After listening to Dr Furhman I learned to make any soup even healthier with a nutritious soup base. You can make any soup more nutritious by adding phytonutrients that will keep your immune system strong. Plant foods like garlic, carrots,tomatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, and dark leafy greens like kale (or mustard or turnip greens) pack a nutritious phytonutrient wallop. Fuhrman made the [...]
I make a huge pot of quinoa (pronounced Keen-wah) each week and keep it in the fridge as a base to add to three or four times a week. You can use it like you would pasta or rice, but it is more nutritious. You can add different ingredients such as feta, chicken, fish or different [...]
I’m a big fan of make ahead recipes. Last week I made “Salad in a Jar”. I was please with the results. Today I tried the Oatmeal in a Jar also called Refrigerator Oatmeal. Update: I love having breakfast ready when I wake up. I make these every week now! I use 1/2 pint jelly jars for [...]
A Frittata is an egg-based dish similar to an omelette or quiche, enriched with additional ingredients such as meats, cheeses, vegetables or pasta. It is usually made in a skillet in the overn. I made thses in regular muffin pan. This video shows frittata in mini muffin pan. Ingredents Veggies (any i.e. zucchini, squash, spinach, mushrooms, etc. I used asparagus, onion, garlic, and [...]
My hubby bought me this toaster ($59) for Christmas. I can make egg hard-boiled, scrambled, poched or soft boiled! What a great gift! I can make 2 eggs muffins in 5 minutes. The water level controls how the egg is cooked I use 1/4 cup to poach 2 eggs (no runny, use less water for runny). I [...]
I recently started Weight Watchers. I panicked at dinner time when I realised I only had 7 points left. I made turkey ham, lima beans and mac and cheese for the family. The added up the points (mac and cheese alone is 11 points!). I had to make some quick adjustments. I grabbed the some [...]
This is my new favorite snack. Just stack crackers with hummus, sliced cucumbers and a bit of avocado. 34° Crispbread is a wholegrain, all natural and is yeast free. Hummus is made of garbanzo beans. Studies show people consume less food overall when the diet was supplemented with garbanzo beans. Health Benefits of Cucumbers I [...]
Are you tired of turkey sandwiches yet? Here are some great, healthy recipes for leftover Thanksgivng turkey. You can add your own links below (no pork please).
I have an 11 year old picky eater. I make muffins to sneak in healthy food in his diet. He loves these muffins and has no idea they are sugar free This is a double batch about 36 muffins 1 3/4 cups flour 1/2 cup barley flour* (or almond flour) 1/2 cup lintel flour* (or [...]
Being prepared is critical to eating healthy. So, I am baking batches of wheat free, fruit, nut muffins on Sundays to have during the week. Just look at these photos, is your mouth watering? They may look like those ladened with sugar and fat heart-attack-waiting-to-happen muffins but they are full of wonderful healthy, good-for-you, ingredients like lintels, chia seeds, sweet [...]
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