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The Covid-19 pandemic changed almost every aspect of our lives, including our diets. There has been a shift toward home cooking . We got more creative in the kitchen. And a significant number of us actually increased our consumption of unhealthy snacks, desserts and sugary drinks. So, what’s in store for 2022, especially if you’re looking to eat healthier? Here’s what I think will be some of the biggest healthy food trends in the New Year: Water lily seeds While new to the Americas, water lily seeds have been around in India for centuries. Light and fluffy with a texture like a cheese curl, these mildly flavored morsels are loaded with nutrients. Because they’re nearly tasteless on their own, these seeds are the perfect vehicle for added spices – both sweet or savory. As a good plant source of essential amino acids protein, they’re also gluten free and full of vitamins—and they are waistline friendly with around 100 calories for a big handful. Dec. 23, 2021 03:27 O

Charlotte Fairbrother Crisps, dry crackers and plain pasta may not be the most exciting foods but they are often the staples relied upon by children with a little-known eating disorder. Nine-year-old Otto from Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, has the condition ARFID, which stands for avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, meaning he avoids many different foods. Otto says he would like to try new things, but often feels scared. "It sometimes feels like food is inedible," he says. "I feel like I'm either going to gag or throw up. I'm not familiar with the taste and that just makes my body feel like 'oh my gosh, this isn't like something you've had before...what is it? what is it?'. "Then my body tries to get rid of it, which makes me gag." Otto mainly lives on a diet of plain pasta, alongside a handful of other foods. His lunch box contains items from the baby aisle, like fruit pouches and baby ri

Sign up for our Eat, But Better: Mediterranean Style newsletter , an eight-part series that guides you in a delicious expert-backed eating lifestyle that's good for your health. (CNN) We all may be full of holiday cheer, but we're also full of holiday meals. When the indulgences of the season start to catch up with us, it's time to ditch the usual dinner for something a little more whimsical: a snack night. When you're snacking for dinner, popcorn can't be beat. It's an ideal "main course" because it's more filling than other snack foods and doesn't rely on a fryer for flavor. It also can be made from scratch in minutes with no special equipment other than a large pot, and you can flavor it any which way you want. It's not necessary to save popcorn night for a special occasion, either. While you can certainly pair popcorn with a movie-watching evening, there is no law against making popcorn for dinner whenever the moment feels right.

Apple is sending independent auditors to investigate an iPhone assembly facility in India, after poor working and living conditions at the plant prompted workers to go on strike. The facility in southern India is operated by longtime Apple partner Foxconn. An investigation by Reuters found that women working at the plant were laboring in extremely difficult conditions, forced to sleep on the floor in crowded dorms and sharing toilets without running water. Recently, an outbreak of food poisoning left 150 individuals hospitalized, prompting workers to strike and shut down the plant on December 18th. In response, Apple says it’s put the plant on “probation” (though the company hasn’t said what this means for Foxconn or the workers who assemble its iPhones). The plant employs some 17,000 people, and is located around 25 miles (40km) west of Chennai. A spokesperson for Apple told BBC News : “Following recent concerns about food safety and accommodation conditions at Foxconn Sriperumbu

This is a picture of potato candy made with potatoes, powdered sugar and peanut butter. Photo by Jackie Wolgamott People all over celebrate the holiday season with food traditions. Why are these foods served and where did they come from? Turkeys, 22 million of them, are eaten for Christmas, according to tonydelpia.com, plus 318 million pounds of ham. Back in the early years of America, people ate goose because families lived off the land. They didn’t want to eat cows or chickens because chickens produced eggs and cows produced milk. As families grew, it was realized that turkeys were cheaper to raise than most birds. In the 19th century, turkey became a staple on American tables. Boar’s heads were used as an edible centerpiece on tables of the wealthy in Tudor England (1485 and 1603). The boar’s head came from the pagan tradition to honor Freyr, the Norse god of fertility and harvest. Lower class people began using a yule ham because it was more affordable and equally delici

HELENA — Saint Peter's Health in Helena and the Helena Food Share have teamed up for their Food is Care program. The program provides food boxes to people with health concerns and food insecurity. “If I didn't have it, then more times than not that I probably wouldn't have anything,” said Sharon Tatum, a participant in the Food is Care program. Tatum is one of 10 recipients of the food boxes and says it is a life-changer. “You know I'm in the older person and I don't get out a lot and. I don't get a lot of money and It's just very important,” said Tatum. Helena Food Share and Saint Peter's Health bring healthy food options to people suffering from food insecurity to health problems bridging the gap between healthy eating and financial instability. After the end of the distribution of food boxes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the organizations still wanted to continue bringing healthy foods to those in need. “Both the Food Share and St

In the second pandemic year, readers flocked to articles that elevated their cooking skills — and others that simply delighted or disturbed. And so closes the second year of the pandemic, 12 months more of worry, of working from home, of trying to make each meal feel like something new. The articles that readers of the Food section and New York Times Cooking craved this year acknowledged this new reality. Many of our most-read stories offered tips for making weeknight meals faster and more delicious. Some fed readers’ curiosity about a return to dining out, and others delved into disturbing territory: a Southern farmer’s discovery that her ancestors had enslaved people, and revelations about sexual harassment and other abuses at a destination restaurant in Washington State. Here are the articles, in ascending order: 10. Eleven Madison Park Explores the Plant Kingdom’s Uncanny Valley When Pete Wells reviewed the newly vegan Eleven Madison Park, he wrote that the rest

It is not unusual for media outlets to run some sort of “Top 10” type article, highlighting the best of the best to round out the year. In the news section, it will be the top news stories of the year, in a sports section it will be top sports stories of the year, and often, in a food section, it will be a list of top restaurants or dishes of the year. However, never having been someone to place my opinion above others’ (I am not a trained chef, or anything like that), here in the Food & Drink section of the Petaluma Argus-Courier , we wanted to hear from Petalumans what their favorites were. And in typical Petaluma fashion, when asked, the community was thoroughly introspective in what they felt had the biggest impact on them this past year. Sure, for some of us, it was finding a new favorite meal, but for many, it was seeing an act of kindness that somehow related to food. Not to start on too dark of a note, but I did miss a few closings in last week’s 2021 restaurant wrap-up a