Contents tagged with Green Foods
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Grilled Avocado with Fruit Salsa
As most of you know by now, our dietitians are helping you Color your Basket. January is all about green foods, and we can’t leave out the ever-popular avocado. This delicious fruit is a powerhouse of nutrition and can be used in so many unique ways! Avocados are a great source of the heart-healthy monounsaturated fats and are high in potassium and Vitamin C. Vitamin C …
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Pummelo Gluten-Free Crisp
Perhaps you’ve seen this big green monster in our stores and wondered what it was. This is the pummelo fruit which was originally called citrus maximus, for obvious reasons.
It’s a Chinese grapefruit that tastes sweet like a traditional grapefruit but a little less acidic.
When selecting a pummelo choose one that feels heavy for its size - that means it’s …
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American-Style Pistachio Salad
Have you heard the saying, “good things come in small packages?” Well this couldn’t be more true when talking about pistachios! These small, green nuts have so many great healthful benefits and are a great part of any balanced diet. Pistachios are a good source of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (the heart healthy fats), protein, fiber, and phytochemicals, to …
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Color Your Basket with Quick and Easy Tortilla Soup
Well it is officially 2016! The Dietitians at Market Street have been working very hard preparing for 2016 and we are very happy to introduce “Color your Basket!” This year, we are going to be focusing on all the different colorful foods and the health benefits associated with each color. It’s going to be a fun year and we are so excited to start January off with the …