Can we have hummus all day? I would! Let's make some for dinner! Just remember to soak
your dried garbanzo beans the night before, or if you forgot then use canned garbanzos.
Whip up in the food processor, my Baba Ghanoush style hummuswith eggplant. Go chop fresh tomato, cucumber, yellow peppers, dragon beans, onion and cashews. Really just chop up whatever variety of
fresh veggies from your garden,
CSA, or farmers market, that you have on hand. You know what you like!
Heat whole wheat Naan style flat bread in the toaster oven. We keep our
Naan bread in the freezer, so we always have a few packs ready to make a meal.
Spread the hummus thickly on the Naan flat bread.
Arrange your fresh raw veggies over the Naan. Looks like a pizza! Oh Yes! That works!
Now wasn't that easy? Just slice and serve!
Another variation on this hummus dinner theme is even easier! Cut the Naan bread into fourths, and place some hummus and mixed chopped veggies right on the dinner plate! There you go...all done. That way every one can just make their own little hummus roll-ups! Either way, hummus served simply with fresh chopped veggies on Naan flat bread, or even a pita, makes a surprisingly satisfying dinner. As always serve with a side of fresh made vegetable juice! Be healthy!
Mmmm morning goodness! This delicious smoothie came into being after I soaked some raw almonds overnight in water.
This gets the enzymes going to make these nuts more nutritious. I feel it also softens and sweetens them too.
Nutty Almond Super Smoothie
6-8 oz of Coconut water
2 handfuls of soaked raw almonds
small handful parsley
small handful pea shoots
small handful dandelion greens
3 Romain lettuce leaves
2 tbs chia
2 tbs flax powder
2 tbs hemp seeds
1 tbs sesame seeds
2 ripe bananas (1/2 peel)
Frozen strawberries
Soaking your raw almonds overnight is key. Change out your water every 12 hours.
Keep bowl in the refrigerator. Drain off water before use.Place the coconut water
and the soaked almonds into your blender. Then mix till liquid.
Start to tear up your greens and add to the nut mixture.
Continue to add your healthy dose of pea shoots, dandelion greens, parsley and Romain leaves to the blender.
Then add in your superfoods! Chia, flax powder, hemp, and sesame seeds.Next up is your ripe bananas. If the banana is organic you can add 1/2 or one whole peel as well, just for added nutrients and fiber.You may use frozen bananas. Mine were not, so I added a few frozen strawberries.Start blending and be happy to start your day so yummy!!!
Oh yes, it's like dessert for breakfast! Only it's full of great nutrition to keep you going strong for hours!
Can you tell I've become nutty for smoothies lately? Hubby is certainly excited to get his glassful every day!
Don't forget you can throw in some granola for texture too. Enjoy!
Look at this crazy apple! This is our first experience with the elusive Pink Pearl Apple. Our local natural foods market only gets these apples in the store one week a year. So of course we had to try them! So unique! So psychedelic! So deliciously beautiful! Click on 'Read More' below to view entire post.
My daughter gave me 3 large fresh garden tomatoes today. Sadly, they were from the end of her garden's tomato making efforts. Weather has not been kind to the tomato crop this year. I had been wanting to make a cold gazpacho soup, and thought I had plenty of time left in the tomato growing season. Click on 'Read More' below to view entire post.
Crazy how we grow up assuming certain things about food, simply born out of habit. Peel a banana, eat it, and throw the peel away. At least that's how most of us raised in the U.S. think of banana eating. I recently learned other cultures also eat the Banana peel, cooked by frying or boiling, and sometimes eaten raw. Our animal primate friends don't peel the banana all the time either, they often eat the entire fruit. Click on 'Read More' below to view entire post.
Jeffrey Smith of the 'Institute For Responsible Technology' has created a new movie based on the subject matter of his book"Genetic Roulette."The issue covered is of course his passion, the dangerous proliferation of GMO's (Genetically Modified Organisms) into the food of our society, and the world.GMO's were added to the food chain without our knowledge or consent. The war chemical company Monsanto fights against our right to have our food labeled as a GMO. They spend millions of dollars on lobbyists, judges, government workers, and representatives, so that we can have no choice in this matter. GMO's are a big reason to only buy organic labeled foods, just to avoid this sick mess. Chemicals companies controlling our food, and our seeds? What is going on in our world? This does not make sense at all, but that is exactly what has happened! Be sure to watch the trailer for Genetic Roulettein the video above.
Once again the realization that the public at large is still not aware of this important information, which concerns the very food they ingest every day, was brought home to me last night. A wonderful evening was spent in the company of friends, and a health conscious person was speaking about how he was eliminating meat from his diet. So the talk went around to the foods we eat daily, and he was surprised to find that he had never even heard about GMO's until that moment.Like most Americans he had no idea what has been lurking in the food supply for the past twelve years. There was a glimmer of hope when a lovely young lady at the communal table spoke up about the GMO problem, and said she was currently reading "Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan.So the word is getting out, and we must continue to have these conversations and inform our friends and family when the moment arises.Having access to this new DVD set can help. Along with the new 'Genetic Roulette' movie DVD you will get three other short films all for $19.95.
Don't forget to visit myGMO Information pagetab above, where I have lots of helpful and informative links just so you can learn about GMO's. Plus I include notes about free online GMO movies as well.It is so important to all of us to educate and arm ourselves with knowledge.We must be the change in this dangerous situation.It affects everyone...born and unborn.
So what "IS" the best way to prevent death? Wouldn't you want to know the answer to that question? Everyone who wonders about such things, should watch this video!Because the food you choose to eat everyday is going to affect more things in your life than you may realize! This is information you can use!
This is one of the most informative talks you will ever view. It is given by Michael Greger, M.D. and is based on scientific studies and their findings. You can also watch the video about him below. His YouTube Channel is here and it is filled with 550 more food and supplement information videos. Or you can go to Nutrition Facts.org where they upload a new video daily! It's the mother-load of nutrition video sites! Oh yes! I will be very busy gathering information! Join me in being a happy learner today! Watch the video above, and then go to Dr. Greger's website 'Nutrition Facts.' Pick nearly any food or disease topic of interest to you, and you will probably find something listed! Awesome! Thanks Dr. Greger! You Rock!
First up, is a book I picked up recently at a women's center library. I will definitely buy this one. Even if it's just to keep in the bathroom so 'visitors' will read it's easy to follow advice! It's called"Eat This and Live! - How to make simple food choices," written by Dr. Don Colbert. It is laid out like a colorful magazine article with bright graphics and photos.Each page is overflowing with information! Dr. Colbert covers all the key areas of concern with food and the health connection.
He does this with concise quick blurbs explaining why you should make these changes and have concern about what you make your everyday food. The vast information is really quite well done for such a tiny book! Plus it's size makes it an easy pick up anytime and read book. You can read this information over and over till it sticks! So just place this one on the kitchen table to read with your morning smoothie. or in the bathroom area for anyone else.This way "they" will get the info themselves, and go "hmmmm," maybe what my crazy food evangelist friend is always talking about, really is true! haha! (I will also tell you that there are a couple of pages in the book about what the Bible says about food. So for those whom that would not be of interest, it really is only a two or three pages, and not invasive to the rest of the food information in the book.) "Eat This And Live" is simple, bright, and quick on the info! A winner for sure! So anyone just beginning to realize that food may have something to do with their overall health should get a copy. You can always get it from the library too. When you have tools like this book around the house, you can assimilate all the topics gradually, and eventually you will become an expert when it comes time to do your weekly grocery shopping! Below is a quick video to show you how this small, but powerful book looks.
The next book is by Dr. Joel Fuhrman who has been featured in most food documentaries. His book is called, "Eat To Live." When you are serious about getting healthy, this is one of the many books you should get for yourself! I recommend this book to everyone who asks what they should do. It is an in depth read, and covers all the reasons you should be eating certain foods and avoiding others. The thing about eating healthy is that you naturally lose weight, and that is the bonus of this book! Many celebrities go to Dr. Fuhrman for advice and a plan, but you can do it by just buying his book. It's wonderful that he puts the helpful sane information out there in forms where it is easily accessible to the public. His website also has other educational options, and is a good resource in itself. If you are on a budget, there is the new revised edition of the number one bestseller, "Eat To Live" in paperback, and that is just the remedy. Don't forget that in this digital age the library is still a great resource. By the way Dr. Fuhrman also did a PBS Special about nutrition, parts of which can be found online. You can go check that out for yourself, and get lost in other good nutrition videos Dr. Fuhrman has made too.
Both of these books will give you a one two punch at achieving the 'transition to changing' your knowledge of food and how it impacts your health. After all, we eat "tons" of food during our lifetime, so don't you think that has some effect on us? Below is a cheesy "E" channel video about Alanis Morissette's body improvements, and weight loss. Alanis reported they were due to following the advice in "Eat To Live." I thought it was a good example of someone who may be familiar to you (besides me) who has been making the healthy changes to their life.
While researching Dr Fuhrman on the internet, I had to laugh at some of the people who would call his claims to change disease by eating healthy foods, "quackery." They are sadly "ill informed," or perhaps part of the industry that wants people to believe you cannot change your body, and you must eat their pills and chemicals to maintain your life "with disease." They keep you just 'well enough,' so you are alive enough, to keep taking the prescriptions. They would like you to believe in pills and procedures in order to support the industries that have built up around sickness. Just think about it. If we all got well, what would they do? So it behooves them to keep you misinformed and ill. They do not cure anything at all, they maintain you. That particular outlook on the body, my friends is the work of real quackery and snake oil salesmen. Follow the money trail in all things of this world. The proper foods and your own body, can cure many things, and certainly improve most others. I for one can testify to reversing my diabetes, lowering my cholesterol, lowering my blood pressure, having a big weight loss, while improving my overall well being, just by changing the food I eat! The body is quite capable of healing itself, thank you very much!
I prefer to gather advice from many different people, and the continuing thread for all the people or doctors I do respect, is they support good nutrition through eating clean non-toxic food, which happen to be mostly vegetables and fruits. There always seems to be differences of opinion on salts, supplements, and good fats etc. In my opinion everybody can make minor changes to the real whole foods lifestyle to suit their own body type. Just be sure to follow the major influence of lots of fresh raw veggies, juicing organic veggies, buying clean local produce, no toxic processed industrialized food stuffs, no fast foods, and if you are not vegan - local pastured grass fed chicken, and meats. Soon enough your cupboards will be full of the "right foods" to enjoy!
Give yourself time to make the changes. Don't give up, eventually the knowledge will come to you, and you will be the expert. When it comes time for you to go grocery and produce shopping, don't forget to take along my free downloadable shopping list! (see page tab above called shopping list). We use this shopping list every week now, and we are zooming through the store! Actually we always hit up two stores. One is a natural organic foods co-op, and the other is Wegman's, which has a large organic selection. We bring our big freezer bag, and reusable shopping bags. Luckily our co-op has a juice bar with a small healthy cafe, and we make a fun time of having a custom juice and something to eat first. You never want to shop for food hungry! So don't forget to take along the organization of my shopping list, because once you learn where all the "new to you" items are in your market, you will be zooming too!
UPDATE: I eventually became what Dr. Joel Fuhrman calls a "Nutritarian" (which is a person interested and following a nutrient dense food lifestyle) and a also patient of Dr. Fuhrman Associates. You can join his website and read the 'Ask The Doctor' threads which are most helpful for your own Q&A about nutrition and overall great health.
