Tips for a Holiday Gravlax

Tips for Making Easy Homemade Gravlax Gravlax has become the attainable luxury appetizer made at home with quality salmon. Simply put, Gravlax is a Scandinavian salmon dish that is cold cured with...

Aronia Berries Help Manage Glucose

Aronia Berry Anthocyanins Activate Insulin Release According to research, aronia berries have exceptionally high anthocyanin content1 Anthocyanins are the phytochemicals that give plants their brig...

Globalization and Your Fruits and Veggies

Globalization and your fruits and veggies.In this great age of globalization we have at our fingertips exotic delicacies from all over the world. From pre-packaged foods, to fresh produce and chees...

Importance of variety in your diet

Often in our search for a healthier self the first place we start to look at is the kinds of foods we consume. Are they too high in sugar? too many carbs? too much fat? A word that keeps showing u...

Wild Mountain Blue Huckleberries

The wild mountain blue huckleberry, or Vaccinium ovalifolium, is a true treasure of the Great Pacific Northwest. The stunning little blue berries are fit to be the crowning glory of any of Mother N...

Wild Elderberry Info, History & Medicinal Uses

Sambucus Nigra, or the European Elder is a desiduous shrub that grows to around both 20 feet tall and 20 feet wide. It is a very well adaptable plant that can be found scattered all across Europe. ...

The Benefits of Frozen or Dried Berries

Why dried food? Is that a question you find yourself asking? Everyone knows the fresher the food the better. Right? True- the closer it is to its optimal fresh state the better. However that means...

Bilberries — A Diabetic Health Tool

by Karyn Michelle WoffordIf you haven’t heard of a bilberry, it is a deep, dark blue cousin of cranberries, blueberries and huckleberries. This European super berry is known for its powerful anthoc...

Wild Alaskan Smoked Salmon

Smoked Salmon:The ‘smoky taste’ is a flavor profile that has been popular worldwide for hundreds of thousands of years, that’s right, since man started cooking with fire. The process of imparting t...

Little Wild Mountain Blackberry

When the words 'Great Pacific Northwest' are uttered, there comes to the minds eye images of majestic brown bears, pure glacial waters and impressive evergreen forests that seem to yield an eterni...