Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

This frozen dessert is so delicious you will never know it’s made from bananas and avocados. Avocados power up the nutrition in this dessert and gives it that beautiful green hue. Add a few drops of mint extract, chocolate chips and voila…Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream!

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Extra Tasty Mashed Potatoes

This terrific alternative to the classic mashed potatoes with peas on the side eliminates chasing peas around the plate. Leftovers, if there are any, are good in other recipes such as Potato Balls, Dave’s Stuffed Mushrooms, or they can be fried for breakfast. Excerpted from Dating Vegans:

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Food of the Week: Flaxseeds

Sometime between 4000 and 2000 BC, flax cultivation became a common practice in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea and in regions of the Middle East, and there is some evidence that flax cultivation may have started even thousands of years ...

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Recipe of the Week: Dijon Flaxseed Dressing

This quick and easy dressing uses Flaxseed oil and ground Flaxseeds. ...

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Best sources of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

No type of fat has been getting more recent publicity than omega-3s, and you're very likely to have seen TV ads or heard radio infomercials about this unique type of fat. However, much of the omega-3 publicity you've heard has probably been focused ...

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From the kitchen: Tips for Preparing Flaxseeds

Grind flaxseeds in a coffee, seed, or spice grinder in order to enhance their digestibility and therefore their nutritional value. If adding ground flaxseeds to a cooked cereal or grain dish, do so at the end of cooking since the soluble fiber in ...

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I have heard conflicting views from manufacturers and scientists regarding how long it takes flax seed oil to go rancid and not be safe for use. Can you clarify this issue for me?

All oils, under certain circumstances, will "go rancid" at some point in time. Whether it's flax seed oil or any other kind of oil, with respect to determining its shelf life and the development of rancidity, you need to pay attention to its ...

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What are your recommendations about flaxseed oil?

First of all, it's important to think about flaxseed oil as falling outside of the category of "cooking oils." It's never a good idea to treat flaxseed oil as a cooking oil - it's composition is simply too delicate and easily oxidized to risk ...

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What Foods are Good for Energy?

Introduction You may think you expend energy only when doing exercise, or when awake and moving around, but you are using energy all the time, even when you are asleep or lying still and relaxing. Energy is the basis of life. For example, your ...

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How Does Digestion Work and How Can I Improve Mine? (Animated graphics)

Introduction The food you eat contains the nutrients that serve as building blocks, and provide energy and nourishment throughout your body. In food, nutrients are contained in large molecules that are chemically and physically bound together. ...

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What are the World's Healthiest Foods?

Introduction Among the thousands of different foods our world provides, the majority contain at least several of the nutrients our bodies need. "The World's Healthiest Foods," however, are those that are the richest sources of many essential ...

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How to Use the Power of the World's Healthiest Foods to Stay Healthy

"The World's Healthiest Foods--Your Source of Abundant Health and Energy" More than two thousand years ago, the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates advised us how important foods are for our health. Today, medical science continues to ...

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Chickpea and Sweet Potato Burger

This chickpea and sweet potato burger is perfect for those times when you want to try stray from the traditional recipes you’re used to. For a quick meal, you can prepare the patties in advance and warm them up when you need them. Save Print Chickpea and Sweet Potato Burger Serves:

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Apricot Nut Balls

Here’s a naturally sweet treat made from dried fruit, raw nuts, and seeds. They are a stunning addition to any festive dessert table. Recipe contributed by Caryn Hartglass, founder of Responsible Eating and Living.

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Sweet and Sour Tofu

There are other tofu marinades besides Asian? Oh yes! This tofu is soaked within a delicious mustard and maple syrup marinade.

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Black Rice with Black-Eyed Peas and Greens

An invigorating melange of flavors, textures and colors, this is an attractive dish to serve hot or at room temperature. I just love the way the corn, black-eyed peas, and greens look against the dark rice, but if brown rice is what you’ve got on hand, that will work, too. Adapted from Wild About Greens by Nava Atlas.

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Food of the Week: Onions

As mentioned earlier in the Description section, onions are a remarkable food in terms of their worldwide geography, and this feature of onions is quickly visible in their history. Most researchers point to Central Asia as the original birthplace of ...

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Recipe of the Week: 7-Minute Healthy Sauteed Onions

The traditional way of sauteeing onions until brown (caramelizing) can destroy many of their health benefits. I discovered that Healthy Sauteeing not only helps bring out their sweet flavor but helps to preserve more of their nutrients. ...

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Best sources of Biotin

Biotin is a B-complex vitamin that has been identified as a necessary nutrient for a century, but has only begun to be understood in the past two decades. It has also been previously referred to as coenzyme R, vitamin H, and vitamin B7, with the ...

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From the kitchen: Tips for Preparing Onions

Cut onions into 1/4-inch slices to cook them evenly and quickly. Let them sit for at least 5 minutes to help enhance their health-promoting benefits. While many people love to eat onions, most dread cutting them since this process usually brings a ...

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High-Temperature Cooking and The World's Healthiest Foods

(Note: All temperatures below are reported in Fahrenheit measurements).One of the greatest insults to nourishment in our modern, fast-paced, and processed food culture is the high heat at which so much of our food is cooked. We deep fat fry at ...

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Veggie Advisor: How do our vegetable recommendations at WHFoods compare with common public health recommendations?

At WHFoods, we place greater emphasis on vegetables than most common public health recommendations. In fact, we are not aware of any widely publicized vegetable recommendations that focus as much on vegetables as much as we do. You will find public ...

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Whole Wheat Pasta with Broccoli Pesto

This quick recipe comes together in as little as 15 minutes, and makes a tasty vegan pasta dish. The flavorful broccoli pesto sauce coats whole wheat spaghetti (or pasta of your choice) for a rich meatless main course. It’s fast and foolproof, and tastes so good, it will please even the most stubborn broccoli skeptics.

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Nearly-Instant Thai Coconut Corn Soup

Here’s a soup that’s great for any kind of weather, not just when it’s chilly and rainy. Because it’s ready to serve in 20 minutes, it’s for any time you want soup in a hurry. You can even chill it and serve it cold on warm days.

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Food of the Week: Cabbage

As you might imagine from the complicated set of descriptions above, it has been equally complicated for plant researchers to trace the exact history of cabbage and its development. Because of the linguistic overlap between "choy" and "cabbage" ...

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Recipe of the Week: 5-Minute Healthy Sauteed Red Cabbage

If you are used to eating green cabbage , I encourage you to try the special flavor and nutrients found in red cabbage as part of your Healthiest Way of Eating. It tastes great and you will also benefit from its rich concentration of health ...

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From the kitchen: Tips for Preparing Cabbage

Even though the inside of cabbage is usually clean since the outer leaves protect it, you still may want to clean it. Remove the thick fibrous outer leaves and cut the cabbage into pieces and then wash under running water.If you notice any signs of ...

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How Does Cutting, Slicing, and Chopping Affect Fresh Vegetables?

Food scientists treat the cutting, slicing, and chopping of fresh vegetables as procedures that wound the cells of the plants and trigger injury-based responses by the plant cells. As a general rule, researchers treat vegetable chopping as a form of ...

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Are sprouts good for me?

In the life of a plant, sprouting is a moment of great vitality and energy. The seed, after having remained quiet for an often long period of time, becomes more and more active and begins its journey up through the topsoil and into the open air. ...

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How do cooking temperatures affect vegetable nutrients?

In virtually all cuisines throughout the world, you will find enjoyment of both raw and cooked vegetables. Sometimes the balance between raw and cooked vegetables varies with climate. For example, you can often find greater consumption of raw ...

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Penne with Chard and Beans

Chard is a beloved kitchen-garden vegetable in Italian cuisine, from which this pasta dish is inspired. Combined with beans and fresh tomatoes, this stick-to-your-ribs late summer pasta dish will satisfy the heartiest of appetites. A big salad and fruity dessert complete the meal.

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Pasta Curry with Cauliflower and Chickpeas

Pasta and veggie combos are always welcome, no matter what time of year. Though not a traditional combination, I long ago discovered that pasta marries well with curry. With the addition of cauliflower and chickpeas, it’s a tasty Italian/Indian fusion that’s ready in 30 minutes or so.

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Food of the Week: Asparagus

Asparagus (including all its different species) is native to Africa, Asia, and Europe. Over time, it has also become adapted to and become naturalized in North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand. One species of asparagus, typically ...

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Recipe of the Week: 3-Minute "Healthy Sauteed" Asparagus

"Healthy Sauteing" is my revolutionary new way to cook Asparagus. Top with the easy-to-prepare Mediterranean Dressing for a dish that is both delicious and health-promoting. For best results I recommend cooking Asparagus whole and cutting ...

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Best sources of Vitamin K

If you've read about vitamins A, B, C, D, and E, you might feel like we've missed a few vitamins as we jump over to vitamin K. But there are no vitamins F through J (at least not yet). Vitamin K is named after the German word for blood clotting ( ...

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From the kitchen: Tips for Preparing Asparagus

Thin asparagus does not require peeling. Asparagus with thick stems should be peeled because the stems are usually tough and stringy. Remove the tough outer skin of the bottom portion of the stem (not the tips) with a vegetable peeler. Wash ...

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How do cooking and handling affect the chlorophyll in food?

Since chlorophyll is unstable to heat, it is naturally impacted by cooking. In fact, this pigment is even more unstable to heat than its fellow carotenoid pigments - including beta-carotene and lutein! Exactly how unstable is chlorophyll? One study ...

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How to prepare great tasting vegetables with Nutrient-Rich Cooking

Healthy Saute Cooking Method, Healthy Steaming Cooking Method, Healthy Boiling Cooking Method, How do cooking temperatures affect vegetable nutrients? Veggie Advisor: What would you ...

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Why are Vegetables So Indispensable for Healthy Eating?

. . . According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, improving our diets by eating more fruits and vegetables could save 100,000 lives and US$17 billion in healthcare costs!At WHFoods, we place unusual amount of emphasis on vegetables - even more ...

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Veggie Advisor

While we would never describe "eating your vegetables" as bad dietary advice, we also want you to know that you can get countless additional benefits from this food group by taking this simple phrase a few steps further. "Eating your vegetables" ...

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Quick Teff Crêpes

Although these crêpes don’t have quite the same texture or pronounced sourness typical of teff injera, they make a good stand-in on days when you want Ethiopian food quickly and don’t have time for the fermentation process or access to commercial injera. They have a slightly spongy-stretchy texture, with a small bit of tang from the yogurt and vinegar, and work well for scooping up sauces and stews. Recipe and photo from Teff Love:

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