Fresh Blueberries (photo by Christina Dreesen, courtesy of morguefile.com)

If you promised yourself that you’re going to make a greater effort to eat healthy in 2008, the Dallas Morning News has published an article on five foods you’ll want to make a big part of your diet.

The good news is that the five “powerhouse foods”, all deftly profiled for their health benefits in the article by Kim Pierce, will delight your taste buds as you get healthy. Salmon and blueberries made the list and we’ve long been sold on those two for their fabulous flavors and fantastic health benefits. We prefer Wild Alaskan Salmon due to the widespread contamination of salmon farms and the scary health warnings about the fish that come from them. We also like Wild Blueberries from Maine for both their exquisite taste and their incredibly high anti-oxidant value.

The other three powerhouse foods listed in the article are beans, eggs, and sweet potatoes. Happily, those three can all be devoured in excellent recipes for cooking up delicious dishes.

If you’d like to read the article from the Dallas Morning News cited above go to: 5 powerhouse foods for 2008

If you’d like to view a couple of recipes for sweet potatoes go to:
1. Café DiCocoa’s Thai Sweet Potato Stew
2. Borracho Sweet Potatoes

If you’d like to view some recipes for making beans delicious go to:
1. Turkey, Rice, and Bean Salad
2. Tuscan White Beans & Greens Soup (Zuppa di Fagioli e Erbezzone)
3. Red Beans & Rice
4. Bean & Smoked Bacon Soup

If you’d like to view some recipes for Wild Alaskan Salmon go to:
1. Wild-Caught Alaskan Salmon with Pineapple Orange Sauce
2. Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad
3. Southwestern Smoked Salmon Pita Recipe with Chipotle Sauce
4. Mustard Roasted Wild Salmon with Cranberry Sauce

If you’d like to view a couple of recipes calling for Wild Blueberry products go to:
1. Wild Blueberry Horseradish Cream Cheese Dip
2. Wild Blueberry Dressing

You may already know all you need to know about cooking eggs. In her article in the Dallas Morning News, Kim Pierce suggests, “Go easy on the cheese and let salsa light up huevos rancheros and migas.”

If you’d like to purchase some terrific fruit salsas made from fresh produce grown on a family farm in Upstate New York, click on any of the following:
Spike's Hot Fruit Salsa
Violet's Medium Fruit Salsa
Vinca's Sweet Fruit Salsa