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Mock Fried Rice (Quinoa!)

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Mock Fried Rice (Quinoa!)

Quinoa is a pretty nifty whole food.

Technically speaking, quinoa is not a grain, although it looks, acts, tastes, feels, and behaves like one.  So if you are on a grain free diet … quinoa can find it’s way to your palate.

Quinoa is the seed of the Chenopodium or Goosefoot plant … and by the way, those leaves are edible.

Its frequently called a grain because it is used and cooked like one, and is often called an Ancient Grain and a Wholegrain. These terms can make it confusing, but trust me, it is not a grain. It is a gluten free […]

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Create a Paradigm Shift by Asking Questions

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Create a Paradigm Shift by Asking Questions

The one who asks questions doesn’t lose his way. ~ African Proverb

More than likely, you grew up thinking if you do the right things (went on a diet), you would have what you desired (a body weighing 120 pounds) and you would be the person you dreamed you’d become: (healthy, thin, happy, fun, loving, self-confident, empowered, etc).

Unfortunately, it is not a simple equation of do equals desired result. You are living proof that doing the so called right things don’t always lead to the coveted prize. Most of us work from a do-have-be mindset described in the first paragraph and […]

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Crispy Roasted Chickpeas

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Crispy Roasted Chickpeas

It wasn’t too long ago that I first realized that chickpeas were the same as garbanzos.  Don’t laugh!

Ok, go ahead and laugh … I did when I smacked myself on my head with a big DUH.

I grew up calling them garbanzo beans.  And my Mom was (still is) a BEAN FIEND.  This woman likes any and all beans, in any shape, style, form, recipe, whatever … if it has beans, she will eat it.

Now tell me how this woman has stayed close to 100 pounds all her life?  Why couldn’t I have inherited THOSE genes?  I digress.

Fortunately, my cravings never go […]

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2015 Word of the Year: Harvest

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2015 Word of the Year: Harvest

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest. ~ Orison Swett Marden

I don’t know about you, but for me, December usually means one thing … reflection.

It’s the time of year I tend to spend reviewing any progress I have made during the year starting with intentions I made way back in January.

I use the month to check in with myself.  Am I still heading toward my ultimate purpose, or do I need to adjust my rudder getting myself back on course.

For the past several years, I […]

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Cranberry Salsa

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Cranberry Salsa

Cranberries … they are usually only associated with holidays.  Sad really, because they are slightly divine.  Especially raw and not adulterated with all sorts of unknown sugars and processing that you find in a can of cranberry sauce.  ::giggle::

Here are some fun cranberry facts:

  • The cranberry is one of only a handful of major fruits native to North America.
  • Native Americans used cranberries to make a survival cake known as pemmican. They also used the fruit in poultices and dyes.
  • American recipes containing cranberries date from the early 18th Century.
  • During World War II, American troops required about one million pounds of dehydrated cranberries […]

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Sweet Potato Chips

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Sweet Potato Chips

Ah, the joys of sweet potatoes!

Let me share some facts with you:

Sweet potatoes are high in Beta Carotene and vitamins E and C.  They are a good source of fiber when eaten with the skin on.  They are an excellent source of copper, manganese, potassium, iron and vitamin B-6.

Sweet potatoes are a superfood and they taste great!  They go with almost anything; poultry, pork, beef, lamb or seafood.  They can also be substituted in virtually any recipe that calls for apples, squash or white potatoes.

Sweet Potatoes made the Clean 15, which means your potential exposure to toxins is […]

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Be the Captain of Your Own Ship

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Be the Captain of Your Own Ship

A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. ~ William G.T. Shedd

Sometimes it is wise to go with the flow.

The crux is it depends on which direction the flow is going.

While there are numerous examples of going with the flow, let’s consider the one involving our weight control journey. If we are going with the typical American diet flow, we are on our way to becoming obese, living a sedentary life, and then dying of either heart disease, cancer, diabetes or some sort of obesity associated illness.

Ask yourself if this is the result you are […]

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Blueberry Steel Cut Oats

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Blueberry Steel Cut Oats

There are so many out there that have sworn off all grains … I am not part of that movement.  ::giggle::

I think there is a place for some grains, and this world has some healthy cultures for the most part, and they survive on some grains like rice and oats … so this is for those peeps that are not strictly grainless.

However, just like with anything else … there is good and there is not so much.  Whole foods are usually always good.  So that is why when I recommend oats to a client, I recommend only steel cut oats.

Steel-cut […]

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