Add some veg variety! Here are a few tips and variations:
1- Try fresh garlic
2- Invest in an oil mister bottle! Much cleaner and fresher oil than the commercial oil sprays
3- Use parchment paper for an easy clean up
4- Bake, broil or grill until just tender
5- Skip the tough, thick stems!
6- Sprinkle with just a touch of (Organic) Parmesan/Romano, IF you’re doing dairy. YUMMM!
I hadn’t had fries for so long, I almost forgot how yummy they were. ….and these are EVEN better!
Sweet potatoes
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Chili powder
Cayenne
Sea salt
1- Scrub and slice sweet potatoes into desired sized strips or wedges.
2- Mist/Spray lightly with olive oil and sprinkle lightly (or heavily!) with each of the spices to desired spicy-ness.
3- Bake at 450- 25-ish minutes or until tender, stirring or flipping the fries halfway through bake time.
Enjoy!
These cookies were a favorite growing up! Here’s a healthier version, with just a few little tweaks.
7 Tbsp raw honey
4 Tbsp butter*
4 Tbsp coconut oil
2/3 c peanut butter (or almond butter)
½ c unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ tsp vanilla
Dash salt
3 c rolled old-fashioned oats
– Melt honey, butter and coconut oil together in double boiler over medium heat.
– Remove from heat and stir in cocoa, peanut butter, salt and vanilla until smooth.
– Stir in oats.
– Line cookie sheets with waxed or parchment paper and drop by spoonfuls into cookies.
– Chill or freeze until set.
Makes about 21
*use all coconut oil for Dairy Free, but be sure to keep well-chilled or frozen to keep cookies from “melting.”
Oh so DELICIOUS!
Spaghetti squash, baked and seeded
Ground turkey breast (white/lean), browned
Sautéed mushrooms and onions
Marinara sauce or sun dried tomatoes in olive oil
Parmesan cheese, grated*
Bake squash (and poke with a knife, like baking a potato) for about 1 hr at 350°, until tender. Slice open and “seed” (like a pumpkin). With a fork, separate out spaghetti squash “noodles.” Top with turkey, mushrooms, onions, heated tomatoes/marinara, and sprinkle with cheese. YUMMY!
*Omit for Dairy Free (DF).
Instead of the “doing without” Resolutions for 2016 (which usually are short-lived!), make this the year where “die-ting” stops and living starts. Make your focus about what your body needs to feel good physically, emotionally and spiritually. When these areas of life are in balance, you can truly enjoy and live your life to the fullest, experiencing radiant living. Get ready for 10 DO-ABLE whole-body health and nutrition tips to help you feel and look better in 2016 for your best year yet!
Choose to give your body the building blocks it needs for life and health. Focus on ADDING IN nutrient dense foods in their natural, (unprocessed) state, to help build, strengthen, energize and heal the body. As you consistently ADD IN real food, it becomes a lifestyle, easily pushing out and eliminating the lifeless, empty-calorie foods that have little-to-no value (and even deplete the body’s immune and energy systems and add on ‘fluff”). This makes “die-ting” a thing of the past! You’ll feel better (and probably younger!), drop extra weight even have more energy…in as early as 2-3 days.* You’ll get to enjoy freedom with these new, delicious and healthier options and the beauty and satisfaction that only comes from flavor-packed foods in their real state … lots of fresh, green leafy, colorful veggies & fruit, nuts & seeds, good oils (omega 3s, coconut & olive oils, avocado), beans, whole grains, and even some lean, quality (antibiotic & hormone free) protein. ADD IN herbs and spices loaded with flavor and extra antioxidant and healing properties. The possibilities are truly endless! While the cost may be a little higher up front (in planning, prepping and $$ compared to packaged food), it’s easier to “maintain” health than to “regain” it. Don’t worry…it gets easier as you find and set your new routine. Make the investment now and enjoy good health for a lifetime! Check out Innocent Indulgence on Pinterest for a few ideas.
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The little orange beauties are just bursting with possibilities to help you take care of your health! They are more than décor and seasonal desserts. They have the potential to change every meal into something not only delicious, but festive and loaded w
ith benefits:
Try some of these pumpkin meal ideas:
Breakfast: Pumpkin Breakfast Hash, Pumpkin Pancakes Pumpkin Muffins
Lunch: Pumpkin Pasta Sauce, Roasted Pumpkin Chili or Salad
Dinner: Pumpkin Soup, Pumpkin Ravioli, Stuffed Pumpkins
Written with Lauren, Arizona State University Nutrition Intern
