About Healthy Eating: Welcome, Spring!

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Healthy Eating From Fiona Haynes, your About Healthy Eating Editor Spring is nearly here, although we've felt its presence in terms of longer days since the clocks went forward in the U.S. earlier this month. My front yard also thinks it's spring, with gorgeous, fragrant hyacinths, daffodils, and the first peek of tulip stems emerging from the ground. A new season brings new produce, and what a wonderful bounty spring brings: asparagus, artichokes, fava beans, and more. So think green and embrace the new season with our early spring recipes. 10 Spring Vegetables With spring almost upon us, it's time to enjoy those wonderful, often green vegetables that herald the start of this season of new life. From fava beans to artichokes to asparagus, find out how to choose, store, prepare, and eat this abundance of spring bounty. Search Related Topics:  spring  spring vegetables  spring produce Favorite Whole Foods for Spring Spring cleaning isn't only about decluttering and cleaning your house; it's also an opportunity to spring-clean your diet, too. One good way to shake off the sluggishness of winter is to add some greens to your diet. Search Related Topics:  macrobiotic recipes for spring  macrobiotic menu planning  macrobiotic cleansing The Food of Kings It's hard to pick a favorite among spring vegetables, but I have a particular fondness for asparagus, a vegetable described by King Louis XIV as the food of kings. Find out how to choose, store, and eat this delectable spring vegetable. Search Related Topics:  asparagus  selecting asparagus  storing asparagus Pesto Hummus Our new Vegan Food Expert offers a recipe for a fresh pesto hummus as a dip or as a condiment for sandwiches, wraps and more. But this dip can also do double duty as a delicious pasta sauce. Simply drizzle a little olive oil over cooked pasta and fold in the hummus to taste. Search Related Topics:  vegan  pesto  hummus Related Searches Healthy Eating Spring Cleaning Tip Healthy Diet Menu Health Food Recipes Spring Vegetables Featured Articles Can Eating Avocado Curb Your Appetite? Breakfast Quinoa Mashed Cauliflower 10 Quick and Healthy Recipes for Busy Families 65 Meatless Ways with Rice Spinach Salad with Gluten-Free French Dressing   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Healthy Eating newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Advertisement