PERFECT GREEN JUICE RECIPE

This juice is an excellent source of easily digestible alkaline minerals, such as potassium which is particularly helpful when cleansing.

Make sure to get your celery organic if nothing else, as conventional celery is renowned for being heavily laden with chemical residues.

Get this awesome Cleansing Green Juice Recipe

Veggie Quinoa Cakes

Veggie Quinoa Cakes Ingredients

• 2 cups quinoa
• 2 cups chicken stock (or use water to make them vegetarian)
• 1/2 red onion
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 1/3 cup carrot
• 1 1/3 cup winter squash
• 20 oz. frozen chopped spinach
• Zest of 2 large lemons
• 1/2 cup sprouted flour or arrowroot powder
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 eggs, from pasture raised hens
• 1 1/2 tsp. sea salt 
• 1 tsp. freshly ground pepper

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So you don't eat meat...Where do you get your protein from???

I like to think this is common knowledge, but I am surprised still at how many people believe that the only way your body can get enough protein is to eat meat products.  Certain plant foods have awesome amounts of protein and plant proteins are more easily absorbed by the body.  Seeds and nuts also have proteins that keep us non meat eaters going strong!

Here is a lovely article on plant proteins by Live Love Fruit .

WHERE TO GET PLANT BASED PROTEINS

Eat Right for Your Blood Type

I have been meaning to read about my blood type and the foods I should be eating and avoiding for a while.  Today I finally had a peek and I was blown away by what it said.  My blood type is "A+", which was genetically formed in my ancestors when there was a dwindling supply of game to hunt and people resorted to growing crops.

So therefore Type "A" blood personalities are able to digest foods more like a vegetarian lifestyle and have a more difficult time digesting meat.  Hmm....I have thought this for a while about my diet since I always felt a little bloated and sluggish after eating meat, and I feel amazing when I eat vegetables.  So have a read on your blood type and see if you are eating foods that jive with your blood type!  It also gives you input on how to exercise for your blood type, which might help more with balance in your lifestyle.  My blood type says to indulge in yoga and meditating exercise.

Type A:  Vegetarian
Type B: Carnivore
Type AB: Adapts to both vegetarian and carnivore diets
Type O: Diet rich in Saltwater fish.  Prone to ulcers and tummy trouble

A List of Canned Goods without BPA and Canned Goods with BPA

Are you willing to pay 2.2 cents more per can to get the BPA out of our canned food?

We have all heard about BPA and how it is not good for us for due to these side effects.  So here is a list of companies that have banned BPA from their packaging so you can make good decisions about your food products.   

WITHOUT BPA:

Eden Foods:  All 33 of its organic beans, chili, rice & beans, refried, and flavored.

Trader Joe's Brand:  Canned corn, tomatoes, beans (except baked beans), tunafish, anchovies, poultry, beef, coconut milk, fruit (except mandarins) and vegetables (except artichokes).

Hunt's Tomato Products:  Only their plain tomatoes - but great first step!!!

Whole Foods: 27% of its store-brand canned goods. No specifics given!*

Amy's:  As of March, 2012 all products in non-bpa cans. Look for: NB, for Non-BPA on the bottom of each can.

Bionaturae:  Canned tomatoes.

Campbell's Soups: Announced March, 2012 that it will be phasing out BPA from its cans! They have yet to make clear when that will begin, or what they plan to use instead of BPA.

Crowne Prince Natural:  Tuna, Salmon, Kippers. See this link for specifics.

King Oscar Norwegian:  All products: kingoscar.com

Muir Glen:  Canned tomato products only.

Native Factor:  Coconut Water.

Native Forest:  Organic coconut milk, artichokes, asparagus, mushrooms, hearts of palm and all of their canned fruits.

Ocean Brands:  Salmon, tuna, oyster, crab, snackit, snack n lunch and fish salads. (Not the shrimp, clams and food service size.)

Oregon's Choice:  Canned Tuna.

Vital Choice:  Canned salmon, albacore tuna, sardines and mackerel.

Westbrae:  As of mid-2013 has labeled many of its cans as non-BPA lining.
Not sure what new lining consists of.

Wild Planet:  Canned Sardines and 5 oz tuna.

Ecofish (Henry & Lisa's):  Canned Tuna.

Nature's One:  Organic powdered baby milks.



Tetra-pak (aseptic containers) are lined with Polyethylene, not BPA. 'Pomi' Brand and Hunt's Chopped tomatoes in tetra-paks are becoming more widely available.



WITH BPA: 

Eden Foods: Canned tomato products (look for their new - glass jars)*

Trader Joe's Brand:  All soups, chilis and stews. Plus; Sardines, Crab, Cherrystone Clams & Oysters, Mandarins, Hatch Chilies, Artichokes, Organic Baked Beans.

Whole Foods: 73% of its store-brand canned goods. 

Ocean Brands:  Shrimp, clams and 4lb food service size.

Annie's, Brad's, Muir Glen cans are lined with BPA.

ALL food & beverage cans out there other than those listed above...


Most all  Aluminum Cans are lined with BPA.

Polycarbonate plastic (grouped in #7) contains BPA and BPAF (worse!).


Many shiny thermal receipts contain BPA.
(ATM receipts, cash register receipts, prescription labels, lottery/airline tickets, etc)
Don’t hand children receipts that might contain BPA!
Don’t recycle receipts that might contain BPA!

Black Bean and Corn Veggie Burgers

Oh my...YUMM!  I know it isn't grilling season right now...but don't you get that craving every once in a while for a burger??  And this one seriously satisfies.  Dress it up with any spice you want, but this version will take you right back to the summertime.  The black bean burger has always been my go to after giving up the real deal.   I would simply mash up a can of black beans (but now I would soak beans over night to avoid the BPA that can leak into canned goods.  Here is a post about which companies have stopped using BPA in their packaging), add some other veggies...like shredded carrots, shredded zucchini, lots of minced garlic, quick oats, and egg to bind.  I would add in some sun-dried tomatoes and feta, because the Mediterranean flavours are one of my favorites.  Sometimes they wouldn't hold together (probably because I rarely use a recipe!) so I would just wrap them up in a tortilla or pita and devour them anyways.
So here is a recipe that will hold together...and completely satisfy that craving for a little taste of summer:)

Black Bean and Corn Veggie Burger Recipe 

Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookie in a Jar

Do you have someone on your Christmas list who has to avoid gluten?  Try this cute Gluten-Free Cookie in a Jar as a nice gesture this holiday season!  They even include a free printable gift tag that you can attach with the recipe.  Natasha from Natural Fertility and Wellness also explains in this article how she realize she needed to exclude gluten from her diet and how she has discovered wellness in her journey!  
Gluten-Free Oatmeal Cookie in a Jar Recipe