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Eating Healthy & Having Your Pizza, Too!
Feb 16th
Yum! Plunge into a delicious healthy pizza!
After writing about our awesome homemade pizza I got a request for the recipe, so here it is.
Once we made the commitment to eat a truly vegetarian diet we ran into one huge problem. No pizza! This was because some cheeses are processed with cheese cultures that are derived from cow stomach linings. We went for months without any pizza. Not life threatening, for sure, but we really enjoy an occasional pizza and wanted to find a way to enjoy it vegetarian style.
We thought the biggest problem was in preparing a crust. Knowing that More >
More On Living It
Feb 7th
One thing I’ve discovered through years of working as an alternative health practitioner, it is easier to change a person’s religion than their diet. You may find that an amazing statement, especially if you’re a very religious person, but I’ve found this to be true.
Every gathering we have is centered on food. Most of the food has tradition behind it. Do you always have turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dinner? How would you feel if you have rice and beans with a slice of homemade bread with butter on it? Would you More >
More Bad News On The Food Front
Jan 24th
One of the things I like to keep my readers up to date on is what diet research is showing. Well, this past week I was perusing Dr. Oz’s site and he had an article on the four most addictive foods. I figured sugar would be there, but the other three surprised me. The dastardly four are sugar (no surprise), chocolate (a little surprise), meat (big surprise), and cheese (the biggest surprise).
Was shocked to find that cheese is one of the most addictive foods.
What research is showing is that these four foods either directly have dopamine in them or they More >
A New Healthy Lifestyle
Jan 3rd
A good healthy diet is just one of the keys to permanent weight loss and better overall health.
Every year tens of thousands of people resolve to lose weight, but do they? Not many lose anything significant and keep it off. I saw a poll on CNN this morning asking people if they planned to lose weight in 2012. Wow, I just went back to check the figure and it is already down, however, it was either 73 or 76% of people replied in the affirmative. That means that approximately 75% of the public should lose weight this year. But will More >
Focus Food: Winter Squash Part 1
Dec 16th
Winter squash are a great staple for the winter months. They’ll store almost indefinitely in a cool, dark space , and are very versatile. You can use them as a main dish, in baked goods like cookies and pies, for soups, and for pies. There are probably some uses I haven’t even thought of. Not only that there is such a variety in taste that you can fix them savory or sweet.
Today I’m going to focus on one of the sweeter ones – Delicata. Next entry I’ll give you a savory recipe.
The Delicata squash is one of my favorites. They More >
Keeping It Healthy Through The Holidays
Dec 6th
Healthy foods are easier to find at parties these days.
During the holidays it’s a great temptations to fall off the bandwagon and try to make it up in the new year. However, with just a little bit of planning you can enjoy your holiday feasting without dismay when you step on the scale on January 1st.
- Eat a little something about 20 minutes before you’re scheduled to arrive at the party. It takes 20 minutes for our stomach to signal our brain that we’ve eaten. This will trick your brain into thinking you’ve eaten a meal and you won’t be as hungry.
- Don’t More >
Keeping The Holidays Healthy and Raw
Nov 29th
Changing traditional holiday foods can be hard. Start some new ones with healthy raw treats.
Christmas is a time when we think of family get-togethers, memories and traditional treats and meals. With many of the traditional ingredients: white sugar and flour, dairy products, trans and saturated fats, and refined carbs, on the “no-no” list you may be wondering what you’ll eat this holiday season. We don’t want our families to feel deprived of the traditional treats they’ve come to associate with the holidays, yet we want to provide healthier choices.
You might want to try some raw food desserts and see how More >
Food Popularity And Price
Nov 25th
Pomegranates, once a shunned food, now a fad.
Over the past few years I’ve found some of my favorite foods skyrocketing in price. The reason? They’ve been found to have high nutritional values, especially when it comes to antioxidants. Let’s see… pomegranates. You know those weird fruits that you used to have at Christmas that hardly anyone knew what to do with, so they would just sit around until they shriveled up. Well, I’ve eaten and enjoyed them since I was a kid. A few years back you could get a really, really nice pomegranate for 99 cents. Now, on sale More >
Rant: White Sugar
Nov 1st
Sugar from sugar cane is sometimes whitened with bone char, dead animal bones!
Recently I became aware that some white sugar (made from sugar cane) is run through a charcoal filter. However, it isn’t necessarily vegetarian. They take animal bones throw them in a fire and use the leftovers for what is called bone char. YUCK! I’ve decided not to eat anything with white sugar in it, because I don’t know if some poor animal had to die to make it white (beet sugar is naturally white).
Where did we ever get the idea that white sugar is better? This is certainly More >
Toxic Food – Part 1
Oct 28th
For many years I’ve known that many foods people are eating are unhealthy and some dangerous. Most of the information I got was from fringe groups, but now it’s becoming mainstream. I’m going to include sites and videos that I think are worth taking a look at.
The first is a YouTube clip that has a lot of interesting information, that is backed up by documentation. Often times web sites and videos are just people getting up there and ranting, without anything to back their claims up. They say there are hidden documents, but somehow they got a hold of the More >