Ingredients

• 1 cabbage cut up
• 4 cups water if steaming or beef broth if boiling
• 1-2 pound fully cooked turkey or beef kielbasa** cut into 1/2-inch pieces, at a slant
• 8 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 6 large carrots, chopped
• 1 apple, peeled, cored and quartered
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 3 tablespoons cider vinegar

**Reasons Not to Eat Pig (check turkey and beef kielbasa for pork casings)

Optional

You can throw all items cut up in the pot or brown the meat first with garlic and onions.
Saute the meat onion and garlic in oil for 5 minutes.

• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive or coconut oil

Directions

I use a large 8 quart double boiler with water in bottom and steam the ingredents instead of boiling. 

If you don’t have a large double pot use a Dutch oven or soup kettle, Combine cut up ingredents water, vinegar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 60-70 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Yield: 8-10 servings.

Cabbage and Kielbasa in crockpot- slow cook 8 hours.

I use Dr Fuhrman nutrient chart to choose the most nutritious foods to put into smoothies. 1000 being the most nutritious. Notice it takes 5 cups of strawberries to equal 1 cup of kale and 20 cups of oatmeal to equal 1 cup of kale.

I don’t like kale but you can’t taste it in a delicious Green Smoothie so I put kale into every smoothie.

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Fuhrman made the following chart so you can choose the food with the highest nutrition value.

Nutritious Leafy Green Vegetable Soup Base

You need a powerful blender like a Blentex or Vitamaix to blend leafy greens into liquid.  I blend greens (kale, cabbage, spinach, Bok choy, dandelion etc), broccoli, and cauliflower as a soup base.

I usually add chopped garlic, onion, celery, and carrots to almost any soup to make it more nutritious and hardy. I make a huge pot and freeze batches.

To get the most from all the nutrient-dense foods added to your healthy soup, try simmering slowly on your stove top on low heat, avoiding boiling. High heats will destroy your soups nourishing potential.

Forget Ham Use Smoked Turkey

Do you add ham to bean soups? I make slit pea soup and bean soups with a smoked turkey leg instead of ham (read why you NEVER eat pork here). The turkey falls off the bone and taste just like ham (pork doesn’t have much flavor anyway its the smoking that has the flavor). I have served this to company many times and its always a huge hit.

In this video Dr. Joel Fuhrman gives more ideas for nutritious soups.

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, 

While quinoa is usually considered to be a whole grain, it is actually a seed, but can be prepared like whole grains such as rice, couscous, barley–but MUCH healthier.  1/3 cup of cooked quinoa has 160 calories, 2.5 grams of fat, 3 grams of fiber and 6 grams of protein.

1. Quinoa is a packed with protein: It contains all essential amino acids making it a complete protein. One cup of quinoa has about as much protein as two deli slices of chicken breast.
2. Quinoa’s high magnesium content promotes cardiovascular health. One serving of quinoa contains 48% of daily magnesium requirements.
3. Quinoa can help reduce cholesterol. 
4. Quinoa  is quick and easy: it can be cooked in less than 12 minutes
5. Quinoa  is delicious and versatile. Use it like any rice dish, casseroles, deserts, breakfasts, and more.
6. Quinoa promotes healthy bone growth: Quinoa contains all nine essential amino acids used by the body as building blocks for the development of muscle tissue and necessary metabolic enzymes.
7. Quinoa can help prevent gallstones. 

Quinoa Pilaf

Ingredients:

• 4 cups water or vegetable broth
• 2 cups quinoa
• 1 cup broccoli diced
• 1 cup  cauliflower diced
• 1 cup carrots diced
• 1  onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar (I use brand with the Mother)
• juice from one lemon
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
• 2 Tb Mrs Dash
• When serving add: 1/2 Avocado, 3  Roma tomatoes (cut in half on top per serving

Preparation:

Update: I love having breakfast ready when I wake up. I make these every week now! I use 1/2 pint jelly jars for individual servings.

This is a super healthy breakfast. I made 5 pint jars of oatmeal in about 20 minutes and now I have yummy nutritious breakfast for the next five days (and no new messes!).

Gather Your Ingredients & Jars

• 5 or 6 pint-sized jars (half pints for single servings, adjust accordingly)
• Oatmeal: I use slightly cooked Steak Cut Oatmeal. You can also use uncooked Old Fashion Oatmeal
• Sweetener: I used Steiva
• Fruit: I use apples, mango,  dried cherries
• Nuts: I used pecans
• Yogurt: I used Greek Vanilla (high in protein, calcium)
• Milk: I used Almond Milk  (Coconut works well too).
• Chia Seeds(Super food- of fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, a complete protein, 6 g of  fiber per T.)
• Hemp Hearts (power food- a complete protein,  more Omega 3 Essential Fats than any fish, 1 g. fiber per T)
• Cinnamon ( teaspoon of cinnamon contains 28 mg of calcium, almost one mg of iron, over a gram of fiber, and quite a lot of vitamins C, K, and manganese)

Slightly Cook Steal Cut Oatmeal

Steel cut oats are healthier than rolled oats.  While rolled oats are steamed, rolled, re-steamed and toasted, steel cut oats do not go through this additional processing that cause them to lose flavor.  Steel cut oats maintain their natural flavor and texture. 

Bring oats, water and salt to boil an simmer 3 to 5 minutes. Normally you cook it 30 minutes.

• 4 cups water
•  1 2/3 cup Steal Cuts Oats
• Pinch Salt

Prepare the Fruit

Oatmeal in a Jar Recipe

I found several recipes online an adapted a few to make mine. There are so many items you can add to this recipe:  dried coconut, granola, dried fruits, ground flax seed, honey, figs, Nutella, etc.
(I was surprised how many people use sugar. It’s just a shame to add sugar to such a healthy recipe.)

Layer Ingredients into the Jars

• 1/2 cup steal cut oatmeal (cook according to direction above) or 1/2 raw Old Fashioned Oatmeal
• 1/4- 1/3 cup Greek yogurt
• 1/4- 1/2 milk (almond or coconut)
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon chi seeds
• 1 Tablespoon Hemp Hearts
• Handful of  fruit (apples, mangoes,raisins, strawberries, blueberries,  etc)
• Handful of nuts (pecans, walnuts, pine nuts, almonds, etc.)
• Sweetener (1/2 to 2 teaspoons Steiva or honey or maple syrup or agave nectar)

If you aren’t sure how much sweetener to use wait until you taste it the next day to add sweeter.

Seal the jar and shake. Store in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours. The next morning you can et the oatmeal chilled or heat until warm.

Number of Servings?

Use pint jars for one or two adult servings. If you are  serving little ones a pint could feed several toddlers. Make quart jars for family size.

Nutritional Values

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Ingredents

• Veggies (any i.e. zucchini, squash, spinach, mushrooms, etc. I used asparagus, onion, garlic, and tomatoes).
• Meat (if desired i.e.  turkey sausage, turkey ham, etc. I used chopped turkey)
• Cheese (i.e. parmesan, cheddar, laughing cow, feta, etc.)
• Eggs (mine are fresh French range free eggs from my yard)
• Milk (almond, goat, ect.)

Directions

• Saute choppped onlion garlic, asparagus,parsley and turkey
• Whisk 10 eggs with milk salt and pepper
• Combine  diced tomatoes with eggs and saute veggies
• Pour into muffin pans. 
• Bake 350 15-18 min 
• Top with cheese

Holy Cow! Does God Care About What We Eat?

HOLY COW! Does God Care About What We Eat? by Hope Egan begins with the author’s attention-grabbing story personal story. The author was raised as a Jew but only discovers what the Bible really says about eating after she becomes a Christian.

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 can make a 4, 6, or 8 point Weight Watchers Pluspoint DELICIOUS high protein breakfast or snack using wholewheat muffins, laughing cow cheese,  and Jeno Turkey Ham. 

4 to 6 Point Weight Watcher Breakfast

Gluten free?

Use Gluten Free muffins or skip the muffins.

High Protein Snack

Egg, ham and cheese in a bowl makes quick high protein snack for 4 points.

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 veggies to go with the turkey ham and lima beans.

I made a salad with the ham, lettuce, lima beans, Roma tomatoes and added a one slice of reduced fat swiss cheese.

But wait! What about the dressing?

I put  an orange, 1/2 an avocado and some vinegar in the blender and made a yummy dressing. I used 2 Tablespoons so its 1 point.

Dinner for Six Points!

Now what will I have the remaining point for dessert?

 Weight Watcher 1 Point Foods (Points Plus)