I am almost by the end of my last quarter and I am about to graduate in June….Hooray. But before I can leave school I do have to attend few nutrition seminars on which students share the topics they feel passionate about. Today’s presentation was about GMO’s (Genetically Modified Foods) and I wanted to share few things with you. I do not want to get into detail about GMO’s because there’s tons of information out there on the web but I mainly wanted to share few links (found at the …

Popcorn is not usually regarded as a healthy food but in my opinion it should. Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that huge bucket of popcorn from a movie theater is a healthy stuff, because it’s not. It’s soaked in butter and sprinkled with enormous amount of salt. According to WebMD movie theater popcorn ranges anywhere from 400 to 1,200 kcal depending on size from small to big. That definitely is not a low calorie snack but trust me if I say that popcorn can be a good …

So that’s it, summer is officially over. New school year has started  and those of you parents who prepare lunchbox for kids again have to come up with healthy and creative ways to make school lunch enjoyable. There is nothing worse that when you prepare some kind of food and it either ends up in a trash can or is completely untouched. Here I have few tips how to make school lunch tasty, creative and still keep it in the healthy zone.

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Today slightly different post then usually but I was just studying for my microbiology class and learned something very disturbing. The article I read was in the “Scientific American”, an addition to my microbiology textbook. It talked about antibiotic resistance. I learned a connection between antibiotic resistance and food and I think it’s an important matter to discuss.

Today I had for lunch Jaipur vegetables by Tasty Bite. It’s a ready made microwavable entree. It’s all natural and vegetarian, made with no preservatives and weird stuff that reminds you of a chemistry lab. It was very quick to prepare, only few minutes. I ate it with some basmati rice and naan bread and if you’re curious how the entree looks in real life, here’s the picture:

As you can see looks as good as on the box and trust me it also tasted very good. Pretty surprising providing that …