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Tasty Tuesday: Shrimp Garlic Pasta

We do not eat shrimp very often around here as shrimp is hard to find in a high quality form, but once every few months I make a meal with shrimp, like this tasty shrimp garlic pasta. This Shrimp Garlic Pasta is rich in: Healthy fats from coconut oil Manganese and vitamin B6 from garlic, in addition to garlic’s anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and [...]

2016-10-19T08:29:43-06:00By Alina|Categories: Dinner recipes, Lunch recipes, Nutrition, Tasty Tuesdays|Tags: broccoli, garlic, pasta, shrimp, tomatoes|2 Comments

Tasty Tuesday: Pasta Salad with Green Peppers, Tomatoes, and Olives

My son does not like raw tomatoes by themselves, but he eats them when they are mixed with other ingredients, especially when the tomatoes are cooked. Tomatoes are best eaten cooked in order to benefit from the lycopene as the bioavailability of lycopene is greater in cooked tomatoes than in raw tomatoes. Lycopene found in tomatoes is beneficial to prostate [...]

2016-10-19T08:29:43-06:00By Alina|Categories: Lunch recipes, Nutrition, Snack recipes, Tasty Tuesdays|Tags: olives, pasta, peppers, salad, tomatoes|0 Comments