Healthier you, greener planet
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A homemade tahini recipe is not at all complicated. Just put some sesame seeds in a high-quality food processor, whirl it until smooth and spreadable, and voila! It’s as easy as that. Or, is it? Well, it could be. If you like the bitter taste of store-bought tahini. But I don’t. Until a couple years [...]
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The other day, we had ice cream for breakfast. Seriously. Of course, it wasn’t the run-of-the-mill grocery store frozen sugar-laden stuff. It was raw ice cream, made from young coconuts. I based it on the recipe in Natalia Rose’s book, The Raw Food Detox Diet, but decided to modify it. The original recipe calls for [...]
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Dessert? Healthy?! Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as healthy dessert recipes. Following are several summer dessert recipes that not only taste great, but are packed with nutrition and help cool you off! Meal Replacement Shake Smoothie Serves one. 1 scoop meal replacement shake powder 1 cup water 1 cup frozen bananas, berries, or [...]
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The nutrients in eggs are varied and plentiful. That combined with their low cost should make them a winner with frugal cooks around the globe. However, during the past couple of decades, the greatness of eggs has been clouded. Mainly, it was because of the misinformation that dietary cholesterol leads to high blood cholesterol (which [...]
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My husband will be happy. I bought some crimini mushrooms today, for the first time in a long time. I haven’t been because, frankly, they cost extra dinero. Since our food bill is already going through the roof with the addition of another eater in the house, I thought, do we really need them? One [...]
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Vegetable soup recipes can get a bit dull sometimes. But I recently created a recipe for a vegetable soup that both my husband and I found quite tasty, if I do say so myself. I don’t often invent recipes, but the several zucchini and yellow squash I received from my last food co-op pick-up, an [...]
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Egg nog often gets a bad rap these days. “Be careful what you drink,” the health “experts” caution, “raw eggs might give you salmonella.” (Um, a 1 in 30,000 chance, by the way.) In my opinion, the the super-thick, super-rich concoction in cartons–which, of course, contain only heated egg yolks–carries much higher health risks than [...]
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My husband loves cheesecake. As such, that is his ongoing birthday dessert request. As The Crunchy Coach, however, I feel obligated to make sure even special desserts are as healthy as possible. But a healthy cheesecake? One made without refined sugar and chemical preservatives, and made with organic cheese…is there such a creature? I have [...]
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Last Tasty Tuesday, I introduced you to what I believe to be the healthiest bread in the world. I listed four reasons for my belief: I make mine with kamut berries. I sprout and dehydrate the berries, then grind them myself. It contains the nutrition powerhouse known as raw milk kefir (no sourdough starter required!). [...]
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Well, if it’s not THE healthiest bread in the world, it’s got to come close! I’m talking about the sourdough bread I bake every couple weeks. Why do I think it’s the healthiest? Four reasons: I make mine with kamut berries. I sprout and dehydrate the berries, then grind them myself. It contains the nutrition [...]
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