Try this super easy and tasty recipe for in your lunch box or anytime! ½ cup plain yogurt 4 teaspoon Dijon style mustard Dash of pepper 2 Tablespoons orange juice 1 cup cooked green beans 5 ounces chicken, turkey, ham, or even tuna ½ cup shredded carrots 2 Tablespoons sliced green onion For dressing, mix yogurt, Dijon mustard, pepper, and the orange juice. Add green beans, carrots, … [Read more...]
Are You A Sugar Addict?
Tired all the time? Grumpy and can’t shake the blahs? Do you have trouble losing weight? Do you walk around in a fog? What about digestive issues? Constantly battling a stuffy nose? Major health issues like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and auto-immune diseases are dramatic examples of how sugar can wreak havoc in your life. There are less dramatic ways sugar affects our bodies before we … [Read more...]
The Healthy Kitchen
It all starts here. Nutrition is not half the battle, it is the battle! What we eat is the single most important factor when it comes to how we look and feel. With today’s busy lifestyles, it is more important than ever that we learn to make the best choices to support our healthy goals. The choices we make when feeding our bodies have both short and long term consequences. Did you know it’s … [Read more...]
Zucchini Boats
Here's a favorite of Anne from the 8:30 Concord class. In keeping with the zucchini theme: Zucchini Boats (makes 8 boats) Preheat oven to 400 degrees 4 medium (8") zucchini 1 medium onion, diced 2 Tbsp low-sodium soy sauce 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts 8 oz low-fat or non-fat cottage cheese paprika, salt and pepper to taste Cut zucchini in half … [Read more...]
Zucchini Pizza Disks
Deb Saks from the 5 AM Concord class sent in this great recipe to help make good use of the over population of zucchini in our gardens. Zucchini Pizza Disks slice 3 zucchini's in round slices 1/4 inch thick 3 slices of Mozzarella cheese pizza sauce Broil zucchini rounds until they start to brown (5 or so minutes). Remove from oven and put a 1/2 tsp or so of sauce on each disk. Place a small … [Read more...]
“Fresh” The Movie
New Thinking About What We're Eating With such a great response to our showing of the movie “Food Inc”, we’ve purchased a license to show “Fresh”. “Fresh” is a movie by Ana Sofia Joanes. During the movie she addresses the issues around the sustainable food movement. With important topics like community, economics, environment, factory farming, eating and buying local, organic, … [Read more...]
10 Ways To Eat Fresh
1. Plant your own backyard garden or patio garden. Do you have a green thumb? Tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, herbs, lettuces, and many more veggies and fruits can be as easy to pick as going to your own backyard. Not much of a green thumb? Small patio containers will supplement your family’s dinner nicely. 2. Free Food is always wonderful. Raspberries and blueberries can be found many times while … [Read more...]
Beat The Wheat
Gluten is a combination of proteins found in wheat, rye, and barley. For some Americans gluten is a problem. One reason is an autoimmune condition called celiac disease. In this condition, the body reacts to proteins in gluten as though they were harmful. The immune responds by producing inflammation within the small intestine. Inflammation is normally a healthful mechanism for fighting off … [Read more...]
Chicken Salad with Yogurt Ranch Dressing
Thank-you to superstar client Becky for sharing her take on this tasty recipe with us. Make sure you check out her notes at the bottom! Serves 4 Chicken Salad: 1 rotisserie chicken, skin and bones discarded and meat shredded OR 1 lb. cold cooked chicken, shredded or diced 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped 1 small red onion, chopped 1/3 seedless cucumber, chopped 2 ribs celery … [Read more...]
Roasted Red Pepper Chicken and Avocado Salad
Looking for a cool salad to fill you up this summer? Here's a delicious recipe from my partners over at Prograde Nutrition for you. Roasted Red Pepper Chicken and Avocado Salad 1 medium ripe avocado, peeled, pitted and sliced 1 tsp. lemon juice 1 bag (10 oz.) torn romaine lettuce (about 10 cups) 2 cups shredded cooked chicken 1 medium tomato, cut into wedges 1 small cucumber, sliced ¼ … [Read more...]
