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Soup – Healthy, Hearty and Quick

Winter and soup just seem to go together but don’t even consider that watered down, canned stuff when you can dish out real soup made with heart healthy olive oil and fiber from the onions and vegetables that satisfy your tastes and appetite. This recipe only takes a few minutes to prepare and is perfect for busy days when you need real food but don’t have a lot of time.

Beef Bean Soup

Ingredients in order of use:

2 tablespoons olive oil
½ cup chopped onion
1 tsp of prepared minced garlic or 1 clove fresh garlic

Colorful Coleslaw

The name coleslaw is of Dutch origin, "kool" for cabbage and "sla" for salad.

As the English novelist, Lewis Carroll, wrote: "The time has come to talk of many things: Of shoes - and ships- and sealing wax-Of cabbages - and kings." Although that line was written in 1872, this versatile vegetable is still a favorite today, appearing on lunch and dinner plates around the globe.

Tips for Healthy Cooking

You don't have to be Oprah Winfrey's gourmet chef or spend a fortune on expensive cookware to prepare food in healthy ways. You can make your favorite dishes without large amounts of fat or salt using basic cooking techniques.

Baking isn't just for breads and desserts. You can also bake poultry, lean meat, seafood, and vegetables. Baking usually doesn't require adding fat to the food, although you may need to baste the food to keep it from drying out. Simply place your desired food in a pan or dish and cook either covered or uncovered.

Baked Apples: A Fall Favorite

Apples are in season in the northern part of the US from late summer to early winter.

Luckily, many varieties are available year around thanks to cold storage techniques and different growing seasons in the southern states.

Chocolate Lover's Dessert

If you are a "chocoholic" then you know how hard it is to diet, since most diets don't usually include chocolate. While chocolate may not be an addiction in a technical sense, it can be a mental addiction. But is chocolate all that bad for us?

Eating broccoli and tomato together may protect you from prostate cancer

Eating broccoli and tomato has, for some time, been highly recommended for preventing and fighting cancer. However, recent researchers from Illinois and Ohio Universities1 have found combining the tomato and broccoli in the daily diet more effective in reducing prostate cancerous tumour growths than either tomato or broccoli eaten alone.

Even for those who don’t have prostate cancer there is mounting evidence that combining tomato and broccoli in your daily diet could reduce the risk of contracting prostate and other cancers.