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People tend to believe that dieting is a lifestyle but in reality it isn’t. Dieting mostly means lack of eating, therefore your stomach will remain hungry. You tend to give up a lot and once the diet ends you overeat to make up what you’ve been lacking. Most diets don’t even work and if they [...]

Cooking in the microwave may save you time but does it keep you from getting all the nutrients needed? Heating in general has some impacts on the loss of some nutrients in foods. Microwave heating has an even greater number of nutrients lost while cooking. When food is cooked in water, boiling water causes some [...]

When you go into the refrigerator and grab something that says it’s already expired, chances are you go ahead and smell it. Most likely if you don’t smell anything foul, it’s good, right? Wrong. There are different meanings for food labels and people should be aware of what those meanings are. “Expiration” date means that [...]

To keep this recipe vegan, use creamy Hemp Dream in my white sauce, but almond or hazelnut milk would also work. If you have a gluten-free dairy-free Parmesan you like, sprinkle it on top of the potatoes before baking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You’ll need: 4 medium gold potatoes, scrubbed Sea salt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boil a pot of salted [...]

1 Tbs. olive oil 1/2 lb. ground beef 1 package Lundberg Risotto Florentine Spinach and Mushroom 3 bell peppers red, green or yellow or an assortment 1/2 cup feta cheese ********************************************************************************************************************************* Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper. In a medium saucepan, heat oil and sauté ground [...]

Ingredients: 1 Large (1.5 lb) butternut squash, peeled and cut into 2 inch chunks 1 lb Italian sweet sausage, removed from casings 1 tbsp olive oil 16 oz fresh Spinach or Kale, chopped 1 tsp fennel seeds 7 oz Cornito Spirals 6 garlic cloves, chopped 2 cups half-and-half 6-8 sprigs fresh thyme 1 ½ cups [...]

5-6 cups cubed and dehydrated Gluten-Free Corn Loaf of Bread 2 Tbs. olive oil 3 cups chopped celery (or 1-2 Tbs. celery seed) 2 cups chopped onions 1 tsp. salt 1-2 tsp. cilantro 1-2 tsp. thyme 1-2 tsp. sage black pepper 1-2 Cups gluten-free Chicken Broth ******************************************************************************** Prepare 1 to 2 cups gluten-free chicken broth. [...]

Cream of Mushroom Soup: olive oil 1 lb. button mushrooms (or any other kind you prefer) 6 Tablespoons butter 2 cups chicken/vegetable broth 2 cups whole milk 6 Tablespoons flour (sweet rice flour preferably, but brown rice flour works ok too) 1 teaspoon Coleman’s dry mustard less than 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper for a little [...]

Here’s a slow cooker recipe perfect for this time of year. Assemble it ahead of time and the house will smell so breezy-island fabulous you’ll want to invite friends over to party. The word festive comes to mind. For the slow cooker: A dab of olive oil, as needed 4 split happy free-range organic chicken [...]