. The sweetness of the citrus and dried plums complements the spiciness of the radicchio and arugula. For a boost of protein, add grilled chicken or salmon

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Food Tip This Thanksgiving, eat nutritious, whole foods. There are lots of healthy choices in the traditional meal.

From the main course to dessert, the traditional Thanksgiving meal is a bounty of healthy food choices. From disease-fighting phenol’s in cranberries to carotenoids in pumpkin and squash, you can turn your Thanksgiving feast into a nutritional feast. Here are some of the best foods you can put on your plate. Turkey breast is one of the leanest sources of animal protein. A three-ounce portion contains only 0.2 grams of saturated fat, and it supplies half of your protein needs for the entire day. Avoid dark meat, which can have as much saturated fat as some cuts of beef. And, contrary to popular belief, turkey does not make you sleepy. The amount of tryptophan that your blood absorbs is too negligible to have any impact. For healthy mashed potatoes, leave the skins on and use skim milk and low-sodium chicken broth instead of butter and cream. Or, have a baked potato instead. Done right, stuffing can be a great way to get your whole grains and vegetables. Use whole-grain bread; vegetables like carrots, celery, and onions; dried fruit to keep the stuffing moist; and plenty of fresh herbs for flavor.

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