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March 4, 2015
Nigella Lawson’s Guinness Chocolate Cake Paleo & Sugar-Free
I came across a picture of the Nigella LawsonGuinness Chocolate Cake a couple of years ago and could not resist the challenge to make a grain-free, sugar-free version of this cake.
After several rounds of taste tests, it was confirmed that this is absolutely delicious! I offer a substitute for the Guinness with other beers or Chaga Black, an energizing and mineral-rich medicinal mushroom coffee substitute that will offer a nice bitter taste to balance the recipe out without using beer.
This is...
February 26, 2015
Interview with Lynne Rossetto Kasper of NPR’s The Splendid Table
My favorite NPR Show The Splendid TableLynne Rossetto Kasper of NPR’s The Splendid Table interviews Heather Dane and Louise Hay on learning to love yourself: ‘That’s the most important thing in the world’. They explore the connection between digestive and emotional health.The interview with Lynne Rossetto Kasper takes place at a local studio that sheand the wonderful folks at The Splendid Table arranged for us since we were on the road and visiting Savannah.. (Listen)
It was December 2014 and...
February 19, 2015
How to Listen to Your Body and Intuition
Iwant to stress how important the simple act of listening is. Be aware of the signals guiding you in your life. You don’t have to know what to do about those signals right away. Trust that Life will continue to show you the way. Even if you only get one little step at a time, that is all you need! You don’t have to figure everything out all at once, especially if you trust Life to show you the next step as you’re ready for it.
When you’re learning to listen to your body, it’s important to get...
February 18, 2015
8 Ways to Develop Your Intuition
Intuition or your inner voice, is there to support you in moving toward your highest good. While symptoms are just one way your body speaks to you, there are many other ways your body or your life could speak to you – and many ways to develop your intuition.
Additionally, each person is different when it comes to how they get these signals.
Here are 8Ways Your Inner Guidance May Signal You
Youshould always be listening for what your body wants.
1) Feelings
Some people refer to them as “gut feeling...
February 13, 2015
Easy Pumpkin Seed Butter Recipe
As you can see below, it’s easy to follow these steps and make this soaked/sprouted pumpkin seed butter recipe at home.
Pumpkin seed butter is a great protein fat that helps to keep your blood sugar strong, your energy up and provides stress-busting minerals like magnesium and zinc!
Here’s how
Start with organic pumpkin seeds. I love Styrian pumpkin seeds because they are extra-rich in magnesium, the calming, cravings-busting, stress-busting, sleep improving mineral. Vivapura brand is a good cho...
February 4, 2015
Chronic Health Condition? These 4 Steps Can Empower Your Health
If so, you could have methylation challenges. Methylation is a biochemical process that occurs billions of times every second, affects just about every system in the human body and is essential for health and longevity.
Symptoms of Methylation Challenges Include the Following
Issues with nerves (muscle twitching, numbness, weakness)
Chronic Fatigue
Depression, anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, mood disorders
Autoim...
January 8, 2015
Happy Cookies! Raw Vegan Pumpkin Seed Walnut Cookies
If you experience low moods, alcoholism or other addictions, you may be experiencing blood sugar swings and low serotonin (happiness hormone).
Eating sugary foods and desserts does nothing to help your willpower or build serotonin. These pumpkin seed walnut cookies are a delicious way to balance blood sugar and because they are tryptophan-rich (an amino acid that is the building block to serotonin), they go a long way to helping boost moods. These cookies make a healthy snack or dessert.
Prepar...
January 5, 2015
Returning Home from Travel & Want A Fast, Easy, Healthy Meal?
This past year has been chock full of travel. It seems that my suitcase is always open, ready to be packed or unpacked. Traveling a lot means getting creative about food. How does one eat healthy when on the road? What about the times you return home after a week or two and have an empty refrigerator?
I will write about how to eat healthy while traveling in another post. In the meantime, I want to share a fun, easy (and delicious) meal that can tide you over until you have time to get the the...
November 25, 2014
Thanksgiving Menu From Loving Yourself to Great Health: Thoughts & Food – The Ultimate Diet
We prepared this Thanksgiving menu with much love for your body, mind and taste buds!
Traditional Thanksgiving meals can often be challenging for the average person to digest. There are two key reasons for this. The first reason is that many people have trouble digesting the variety of starchy foods and protein foods in a conventional Thanksgiving meal. The second reason is that too often, Thanksgiving meals are full of sugar and not balanced in terms of the 6 tastes in Ayur...
Lovely Millet Loaf
This dish can be cooked as a millet pilaf or a millet loaf of “bread” that is nutty tasting and satisfying for a Thanksgiving main meal!
Overnight Preparation Time
You may want to start soaking the millet the night before you want to make this dish (soak for 8 – 12 hours). The recipe itself takes about 10 minutes to prepare and 15 – 20 minutes to simmer on the stovetop.
Servings: 4 – 6
Ingredients
2 cups presoaked millet
2 cups water
2 tablespoons dried burdock root (you can get organic dried burdoc...
