Tag: Healthy
Five Super Foods Great to Grill
The produce stands are brimming with farm fresh fruits and vegetables—two food categories that Americans simply do not eat enough of: juicy peaches, red ripe and sweet tomatoes, fresh picked corn-on-the-cob. So why not try grilling them to help you up your daily intake? What’s great about grilling veggies is they taste better grilled than […]
Four Ways to Keep Your Kids Active this Spring
Although playing video games may exercise your child’s hands and fingers, it’s important to get kids off the couch, out of the house and engaged in total body physical activity during spring break. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children and adolescents should do at least 60 minutes of physical activity each […]
If you have never been to Balboa Park’s Japanese Friendship Garden, it is one of the loveliest areas of the park. In September I heard Mark Halverson speak about Japanese Garden Art. Although I have seen many Japanese gardens in Japan, San Francisco, and in friends’ homes, Mark gave me a new appreciation and way […]
Seasonal Organic Local (SOL) Markets
On July 25 Mission Hills Garden Club held a very different meeting. Originally Vince Brown, an attorney who is fervent in his belief that we must eat organically and locally grown foods available in season, was scheduled to speak. He owns SOL Markets which models his beliefs about food. When a last minute emergency made […]
San Diegan Wins Oldways’ Award
By Patty Ducey-Brooks Oldways, I’ve learned, has a mission regarding the future of food – about growing, processing, preparing, eating, drinking, and enjoying it. The founders of this organization agree that the “old ways” are sounder than the “new ways” for just about everything to do with what we consume, and discuss ways to advocate […]
