John Westfield

I'm a lifelong cooking enthusiast with a special love for strange and underused ingredients. I hope this blog helps open your mind to more of the wonderful edible treasures around us.

Are white button mushrooms good for dogs?

Even ordinary white button mushrooms have health benefits for your dog. But certain medicinal mushrooms have some special cancer-fighting properties I want to tell you about. With over half of adult dogs getting cancer, mushrooms are an important part of your prevention plan. Can dogs eat mushrooms? Dogs can eat mushrooms, but not all mushroom …

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Are white button mushrooms high in potassium?

Button mushrooms carry vitamin-D in the form of ergocalciferol. Vitamin-D is an essential fat-soluble vitamin required for bone growth and calcium metabolism. It carries excellent levels of selenium, copper, phosphorus, zinc, and potassium. 100 g contain 0.318 mg or 37% RDI of copper. The most common answer is: the basic type of mushrooms is Mushrooms, …

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Are lentils sustainable?

Lentils are considered one of the most sustainable proteins. Lentil agriculture has a low carbon and water footprint. Lentil farming requires no fertilizers. Lentils, like beans, are a legume. One of the next things we wondered was; are water lentils the most sustainable food source on Earth? Some sources claimed that amount of growth and …

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