Meatless Monday Recipe: Crockpot Lentil and Vegetable Soup
There is nothing more exciting on a busy weeknight than coming home to a house filled with warm and welcoming smells and a ready cooked meal. This Meatless Monday I present you with one of my favorite, simple, and flavorful crockpot recipes: lentil and vegetable soup. This hearty protein and fiber packed recipe only requires about 10 minutes of active cooking time and will simmer to perfection without tying you to the kitchen. Feel free to add any vegetables you have laying around, don’t feel constrained by the listed ingredients.
This recipe should make more than enough soup for 6 hungry eaters. Leftovers are even b...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - November 25, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: nutrition crockpot dinner healthy lentils meatless monday recipe soup vegan vegetables vegetarian Source Type: blogs
Have some pizza!
I made a full-sized family pizza starting with the Wheat Free Market Wheat Belly Pizza Crust Mix.
The people at Wheat Free Market made the mix according to my recipe for pizza crust. Despite being wheat-free and not using any of the junk carbohydrate ingredients typically used in gluten-free doughs (NO cornstarch, tapioca starch, potato starch, or rice flour), the recipe is designed to yield pizza dough sturdy enough to hold in your hands. And be tasty, of course!
I made a single large family-sized pizza from one package, but one package can also yield two smaller pizzas.
I followed package directions and added 2 eggs, 4 t...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 23, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Wheat Free Market Foods Source Type: blogs
Statins
By David Spero
According to new guidelines, everyone with diabetes should take a statin drug to lower cholesterol. It doesn't matter how low his cholesterol already is. This makes little sense to me. See what you think.
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association just released these new guidelines. In one way they look like an improvement. According to Harlan Krumholz MD, the guidelines say doctors should be treating people, not just cholesterol numbers. Only those at "high risk" of heart disease and stroke should be treated.
"The question is not whether a drug makes your lab tests better," says ...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - November 20, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Spero Source Type: blogs
Three Health Benefits of Garlic
In this article, I discuss several health benefits you can attain through eating garlic. Two of the health benefits include manganese and vitamin B6.Contributor: Jocelyn CrawleyPublished: Nov 05, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - November 6, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
Fall for Chili: Easy Chickpea, Bean & Turkey Chili with Veggies
I love when the cooler weather hits and its time for jeans, sweaters, and warm comfort food. Chili has to be the ultimate in comfort foods. I love that you can’t mess it up. Just about any combination of veggies, beans, and lean protein will work. You can season it from sweet with maple syrup and molasses to spicy with jalapeno and poblano peppers to smoky with chipotle in adobo.
The one I’m giving you today takes advantage of canned beans, corn, and tomatoes along with fresh carrots, celery and onion. Meat lovers will get their “fix” from some ground lean turkey in the dish, but this would do fine ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - October 28, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: nutrition beans chili comfort food cooking easy chili healthy comfort food quick chili recipe Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm - Fall Hoop House Planting
It's Fall in New England and the weather is turning cold. Nights are in the 30's and days are in the 50's and 60's. All the ferns in the forest are brown and most of the insects are gone. On the farm, the apples are harvested, cider made, mushrooms dried, paddocks/pastures readied for winter, and the pace of harvest-related food preservation projects is slowing down.We now turn our attention to Fall and Winter plantings. Our 48x21 foot hoop house heats to 80 degrees F during the day by trapping solar energy under a 6 millimeter roof of UV resistant plastic sheeting. We use barn fans to ...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - October 24, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Recipe of the Week: Orecchiette Primavera with Brussels Sprouts
Do you still think of Brussels sprouts as one of the veggies your mom made you eat? Well this recipe could change your mind about the little cabbage-like things. Created by Executive Chef Sanjay Miller of Buca Di Beppo Times Square, this light fresh dish only uses the leaves peeled off the sprouts, not the tougher white core. Add some garlic, shallots, and white wine -- plus pasta and Parmesan -- what's not to love? (Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S.)
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - October 4, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Recipes dinner food food tips nutrition recipe of the week snacks veggies Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm - Creating the Hoophouse
This summer, as we cleared land for the orchard, we graded a level surface for a 21x48 foot hoophouse to extend our growing season and enable us to produce greens for our table and the animals year round.We purchased the steel for the structure from Ledgewood Greenhouses in New Hampshire and sought the help of River Valley Fencing to build it. Although we built the 10x30 foot shade house for mushroom cultivation ourselves, creating the 21x48 foot structure required tools and equipment we do not have. The back of the structure is T-11 plywood. The front is lucite. The top is a 6 millimeter UV resist...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - October 3, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
The Scurvy Story
In the annals of the disease, two men are mostly credited with discovering a cure: James Lind and Gilbert Blane. While citrus fruits had long been anecdotally treated as a cure, so were a whole host of other naturopathic remedies, and it fell to the young surgeon’s mate James Lind to design a now-famous test of various remedies. Lind, who enlisted at the age of twenty-three without much formal medical training, became obsessed with scurvy and its effects, and in 1747 gathered together twelve sailors with scurvy, which he ordered fed the same meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and then divided them into six groups, ad...
Source: PharmaGossip - September 30, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Marvelous Mushroom Meal Makeovers (Say That 5 Times Fast!)
We all know most of us should be eating more vegetables, but sometimes it’s easier said than done. One of the ways I recommend getting in more servings is by incorporating them into meals you already love. People love burgers, meatballs, and tacos — myself included! By finding ways to add in veggies, like mushrooms, you can help improve the moisture and taste of these dishes while increasing the vegetables and making the meal healthier.
In honor of September being National Mushroom Month I was on Let’s Talk Live DC this week sharing ideas for mushroom meal makeovers. You can watch the full clip here, or c...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - September 25, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food nutrition recipes vegetables blendability burgers healthy eating lets talk live meatballs mushrooms National Mushroom Month pasta Source Type: blogs
Slow-Cooker General Tso’s Chicken
Chinese food has always been one of my favorites! While takeout is easy, it’s not always healthy. Recently, I’ve been on the hunt to create a healthy alternative to a family favorite general tso’s chicken dish.
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I wanted to find a way to pack in all of the flavor of this meal, while reducing the excessive amount of fat sodium that oftentimes comes in the fried takeout version. I was also looking for a way to increase the vegetables and make the recipe just as easy as ordering takeout.
Slow Cooker Me...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - September 9, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking food nutrition recipes cooking healthy general tso chicken Source Type: blogs
Low-FODMAP Diet: A New Fad?
By Amy Campbell
Back in 2009 (can it really be that long ago?), I wrote a short series on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS is a condition (not a disease) characterized by a number of symptoms including bloating, cramping, gas, diarrhea, and constipation. About one in five Americans has IBS, and having it can range from being mildly annoying to downright debilitating. There are different kinds of treatments available, including changing one's diet, exercising, stress reduction, and medication.
A treatment from down under
People who have IBS will tell you that sometimes the above approaches work for them, and sometimes th...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - September 3, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
Kelp Noodles, Beer, Sin, and Goals
Yep, it's time for this months' goal support post!
For those who are not regulars here, the post is mainly a chance for people to check in and leave comments about what challenges they might be tackling, or how things are going generally, as well as to offer support to others who are doing the same. Comments and comment replies are thus highly encouraged.
And, as is traditional, I will also cram a bunch of seemingly unrelated things together and force them into a theme involving goals. In fact I probably should have used a catchier title, one like:
"Surprising Motivational Secret You Won't Believe!" ...
Source: Cranky Fitness - September 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Foods to Help Keep Kids Energized and Focused at School
Schools are back in session. Busy parents don’t need any more complication to get through the school year. So I found some cool healthy snacks and lunch ideas for the kiddies! We all know the kids still want flavor while you want some cost-effective and healthy for them. Together we can find a great solution satisfying both parents and kids. Simple and easy are keys to success.
My latest segments on ABC News Channel 8 “Let’s Talk Live” and NBC’s WBAL TV 11 in Baltimore reveal tips and recipe ideas for school lunches, at-home snacks, and dinner ideas that give them high marks throughout the day ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - August 22, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: nutrition back to school breakfast dinner KIND L'il Critters Let's Move Salad Bars 2 Schools Manzanos Nature Box Pirates Booty recipes snacks Turbana Walmart Yucca Source Type: blogs
Study; Garlic Reduces the Risk of Lung Cancer
Fox News is reporting that garlic, sometimes dubbed “the stinking rose,” is good for other things besides spicing up food, keeping away the vampires, and causing bad breath and body odor. Garlic helps to prevent some forms of cancer.Contributor: Mark WhittingtonPublished: Aug 18, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - August 18, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
