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Looks like tuna! Does not taste like chicken! This is a super yummy alternative to the old mercury and dairy filled tuna salad of yore. Oh yes, I admit I had tuna once a week, from a can, most of my life. I shudder to think about that fact! A happy childhood memory is of my father buying me a big tuna sub from a local deli whenever I had a school trip. (My mom did not do lunch.) We are talki
Beet Carrot Apple Kale Juice3 leaves curly red kale - stems removed1 small red beet - skin removed1 large cucumber1/2 lemon2 Granny Smith apples1 carrot3 - 4 stalks of celery Turmeric sprinkleA brilliant blend of juices from colorful fruits and vegetables. No worries newbies...beets, carrots, and apples are sweet, and you will not taste the kale at all.Prepare your organic produce
This exotic Pitaya fruit which is grown in South America and many Asian countries is definitely the most gorgeous fruit I have ever seen for sale at our local grocery store. My eye always goes straight to this glowing beauty. A member of the night blooming cactus family, this shocking hot pink fruit always stands out when sitting in the fruit bins at Wegmans. Although the insides of Dragon Fruit c
Things have been hectic around the castle lately, and will continue that way for a few more weeks. Hubby has upcoming hernia surgery, and has really been feeling the negative effects from the problem. So I have been going to all his gigs to help move the equipment, and drive him around. I don't have much time to devote to creating posts right now. In my spare time I have been cleaning up and reorg
This is bliss! Oh yes! Sweet potato along with the divine taste of a balsamic vinegar reduction sauce! We are transported! I cannot think of a better dessert to have with dinner! Yes you can create restaurant style balsamic vinegar reduction in your own kitchen, and then have it on hand to use for future meals. All you need along with the main ingredient is time and patience. If you have those, th
Wow! I was following the crumb trail from the movie "May I Be Frank" and ended up at this little gem of a video seen above. It was a few employees and the owner of 'Cafe Gratitude' that helped inspire addictive personality Frank Ferrante get himself on the road to wellness. In order to facilitate Frank facing himself on many personal levels including food, a creative mix of techniques was used ov
Did you watch the video above? So how did you like that piece of information? Lots-o-cheese got shoved into our lives for a different reason than you thought. Put's a new spin on why some of the processed foods are lurking on your supermarket shelves. There are many curious stories surrounding the sick sad world of modern industrialized food. If you start to watch food documentaries, and read a f
Gardening is a subversive activity! Take the power back over your health, and your money, by growing your own food. Say no to bottles, boxes, and cans! Dig in, and create your food freedom! Let's lower the toxic effects of the industrial food model on our bodies and grow our own. Live in the city? You could get involved in local community growing groups and take back those wasted vacant city lots.
Since I changed the foods I eat to organic whole foods and not processed foods as much as possible, when people come over to our house they want to look in my fridge! Kinda funny! So what exactly 'IS' in my fridge? Lots of plants, nuts, and seeds of course! Yes, I have other stuff in the refrigerator too! So let's find out what is in the Queen's refrigerator, and freezer today! Inquiring minds wan
I feel like a ditz today, although my husband said I sounded like a normal intelligent person last night. Last night a mutual friend passed his phone to Dr Joel Fuhrman so we could have a quick chat! OMG OMG OMG! I knew this phone call was a possibility if they both had time during a recent trip out west, so I had a couple of questions in my head all ready to go. Did I ask those questions? No. Why
Fresh, sweet and green! It's a bright glass of sunshine! Organic celery mixes well with any vegetable juice combination that you may create. This healthy fresh home made juice has celery as the star of the show for a change! Along with a whole lemon, cucumber, and two green apples, the taste of this green celery juice is light and sweet. Certainly a great substitute for your sweet drinks of
Sounds a little like the old Dr. Suess title! A question for those cats sitting on the fence about beginning your transition to a plant based lifestyle... how does this very berry berry smoothie look? Does it look scary? Does it look hard to do? Now doesn't it look delish? Well it is! You cannot even see all the greens and super foods hiding in there! Oh they are in there, ready to help your body
This has to be one of the best 'transition meals' you could create, especially for a partner who is 'not that into' changing up their food patterns! Notice that it looks completely like the meals you and your grandparents grew up enjoying! For this amazing tasting dinner we are using the wonderful cancer fighting foods mushroom and onions. So goodness abounds in this fool the eye recreation of com
Hellooooo! So here we are, another day, another salad. Yes, it's another in my 'eat a salad' reminder series. Why? Well one of the secrets to getting healthier is.... to eat salads everyday. So Simple. I would love for you to make a habit of living 'la Vida Salad' every single day. Lunch, dinner, or both. If you add to that your morning smoothie, which is a liquid salad, then that's three a
Time for King Kale! The highest on the nutrient density scale, Kale is a great green to keep in your healthy greens rotation. So gather together your organic ingredients, and super foods to create a nutrient dense morning treat! C'mon Let's Rock The Kale!Kale Kiwi Smoothie2 - 3 kale leaves2 kiwissmall bunch of pea sprouts1 cup coconut water1 tsp chia seeds2 Tbs flax powder1 Tb hemp seeds1/2 tsp un
During the winter months you may see these cute and colorful bright orange fruits in the produce area of your market. These are fuyu persimmons, and they are super sweet little buggers, or actually berries! If you never had one, believe me you will enjoy the taste of these pretty little things! I was originally advised to wait until they turned like jelly before eating, but that was not true for t
Aren't the colors on the plate are amazing?!! Just gorgeous!!! Truly a rainbow of goodness! While having your game day snacks, why not try to have a few parts of the meal fill you up with good nutrition too! This vegan taco was our dinner a few nights ago, and it was not only delish, it was very filling. Plus... it just happens to be purple too! So some of the folks, might enjoy some game foo
To keep with your plan of eating healthy everyday you have to make salad King...or Queen as we say around the castle. Greens in your smoothies, greens in your juices, a rainbow of fresh raw veggie color and texture in your salads, and on your plate. Salads for lunch, and salads for dinner. The more you become plant based, the closer you will be to reducing or reversing disease within the body. Eat
Powdered peanut butter? Never heard of such a thing. Whaaaaat??? What is up with this "Stuff?" No ooey-gooey-oily-glop? My husband Ben has now decided to transition from regularly eating lunch meats to other more nutritional choices! I am of course very happy about that endeavor, and glad to see him go to the next level with his healthy food. He just ran out of the organic peanut butter tha
Mmmmmmm this is my favorite way to make salsa that has some good nutrition in it too. It can happen. Yes, you can make your own salsa from scratch, but this recipe involves using a jar of Organic Salsa. That is the quick part. The following amounts of the ingredients are approximate, and you can adjust to your individual taste, and to the amount of salsa you are making. I just want to give you the
Shortly after watching a Ted Talk video a few months ago, I decided to start taking Host Defense TURKEY TAIL MUSHROOM capsules. The Turkey Tail is a predominant mushroom found in woodlands around the world, and it seems some of the best help for medical problems could be right under our feet, or growing on a nearby log! In a breast cancer clinical study by NIH (National Institute Of Health), they
Juuuuuuuuuiccccccce! When everyone around you at work is getting sick, that's a big reminder to keep up with downing your awesome green juices everyday! Tell yourself that it's time for a screaming green meanie! Make something just like this juice, it tastes good, but has that dark green kick to it! Juicing fresh organic produce makes for a great green elixir of health! The celery, apple, lemon, a
This is a story about carrots. Lots-o-carrots! I had planned on making some type of vegetable soup, as I had a box of low sodium vegetable starter broth. You know just a quickie soup pot to warm up a cold winter's day. Well this turned into a production, but it was so worth it in the end. In gathering the usual mirepoix ingredients (celery, carrots, and onions) I was looking over my current pile o
As promised I am starting my little series on how I organize foods for my healthy lifestyle. This is how I deal with getting my superfoods together for morning smoothies! I am a zombie in the morning, and I need all the help I can get! Since green smoothies are the quick answer to making a healthy breakfast to go, let's help you make it even quicker! Instead of going to four different places
Let's start the year off with something yummy, and very berry good for you!!!! Pear is sweet without being overly sugary, and if you don't like bananas in your smoothies, you can just substitute another pear. I always loved pear baby food, and perhaps like me, you can just think of this smoothie as a superfood power packed version of that tiny treat, only super-sized...for real! Pear adds wonderfu
I wanted to let you know I wrote a post just for you, over at my other blog "The Painting Queen." So go take a quick visit over there for the Digital Holiday Card I made to share with my friends, family and followers!
While you are out and about this weekend enjoying friend and family's seasonal buffets, don't forget to eat your greens! Now that's the mom in me talking! haha! Really, if you are craving something sweet just add some fruit or berries to your salad greens. Simply by adding pomegranate seeds, you create a colorful, delicious, cancer fighting, holiday dish! This salad is so gosh darn easy, I wonder
One Year Later: A happy healthy me!It has been over a year since I started my transition to a plant based lifestyle. Looking back I can say making these changes in my food choices was very easy, rather fun, and life saving! Yes it's life changing stuff! Before this my life had become miserable, because most of my body systems were shutting down. I am too young for that stuff baby! So with the supp
Fully Raw Kristina just posted this gorgeous colorful fruit Christmas tree video. This would be perfect for your holiday table and your belly! So great to find new inspiration to help us change our old patterns of eating. Holidays can be such difficult times for people to make the best choices. Especially when food is so associated with time honored memories. For our own good health, and that of
Even as the cold weather starts creeping into our area of the world, we are fortunate to still have access to organic tropical fruits. Don't limit eating these fantastic tropical fruits to just the summer months. Take advantage of the almighty goodness of these fruits, and add them to your daily life. Here is today's special mega-tropical fruit treat!Happy Tropical Fruit Smoothie1/3 fresh organic
The latest smear campaign by Big Ag is to call everyday people who want to be healthy..."elitist." I would not be surprised if Big Pharma and the "sickness industry" was behind this push too. After all, they need everyone to get sick and diseased to keep filling their coffers too. The propaganda minions are now very hard at work trying to convince the American public that organic foods are j
I just watched a new video by John Kohler of OK Raw. I really think John did a great overview on what supplements one may consider adding to their healthy fresh whole food diet, so I want to immediately share this video with you! I have to say that I totally agree with John's viewpoint of first getting what your body needs from fresh nutrient dense organic fruits and vegetables, and especially by
Keeping it simple can be best, so here is a tasty green juice that is quite easy for beginners to handle. This juice tastes light and sweet, and is packed full of micro-nutrients! Impress your friends and neighbors with your highfalutin green style too! Everyone is always drinking their green juice out of a mason jar! Why not go one step beyondo! Serve yours in a funky fun Red Nek champagne flute!
To further our quest to try new foods, that crazy Romanesco had to be on the list! Look at that amazing veggie! With all those beautiful bright green swirling fractal shapes Romanesco looks like it came from an alien planet! Lucky for us, you can get it in many markets these days, so be brave and try something way cool!During my second attempt at making a soup from this broccoli/cauliflower mix of
I just found this cool book called "Funny Food" filled with 365 creative ideas for making kid's food plates fun! I think it is simply wonderful. Created by Bill Wurtzel, and his wife Claire, to help inspire you to get downright silly! Making the food look this way actually works at getting kids to eat their food too. You know, you could even make these dishes to surprise your spouse in the morning
As I write this post, the big hurricane named Sandy, is supposed to hit our area of the world. The town we just moved to was out of power for over a week the last time a big storm hit. So in preparation for that possibility, I decided to use some items in the freezer now, just in case the food goes bad from no power in the next day or so. That is why I am calling this hurricane stew! Hey! Maybe it
During the beginning phases of transitioning out of the standard American diet, one quickly thinks about those old comfort foods like pasta. What are you going to use instead? Yes it is true that we now mostly use spaghetti squash, as this is the best option for health. Though in reality sometimes you are low on your main meal veggies because tomorrow is food market day. So you look in your cupboa
One of the best reasons to decide you are going to improve the way you eat... is because you want to live your life to its fullest potential. You want to have fun! You want to experience all that you can! You choose health! You choose to be vibrant and loving! You choose a bright energetic body. You are starting to juice everyday!Changing up your food choices, and adding more fruits and vegetable
Sorry I have not been posting lately, this is due to hubby and myself moving to a new cottage under some beautiful trees. Moving takes so much focus and energy to get through! Ugh! to this grueling moving and packing all our stuff process! I always think of George Carlin. This is actually the first time I have been on the computer in over two weeks. I needed to do something different than unpack b
This is a big glass of self love! Full of cancer fighting goodness! We are stepping up the juicing around the castle, and this tall glass of fresh juice is the 'Afternoon Special.' A fresh juice that was amazingly delicious, considering how much cruciferous vegetables I added to the mix. Normally a thyroid patient would not add so much of these veggies to fresh juice, but I have no choice now. I a
We like to mix it up within our big food adventure, and occasionally we try some exotic to us, fruits and vegetables. Living where we do, certainly no cactus plants grow outside in this part of the world! Since we have never seen cactus pears in the wild, we definitely said, "what's that?" when saw them in a food store last weekend. We immediately decided to give the strange looking fruits a try,
For those folks in transition that still enjoy eating meat, a healthier alternative to beef is Bison. Also known as American Buffalo, grass fed Bison is leaner, so the total fat, cholesterol and calories are lower than a beef burger. You can view a chart of the nutritional differences between meats here, where you can see Bison has higher iron and B-12 values than other meats, with the exception o
Can we have hummus all day? I would! Let's make some for dinner! Just remember to soak your dried garbanzo beans the night before, or if you forgot then use canned garbanzos.Whip up in the food processor, my Baba Ghanoush style hummus with eggplant. Go chop fresh tomato, cucumber, yellow peppers, dragon beans, onion and cashews. Really just chop up whatever variety of fresh veggies from your
Mmmm morning goodness! This delicious smoothie came into being after I soaked some raw almonds overnight in water. This gets the enzymes going to make these nuts more nutritious. I feel it also softens and sweetens them too. Nutty Almond Super Smoothie6-8 oz of Coconut water2 handfuls of soaked raw almonds small handful parsleysmall handful pea shootssmall handful dandelion greens3 Roma
Look at this crazy apple! This is our first experience with the elusive Pink Pearl Apple. Our local natural foods market only gets these apples in the store one week a year. So of course we had to try them! So unique! So psychedelic! So deliciously beautiful! The young man at the Juice Bar asked us if we tried them yet, and then he heartily recommended that we purchase some right away. So yes
My daughter gave me 3 large fresh garden tomatoes today. Sadly, they were from the end of her garden's tomato making efforts. Weather has not been kind to the tomato crop this year. I had been wanting to make a cold gazpacho soup, and thought I had plenty of time left in the tomato growing season. Apparently not, so tonight I decided to blend up this soup. I also had fresh cucumber, zucchini, garl
Crazy how we grow up assuming certain things about food, simply born out of habit. Peel a banana, eat it, and throw the peel away. At least that's how most of us raised in the U.S. think of banana eating. I recently learned other cultures also eat the Banana peel, cooked by frying or boiling, and sometimes eaten raw. Our animal primate friends don't peel the banana either, they eat the entire frui
Jeffrey Smith of the 'Institute For Responsible Technology' has created a new movie based on the subject matter of his book "Genetic Roulette." The issue covered is of course his passion, the dangerous proliferation of GMO's (Genetically Modified Organisms) into the food of our society, and the world. GMO's were added to the food chain without our knowledge or consent. The war chemical comp
So what "IS" the best way to prevent death? Wouldn't you want to know the answer to that question? Everyone who wonders about such things, should watch this video! Because the food you choose to eat everyday is going to affect more things in your life than you may realize! This is information you can use!This is one of the most informative talks you will ever view. It is given by Michael Greger,
First up, is a book I picked up recently at a women's center library. I will definitely buy this one. Even if it's just to keep in the bathroom so 'visitors' will read it's easy to follow advice! It's called "Eat This and Live! - How to make simple food choices," written by Dr. Don Colbert. It is laid out like a colorful magazine article with bright graphics and photos. Each page is overflowing wi
