Rock Your Palate

Protein @ Lunch… When selecting your lunch for the day you should choose a tuna fish sandwich instead of a bowl of pasta. Adding protein to your lunchtime meal will help keep you alert and focused throughout the afternoon. This is because protein breaks down to amino acids promoting the release of necessary neurotransmitters in [...]

My heart belongs in New England but this choice for sweetener needs no defending, look closely among all the imitation syrups at your favorite food store because it must be pure maple syrup and must be from New Hampshire or Vermont. Pure Maple Sugar is less in calories than honey and white sugar and contains [...]

There are lots of good reasons to use olive oil in cooking. Extra-virgin is full of monounsaturated fat which promotes ‘good’ cholesterol and antioxidants that research shows helps to lower blood pressure and prevent cardiovascular disease. The color of the oil does not indicate the quality it simply denotes the ripeness and variety of the [...]

Many people believe we are what we eat. If you want to know more about the farm and dairy foods you eat, here is some help. A farm noted as Organic and Biodynamic means the animals were raised without the use of antibiotics, growth hormones or feed from animal byproducts. They also do not use [...]

The idea that high fructose corn syrup [HFCS] consumption is worse than sucrose is unfounded. Current research supports that HFCS and sucrose are closely the same. They both contain fructose and glucose at approximately equal amounts. As a consumer flip over your soda or other food item and read the nutritional panel; this will give [...]