Nutrition
Benefits of Starting Your Own Herb Garden
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Here in New England it’s the time of year where all the nursery’s are putting out their annuals, perennials, seeds and tress. I don’t know about you but it gets me thinking maybe I might have a green thumb and try to plant something. Then I think, I ‘m fairly lucky that I have kept 3 plants alive. Let me just add these plants are like 10+ years old. So I have ever reason to be a product plant mamma. Now.. when I think of getting a green thumb, I also think small like herbs. If you go to the spice section in the grocery store, you will see many types of herbs. I...
Read MoreThe Fast Diet from the UK — Seriously??
We all want something for nothing. As Mother always use to say — you can’t get something for nothing. So.. In the UK the their is a book call The Fast Diet. The jest of the book is you can eat whatever you want, but still lose weight, and even live longer as long as you employ “intermittent fasting.” The book claims that you can eat whatever you want for 5 days and then fast for 2 back to back days having no more than 500 calories for women and 600 calories for men. In their book, Dr. Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer do a fine job building a case for intermittent fasting as a method for better weight-control, improved health, and even longer life. For...
Read MoreLose the Weight, Not the Muscle, with More Protein
You know how it is with regular dieting—your long-lost skinny jeans make a temporary reappearance only to be retired to the back of your closet six months later. This frustrating scenario of weight cycling is all too familiar for most people. Although decreased motivation and will-power greatly contribute to “falling off the wagon”, weight regain is also influenced by biological changes in the body in response to decreased intake of energy or calories. The main biological reason for weight regain is a slowing metabolism. A reduction in calorie intake can make the body become very efficient and work to conserve energy. Unfortunately, this means you are burning fewer...
Read MoreFighting Processed Food “Bliss”
The “processed-food industry” have most of us hooked on junk food and their large ad campaigns and creative packaging convinces us to eat more hyper-processed foods, more often, every year. Scientists have found the balance of sugar, salt and fat that puts our bodies into the “bliss point” that point where we cant’ resist the taste and can’t get enough of it. They know just how much sugar, salt and fat to add to make it craving more and more. Tip 1: All meals should include protein. Meals with a higher percentage of protein makes you feel more satiated (full) . Which leads to fewer calories eaten over all. Tip 2: Make sure you are...
Read MoreClassic Quinoa Pilaf
1/4 cup olive oil 1 small sweet onion, diced 2 ribs celery, diced 1 carrot, peeled and diced 1/2 green bell pepper, diced 1/2 red bell pepper, diced 1 garlic clove, minced or grated 1/4 tsp oregano 6 cups cooked quinoa salt and pepper to taste 1 cup chopped almonds, dry roasted Put olive oil in large skillet over medium heat; add onion, celery, carrot, green pepper, and red pepper, and cook, stirring until vegetables start to soften, but are still somewhat crisp. Stir in garlic and oregano and heat for 1 minute. Remove skillet from heat and stir in the quinoa, mixing well. salt and pepper to taste. Toss in roasted almonds and serve hot either as a side dish or light...
Read MoreSuper Spiced Chick Peas
2 cans (15 oz size) garbanzo beans (chick peas) 2 Tbsp olive oil 2 Tbsp cumin 1 Tbsp curry powder 1 tsp chili powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/8 tsp black pepper Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and get out a large baking sheet. Drain garbanzo beans, rinse, and drain well. If you don’t do this, they will be chewy aka not very good. Put garbanzo beans in bowl and pour olive oil in, tossing to coat the beans well. Spread garbanzo beans out on baking sheet. In small bowl, mix together the seasonings. Sprinkle 1/2 seasoning mixture evenly over garbanzo beans on baking sheet, shake beans to coat, then sprinkle remaining half of seasonings over beans, and shake again to...
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