• WTFood Friday – Wakame

    16 March, 2012 by Artful Balance

    WTFood is Wakame? Wakame (wah-KAH-may) is a dark green sea vegetable, otherwise known as seaweed!  This soft sea veggie has been eaten and Japan and Korea for hundreds of years. You may have seen some Wakame in your miso soup [...]

  • WTFood Friday – Coconut Oil

    2 March, 2012 by Artful Balance

    WTFood is Coconut Oil? Coconut Oil is an edible oil that is extracted from the meat of coconuts.  Because of its saturated fat content, it’s a very heat-stable oil making it more resistant to rancidity (rancidity causes free radicals in [...]

  • WTFood Friday – Liquid Aminos

    24 February, 2012 by Artful Balance

    WTFood is Liquid Aminos? Liquid Aminos is like soy sauce, only better!  It is a salty-tasting condiment, very similar to soy sauce or tamari.  Soy sauce originated in China a couple thousand years ago and soon became a common condiment [...]

  • WTFood Friday – Tempeh

    10 February, 2012 by Artful Balance

    WTFood is Tempeh? Tempeh (temp-ay) is a nutty-tasting high protein food (loved by vegetarians everywhere) that has been an Indonesian staple for over 2000 years.  It’s recently made its way over to our grocery stores and is touted as a health [...]

  • WTFood Friday – Maca

    28 January, 2012 by Artful Balance

    WTFood is Maca?   Maca is considered a superfood!  This radish-like little root, grown in the Peruvian Andes of South America, is the highest altitude crop. Looking for a little pick-me-up in the boudoir?  Look no further, you animal you!  [...]

  • WTFood Friday – Kimchi

    20 January, 2012 by Artful Balance

    WTFood is Kimchi? Kimchi, also spelled kimchee, is a Korean dish made with fermented vegetables.  Don’t turn your nose up just yet – this stuff is pretty delicious and has oodles of health benefits!  It’s usually made up mostly of [...]

  • WTFood Friday – Quinoa

    13 January, 2012 by Artful Balance

    WTFood is Quinoa? Quinoa (keen-wah) is a cute little South American “whole grain.”  Whole grain is in quotes, cause this little guy isn’t really a grain at all.  It’s really considered more of a seed and is closely related to dark [...]

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