6 Make-Ahead Meals That Are Ready When You Are
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: produce season! Literally everything is ripe for the picking, which means that this is the optimal time to up your fruit and vegetable game. This perfectly coincides with our tendency to crave lighter and more refreshing fare during warmer weather without spending...
From the Coffee Shop
Five Food Substitutions for Healthier Cooking and Eating
1. Applesauce for oil, butter or sugar. Applesauce is a healthy baker’s best friend. Not only does it add sweetness to recipes, but it does with significantly fewer calories than sugar. Without butter, you’re cutting saturated fat from baked goods like muffins, breads, and brownies. Apples also have the benefit of added fiber. 2. Nonfat Greek yogurt for mayo or sour cream. Nonfat Greek yogurt has far fewer calories and fat than mayonnaise or sour cream, but has a similar consistency. By making the swap, you can cut the fat while adding extra protein. 3. Mashed avocado for butter or...
Essential Nutrients in Coffee
Coffee is more than just a caffeinated beverage! Many of the nutrients in coffee beans do actually make it into the final drink. A 16 oz. mug of coffee contains: Riboflavin (Vitamin B2): 11% of the RDA. Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5): 6% of the RDA. Manganese and Potassium: 3% of the RDA. Magnesium and Niacin (B3): 2% of the RDA. HealthWise Coffee also has higher than average mineral contents of Calcium, Potassium, Iron, and Zinc due to our TechnoRoasting process. HealthWise also has dozens of trace minerals in its coffees. These micro-nutrients are essential for promoting normal growth and development. ...
5 Ways to Make Your Coffee Healthier
Coffee is naturally a healthy beverage, and is the leading provider of antioxidants in the US diet. Here are some tips to get the most benefit out of your coffee: 1. Don’t Load Your Coffee with Sugar Sugar, in addition to adding unnecessary calories to your drink, is also bad for teeth and has been linked to diseases like Diabetes. If you must have some sugar in your coffee, Stevia is a better option. 2. Avoid Low-Fat and Artificial Creamers Commercial low-fat and artificial creamers (and sweeteners) tend to be highly processed and may contain unnatural, harmful ingredients. Some of...
February: American Heart Month
February is American Heart Month! Did you know that drinking coffeeis healthy for your heart? Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center reviewed five studies that analyzed the relationship between coffee consumption and heart failure risk. Of the 140,000 participants in the studies, those who regularly drank two 8-ounce cups of coffee had an 11% lower risk of heart failure than those who didn’t drink it. Researchers think the preventative aspect comes from coffee’s healthy compounds like antioxidants, which can reduce the risk of Type IIDiabetes (a known risk factor for heart failure). Heart Disease is the leading cause of death...
What is Swiss Water Decaf?
Caffeine is a naturally-occurring substance that occurs in more than sixty plant species worldwide. Many food and beverage products made from these plants contain varying amounts of caffeine. Coffee is, not surprisingly, is one of them. One typical cup of coffee contains 120-180 mg of caffeine, while a decaf cup of coffee contains between 2 and 6 mg. So, even though decaf coffee is much lower in caffeine, it does still contain small amounts. In the US, coffee must have 97% of caffeine removed to be considered decaf. However, in Canada and the rest of the international community, that number...
