Guide to Ripen Produce [Infographic]

Ripe and Easy A Guide - How to Ripen Produce Infographic from Lunds & Byerlys

Eating healthy means eating a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.  In fact, the current recommendations from various health organizations are 5-8 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruit per day.

Preparing delicious meals means selecting and using the freshest produce picked and/or ripened at its peak.

This infographic entitled The Best Way to Ripen Produce from Lunds & Byerlys beautifully illustrates an easy guide to ripening certain types of fruits, vegetables and herbs.

For more information and a detailed explanation, visit The Best Way to Ripen Produce - Lunds & Byerlys.

10 Flavor Combinations You Must Try for Your Cooking [Infographic]

10 Flavor Combinations You Must Try - Infographic/Article
from OneGreenPlanet.org

From One Planet Green:

An important part of cooking is putting together flavors that complement each other. Foods have flavor profiles which are like classification systems for tastes. Flavor and taste are actually scientific processes. Foods contain flavor compounds and aromas so foods that have similar flavor compounds, such as vanilla and basil, work well together.

Read more about each of the food flavor combinations illustrated in this infographic in this article:  10 Flavor Combinations You Must Try for Your Cooking - One Green Planet.

Two excellent resources for flavor combining are two books:

The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs

The Vegetarian Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity with Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, and More, Based on the Wisdom of Leading American Chefs

The Vegetarian Flavor Bible is universally recommended by vegan, raw, whole-food plant based culinary institutes and cooking schools.

Infographic and Article source:  One Green Planet.

Green Weight Loss Smoothie from PositiveMed [Infographic]

Green Weight Loss Smoothie
Infographic from PositiveMed

We love this Green Weight Loss Smoothie infographic!  Healthy ingredients include peaches, mango, bananas, orange juice, chia and/or flax seeds, raw maca powder and spinach.

Infographic source and for more health and weight loss information, visit PositiveMed.

More health information on the ingredients:

Health Benefits of Chia Seeds
Top 10 Flax Seed Benefits
Chia vs. Flax Seeds

Arugula Mason Jar Salad [Infographic]

How to Pack Your Lunch:  Arugula Salad in Mason Jar
from Free People - 20 Days of Movement

We love this adorable infographic which illustrates how to pack a healthy raw-some lunch, i.e., how to make an arugula salad in a mason jar.  Other ingredients include sprouts, chick peas, carrots, red bell pepper, cucumber and red quinoa.

For more information and details, go to Free People, 20 Days of Movement, Day 14: Pack Your Lunch.

Chunky Guacamole Recipe [Infographic]

Chunky Avocado Recipe by Claudia Dominguez

We love this infographic from Claudia Dominguez (found on Behance) illustrating a chunky guacamole recipe!

Of course, every tasty guacamole recipe has ripe avocados and tomatoes, finely diced onion, seeded and diced Jalapeno chili, fresh lime juice and cilantro!

Check out more illustrations and handmade items from Claudia Dominguez.

Read:
Why You Should Eat an Avocado a Day

Plant-Based Protein Cheat Sheet [Infographic]

Crazy Sexy Guide to Plant-Based Protein
Infographic from KrisCarr.com

This fabulous infographic entitled "Crazy Sexy Cheat Sheet to Plant-Based Protein" from Kris Carr, wellness activist, cancer survivor and thriver, and the the best-selling author of Crazy Sexy Diet: Eat Your Veggies, Ignite Your Spark, And Live Like You Mean It!, explains how to find and calculate your "P value" (protein need) and lists some of the best plant-based sources of protein:

Tempeh
Lentils
Legumes
Hemp Seeds
Quinoa
Tofu (Extra Firm)
Almonds (Raw)
Sunflower Seeds (Raw)
Broccoli
Chia Seeds
Kale

To learn more about protein needs, plant-based protein visit My Crazy Sexy Guide to Plant-Based Protein (infographic source and article).