Super foods are known to help you live longer, look younger, help fight anti-aging, reduce weight as well as help heal various ailments. They can also be prepared as healing recipes for your own consumption. They are usually rich in anti-oxidants that help break down free radicals, which are harmful to the body. Fruits and vegetables, which have dark pigments or have high content of vitamins and minerals, are known to have healing properties. (more…)

Our family would eat pancakes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if I let them. It’s not such a bad plan, really, since pancakes are inexpensive and can be nutritious. Rather than using maple syrup, I like to switch it up a bit to include an Applesauce Topping that is incredibly delicious and healthy, too! I mix up a batch of pancakes using fruit and top each stack with my special applesauce. That way, my family is getting a couple sources of fruit in their meal. Another real treat is to serve pancakes with applesauce topping for dinner alongside some good, lean grilled pork chops. Pork chops and applesauce make a perfect dinner combination. (more…)