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Nutritional Cooking  Living this conflicting era is a challenge. With news broadcasts telling us that pollinators are declining, the availability of food is threatened, budgets are getting tighter while prices of food climb and all the while experts tell us obtain nutrition from food. Getting the most out of the budget we are spending on food has fast become a priority.  Cooking with nutrition in mind is the focus of our cookbook: From One Small Garden - Over 300 Delicious Nutritious Recipes . Despite common belief, it can be pretty simple to provide a healthy menu plan without a lot of extra shopping and spending. In fact, you can save quite a bit of money simply by being a little craftier and less wasteful. Let's start with the most common mistake, over-cooking. Over-cooking vegetables or any food for that matter dramatically reduces the nutrients. Therefore, choose to steam vegetables, rather than boiling them, and cook gently, so that the veggies still have texture and ar...