by Dr Betty | Dec 22, 2014 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
Aquaculture at Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show Thousands of restaurant and foodservice personnel were treated to healthy choices at the recent Florida Restaurant and Lodging Show. Sustainability was the buzz word in many seafood exhibits and the emphasis on the...
by Dr Betty | Sep 18, 2014 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
On August 19, 2014 The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) proposed a standard of identity for honey. Yes, you read that correctly. We currently can sell most anything as “honey” because there is no standard for marketing a product called honey...
by Dr Betty | May 13, 2014 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
Healthy comfort food is hard to find in the supermarket- especially when you want it tasty, cheap and appealing to everyone. Rice pudding is the ultimate comfort food because it is found on almost every continent wherever rice is available (none was found on Antartica...
by Dr Betty | Apr 29, 2014 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
In 40 years of writing cookbooks, I never made gumbo for a simple reason: I never liked okra! I had only encountered it heavily breaded and deep fried, or else cooked down to a slimy mess in soup. But then at a farmers market in the midst of okra season, friends...
by Dr Betty | Apr 29, 2014 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
Kale is the poster child for healthy foods and it shows up in snack foods, juicing recipes and salads. Kale has long history of cultivation dating back to the Middle Ages in Europe and Siberia. As a member of the Brassica family (like broccoli and collards), it is...