December 2011
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Over-stuffed and New Years Resolutions
Christmas at our house is always a whirlwind. When you have split custody you have to jam everything and everyone into a certain amount of time. So on Monday, as we were sitting at our third huge Christmas dinner I started to wonder. Why do we stuff our faces around the holiday?I get stuffing stockings, boxes and bags with presents, (who doesn’t?!) but why must we stuff our bellies?
We...
“I will not run away from life my whole life. I will try to really live. I will...”
– Enlightened
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Homemade Organic Salt Scrub
Since yesterday’s video post was so heavy (and eye-opening!) I thought I’d start today with a relaxing salt scrub.
Every time I go to the beach, they always have these coconut salt scrubs that are $25-30 a bottle. As good as they make my hands feel, I can never bring myself to spend that much on such a small bottle. So thanks (again) to Pinterest and Hobby Lobby, I found some...
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Powerful, Pain-relieving Foods
Last minute Holiday shopping crowds, traffic and parking giving you headaches? Fighting for the last “it gift” giving you back pain? On your feet for hours? Skip the drugs and reach in the fridge or pantry for some great, natural pain relievers.
1. Cherries Tart cherry extract is ten times more effective than aspirin at relieving inflammation. Only two tablespoons of the...
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Time to dehydrate!
Yes, you read that right. It’s time to dehydrate! I’ve been staring at dehydrators on Amazon and drooling over the big daddy, and even the recommended “starter” one. But I don’t know if raw is really something that I can stick with, so I want to experiment before I take the plunge.
After spending a few hours on the Internet, I found some solutions that I can’t...
Anonymous asked: I love this blog! Can you share some details about juicing wheatgrass? Is there anywhere you can buy it pre juiced and is it difficult to juice yourself? What do you use to juice it? Keep the awesome posts coming!
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Foodicidal
The suffix -cide literally means the act of killing. Pesticide. Suicide. Genocide. You get the picture. And it’s no secret that millions of Americans are obese. 72 million to be exact, and these people are passing it on to their kids. 1 in 5 children are overweight. This is the first generation EVER with a life expectancy less than their parents. All because it’s easier to run through...
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To veg or not to veg?
Before the big switch, baking was one of my favorite things to do with C. She is a choc-o-holic and loves making cakes, cupcakes, waffles, pancakes…basically anything that you can put a chocolate chip in. So when the email came out last Monday from her classroom mother asking for volunteers to bake for their Christmas party, I replied yes without a second thought. It wasn’t until I got...
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Chic Weekend Juice Fast
I came across this great site on Pinterest and it has a lot of great juicing recipes!
Here are some recipes that I found appealing. I also took it a step further and made a menu plan and grocery list if you wanted to try a chic weekend juice fast. Please keep in mind that I’m not a doctor or registered dietitian - I only formulated this plan based on my personal knowledge and well-being...
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Round 2 - Edamame "Hummus" Edition & Veggie...
I’ll go ahead and start with this little gem and let you know I did it! I finally made edible edamame “hummus.” I use the term hummus loosely because it’s actually a soy bean pureed with other ingredients. Hummus is always made with chick peas. So, interesting educational fact, this isn’t technically hummus but it’s delicious with multi-seed crackers all the...
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Year in health/Official Weigh-in #1
On July 6th I had the hysterectomy.
On November 8th, I was diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis. (Trigger foods in the list.)
On November 29th I discovered that you are what you eat. (Secretly I knew it all along, but faced it head on.) And got my juicer!
On November 30th I started juicing and experimenting with vegan recipes.
Today, 1 week later, on December 7th I’m down ten pounds (10...
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Snack Attack
When I got home from work last night, I wasn’t too hungry but knew I needed to eat something. I also knew that I had a lot in the DVR to catch up on. Enter the snack dinner. My first thought was popcorn, but it just didn’t seem fresh or green enough. So I took a stab at making kale chips, and they were exactly what I needed! A little salty. A little crispy. But had a lot more nutrients...
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So fresh and so clean, clean!
Again, I thought I posted this on Saturday but it didn’t publish (I guess something is wrong with my Tumblr app…hmm)
Anyway, Saturday morning I woke up early to get to the fresh market when it opened. I’ve experienced the high price of organic produce in the grocery store and read that there’s nothing cleaner and cheaper than local produce. I expected a crowd, but to my...
Lean, green juicing machine
At least that’s what I hope to become. I get a little better with every green concoction that I make. So far this is my favorite:
2 cucumbers
4-5 stalks celery
3-4 stalks kale (loose kale, as pictured above, will fly out of your juicer onto EVERYTHING…just FYI)
1” piece ginger root
2 big broccoli stems
wheatgrass (real wheatgrass is better but freeze-dried will do in a...
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Eggplant Parmesan
I thought I posted this on Friday when I actually made it, but apparently it didn’t save so I’m re-posting. : )
On Friday night I made my first all-organic, gluten-free, vegan dinner. While that may be a mouthful to say, the results were a surprising mouthful of flavor! I honestly thought this was going to be like every other diet when you feel like your eating grass and...
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Recipe Research
So the past week or so I’ve made several purchases, started experimenting in the kitchen, and reintroduced myself to the perimeter of the grocery store. Several grocery stores. I’m also learning new words/products like Tempeh (a soy product from Indonesia that is a great source of protein), Seitan (meaning wheat gluten, is an Asian protein source with the consistency of ground beef or...
