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The Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City is my favorite event of the year. What could be more exciting for a foodie than to walk the aisles of the Javits Center and peruse thousands of food items, many of them healthy, organic and non-GMO, and all of them available for you to taste?! At the Specialty Food Show I am always impressed by the efforts made by food producers to “up the bar” and cater to the whims and needs of the public as we strive to eat more healthfully. Some hit the mark, some seem scandalous, and there are some real winners. Each year there are stand-outs that I can qualify as “trends.” Always good for you…?…no guarantee there. Here is what I saw: Value-Added Beverages
I support drinking almost any type of water over sugary drinks. However I need to defer to Marion Nestle’s opinion that the alleged health benefits these value added waters impart, here. Basically she says, they are simply water. I do like the probiotic kombucha’s and apple-cider vinegar drinks, such as switchel a
 nd its bubbly cousin, swizzle. Many a re now lowering their sugar content to suit the publics’ palate. Good news!The brands I like best are: Health-Aide Kombucha and Up-Mountain Switchel.
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Tag: chocolate
See these avocados?
They are the key to an incredibly healthy and delicious chocolate-y dessert! Generally I can pick out any ingredient in a recipe, but the first time I ate this even I couldn’t guess what it was made from…only that it was luscious!Avocados are heart healthy, high in fiber and have more potassium than bananas. A little known fact is that avocados are an anti-inflammatory food, similar in make-up to olive oil.1 If you have kids who are picky eaters, this is a great way to get healthy fats into them! So gather up your ingredients and blender (food processor or nutri-bullet works just as well), and whip up this delicious, and nutritious, treat!