Archive for 'Fab Foods'

Do You Know Your Beans?

Do You Know Your Beans?

By: Jodie Shield, RD   Beans belong to the family of plants known as legumes, of which there are about two thousand varieties all over the world.  Beans are a key ingredient in many ethnic foods.  [...]

Healthy Families Eat Beans

Healthy Families Eat Beans

By: Jodie Shield, RD While beans may not be magical enough to grow a fairy-tale beanstalk, they do work their own kind of magic on our health.  Several studies suggest that eating beans may prevent heart [...]

How To Buy Eggs

How To Buy Eggs

  By: Jodie Shield, RD When it comes to buying eggs, it’s not six of one, half dozen of the other.  Brown, jumbo, grade A, organic -there are so many factors to consider.As you’re checking out [...]

The Egg-ceptional Egg

The Egg-ceptional Egg

  By: Jodie Shield, RD Easter is this weekend.  So I thought I’d get crackin’ and talk about eggs.  (Sorry about all of the puns in this blog, but it’s too hard to resist!)  Eggs are [...]

Eat Fish and Reel in the Health Benefits

Eat Fish and Reel in the Health Benefits

  By: Jodie Shield, RD Most of us regard seafood as grown-up food, but studies show that kids can benefit from eating fish, too.  Seafood provides an excellent source of high-quality, easily digestible  protein that will [...]