Cooking with Coconut Oil Health Benefits are OverBlown, at best. Here are five healthy alternatives. Move over, coconut oil. Photo: Lisovskaya / iStock. In 2003, two small-scale studies claimed that coconut oil could decrease belly fat and increase metabolism. Over the next decade, the newly christened health food blew up in the wellness world. People Read More…
Cheese of the Dead, in this remote Swiss town, residents spent a lifetime aging a wheel for their own funeral. Making Salt From an Ancient, Underground Ocean 150 saves This wheel of cheese was likely a lot larger 149 years ago, but has shriveled due to moisture loss. All photos by Molly McDonough. Imagine setting Read More…
Purple Onions, also called red onions, offer a healthy way to give your meals more flavor and provide nutrients without adding many calories. They also provide phytochemicals — beneficial plant chemicals — that may help lower your risk for certain health problems. The research is still preliminary, however, and it isn’t clear just how much Read More…
Benefits of Onion and Garlic? Onions and garlic have a number of health benefits. Image Credit: ThitareeSarmkasat/iStock/GettyImages As seasonings, onion and garlic impart pungent, spicy flavor to food and are staple spices in many cuisines. But these vegetables do more than just make your food tastier. Eating them has been linked to numerous health benefits, Read More…
Perfect vegan coconut ice cream recipe: The secret to an authentic taste and mouth-feel is fat, so what’s the best substitute for dairy? Our resident perfectionist tries them all … Plant-based ice-cream, like so much else in the vegan world, has come on leaps and bounds in both range and quality in recent years as Read More…
No Flour, Eggs or Butter? 23 Cake Recipes for When You’re Missing an Ingredient Feeling the urge to bake, but missing something apparently vital? Then pinch some ideas from great bakers past and present. by Dale Berning Sawa No Flour, Eggs or Butter? 23 Cake Recipes for When You’re Missing an Ingredient How to make Read More…
