11 Easy Ways to Improve Your Diet!

In a recent post, I talked about the health benefits of eating a Mediterranean diet. Since then I have been thinking of different easy ways to start including some of the basic concepts in my meal planning. It basically means a shift in the way we think about our diets. If you [...]

Mediterranean Recipe: Gratin of Purple Topped Turnips

I picked this recipe because I have never eaten turnips. I see them all the time at the grocery store but have never tried them. If I am going to start eating 8-9 servings of vegetables a day, I need to incorporate some variety so I will be testing out some new ones. [...]

Mediterranean Diet May Lengthen US Lives

Reuters reports that a study of people eating the Mediterranean Diet may live longer. So what’s so great about the Mediterranean Diet? The best thing may be that it is not a diet at all. It’s a way of life for most people in the Mediterranean countries. For economic reasons, the majority [...]