Food trends are a fickle lot. No sooner do we warm up to kale, than cauliflower appears in every dish. As a decade of caramel and…
Food Trends 2019
Posted in Food, Health & Wellness, and Michele Jacobson Nutrition
The problem is that humans need the enzyme lactaseto digest milk sugar (lactose) but production of this declines significantly after weaning. That’s why so many people have difficulty digesting milk and other dairy products. Gastrointestinal issues are most prevalent in African-, Asian-, and Native-Americans, with up to 90% of these populations suffering from lactose intolerance. Those of European descent have a less difficult time with dairy digestion.
But there are other reasons that people avoid dairy: allergies, inflammation, veganism, animal rights and environmental concerns sway people to seek milk-alternatives. In fact, the FDA identifies milk as the most allergic food in America.
don’t discount polenta. Long regarded as difficult, because it required endless stirring, this recipe couldn’t be easier to make. And it beats the packaged tubes of supermarket polenta HANDS DOWN.
rian poplette. Crusty on the outside and creamy on the inside, they are delectable little bites of flavor: garlic, mint and basil, cheese and eggplant. In no more time than it takes to make traditional MEATballs, you can assemble these. The recipe comes to me compliments of Anna Maria Chirone Arno, but I have been able to adapt it for a two person serving by using one large eggplant and one egg, 3/4 cup of cheese. Go hefty on the dried spices. Serve with a plate of orecchiette and you will swear you were in Puglia. Well, wishful thinking anyway. Buon appetito!
Whether for your child or yourself, maintaining a restrictive diet while on vacation can be a trick, especially one that’s gluten-free. Recently I was presented with this challenge – not only gluten-free, but a vegetarian and low-residue (no roughage or anything raw) diet as well – while traveling out of the country. While not suffering from Celiac specifically, it was still important to my intestinal health that I maintained this strict regimen. Of course, I found it a real test. However, there were some foods that saved me, and lessons I learned on the fly that I will be sure to rely upon as I continue to travel while I am on this eating regimen. My hope is that these suggestions help others as well!
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!