Fresh green garbanzo beans–called hamleh in Arabic–are one of spring must-haves in Jordan. What I like about the Middle East and miss sometimes in the US, is that you don’t have to go out of your way to eat seasonal. It’s normal, common sense, and what everyone does. Some foods are available all year long, […]
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Order vegetables. And be mindful of the amounts you eat.A report by the USDA Economic Research Service, (report number 90) found that eating one meal away from home a week worsens the quality of the diet and increases calorie intake. And depending on which meal you eat out (breakfast, lunch, or dinner), you will eat
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My husband and I decided to treat ourselves, without the toddler mess, with a nice, romantic, upscale dinner. We headed to the city to one of my friend’s favorite fancy restaurants and ordered the three course meal: appetizer, entree, and dessert. The appetizer portion was skimpy, “it’s ok, it’s just the appetizer,” I thought. But
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Photo by: The Raggy Rat Now that our son can share many of our adult foods, we’re getting into the habit of eating meals together. It encourages him to try new foods and forces us to choose healthy options. After all, he wants to eat what we do. One day while we were having sandwiches
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