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Mid-Summer Vegetable Noodle Salad

Delicious salad recipe from Food Renegade.  Haven't tried it yet but it sure does look and sound good! 

Recipe Note: Feel free to exchange some of the squash or cucumber for bell pepper strips.

Ingredients

• 3 medium summer squash of any variety
• 1 large cucumber, peeled if desired
• 3 cups green beans, trimmed and snapped into bite-sized pieces
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 Tablespoons olive oil (where to buy olive oil)
• 2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar (where to buy raw apple cider vinegar)
• 1/2 jalapeno, seeded and diced or 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 cup sunflower seeds (where to buy organic, raw sunflower seeds)
• sea salt to taste

Instructions

• Steam green beans until tender. Set aside to cool.
• Cut squash into noodles using either a spiral slicer (I use this one), a julienne peeler (this is mine), or by slicing long thin strips from the vegetables with your knife. Repeat using cucumber. If the cucumber doesn’t slice well due to the high water content, simply cut it into bite-sized pieces.
• Add sliced vegetables to medium-sized bowl and sprinkle with just a little bit of salt. Let stand 5-10 minutes. Squeeze as much excess moisture as you can out of vegetable noodles.
• Mix in green beans, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, red pepper flakes, turmeric, and sunflower seeds. Season gently with salt and mix well to combine.
• Taste and adjust salt and vinegar as desired. Serve as a main dish lunch salad or as a vegetable addition to a summer cook out spread.

Exposing Kashi Cereal For The Poison That It Is

Check out this article from Realfarmacy.com.  Just because the label says it's natural or even organic does not mean it is.  Companies are trying to fool you.  Read the ingredients!

Inspiration for the Week

Cinnamon Roll Balls

Here's another breakfast recipe from, you guessed it, paleomg.com.  These recipes are hard to resist.  Everything sounds and looks so good!

Prep time: 10 mins

Total time: 10 mins

Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

• 10 dried dates, pitted
• 12 ounces cinnamon roll cracked nut butter
• ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• ½ tablespoon cinnamon
• pinch of salt
• melted coconut butter, to top

Instructions

1. Place dried dates in a food processor and pulse until broken down.
2. Then add nut butter, coconut, cinnamon and salt and pulse until well combined.
3. Use your hands to roll small bite-size ball shapes.
4. Top with melted coconut butter.

Makes 8-10 balls

Food Shouldn't Kill

Chocolate Mousse

We are definitely in love with paleomg.com.  Their recipes are so yummy and although we haven't tried this one yet it looked too good not to share!

Prep time: 3 hours

Cook time: 5 mins

Total time: 3 hours 5 mins

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 1 can (14 ounce) full fat coconut milk left in the fridge overnight (it must be canned!)
• ¼ cup sunflower seed butter (or any nut butter)
• ⅓ cup raw honey
• ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon (or more)
• pinch of salt
• 1 banana, sliced
• 2-3 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1 teaspoons raw honey
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon (or more)
• handful of chopped walnuts
• pinch of salt
• bacon (optional- optional because I had none at my house to make crumbles with)

Instructions

1. Place full fat coconut milk in your food processor. I used my blendtec because it’s absolutely amazing for this kind of thing. Be sure to add in the coconut water and pulp that may have separated while being in the fridge.
2. Then add in nut butter, raw honey, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and a bit of salt. Puree until smooth. Pour in ramekins and place in fridge for 3+ hours to completely set. If you want a even harder mousse, place in the freezer to help harden more.
3. Once mousse has set, place 2-3 tablespoons of coconut oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat.
4. Add in honey to melt just a bit then add in sliced bananas.
5. Sprinkle with cinnamon and pinch of salt.
6. Once the bananas have caramelized on one side (about 2 minutes or so) flip with a spatula, then toss in chopped walnuts, and let both caramelize even more.
7. Remove from heat to let cool just a bit then top your mousse off with this goodness.

Enjoy!

Dishwashers Contain Potentially Harmful Fungi

Came across this article on how 60% of dishwashers contain potentially harmful fungi that can cause lung problems and skin infections....say what? 

• Fungi thrive because of the warm, damp conditions
• These fungi can colonize the lungs and cause infections
• Particularly dangerous for people with poor immune systems such as those with diabetes or cystic fibrosis

It is recommended that once a month you should clean your dishwasher.

1. Remove the racks and wash with hot water before wiping down the inside and allowing to dry.
2. Then mix 1/2 cup of vinegar with 2 cups of warm water and use the mixture to scrub the inside of the dishwasher and the door seal.
3. Next, run the dishwasher on a hot setting with a small glass bowl of vinegar on the top rack.
4. Run again with a cup of baking soda poured on the floor of the machine.
5. Lastly, run the dishwasher with a normal dishwasher cleaner before using again.
   

Because Exercise, a Good Diet and Chiropractic Care are Just TOO Much Trouble

There are so many out there in this situation and there's such an easy fix.  Just ask yourself, do you really want to be taking so many different medications for the rest of your life? 

Breakfast Carrot Cake

Looking for something different to try in the morning?  This recipe will not let you down.  Who can resist carrot cake!

 

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 35 mins

Total time: 45 mins

Serves: 8

 

Ingredients

• 2 large carrots, finely shredded
• ⅔ cup almond butter
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons raw honey
• 2 tablespoons coconut flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• pinch of salt
• ½ cup raisins

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Shred carrots as thin as possible. Place in large bowl.
3. Add almond butter and eggs and mix well.
4. Then add honey, protein powder, baking powder and salt and mix well.
5. Fold in raisins.
6. Grease an 8×8 glass baking dish with coconut oil, pour batter into the dish and place in oven. Bake for 35 minutes or until the top of the cake has a nice crust to it.
7. Let cool before cutting.

Makes 8 pieces of cake

 

 

“Secret Virus” Hidden in GMO Crops

Check out this article from Natural Society regarding another dirty secret of Monsanto.  A previously unknown viral gene that is now known as "Gene VI" has been discovered in GMO's.

What Gene VI does:

• Helps to assemble virus particles
• Inhibits the natural defense of the cellular system
• Produces proteins that are potentially problematic
• Makes plants susceptible to bacterial pathogens

How much more is it going to take for our food industry to change!

Benefits of Beetroot