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With the Christmas holiday looming, you may have started meal planning, and those plans probably include a selection of wine and spirits for your guests. Wine and spirits have been a staple of holiday celebrations for hundreds of years, from mulled wine, to prosecco, to champagne and hard cider. Each of these, however, contains a significant amount of extra sugar, meaning you'll unknowingly consume more calories than you intended at your celebrations. The type of sugar, as well as the sugar...
When it comes to selecting the foods we eat, nothing seems more confusing than choosing “healthy” options. We are constantly bombarded with information about food products, nutrition and ingredient information on the news, social media and Pinterest. If you find yourself confused by “healthy” options, you aren’t alone. Over twenty years ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) narrowed down a definition of “healthy” that was allowable to use on food packaging to mean foods low in fat, cholesterol and sodium and contain at least 10% of...
Anyone who has cooked a healthy and complete dinner in the last 5 years has likely looked to the internet for inspiration. The Internet is far superior to cookbooks for helping readers suss out recipe quality. Before the Internet, if you wanted to find out how good a recipe was, you had to make it yourself. Now, you can Google the type of recipe you’re looking for, browse several versions, and choose the one with the highest user rating. Reader reviews can even help you make a recipe better by suggesting modifications, or tailor it to your d...
February is American Heart Month, and the Richland County Nutrition Coalition would like to remind you of the importance your diet, and specifically beef in your diet, can be to preserving the health of your heart. Each year, heart disease is associated as the primary factor in one out of every four deaths. That makes heart disease the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control. There's no doubt about it, heart disease is a scary...
Summer is the perfect time to explore local food sources at your hometown Farmer’s Market! From savoring produce at the peak of freshness to meeting the people who grow your food, there are countless reasons to support farmers markets. Here are just a few! 1. Taste Real Flavors The fruits and vegetables you buy at the farmers market are the freshest and tastiest available. Fruits are allowed to ripen fully in the field and are brought directly to you—no long-distance shipping, no gassing to simulate the ripening process, no sitting for wee...
When it comes to preparing an area for a vegetable garden there is one main point to stress: do whatever you possibly can do to limit the amount of "damage" to the soil. Soil damage, refers to soil compaction, breaking soil structure, robbing the soil of nutrients, etc. People frequently get anxious when it finally warms up and conditions are right for working in the soil, but sometimes waiting an extra day or two to let the soil dry out some (or warm up a little) pays off tremendously in the...
Between harvest, the start of school, sports practices, and prepping for another unpredictable Montana winter, you may be feeling the heat of stress setting in. Although stress in life is normal and sometimes even healthy to get your blood pumping, too much stress can do serious damage to your body. The short-term effects include symptoms such as upset stomach, sleep problems, irritability, and overeating, some or all of which you may have experienced. The long-term effects, however, cause much more damage if stress becomes chronic and you don...
February is National Snack Food Month, and what better way to celebrate healthy snacking than helping local children? This year is the seventh annual snack drive of the Richland County Boys and Girls Club. The Boys and Girls Club provides daily after-school snacks for around 85 children, and relies on our donations to accomplish this. The snack drive is promoted by the Richland County Nutrition Coalition (RCNC), as it is a great opportunity to encourage healthy snacking among children. Interested in donating and supporting the local Boys and Gi...
