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Quick Tip: Increase the Flavor of Any Savory Meal

Posted by HealthfulMama on Aug 29, 2012 in Quick Tips | 0 comments

Thanks for visiting Healthful Mama today! Sign up for my newsletter to get monthly post round-ups, recipes, special deals, and giveaway news! Quick Tip: To increase the flavor of most any savory meal, try adding a tablespoon or two of tomato paste. Whenever I’m cooking and feel like the dish just needs “something,” I reach for my tube of tomato paste. (I like this kind. It comes in, yes, an easy tube that can be kept in the fridge. No more buying an entire can for only a few spoonfuls!) I find the tomato paste trick to work especially well with soups or my go-to meal:...

Quick Tip: Making Healthy Meals Manageable

Posted by HealthfulMama on May 3, 2012 in Quick Tips | 2 comments

Thanks for visiting Healthful Mama today! If you Subscribe to Healthful Mama by Email, you’ll get today’s quick tip, plus more, straight to your inbox. Enjoy! Quick Tip: When you are chopping vegetables for a recipe, always chop more than the recipe requires. This way, you have something left over for a future meal. Freeze them, refrigerate them, or use them in salads. It’s one of the easiest ways I find to add veggies to meals! I often use this trick when making my rice & beans recipe. With which recipe do you find yourself chopping a...

Using Spices in New Ways

Posted by HealthfulMama on Oct 13, 2011 in Quick Tips | 4 comments

Thanks for visiting Healthful Mama today! If you Subscribe to HealthfulMama by Email, I’ll send you my Good Choice Shopping List to help you stay on track with healthful eating. Enjoy! Quick Tip: try switching out your usual spices with spices you haven’t used before or don’t use often. A change will excite your palette and turn boring standbys into something new! Some of my favorites include: -cardamom -Chinese 5 Spice -coriander -garam masala Some ideas: -Use cardamom in place of cinnamon. Try it in oatmeal, in an apple cake, or even in savory dishes that feature fruit. -Try...

Quick Tip: For Better Digestion

Posted by HealthfulMama on Oct 4, 2011 in Natural Health, Quick Tips | 2 comments

Get email updates from Healthful Mama! I promise I won’t spam you, and you’ll get monthly post round-ups, recipes, healthy tips, special deals, and giveaway news straight to your inbox. Quick Tip: To aid in digestion, eat your food in the following order: -raw fruits/vegetables (like salad) -vegetable proteins and grains (like quinoa) -animal proteins (like cheese, meat) Raw fruits and vegetables contain enzymes that start the digestive process, so start with those. Eat grains and veggie proteins next since they are easily digested. Animal protein is the hardest for the...

Quick Tip: Looking for Affordable Organic?

Posted by HealthfulMama on Sep 29, 2011 in Quick Tips | 2 comments

Quick Tip Get email updates from Healthful Mama! I promise I won’t spam you, and you’ll get monthly post round-ups, recipes, healthy tips, special deals, and giveaway news straight to your inbox. If you’re looking for affordable organic (or, at least, non-GMO) items at your local chain grocery store, try looking in different locations. I was buying an expensive, big-name brand of oats found in the “natural foods” aisle of my grocery store. As it turned out, the organic “off brand” was a couple of dollars cheaper but found on the shelves with...