This weeks episode, The New Four Food Groups: A Focus on Grains, is the third part of a four-part series highlighting the New Four Food Groups. Jill Eckart, CHHC, discusses grains such as rice, barley, and quinoa—a staple of the ancient Incas. Then Jill shows you how to boost your morning with Fruited Breakfast Quinoa. Whole grains like quinoa are loaded with fiber, antioxidants, magnesium, and protein.
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The New Four Food Groups: A Focus on Vegetables – Part 2
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
This weeks episode, The New Four Food Groups: A Focus on Vegetables, is the second part of a four-part series highlighting the New Four Food Groups. Vegetables come in a rainbow of colors, and co-host Susan Levin, MS, RD, discusses the nutritional benefits of eating a colorful array. Then learn how to boost your immune system by putting more orange into your diet: Co-host Jill Eckart, CHHC, demonstrates how to make Breakfast Sweet Potato Pudding.
The New Four Food Groups: A Focus on Legumes
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
The New Four Food Groups: A Focus on Legumes, is the last part of a four-part series highlighting the New Four Food Groups. Jill Eckart, CHHC, discusses the health benefits and cooking times of legumes such as mung beans, lentils, and pinto beans. In the kitchen, Jill uses black-eyed peas in Hoppin John Salad. Eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day brings good luck, according to a Southern tradition. But why wait until January for the fiber, protein, antioxidants, and other benefits this …
The New Four Food Groups: A Focus on Fruit
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
This weeks episode, The New Four Food Groups: A Focus on Fruit, is the first of a four-part series highlighting the New Four Food Groups. Co-host Susan Levin, MS, RD, explains why fruit is a part of the new four food groups and why its good for you. Then co-host Jill Eckart, CHHC, demonstrates how to make a Tropical Freeze smoothie.
The New Four Food Groups: A Focus on Vegetables – Part 1
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
This weeks episode, The New Four Food Groups: A Focus on Vegetables, is the second part of a four-part series highlighting the New Four Food Groups. Vegetables come in a rainbow of colors, and co-host Susan Levin, MS, RD, discusses the nutritional benefits of eating a colorful array. Then learn how to boost your immune system by putting more orange into your diet: Co-host Jill Eckart, CHHC, demonstrates how to make Breakfast Sweet Potato Pudding.