Are you an altruistic person? Do you tend to donate time, money, and experience more during the holidays or in your everyday life? Either way the act of giving is good for your physical and mental health. Few of us are immune to the frustrations and challenges of daily life—family problems, conflicts at work, illness, [...]
What are you doing this Thanksgiving? How about helping out in your community, its time to give back! Nourishing NYC has ample volunteering opportunities for you and yours. Help Nourishing NYC as we launch our Thanksgiving Back campaign where you too can volunteer and help to feed, educate and advocate for families in-need this year. [...]
So It’s winter and you want to wear sweatpants and become one with the couch, right? WRONG despite a case of the winter blues, you still have to get your heart pumping at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes! Your body and mind will thank you for it this winter and in the [...]
Strengthen your body’s defenses by eating well, drinking lots of water, exercising regularly, and staying away from people who appear sick. If you do get a bug, pamper yourself. Eat antioxidant-rich foods: such as whole-grain cereals, walnuts, and artichokes, as well as foods packed with omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon. “The antioxidants protect the [...]
Vote for Gina as the National Honoree: November 7 – November 23 on womenofworth.com New York, NY (November 7, 2011) – New York resident Gina Keatley has been honored as a Woman of Worth by L’Oréal Paris for her work with Nourishing NYC/USA, a community food program that strives to provide “nutrition for all” in [...]
The government’s 2010 dietary guidelines and new MyPlate (shown) are an improvement on what came before but still need improving, two nutrition researchers write in a commentary. (U.S. Department of Agriculture) Halloween‘s one thing: What about how we eat the rest of the year? Hands up, anyone out there who actually pays attention to the government’s dietary [...]
During the Earth Day Event, Nourishing NYC will collect your gently used spare kitchen gadgets and small applicances such as peelers, knife sharpeners, mixing bowls, mini-food processors, pots and pans, to support one of our partners , GEMS-Girls, an organization that provides education, advocacy, therapeutic support and housing to hundreds of New York women who are starting [...]
Columbia Community Outreach (CCO) students helped to nourish Harlem through springs first urban produce program of 2012 at Nourishing NYC. Twenty dedicated Columbia Community Outreach (CCO) students came out on March 31st, 2012 to distribute fresh produce and healthy diabetic friendly recipes in underserved supermarket dessert East Harlem. “I am very impressed with the passion [...]
Its not just pitchers and catchers getting in shape this spring. The spring Healthy Home Plate Program Chefs learned this week about the benefits of eating locally and seasonally. They had the chance to create mini-gardens to take home with them and incorporate produce in a comfort food favorite macaroni and cheese. Recipe below. No-Bake Macaroni & Cheese http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/no_bake_macaroni_cheese.html From EatingWell: April/May 2006, EatingWell Serves Two Not only [...]
