Meals-in-a-Jar

Kayana Jean-Philippe July 8, 2015

How many jars of jam do you buy each year? Jars of pasta sauce? Pickles? How many jars do you dispose of each year? According to Recycle Across America, more than 28 billion glass bottles and jars end up in landfills every year. Just one of these glass bottles takes about 4,000 years to decompose,…

5 Awesome Things You Should Know
About Beans | #FreshFoodFriday

Greener Square May 1, 2015 1 Comment

Beans are a pretty magical food. They satisfy all the major requirements we look for in a food: 1. Healthy 2. Tasty 3. Versatile 4. Affordable Let’s explore these four awesome qualities. We’ll leave the fifth one for last. 1. Healthy Beans Are ‘Heart-Healthy’ “Epidemiologic studies support the cardio-protective effects of legumes as part of…