Saturday, October 29, 2011

Peanut Butter Donuts and Chocolate Sauce

Tomorrow is National Sugar Awareness Day. For those of you trying to get your kids off sugar, here is a sugar free treat!What peanut butter do you use? I hope not Jiff "Omega 3!" Ingredients: PEANUT BUTTER [ROASTED PEANUTS, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MOLASSES, FULLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS (RAPESEED AND SOYBEAN), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT], ANCHOVY* AND SARDINE OIL*,TILAPIA GELATIN, TOCOPHEROLS...

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Chicken Pot Pie and ACID BLOCKERS

Are you or someone you know taking antacids on a daily basis? Antacids cause ulcers, chronic inflammation, leaky gut, food allergies, anemia, inflammatory bowel digestive issues disease, restless leg...Your stomach is a very acid environment with a pH at 2 or less. Stomach acid is essential for to absorb vitamin B-12 and minerals that allow you to release hormones from the pancreas, without which...

Monday, October 24, 2011

REECES PB TWINKIES

No wonder Hostess Twinkies can sit in a pantry for years and never mold!Hostess Twinkies Ingredients: Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour [Flour, Reduced Iron, B Vitamins (Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate (B1)Riboflavin (B2)Folic Acid)Corn Syrup, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable and/or Animal Shortening (Soybean, Cottonseed and/or Canola Oil, Beef Fat)Whole Eggs, Dextrose....

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Chicken DUMPLING Soup and Intestinal Health

Nope, this isn't apple juice... it is bone broth! I make a pot for my son Kai once a week to put into his bottle. When he sees this when he wakes up his legs start to kick a mile a minute! He LOVES this stuff!Bone broths are one of the most nourishing foods. It is so medicinal that if I could bottle up into a pill, the pharmaceutical companies would be broke. Because broth can be regarded as...

Friday, October 21, 2011

Nut Free Cookies

Happy Birthday to my baby Kai. He turns 1 today and I wish I could be with him. If you read labels you might see ingredients like oligofructose and inulin starting to show up on food packages. These 2 words are called 'prebiotics' in the nutrition world. Prebiotics are non-digestible foods that make their way through our digestive system and help good bacteria grow and flourish. Prebiotics keep beneficial...

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Fresh Figs Honey and Almond Mini Tarts

Light sweetness ,soft skin and crunchy seeds , these California grown Figs are perfect a mellow sensation. Rich source of minerals and vitamins, the sweetness and color intensifies as the fruit ripens. Simple and elegant these free-form fresh fig tarts are incredibly easy to make.Most of the sweetness is from the luscious honey ,the almond filling at the base adds nutrition and heartiness to the tarts....

Sloppy Joes and MANWICH Facts

Ingredient in Manwich: Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Corn Syrup, Less than 2% of: Salt, Sugar, Dehydrated Onions, Dehydrated Red and Green Bell Peppers, Chile Pepper, Tomato Fiber, Spices, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Dehydrated Garlic, Carob Bean Gum, Natural Flavors.Yuck, that junk is nothing but sugar! It is amazing how much hidden sugar we consume on...

Monday, October 17, 2011

LOW CARBING AMONG FRIENDS

I am very excited to announce a new cookbook that I am honored to be a part of. With the guidance of Jennifer Eloff and a passionate group of writers, we have collaborated to create an amazing new cookbook called LOW CARBING AMOUNG FRIENDS.Please check out the website at: amongfriends.us "Low-Carbing Among Friends is a revolutionary cookbook in several ways. First of all it is a low-carb cookbook...

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Pizza Hut Breadsticks and Mini Muffins

It is all about priorities...we take time to get ready and look good for work, drive our long commute, go to work on time, take care of our family, make the beds, clean the floors, mow the lawn...because we have to, we don't question these things...we just do it.As humans, we take comfort in routine. At first finding the time to cook may seem difficult, but once it becomes a routine it becomes comforting....

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Samoa Cookies

Even though they claim, tran-fat free, this isn't true. Partially hydrogenated oils are listed in the ingredients. If you look closely the cookie photo says "per serving." If the total amount is less than 1 gram, they can claim this, but even 1 gram is enough to cause a snowball effect of issues. Not to mention it takes 9 months to detox our bodies from these plastic-like fats! Ingredients: Sugar,...

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Great Blog

I wanted to post about a great site that was an inspiration to me and my first cookbook. Lauren Benning's site www.healthyindulgences.net was gracious enough to allow me to include some of her recipes in my first cookbook including the following.English Muffins, Chocolatey Granola Cereal, Fluffy Biscuits, Sweet Cinnamon Biscuits, Blueberry Crunch Muffins, Healthy Gluten-Free Wraps/Tortillas, Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Bread, Riced Cauliflower ,...

Monday, October 10, 2011

Cinnabons and WHY WHEY

About 75% of clients come into my office on an antidepressant or anti-anxiety medication. After studying the brain chemistry, I understand the essential part of amino acids and the brain. To build dopamine, serotonin, GABA and other feel good chemicals we need animal protein (which is where we get amino acids from). Since I have so many vegetarians struggling with this, I added a category of "Vegetarians"...

Friday, October 7, 2011

Mocha Fudge Cake and CONVERTING FLOURS

In my family we treat corn, carrots, potatoes, rice…starchy foods, as if they were sweets (starch and sugar = excess weight gain). They are all starchy carbohydrates as are the products made from them (chips, cereal, rice cakes and snacks). So we never use alternative flours made from corn, rice or potatoes. 4 grams of carbohydrates from sugar or starch becomes 1 teaspoon of sugar in our body! All...

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Scallops & Thai "Risotto" and FIBRO FACTS

My heart goes out to all the people suffering from fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. This is a life-debilitating disease that some doctors often dismiss. I however believe that there are many causes to this. INFLAMMATION: One of the reasons so many people are dealing with inflammation is because a rapid rise in blood sugar, which causes biochemical changes in the cell. Choosing low carbohydrate...

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Chicken Soup

Everyone was all up in arms when Dr. Oz featured a segment on arsenic in apple juice, but did you also know it is found in non-organic chicken? But what is more concerning is the high levels of estrogen in chicken. Farmers have full knowledge that the estrogen will cause the animal to mature faster. Time magazine featured a groundbreaking study of 17,000 girls at 8 years old. 15% of these girls are...
 

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