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Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some good stuff in store for you! From now until May 13th you can find a new recipe here each day. You can wait until the next time I run this program live, or get yourself the DIY version available here.
If you’re like me, healthy eating often goes down the tubes when you are confronted with a snacking situation. Lately I’ve been eating lunch around 3pm when my son is napping. That means at around 2pm I’m hunting around for something to tide me over.
I’m grateful to this detox for keeping me accountable during these snacky hours of the day! Instead of cookies or crackers I’m going for things like brown rice cakes, fruit, veggie sticks – and roasted chickpeas. Oh yes.
I’ve wanted to try roasted chickpeas for like…years now. When I finally made them a few weeks ago I was disappointed. They were really bland and dry! Hmmm.
Tried another recipe and had similar results.
Finally I found a recipe for salt and vinegar chickpeas and it hit me – these puppies need some serious flavor to come alive! Here is my rendition, which are a little easier than the original and I’ve added even more flavor. I loved them so much I scarfed ‘em down immediately. Maybe double your batch.
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May 1st, 2012 | beans, recipe, Spring 2012 detox recipes, vegan | 10 Comments »
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some good stuff in store for you! From now until May 13th you can find a new recipe here each day. And if you want to join our group and see what all the fuss is about, get the detox program manual, cookbook and access to our online forum by signing up here. It’s ok to start a few days late!
Ready to have your mind blown? Families around the country are sitting down to taco night (a favorite, yes?) and this is what they are eating:
Maltodextrin, salt, chili pepper, onion powder, spice, monosodium glutamate (MSG), corn starch, yellow corn flour, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), natural flavor, ethoxyquin (preservative).
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April 24th, 2012 | beans, recipe, Spring 2012 detox recipes, vegan, vegetarian | 5 Comments »
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing with clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some good stuff in store for you! From now until May 13th you can find a new recipe here each day. And if you want to join our group and see what all the fuss is about, get the detox program manual, cookbook and access to our online forum by signing up here. It’s ok to start a few days late!
Welcome to Day 1! Let’s start off on the right foot – and that means a healthy breakfast. There’s no way you can grab a muffin or eat a bowl of cereal and feel your best. So we’re gonna lose all those processed, sugar-laden morning options and go for something filling, nourishing and delicious.
Some of us will do great with a big bowl of oats. Or a banana.
But some of us (ahem…) might want more protein. Something a bit more filling.
You may have heard of tofu scrambles, and those are an ok way to go. (I’m not a huge fan of soy. If you are, please buy organic.) But the idea of a scramble that kind of feels like eggs? It’s fab.
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April 23rd, 2012 | beans, detoxify, recipe, Spring 2012 detox recipes, vegan | 3 Comments »
You know how you hear about a certain food or ingredient for a long time and one day you finally get up the courage to buy it? To actually make one of those recipes you’ve been eyeing? That was me this week. Michelle vs. The Fava Bean.
Ever buy favas? I hadn’t, mostly because I’d never seen them for sale. But there they were, in all their glory, in the Whole Foods bulk aisle. I grabbed ‘em.
This is courage, people.
To try learn something new on top of an already full to-do list. To take a risk that your husband will hate it. To buy those damn beans that are the size of quarters and say, “Hey. What am I gonna make with these?”
Good timing, actually. I needed to take our weekly menus from winter-ish chilis and pot roasts and introduce some lighter, spring type dinners.
‘Cause it’s been like 75 degrees this week. I love living in the tropical south. (I know, I know, DC isn’t the south.) (Yes it is.)
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March 19th, 2012 | beans, recipe, spring, try new things | 6 Comments »
There are small moments of the day that are quiet. In that stillness, you can choose to let your mind run at top speed. Or, you can choose to relax and breathe into the space. Notice it. Take it in. Be present. Let it expand until it fills the room, fills your heart.
It’s how I bend time.
Kooky, huh? But it works. My days are “full” of lovely moments: nursing my sleepy son, sitting with my eyes shut and sun shining on my face, sipping hot tea, listening to the birds outside.
In reality, it probably adds up to all of 10 minutes, tops. But nevermind. They are exquisite. The rest of the day, I let all the annoying, stressful nonsense fly by.
Yes, I’m learning to appreciate the simple things.
Like a simple dish of beans, cabbage and potatoes.
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January 8th, 2012 | beans, happiness, recipe, self care, stress relief, vegetarian | 6 Comments »
I’ve been reminding and reminding my clients to take time for themselves over the holidays. To not overdo it. To step away from work. To keep it simple.
There’s a saying, “We teach what we need to learn.” It’s so unbelievably true.
In honor of my own restful holidays, this post has been magically pre-programmed to shoot out to the Universe while I am hopefully relaxing with my family and eating something nourishing and simple, like this:
Sweet Potato, Beans & Apples
2 cups uncooked mung beans or lentils
2-3 sweet potatoes, washed and diced (skin left on)
2 peeled and diced carrots
1 onion
1 cup vegetable broth, divided into 2 half cups
2 apples, washed and sliced (skin left on)
1 tsp. dried thyme
approx. 1/2 tsp. salt & 1/4 tsp. pepper
Cook mung beans or lentils by bringing them to a boil with 4 cups of water. Reduce heat and simmer until tender.
Meanwhile, sauté in a pan drizzled with a couple tablespoons of oil over med-high heat: the chopped onion, diced sweet potatoes & diced carrots with salt, pepper & thyme. Cook about 8 minutes. Add 1/2 cup vegetable broth, cover. Reduce to medium heat and cover. Cook about 5 minutes or until carrots and sweet potatoes are tender.
Add mung beans or lentils to sweet potato mixture with the remaining 1/2 cup broth and cover. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes.
Spoon into center of a plate and place fresh cut apple slices around edge of plate.
This dish is high in protein from the beans or lentils – there is no need to add meat. You can add a green salad as a side and this is a complete, satisfying meal. This makes at least 4 generous servings.
Thank you to Joni at Healthybodypeacefulsoul.com for the recipe.
December 27th, 2011 | beans, happiness, recipe, vegan, vegetarian, winter | 2 Comments »
This past weekend we ate out a lot. There’s a feeling of victory if we successfully get to a restaurant – almost as if doing so automatically equals fun and relaxation. It says, “We might be new parents but, see, we still live in the real world!”
Funny thing is we probably eat out more now than we ever did, pre-baby. Friday was sushi for lunch and happy hour chicken fingers. Saturday was over-the-counter empanadas for lunch and full on Mexican dinner. Sunday was crepes for brunch. Oy.
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August 23rd, 2011 | beans, happiness, quick and easy, recipe, vegan, vegetarian | 4 Comments »
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing! Whether you are one of our amazingly motivated participants or just interested in eating clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some recipes for you! From now ’til May 21st I’ll be featuring a delicious detox-friendly recipe each day. (And if you want to get in on the detox magic I have a Do It Yourself version available – right here.)
Sometimes people miss having a hunka hunka burnin’ meat on their plate. Vegetarian entrees tend to be more free-form, less structured items. But here’s a solution to try: Chickpea Patties. (Although if you’re like me you’ll just make ‘em Sloppy Joe style…) I’d try these with a smear of tahini on top, or any salad dressing of choice, over brown rice or salad greens. Or maybe between two slices of millet bread, if you want to go the sandwich route.
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May 12th, 2011 | beans, detoxify, recipe, spring, Spring 2011 detox recipes, vegan, vegetarian | 2 Comments »
Welcome to 21 Days of Detoxing! Whether you are one of our amazingly motivated participants or just interested in eating clean, whole, real food – boy do I have some recipes for you! From now ’til May 21st I’ll be featuring a delicious detox-friendly recipe each day. (And if you want to get in on the detox magic I have a Do It Yourself version available – right here.)
Homemade is always best, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some fabulous packaged foods to help you out in the kitchen! I use Better Than Bouillon if I need a quick broth, for instance. And in this recipe, a pre-made curry paste makes life way easier. Just be sure to carefully read labels to avoid hidden sugars and weird chemical ingredients.
Our detox group is almost done with Week 1…give ‘em a round of applause!
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May 6th, 2011 | beans, quick and easy, recipe, Spring 2011 detox recipes, vegan, vegetarian | 6 Comments »
Dude, I don’t know how you people make veggie burgers or patties or whatever. I just can’t do it. I hate it! And I give up. Ha! I don’t have the patience to smush together my carefully processed beans and veggies into patties and pray pray pray as I carefully place them in the pan…and they almost stay together…and then I go to flip ‘em and everything falls apart into crumbles. I’m over it.
No more, my friends. No more.
Now I bet some of you are masters at this task. Maybe you have Christ-like patience. Maybe you have non-stick pans. Whatever the case, bless your patty-making heart.
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April 27th, 2011 | beans, quick and easy, vegan, vegetarian | 3 Comments »
