March 27, 2014 - Feeling Blue? Just Take A big Bite Feeling Blue? Just Take a Big Bite Blue/Purple Food By Karen Wright One marketing strategy used often to get people to purchase food is specific colored labels.  Foods with blue labels or food served on blue plates...

March 18, 2014 - Greens Forever: Make Everyday St. Patrick's Day. Eat Your Vegetables Make Every day St. Patrick’s Day.  Eat your vegetables. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Green is the color associated with St. Patrick’s Day.  Green fruits and vegetables have a beneficial...

February 25, 2014  - Can't Beet Love On Her Special Day Can’t Beet Love On Her Special Day OK.  So you blew by Valentine’s Day and didn’t get your sweetheart squat on her special day. When you come to her front door tonight, try handing her a bouquet made of fresh...

February 24, 2014 -Not So Cheerios  In January, General Mills changed its original Cheerios recipe so that it no longer included genetically modified (GMO) ingredients. Switching to non-GMO recipe only involved changing a few ingredients.  The main ingredient oats has...

February 1, 2014 - Welcome Karen Wright, Our New Columnist on Nutrition Say yes to life.  That’s the message today.  If you remain open, and willing to catch the fruit that drops into your basket,  life just gets better and better.  I’m taking this opportunity to...