Did you overdo it a little bit at Thanksgiving dinner (and dessert)? Good for you! Here are some easy steps to reset. Up your potassium intake. Eat arugula, kale and potassium-rich mustard greens in a medley salad. Try it: Crunchy Spinach & Chicken Salad 1-2 cups raw greens, artichokes, beets, tomatoes (¼ cup each); chickpeas (½ cup); pumpkin seeds; ½ an avocado; … Read More
Green Bean Casserole
What is the deal with the traditional American holiday dish – Green Bean Casserole? Apparently in 1955, the Campbell Soup Company asked Dorcas Reilly (we did not make up her name) an employee in the home economics department “to create a quick and easy recipe around two things most Americans always had on hand.” No dummy, Dorcas decided that one of those … Read More
Fine Filaments of Affection
On 1863, Sarah Josepha Hale pitched the idea of creating a national Thanksgiving holiday to President Abraham Lincoln (she had lobbied four other Presidents before him). Her argument was that the divided country needed a unifying holiday after the stress of the Civil War. Today, with media replacing muskets we find ourselves with a similar need. She wrote to Honest … Read More