Creamy Detox Soup Recipe with Coconut Milk Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil or organic coconut oil 2 cloves of garlic, chopped 1/4 cup diced sweet onion 1 inch of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped 3 cups fresh broccoli, rough cut 3 cups of stemmed greens, packed (spinach, kale) Fresh water, as needed Sea salt and…
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Easy Black Bean Soup
Easy vegetarian black bean soup is a quick, healthy, low fat vegetarian soup recipe that will warm up your family in less than 15 minutes flat. Make this black bean soup vegan by simply omitting the cheese and sour cream. Ingredients: • 2 15 ounce cans black beans, undrained • 1 16 ounce can vegetable…
Not as easy as it looks
As a wellness counselor I often see my clients struggling with weight or health issues. I try to be as sympathetic as possible. When you watch these TV reality weight loss shows you see the highlights of the good and the bad with weight loss and ultimately all the people that succeed. Rarely do you…
Thai Carrot Coconut Milk Soup (Dairy Free and Soy Free)
Ingredients: *2 tablespoons coconut oil, or olive oil *1 large onion, peeled and chopped *3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced *8 medium-large carrots carrots, peeled and coarsely chopped (I cheat and use 48 mini carrots *peeled already when I don’t have time to peel the large ones) *1 large sweet potato, peeled and coarsely chopped…
Mindful Journey To Wellness
By now the Christmas decorations are down and we are almost 2 weeks into 2014. I had some health challenges this past year and decided to change my diet drastically and make a New Year’s resolution to lose 15 pounds. Yes wellness counselors do get health challenges like the rest of the population. So I…
Gluten Free and Dairy Free Pumpkin Bars
1 cup pumpkin puree ( I use organic pumpkin 3/4 cup agave nectar or raw honey 2eggs 2 cup blanched almond flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice Choose one below to add to before baking ½ cup dark or semi sweet chocolate chips ½ cup dried cranberries In a…
Balsamic Bean Dip with Fresh Veggies
Ingredients: 1 15-ounce can cannellini (white kidney beans), drained 2 tablespoons olive oil 1-2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar plus extra for drizzling 1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes. Oil reserved for drizzling Oil from jar of sun-dried tomatoes Assorted crudites Whole grain pita bread, cut into wedges or or pita chips Preparation Puree beans, olive oil, and…
Low Fat Cream of Pumpkin Soup
Cook Time: 25 minutes Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 tbsp curry powder 1 tsp cumin 3 cups organic chicken or vegetable broth 1 15-ounce can pumpkin 1 12-ounce can lite coconut milk Freshly ground Black pepper to taste Sea Salt to taste Preparation Heat…
Krispy Kale
Ingredients 1 bunch kale washed and dried 2 Tbsp. olive oil Sea Salt Preparation Tear kale leaves gently and put them on a baking sheet. Spray some healthy olive oil cooking spray on bottom of pan. Put olive oil on your hands and gently massage onto kale leaves a bit at a time. Sprinkle with…
No Bake Protein Bars
Ingredients 2 cups quick cooking oats ( I use McCann’s quick oatmeal) 1/2 cup natural peanut butter or almond butter ( I use Trader Joe’s that contains flaxseeds already in it) 4 Scoops Isagenix (or any organic whey ) Protein powder, vanilla flavored 1/2 cup almond milk (vanilla flavored either low fat or regular) 1/2…