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Breads Holiday Dishes

Healthy Holiday Bread Stuffing

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What dish is a must on your holiday table? For our family, it’s always been Thanksgiving stuffing. The aroma of onions and sage baking in the oven just gets our mouth-watering. When we made the switch to a plant-based life, stuffing remained a family tradition. But today it’s considerably lower […]

Healthy Lifestyle

How to Manage Grief Over the Holidays

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If it had been up to Mary Hayes, she would have just canceled Christmas. “I would have put a paper bag over my head on December 1, crawled under the bed, and hidden out until Christmas was over. Fred, my husband of seventeen years, had died in April, and I […]

Plant Strong Veggies

Holiday Instant Pot Mashed Butternut Squash

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Whenever I think Thanksgiving, squash is always at the top of my list. Quite often, the main dish on our holiday table is a stuffed squash. But this year we’ll be enjoying a nut roast so squash will take on a new role–as a delicious side. Last week I bought […]

Super Soups and Stews

Italian Riviera Lentil Soup

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I’m really not a jet setter. I’ve never had the joy of traveling to the Italian Riviera but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying their cuisine. I love how Italians have embraced beans for their everyday meals. In  fact, every region of the country seems to have their own special […]

Diabetes

Yes, You Can Beat Diabetes and Cancer

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For years, scientists have been trying to solve the mystery–why do people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes have a greater risk of developing some forms of cancer? A 2019 study has discovered a reason for this double whammy. When blood sugars rise, your DNA sustains more damage. It […]

Super Soups and Stews

Instant Pot Butternut Squash Soup

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Fall is in the air. The leaves are turning bright orange and crimson. The air is crisp on my morning walks. It’s definitely time to warm up with a steamy cup or bowl of soup. How can we put all the flavors of fall fruit and vegetables in one delicious […]