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TOP 10 Creative Bell Pepper Recipes
August 9, 2021 Emilie Zaoré No Comments
Bell peppers are available year-round, but they’re at their best in late summer, when they’re more likely to come from a local farm! Delicious and versatile, they beautifully color our dishes, whether they are eaten raw or cooked, grilled or roasted. To make the most of them, here are ten succulent recipes with brightly colored […]
Peppermint Oil and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
August 13, 2019 Kathryn Adel 1 Comment
Peppermint oil has been gaining in popularity recently with people with IBS. But is it really an effective and safe solution? Let’s dig into that question!
Chili Peppers for colorectal cancer prevention
January 25, 2015 Cinzia Cuneo No Comments
Good news for spicy food lovers: the active ingredient found in chili peppers – capsaicin – could reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, according to a recent study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. The research team from the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine fed capsaicin to mice that were genetically susceptible […]
“Chipotle”, a Small Smoked Pepper
September 22, 2012 Cinzia Cuneo No Comments
The Chipotle is a jalapeño pepper that has been smoked and dried. This is one of the small secrets of Mexican cuisine, which uses it very often in its soups, sauces and stews.
Red-hot chili peppers!
September 25, 2010 Cinzia Cuneo No Comments
Chili peppers were one of earliest cultivated crops in Central and South America, around 7,000 years ago. Imported into Europe by Christopher Columbus and then spread rapidly across the globe by Spanish and Portuguese colonizers, they were immediately adopted as an inexpensive substitute to pepper.
Sweet peppers, the champions of vitamin A and C
July 19, 2010 Cinzia Cuneo No Comments
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on September 6, 2008. Native to South America, where people have cultivated it for at least 7,000 years, the sweet pepper belongs to a large family that includes among others, aubergines, potatoes and tomatoes. When Christopher Columbus discovered small red berries during his first voyage, he mistook them […]
Peppermint and spearmint
June 19, 2010 Cinzia Cuneo 1 Comment
It’s hard to pinpoint the exact number of species that belong to the ‘Mentha’ genus because they cross breed so easily, giving rise to many natural hybrids. Mint grows so effortlessly in all the moderate climates around the world that, in several places, it is regarded as weeds.
Pepper, the King of Spices
January 21, 2010 Cinzia Cuneo 1 Comment
Pepper (piper nigrum), which is the fruit of the pepper plant (a creeper native to India), has been consumed since time immemorial. This spice not only enhanced the flavor of food, it also masked the lack of freshness in meats which had hung for too long, a very common situation before the invention of modern […]
Peppery arugula
July 21, 2009 Cinzia Cuneo No Comments
Arugula, a cruciferous plant with an amazingly “nutty mustardy” flavour is extremely beneficial to health.
What’s the difference between bell peppers and chili peppers?
July 3, 2009 Cinzia Cuneo 18 Comments
Answer: Bell or sweet peppers and chili peppers are actually from the same family of plants (same as the tomato, in fact!). They were first discovered by the Western world when Columbus travelled to America. At that time, peppercorns were a very prized condiment, so he called these vegetables “peppers”.
VIP Dietitian Service: Joceline’s Experience
July 11, 2023 Nassim Drissi Smaili No Comments
Here is the testimony of one of our members, Joceline, who, after suffering a lot without really knowing what was wrong with her, had a very positive experience with the FODMAP* diet and our VIP Dietitian service.
