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Kids need fuel for both their minds and bodies. Get it all in this nutrient packed blueberry spinach smoothie. Fruits, vegetables and loads of vitamins and minerals.

Nutrient Packed Blueberry Spinach Smoothie Recipe That Kids Love!

School is under way. That means two things. That doesn’t mean throw in the towel, buy boxes of cereal and say a prayer your child stays healthy. No way! That means it’s time to get smart and start the day with a nutrient boost that supports the immune system and provides critical vitamins and minerals

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Get a GREEN start to St. Patrick's Day with these nourishing veggie pancakes. No food coloring! Just real ingredients.

Green Veggie Pancakes for St. Patrick’s Day (no food coloring allowed!)

Ten years ago, I told one of my third graders that she couldn’t possibly be allergic to food coloring. It was March 2nd, Dr. Seuss’s birthday, and I had gotten eggs in green shells from a hobby farmer and thought it would be hilarious to add green food coloring and play it up like the

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Cancer Fighting Vegetable Soup Recipe with an Asian Twist. Fight cancer naturally with these super foods. Simple, easy and filling, this vegetable soup is perfect during chemo treatment. My dad kicked chemo's butt and I swear it's partly because of this soup!

Cancer Fighting Vegetable Soup Recipe with an Asian Twist

My dad kicked chemo’s butt. There’s no denying it, the man weathered chemotherapy (for bladder cancer) with fewer side effects and more energy than anyone I’ve ever heard of. He had eight sessions of chemo, a six-hour infusion, then a two-hour infusion a week later, then a week off, repeating four times over twelve weeks.

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Cheesy Spinach Bake Recipe - super easy side dish that actually gets kids (and husbands) to eat their greens!

Cheesy Spinach Bake with Crumb Topping Recipe (Get Those Kids to Eat their Spinach!)

Popeye would be so proud. Not that I’d ever serve canned spinach (have you ever tried it? Central to the only meal I’ve ever thrown out 100% before eating without managing to save a morsel by re-making into something better) but I respect the guy for making greens seem so cool. He should be my

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Dear Michael Pollan: My Rebuttal to the New Book “Food Rules”

Dear Mr. Pollan, It was refreshing to hear you speak tonight on small vs. large farms, sustainable agriculture and moving our society to real, unprocessed foods instead of the crazy products you carried into the Wharton Center in Meijer bags. You have a good time poking fun at corn, don’t you? It deserves it, we

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Spinach isn't new...but it's still one of the best foods for you to eat. It's the ultimate superfood.

Food for Thought: Spinach, the Ultimate Super Food’s Health Benefits

Many out there on the Internet are nominating spinach for the grand Super Food prize, calling it the healthiest food of all time. I knew spinach was healthy (why would it be the butt of so many jokes about food that’s hard to eat if it wasn’t?), but the research is really surprising. Just about

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