Foods Long Life

French-style green beans with tomatoes, garlic and basil. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . For more recipes, download, Health Begins in the Kitchen . Romano Green Beans I love these flat green beans - they are one of my favorites to cook and grow. This year I ordered  Johnny's seeds - Northeaster OG Pole beans , online. I don't think it's too late for you to plant them. In fact, I will start a second crop in a week so that I'll have more beans in the fall.  These pole beans are growing up my hog wire fence My daily harvest with 10 plants started from seed French-Styled Green Beans I love the look and texture of julienne cut, French-styled green beans but they are very difficult to make. It's so hard to julienne a round green bean that most people avoid making French-styled green beans. But when you start with a flat bean, it's a LOT easier. Today's recipe uses Romano green beans, tomatoes, fresh basil, and garlic - all from my ga...

Over-the-counter cold remedies can be dangerous. So try making your own! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . What's In Your Cough Syrup? You can tell that it's cold and flu season by the melodious sound of hacking coughs in the supermarket, airplanes, schools, and in the office. A cough can disrupt your sleep and leave you exhausted.  Most people think that over-the-counter medications are pretty safe and when faced with a never-ending cough, are desperate to try anything. But like many pharmaceutical drugs, the side effects can be more dangerous than the symptoms you are trying to suppress. Especially when you take too much. And when you can't stop coughing, sometimes it's easy to take a bigger slug that what is prescribed. Many cough syrups contain DMX, or Dextromethorphan. Side effects of taking too much DMX can include: * Blurred vision * Confusion * Drowsiness or dizziness * nausea or severe vomiting * difficulty in urination * shakiness and ...

I'll share a secret ingredient that cuts the bitterness! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Preview my eBook, Health Begins in the Kitchen . Just a Few Seeds After I planted one of my raised beds, I had some room between rows of bell peppers and eggplants. Since they tend to grow straight up and not spread out too much, I thought I'd throw a couple of turnip seeds here and there. I noticed that the top of the greens were growing nicely and weren't getting burned like chard usually does or attacked by aphids like my kale. Before I knew it, the turnips were ready to harvest and the greens were enormous. I was really surprised because the last time I planted turnips, I didn't have this kind of success. Do Not Fear the Bitter Greens I rarely go buy turnip greens because I love kale and always have tons of kale growing year-round in my garden. Also, turnip greens can sometimes be a bit too bitter. But with just a little balsamic vinegar, you can cut the ...

Makes a great side dish for the 4th of July! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Preview my eBook, Health Begins in the Kitchen . Garden Goodies My tomatoes are starting to come in. I'm buried in zucchini. I just harvested and cured more than 40 heads of garlic and I have some lovely fresh basil too. It all ended up in this simple and super tasty casserole. I honestly think it's one of the yummiest things you can do with these ingredients. Like a Lasagna but without the Carbs and Cheese This dish is like making a lasagna but so much easier because you don't precook noodles or have 3 different cheeses to mess with. But the pesto-like sauce gives it so much flavor, it doesn't need anything else.                *                         *                            * Zucchini Tomato Casserole ...

Contains 7 of my Top 20 Foods For Long Life Dairy and gluten free and only 134 calories per serving! Follow us on Facebook and Pinterest . Food Makes a Great Gift Who doesn't love a beautiful gift basket - especially when it's full of mushrooms! This beautiful 2 pound gourmet mushroom basket from Gourmet Mushrooms Inc. inspired lots of meals last week. Meals like mushroom risotto, mushroom frittata, mushrooms and kale, and more. But my favorite and healthiest creation was this Creamy Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup with Garlicky Clamshell and Pioppini Mushrooms.  Mycopia Mushroom Gift Basket  Now that you have my list of Top 20 Foods For Long Life , it's fun to see just how many longevity foods you can pack into one recipe. This one has seven: two cruciferous vegetables (broccoli and cauliflower), mushrooms, two alliums (garlic and onions), fresh lemon juice, and extra virgin olive oil. To top it off, this recipe is very low in calories and packed with a pound-busting 15 ...

Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Why Diets Don't Always Make You Healthy I'm trying to lose a few holiday pounds right now and I'd guess most of you are too. But as we focus on the scale we often lose site of our health. And shouldn't good health really be the goal? So instead of following a fad diet that may not be good for in the long run, let's fill our plates with the most fiber-rich, nutrient-dense and delicious foods we can and then we won't have room for or crave the bad stuff! I guarantee you will lose weight and won't be the least bit hungry. After six years and more than 500 Foods For Long Life posts, I thought it was time to list the foods that I think are most important for health and long life. So here it is, my top 20 foods with some popular recipes that use them. I could have just as easily written about 50 of them but my husband discouraged me from doing that. I'll have to save that list for my next book.  Top 20 ...