Recipes
Creamy Potato Salad
Most of my life I never like potato salad because of the commercial mayonnaise used even in home made salads. First the commercial mayonnaise creates in me nausea and secondly I know from reading the label that those are not the things I want in my body.
Another thing is that I never liked about potato salads is that you do have to eat lots of other vegetables with tit to get the right balance of carbs (not too many).
Here is my version which is creamy, filled with lots of vegetables, yummy and healthy without the chemical additives.
Ingredients:
3 potatoes (cooked and diced)
2 stalks of celery or 1/2 green pepper (finely chopped)
1 carrot, chopped
Chives or chopped green onions to taste
Hand full of fresh parsley or dill weed
1/2 cup Nayonaise (from health store) OR Yogurt Dip
3 tsp mustard
3 tsp lemon juice
Directions:
1. Once sliced keep aside as well as some parsley.
2. Mix Nayonnaise or Yogurt Dip, mustard and lemon juice together to make the dressing.
3. Mix all ingredients together with dressing.
4. Decorate the top with parsley.
Avocado Vegetable Dip
There are so many dips available to buy at the grocery store but this is much more healthy, fresh, and tasty.
Ingredients:
1 ripe avocado, peeled & pitted
1 tsp. onion, finely minced
1 stalk of celery, finely chopped
1 – 2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tomato, chopped
Nori & Dsulse seaweed flakes to taste
Directions:
1. Mash avocado.
2. Add onion, celery and lemon juice and mix in well.
3. Gently mix in chopped tomato.
4. Serve with corn chips or slices of vegetables.
Almond Milk: Healthy Dairy Free Alternative
Almond milk is an ingredient common in Medieval European recipes, particularly in Lenten dishes (milk, eggs, and meat broth all being forbidden in Lent).
The recipe below is my basic quick one.
Ingredients:
- 1 Cup Almonds
- Water
- Few drops of Sunny Dew (Stevia) Read the rest of this entry »
SPROUTING NUTS & SEEDS
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5 Benefits of Nuts and Seeds:
- Best plant sources of protein.
- Filled with heart healthy fat.
- High Energy foods.
- Powerful Minerals.
- Needed Vitamins.
Raw nuts or seeds can have a bitter taste; this is due to enzyme inhibitors. These inhibitors can affect the digestion of the nuts and seeds. Soaking or roasting the nuts and seeds remove the enzyme inhibitors.
The high heat from roasting will remove the enzyme inhibitors but will destroy many of the nutrients. Soaking them will keep them more nutritious and bring out the natural sweet flavor of the nuts and seeds.
The enzyme inhibitors are washed away when the nuts and seed are soaked; also the digestion of the of the proteins and carbohydrates begins. Bonus is that the soaking removes 30% of the oil content making nuts and seeds easier on the liver and digestion and of course less calories.
They are not actually sprouted just soaked (3 to 12 hours) which starts the process of sprouting process. Best not to soak for more then the recommended time as as the sweetness leaves them.
Directions on How to Sprout Nuts & Seeds:
Power Spinach Salad
This is very simple and tasty salad is full of powerfoods ; everyone I have served it to enjoys it very much.
Ingredients:
1 pound fresh spinach
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 cup olive oil
few drops of stevia
Tamari or Braggs to taste
1 avocado, diced
1/4 cup chopped walnuts, roasted till golden
2 mandarin orange sections
Directions:
1. Wash and trim spinach; pat dry with paper towels.
2. Combine lemon juice, oil, stevia and Tamari or Braggs in large bowl; add avocado cubes, coating well with the dressing.
3. Toss spinach and walnuts with avocado and dressing.
4. Add mandarin orange sections and toss spinach salad again.
White Bean and Asparagus Stew
A Revolutionary Simple Approach To Healthy Eating
