Couscous with Roasted Chickpeas is a delcious, simple and healthy way to boost your protein, antioxidants, and overall nutrition. This recipe can be as versatile as you want it to be–add roasted carrots and bell peppers, for more flavor and color, or add chopped nuts for omegas, crunch, and texture. Couscous is named after the cooking pot
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Sweet Potato Pizza Crust is a fun way to boost your nutrition, vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants while enjoying a family favorite–PIZZA! Sweet potatoes are loaded with nutrition. Just one cup will provide you with vitamin A, vitamin C, B vitamins: 2,3, 5, 6, 11, copper, potassium and fiber. Delicious, filing, and versatile, I use sweet potatoes as
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We all love to pour gravy over the top of our potatoes, vegetables, and rice right? My dad was raised to love gravy on home-made bread and biscuits–it’s a farm thing. This trick for me is: I don’t like traditional gravy. So I have played with many different recipes and tried different ways to create a gravy that
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The cool, fall weather + Pumpkin = need for a warming and delicious soup. The pumpkin gives this soup a sweet, creamy and beautiful color. Plus it’s loaded with the specific antioxidants your body needs to boost your immune system over the long, cold, winter months. You can substitute the pumpkin for any squash–butternut squash works great
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Healthy Food Swaps for Hormone Balance and Healthy Aging Learning to make healthy food swaps is an important part of your wellness and lifestyle plan. And being healthy isnt about avoid everything that tastes good–like your favorite treats. It’s simply learning to make the food you love healthier for you. For example, it’s simple to make your
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Lentil Soup with Avocado Lentils are a great source of protein, omegas, and fiber. Adding lentils to any soup will boost the nutrition substantially. They are easy to cook and delicious! This simple soup boasts 64 grams of protein in the pot. It makes 4-6 servings. If serving 4, each serving has approximately 16 grams of protein.
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Sweet Corn Summer Salad I love summer corn–especially sweet corn. This is a fun summer salad to share with family and friends. It takes less than 30 minutes to make, and is consumed even faster! I spent a few summers picking corn from my friend’s gradfather’s corn field. At the end of the day, he would pay
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Avocado Cucumber Soup Avocados are a natural source of healthy omega fatty acids, essential for brain and heart health. And cucumbers are great for cleansing, detoxification and beautifying the skin. Add them together in a meal, and it’s a delicious way to nourish your body. Ingredients: 3 cups water 2 avocados 1 green bell pepper 1
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Carrot Curry Soup Soups are a delcious and fun way to rehydrate in the summer months. Served warm or chilled, they are also a great way to use vegetables from your garden. Carrots are packed with minerals. They are also rich in beta-carotene which the liver converts in to vitamin A–necessary for night vision, and reduced the risk
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Chile Paste with Garlic: This is a delicious paste that can be added to sauces or marinades to boost the “heat”, texture and flavor. I love to add 1-2 tsp to my marinades when grilling vegetables. It is especially delcious with grilled beans, zucchini, squash, or onions. Caution: Use rubber gloves when preparing this recipe and handling
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