5 Tasty Herbs for Seasonal Cooking: Flavor Fill Your Fall!

I love veggies and herbs! They’re the best ingredients for making your plate colorful, flavorful, and nutritious! Have you gone apple or pumpkin picking, yet? The fall season offers some delicious fruits and veggies to cook with. I recently read an article by the editors of Health.com called, “5 Reasons to Try a Vegetarian Diet.” […]

The Healing Power of Basil

Portland radio personality Mike Darcy recently interviewed me about the health benefits of basil for his show In the Garden! Basil has been prolific in Portland, Oregon, gardens this year. Hopefully you were able to harvest your basil or perhaps you’re still looking around your garden and thinking, What am I going to do with […]

Cooking Light and Healthy Using Fresh Herbs

BY ACHS Holistic Nutrition Instructor Helen (Eleni) Delfakis, MS, RD Spring is a great time to begin cooking light and healthy using fresh herbs. One of my favorite herbs is basil (Ocimum basilicum), which is an annual plant cultivated in temperate climates around the world. In Greece, basil is named Basileus, Greek for ‘king’, is […]