It’s Friday Night – Try Mexican Black Bean Casserole for Supper
It’s Friday night, and the fridge is looking pretty bare – must plan to go grocery shopping tomorrow! Meanwhile, instead of another trip to the local drive-thru fast food place, why not spend a few minutes more making a dinner that’s not only quick, easy, and inexpensive, but is also delicious AND nutritious! My recommendation – Mexican Black Bean Casserole, with a green salad. As I mentioned a few weeks back, black beans are one of nature’s super foods – high in both soluble and insoluble fiber, antioxidants, minerals such as iron, potassium, manganese and...
Read MoreRecommendation – Vitamin D Supplements
“In Canada, everyone should be on vitamin D,” says McMaster’s Dr. Jonathan Adachi, who conducted the study of 16 specialists and 36 primary care practitioners in Ontario and Quebec. “Osteoporosis Canada says we should be taking between 800 (international units) and 2000 IU daily. It’s pennies a day, and it’s a therapy with known benefit. It can reduce hip fractures. There are studies to suggest it can protect against breast and prostate cancer. It may prevent falls, infection and osteoarthritis.” “Researchers at the University of California,...
Read MoreNutritional Yeast Salad Dressing Recipe
If you’re already drinking green smoothies every morning, then you’re doing pretty well for vitamins and minerals. Mostly. One set of vitamins that is under-represented in your smoothie, unfortunately, is the B vitamins. This salad dressing recipe will help rectify that. If you’re already planning to eat more leafy green salads, then you can boost the nutritional content of your salads by pouring a bit of nutritional yeast salad dressing on top. Nutritional yeast contains huge amounts of B vitamins (Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, and even Vitamin B12...
Read MoreEvery Day Yoga – Five Minutes, Five Postures #2
It’s generally agreed that a regular yoga practice can keep your body limber, flexible, and pain-free, as well as preventing injuries. It’s also pretty widely recognized that life is busy, and it can be hard to find the time to do everything that you know you should do to be healthy (get enough sleep, eat well, get fresh air and exercise, have fun with friends and family…). So, I’ve given careful thought to where we need the most work (knees, hips, lower back, shoulders, and neck is what I came up with), and what yoga poses are particularly good for those parts of the body, while still being...
Read MoreIt’s Friday Night – Try Curried Split Pea Soup for Supper
It’s Friday night – and your family is planning to spend the evening watching a great movie on television. But first you have to get dinner out of the way. Instead of a quick meal of Mac n Cheese, why not spend a few minutes more making a dinner that’s not only quick, easy, and inexpensive, but is also delicious AND nutritious! My recommendation – Curried Split Pea Soup, with whole wheat toast and a green salad. This vegetarian soup is a great way to sneak in several servings of nutritious vegetables without your children even noticing, because they’re all...
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