Though we do require fats in our diet to live, there are ways to cut down on the caloric and fat content of the items you enjoy and just cant get enough of! Cutting out the excess of fattening ingredients in your meals can really add up, so just because you cant give up mom’s [...]
It is winter, the earth is cracked and dried, the trees are like little gray skeletons, your fingertips are numb and the thought of spending time “relaxing” in your garden plot makes you cringe. Bring your garden indoors and let the flora and fauna therapy continue this season. As long as your home is 60 [...]
So, you go to the grocery store buy your Count Chocula or your Lucky Charms…or maybe you even buy them for your little ones…well guess what? Only 1 in 4 children’s cereals meet the government guidelines for limits on sugars! Government guidelines recommend that cereals have no more than 26% added sugar by weight. Many [...]
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. [...]
The TJX Companies And Nourishing USA Pack Hunger Kits To Help Feed Thousands of Families Around The USA TJX through their corporate responsibility programs are volunteering with Nourishing USA to pack Hunger Kits for groups across the U.S. so they can combat hunger and malnutrition in their communities NEW YORK, NY, October, 11, 2011 – [...]
Erin Saccomano www.thesacc.wordpress.com Urges for classic comfort foods are inevitable. Rather than giving in to those cravings and breaking the bank by ordering in, or eating out, taking the time to make a version of the meal at home is not only cost-effective, it usually results in a better, healthier dish. For example, normally when [...]
Erin Saccomano www.thesacc.wordpress.com Café Gratitude, originating in San Francisco, California is a vegan-café restaurant that thrives on Hippocrates’ idea “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.†One step into this incredible café and you automatically feel lighter and at peace. The menu is structured based on overall feelings, or emotions that one [...]
Nourishing NYC welcomes our newest blogger, Erin Saccomano. Â Erin is currently studying to become a Certified Nutrition Practitioner and will be sharing with us her experiences with healthy living. You can look forward to lots of delicious recipes and advice for healthy living! Erin Saccomano www.thesacc.wordpress.com Having a garden is an amazing way to keep [...]
6. Avoid separating bananas until you plan to eat them – they spoil less quickly in a bunch.
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 [...]
