by Julie Christensen Late summer and early fall mean peach time. Enjoy this all-too-brief season by eating peaches to your heart’s content when they’re available in local markets. They’re not nearly as tasty come January. One fresh peach has about 40 calories and moderate … [Read more...]
Guide to Grilling Peaches
Consider your favorite foods of summer and peaches are likely to top the list. These fragrant, sweet fruits are available year-round, thanks to refrigerated shipping, but those peaches in the stores in January are only a pale shadow of local summer peaches in all their … [Read more...]
Cucumbers: Calories and Nutritional Information
Looking for a cool, low-calorie summer snack? Why not munch on cucumber rounds? At just 16 calories per cup, cucumbers are a dieter’s dream food. Although fairly low in fiber (0.9 grams), they’re also low in carbohydrates (2.9 grams), fat (0.2 grams) and sugars (1.8 grams). … [Read more...]
List of Starchy Vegetables
We’ve had a love/hate relationship with potatoes, the most common starchy root vegetable, for hundreds of years. The Incas began cultivating potatoes as early as 500 B.C. They hid potatoes for times of famine or war and even packed potatoes with their dead. In the 16th century, … [Read more...]
Healthy Cucumber Salads
Summer heat got you down? Restore your appetite and your spirits with a crunchy cucumber salad. Cucumbers belong to the melon family and are more than 60 percent water, so they’re perfect for hot summer days. They’re also naturally low in calories. In fact, one cup of sliced … [Read more...]
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