Indian Spiced Carrot Soup
This recipe is from, "Simply Delicious-Plant Based Recipes for a Healthy Life," by Sandy Holmes, RDN. The recipes in this book are so easy and so good! You can order here on amazon. I wanted to make a soup and so Sandy's recipe for Indian Spiced Carrot Soup caught my eye, I love Indian spices and I love how my house smells when I cook with them. This…
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Habits Make Us Who We Are
It is the habits and actions we take, everyday, that move us forward in life or keep us stuck. An adult makes about 35,000 concsious decisions everyday. This number may sound crazy, but in fact, we make over 200 decisions everyday on food alone according to researchers at Cornell University. It is easy to see how during stressful times, or by by the…
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Don’t Take Your Aching Joints Lying Down
Early in my career I was at a seminar given by a talented physical therapist named Tom Purvis. Something he said has always stayed with me: “What is the most important part of the human body to consider if you want to live a long life?” Almost all of us responded by saying that the heart, or specifically a healthy cardiovascular system, was most important. …
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The Easiest and Most Delicious Butternut Squash Soup
When I was at the Food Lab in Boulder a few weeks ago, one of the cooking instructors mentioned that his recipe for butternut squash soup is…… 1. Take a butternut squash and cut off the stem. 2. Cut the butternut squash in half and place it flesh side down on a baking sheet lined with parchment. 3. Bake at 375 until the squash is soft, about 45-50…
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Tortilla Soup
This Tortilla soup that Chris and I presented at our last cooking class was a hit! It is easy to make and delicious! The starch from the tortillas and beans give the soup a creamy texture, especially if you let the soup sit a while. We added greens to the soup bowl before adding the soup for extra nutrition. The heat from the soup will wilt the…
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Don't Just Sit There
I am sure everyone has heard that we all sit too much. Even those of us who make the effort to work out for an hour or so a day, but then sit for long periods of time, are actually considered sedentary. With this sitting behavior we actually reverse some of the benefits of our exercise program. We are designed to move, and when we don’t, there are consequences. An…
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Cream of Mushroom Soup with Shitake Bacon
Oh boy is this soup good. The recipe comes from a fabulous food blog called Making Thyme for Health. This soup has such a strong mushroom flavor and the creaminess comes from pureed cauliflower so even though it seems rich is won’t leave you feeling overloaded. I used portobello mushrooms because City Market was out of everything else except for white…
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Chunky Miso Vegetable Soup
This recipe comes from Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s book, “Isa Does It.” This soup really is soup for the soul. Whip up a batch of this if you think you are at the beginning of a cold or you have had a bad day and want to feel comforted. Miso is a staple in Asian diets and as we know, people who eat traditional Asian diets have much lower rates of heart…
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Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Tamari Pepitas
I came across this recipe in the Aspen Times on Thursday. I love cream of cauliflower soup because it is so creamy tasting without any of the artery clogging cream and butter that you find in creamy soups. This recipe offers a little kick with the addition of hot sauce and the miso offers some depth of flavor to the soup. If you like, add greens…
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Spicy Two Bean Chili
This is my “go to” chili recipe when I am having a group of friends over for a casual dinner. The secret ingredient is the bulgar. Bulgar adds a nice chewy texture to create a really hearty dish. This chili comes together quickly but give it time to sit so that all of the wonderful chili flavors come together. Three jalapeño chili peppers will add…
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