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The recipe calls for one sprig of a fresh herb, but we’re stuck with the bunch. What do we do?
Finely chop the herb and half fill each cup of the ice cube tray. Fill the rest with water and freeze.
Defrost directly into a soup, stew or any other recipe.
During the winter, our blood thickens, which increases the risk of heart attacks.
Here’s a suggestion from Dr. Oz to minimize the risk:
Heart Attack Prevention Cocktail
Ingredients:
1 part pure cranberry juice
1 part flaxseed oil
4 drops of liquid natural stevia
Directions:
Take a shotglass. Fill half the glass with the cranberry juice and half with flaxseed oil. Top off with 1-4 drops of stevia in liquid form.
The cranberry juice in this cocktail is packed full of antioxidants, while the stevia will work to relax your blood vessels. Drink this cocktail in the morning.
One of the main goals of this blog is to show people that they and their families can ENJOY eatting healthy foods.
Holiday time is among the most stressful times of year when binge eating is pervasive. We celebrate and then feel horrible.
That’s why I LOVE mulled wine, a healthy, delicious cocktail.
Recipe:
Preparation: To make the perfect cup of mulled wine, combine all ingredients in
either a large pot or a slow cooker. Gently warm the ingredients on low to
medium heat (avoid boiling), for 20-25 minutes. Stir occasionally to make sure
that the honey has completely dissolved. When the wine is steaming and the
ingredients have been well blended it is ready to serve. Ladle the mulled wine
into mugs (leave seasonings behind) and enjoy!
Nutritional benefits: Here are just 4 of the multiple benefits:
1. Mulled wine is warming, which stimulates our metabolism and comforts
us in the cold weather.
2. Ginger: This spice has great anti-inflammatory benefits and is used to
treat the common cold, fever, flu, headache, motion sickness and vertigo, cancer
chemotherapy, nausea (including after surgery), inflammation (including
associated with arthritis and ulcerative colitis), asthma, backache,
bronchitis, breast cancer, congestion, diarrhea, vomiting, cold sweats, dog
bites, malaria, poor circulation, stomach ache, suppressed menstruation,
swelling, syphilis, tetanus, toothache, and indigestion.
3. Cinnamon: Studies found that it is stabilizes blood sugars
(beneficial for people who suffer from Hyperglycemia and Type 2 Diabetes), has
an anti-clotting effect, relieves arthritis pain and yeast infection.
4. Cloves: Contain antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties, plus they’re loaded in nutrients including Omega 3 and manganese.
Do you have any healthy, holiday suggestions?
Life of a very, busy mother with a full time business definitely presents many challenges. One of the biggest is finding time to cook healthy meals within a budget.
There are certain kitchen items that are my absolute savior, starting with my pressure cooker, which enables me to cook whole wheat or brown rice pasta within an amazing 5 minutes.
Here’s what I just baked in under 10 minutes for under $10:
Cooked a package of whole wheat pasta in the pressure cooker
Spread out in a casserole dish
Sprinkle with your favorite pasta sauce
Add cheese. We like goat cheddar cheese
Bake at 375 for 10 minutes
Serve
Note: There are many reasons I prefer goat and sheep cheese to cow cheese, but the biggest one is because the molecular structure of goat and sheep cheese is more similar to human milk than is cow cheese. More about this in another post.
Hi All,
I have to admit, I’m not the best when it comes to measuring. I LOVE to bake and I do it a lot of it for therapeutic reasons. I’m telling you this because no two of my batches ever come out exactly the same so you have to play with it a bit. I find it so much fun to experiment in the kitchen and I encourage you to do the same.
So, with all that said, here goes for that delicious, nutritious, wheat-free, sugar-free, chia, organic chocolate chip cookies:
Preheat oven to 375
Mix these dry ingredients together in a large bowl
Approx 3 cups oat flour (I added some millet flour to my
batch last night – also great with quinoa flour)
1 cup honey granules
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup chia seed (gives it such a great crunch like a poppy
seed)
1 tbsp cinnamon
In a small bowl, mix
2 eggs (optional)
2 cups canola oil (I often either use ghee and/or mix the
ghee with canola oil)
1 tbsp vanilla
Beat very well and add to the dry ingredients
Mix in a high quality chocolate chip of your choice
Form into cookies on a cooking sheet and bake for approx. 8 minutes
I’d love to hear your suggestions and how it went baking them
Like most kids, my kids come home so hungry from school that they’ll eat almost anything. So, I take advantage and feed them a large, healthy meal. The problem is that, with their busy schedules, we typically have very little time to prepare the meal, sit down and eat. I prepare as much as I can prior to when they come home, but as a working mom, my time is also very limited.
Today I learned a fabulous tip I wanted to share with all of you. I cooked whole wheat pasta in the pressure cooker and within 5 minutes, it was cooked perfectly. I mixed it with organic ghee (healthy clarified butter) and heated some frozen organic vegetables and, voila, the perfect, well almost perfect, meal.
I’d LOVE to hear your tips for very easy-to-make, delicious, nutritious children’s meals.
Julia, my 10-year-old, is constantly concocting new recipes in the kitchen. Sometimes they’re a miss, but sometimes they are a home run and last night she came up with a doosey.
We typically don’t measure, but here’s a stab at her most delicious and nutritious rice crispy treat recipe
3 Cups Erewhon Cocoa Crispy Brown Rice Cereal (Erewhon makes the best cereals I’ve been able to find on the market. A bit on the expensive side, but worth it)
1 cup agave, brown rice syrup or honey
1/3 cup peanut butter, almond butter
Melt the peanut butter and agave on the oven. Add the cocoa crispy cereal. Spread out on an 8×12 pan. Let set (preferably in the fridge)
This was Julia’s dinner (with a vegetable) and breakfast this morning.
We had a “grazing” supper last night:
Whole Foods just came out with a feta cheese salsa, which is delicious.
Hummus
Gluten free crackers
Caprese salad with mozarrella cheese, organic tomatoes and balamic (my daughter, Sasha’s favorite)
Edamame
Steamed Broccoli
Preparation Time: Under 5 minutes
Servings: 4 hungry kids and 1 mother
So, here’s a healthy grilled cheese sandwich my kids and their friends absolutely love:
The Super Easy Supper
Ezekial Bread – From either Whole Foods or Trader Joes, but less expensive at TJ. This bread is a complete protein, just like animal proteins. It’s loaded with fiber and makes great toast.
Raw Organic Mild Cheddar Cheese (at Whole Foods) – This is one of the items in which I splurge.
I use the George Foreman Grill for this and so much more.
Steam organic broccoli.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Serves – As many sandwiches as you make 
Some of you may be wondering why I did a recipe with cheese. I choose my battles. I have a daughter who loves cheese. So, I purchase the healthiest cheese I can find.
JOOSuppers Lentil Soup
2 Cups Pre-Cooked French Lentils (Trader Joes)
1 Quart Organic low sodium vegetable broth
2 bay leaves
Bring to a boil in a pot
Saute
1 onion for approx 5 mins
Add 1 can tomatoes well chopped or even pureed
Add the onion/tomatoes to the lentils
Add approx 3 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar and 1 tsp turbinado raw sugar
Cooking time 15 mins
Serves 6 -8
Serve with Ezekial Toast with ghee or
Baked sweet potato fries – already made from Trader Joes