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This refreshing spring-time salad is a tasty way to get a wide array of important vitamins and minerals. This is an easy recipe to double so that a delicious serving of vegetables is always on hand.

Time to table: 15 minutes

Serves: 4

This light fish dish packs a powerful punch against inflammation thanks to a phytonutrient called anethole. Researchers have found this compound shuts down tumor necrosis factor (TNF) — a factor that triggers destructive inflammation in the body that leads to degenerative disease.¹

Time To Table: 30 minutes
Serves: 4

This quick salad full of B-vitamins is a wonderful way to get a few servings of fiber-rich vegetables into your diet.

Serves: 4
Time to Table: 20 minutes

Bio-engineers have created a purple tomato that has the food community buzzing. By inserting genes from a purple snapdragon flower into the tomatoes, they grow with a deep purple hue. The purple pigment is rich in powerful anti-inflammatory antioxidants known as anthocyanins. Anthocyanins from other foods that contain them naturally have been shown to slow the growth of colon cancer cells, protect against cardiovascular disease, boost eyesight, and stave off obesity and diabetes.

The development of the new tomato was announced in the October 2008 issue of Nature Biotechnology Journal, along with a pilot study in which the genetically modified purple tomatoes were fed as a powder in the diets of tumor-growing mice.

At the end of summer, I love finding farmer’s markets or roadside stands selling their bounty of fresh tomatoes. Recently, I have been into trying different types of course salts — black and pink Hawaiian and Himalayan salts for example. They are great on sliced fresh tomatoes with fresh ground pepper. If you need more ideas for using up your fresh tomatoes, here’s a great tasting salad that makes up really quickly.

Time to table: 5 minutes

Serves: 4

This light and tangy summer delight is packed with potassium — a mineral that helps to keep blood pressure at a healthy level.

Time To Table:1 hour

Serves: 6

This devilishly delicious sandwich is an angelic version of the deli classic. We swapped out the processed meats and substituted Applegate Farms, all natural, preservative-free organic turkey and added Drew’s Smoked Tomato Dressing for a tangier (and tastier) version

Farm-fresh eggs go Mediterranean in this one-dish meal that is perfect any time of the day. It provides sight-saving lutein and zeaxanthin, plus glutathione, an antioxidant that fights free radicals and detoxifies your body.

This famous cold soup is a refreshing summertime treat.