October isn’t just about candy, apples and pumpkins! It’s also packed with food holidays and awareness days, from the aforementioned apple day, to awareness about eating better and healthier.

October is:
National Apple Month
~ Apple Recipes
~ Old Fashioned Apple Cakes
~ Apple Almond Tart
~ Granny Smith Apple Pie
~ Apple Crisp
National Apple Jack Month
~ Apple Jack Recipe
~ Apple Jack Pound Cake
~ Apple Jack Cocktail Recipe
~ Apple Jack Brandy Recipes
National Caramel Month
~ Caramel Sauce Recipe
~ Caramel Apples
~ Caramel Apple Cookies
~ Caramel Banana Cream Pie
~ Homemade Caramel Corn
National Chili Month
~ Turkey Chili in the Slow Cooker
~ Beef Chili
~ Vegetarian Chili
~ Healthy Chili (video)
~ Ten Tips for …read more

The apples from the grocery stores really looked delicious the other day so I bought a bag and decided to make an apple crisp out of them. I haven’t made in a while so I figured yesterday was as good as any. What I like about apple crisp is that it’s not as tedious as making an apple pie. Peeling, coring and slicing the apple are the only steps that take a while but other than that it’s all easy after that.
INGREDIENTS :
8 apples, peel, core and slice
1 cup of flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white granulated …read more

I’ve never given much thought to Vidalia onions before because I have never come across a recipe that calls for them. And truth be told, I’m not sure if I would be able to find them in my local grocery stores anyway!
Vidalia onions are an unusually sweet yellow onion that were first grown in Vidalia, Georgia. The low amounts of sulfur in the soil of the area are what contribute to the sweetness of the onions, which have been grown there since the early 1930s.
Vidalia onions are actually protected under copyright law which limits the production of the onions to …read more

Okay…here goes another news on flavonols from tea, onions, beans and apples. As suggested by findings of a new U.S. study, increased intake of such flavonols may reduce risk of colorectal cancer by as much as 76 percent.
Findings were published in this month’s Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention:
Analysis of data from a randomised dietary intervention trial showed that the overall class of flavonoid compounds was not associated with a risk reduction, but flavonols – a sub-group of flavonoids, did significantly reduce risk.
The study adds to a growing body of science linking increased consumption of flavonol-rich foods, such as fruit and …read more

It may not be the best of combination, but a diet rich in onions, apples and berries may reduce the risk of prostate cancer by about 25%.
The flavonols found in foods such as onions, apples and berries is the one responsible for the said association.
Such were the findings of a multi-ethnic study conducted by a team from German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke.
The researchers also stated that theirs is the first study to examine prospectively specific classes of flavonols (quercetin, found in onions and apples; kaempferol, found in spinach and some cabbages; and myricetin, found mostly in red onions and …read more