Showing posts with label recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recipes. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Sage, Spearmint Essential Oil, Kaolin Clay, Baking Soda and Sea Salt

Spearmint Leaves - Spearmint Essential Oil
How to Make Herbal Tooth Powder

Hello, Everyone!  The following video features a recipe for tooth powder which can be used instead of toothpaste for brushing your teeth. John Gallagher of LearningHerbs.com and Mt. Rose Herbs is sharing the recipe, which is from Heather Nic an Fhleisdeir of the Academy of Scottish Herbalism, with us.

The quick and easy recipe includes sea salt, kaolin clay, baking soda, spearmint essential oil and dried sage.  I've used each one of these ingredients individually, except the kaolin clay.   I am looking forward to trying these ingredients together, according to this recipe.

Gallagher shares tips with us as he prepares the tooth powder.  Among the interesting tips he shares are: (1) kaolin clay is used in the tooth polish dentists use and (2) sage helps whiten teeth! I didn't know that about sage.  I love the flavor of sage, especially in chicken dishes.

As we get our hair in great condition and our bodies toned, we might as well pamper our teeth and gums, too!



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Friday, December 10, 2010

Another Delicious Holiday Recipe: Chicken Parmesan Bundles! ~ @tastegoodfood

Chicken Parmesan Bundles

Hello, Everyone!  Today's recipe video is one I learned about from fellow Tweeter @tastegoodfood a.k.a Donald Chase (an @DelynsBliss Tweeter) at his site, Chicken Recipes. This video, created by Kraft Foods, features a 'Chicken Parmesan Bundles' recipe.  Their Chef Julie demonstrates several quick and easy tips that make preparing this chicken recipe, easy. 

The combination of ingredients for this recipe are some of my favorite foods - chicken, spinach, cheese, crackers and spaghetti/pasta sauce!  I particularly enjoy the combination of chicken and spinach, together.

Now, with so many organically-produced versions of these foods available, it easy to make the substitutions, right down to the crackers.  Whenever I make these substitutions the flavors are more delicious (because the quality of the foods are so much better) and I feel better (because more of the foods' nutrients have been retained due to the way they were produced and handled)!


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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Another Delicious Holiday Recipe: Hazelnut Deep-dish Cheescake Pumpkin Pie

Organic Raw Hazelnut (Filbert) Butter, 8oz - Nuts Soaked and Germinated
Hazelnut Pumpkin Deep-dish Pie

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features a recipe for 'Hazelnut Pumpkin Deep-dish Pie' by Food Network's Sunny Anderson.  I think it's a great holiday dessert choice.

Hazelnuts, pumpkin pie and cheesecake are among my vast list of favorite foods!  I've never tasted a pumpkin pie containing cheesecake and hazelnut flavors. So, Sunny Anderson's recipe combining these flavors has peaked my interest.  The pie she's prepared looks so delicious (and it's pretty)!

As I've mentioned, hazelnuts are one of my favorites. If you've ever eaten a fresh/raw hazelnut that you cracked open the shell of yourself, you know precisely how delicious that nut is. I have, and this is why I'll make substitutions for the hazelnut creamer with one of the three choices I've mentioned below. I want as much of that delicious hazelnut flavor as I can get, along with the nutritional benefits of the hazelnut, in the pie. Since I love to incorporate fresh, organically-produced ingredients into my meals, desserts and snacks as much as I possibly can, I will:

  • use organic, finely ground hazelnuts as a substitute for the hazelnut creamer
  • OR use an organic, food-grade hazelnut essential oil as a substitute for the hazelnut creamer
  • OR use a bit of hazelnut butter (similar to peanut butter rather than dairy/cow milk butter) in the pumpkin puree and cream cheese mixture, as a substitute for the hazelnut creamer
and I'll make fresh, and organic substitutions for the other ingredients, as possible.  Also, enjoying hazelnuts as much as I do, I'll add chopped pieces of hazelnuts as a topping for the pie.  For me, with these substitutions the pie becomes an even healthier version of this delicious recipe.


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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Another Delicious Holiday Recipe: Butternut Squash Soup!

Organic Butternut Winter Squash
Organic Butternut Winter Squash
Seeds of Change Organic Seeds
Farmer's Market Foods Organic Butternut Squash, 15-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)
 Butternut Squash Soup

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features a video from Food Network's Alton Brown demonstrating how to make Butternut Squash Soup. I love vegetables and Butternut Squash is delicious. Yet, I've never tried it as a soup, however this recipe looks like a great one to add to my collection!


Here's a link to an interesting site featuring a Butternut Squash farmer's results, How to Grow Butternut Squash - In Pictures, that I discovered while searching for information about Butternut Squash. As I type the word 'squash' repeatedly, for this post, I acknowledge to myself that the name 'squash' sounds funny, yet the vegetable truly is delicious!


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Friday, December 3, 2010

Another Delicious Holiday Recipe: Apple & Onion Stuffin' Muffins!

"17 Foods That Heal" Healthy Healing Foods From The Bible
"17 Foods That Heal" Healthy Healing Foods From The Bible



Apple & Onion Stuffing Muffins

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features the 'Apple & Onion Stuffin' Muffins' recipe from Rachel Ray of Food Network.  In this video she demonstrates how she prepares them.

I love muffins, apples & onions (especially scallions & Vidalia® onions)!  I think combining the savory flavor of either scallions or the savory-sweet flavor of Vidalia®s, with the sweet flavor of a red apple in my savory, home-made (not pre-made/packaged) stuffing will be so delicious!  Knowing how delicious stuffing, apples and onions are separately, I can just imagine the delight my tastebuds will experience as I eat them as muffins!  It's time to 'get baking'!


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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Another Delicious Holiday Recipe: Banana Crunch Breakfast Muffins!

Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?: Fabulous Recipes & Easy Tips
Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?: Fabulous Recipes & Easy Tips
Banana Crunch Muffins

Hello, Everyone!

The Thanksgiving Day feasts for 'family & friends' gatherings will be upon us soon!  Today's featured recipe is for Banana Crunch Muffins.  Since I like to make foods that are comforting, delicious and nutritious, to serve to myself and others, the Banana Crunch Muffins are a great  addition to a breakfast menu.  Just imagine baking them fresh Thanksgiving Day morning and your family & friends waking to that wonderful aroma, then gathering at the table to eat breakfast & visit together. 

In the video, below, Ina Garten, of the Barefoot Contessa Food Network cooking show, demonstrates her recipe for breakfast Banana Crunch Muffins.  Doing the basic muffin mix the night before is key to you staying refreshed, as hostess to your family and guests.  And don't forget to use organically-produced ingredients as much as is possible for muffins that are delicious and even more nutritious. 


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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Another Delicious Holiday Recipe: Pomegranate Glazed Chicken!



Pomegranate Glazed Chicken

Hello, Everyone! 

Today's recipe is Pomegranate Glazed Chicken.  The video features a cooking segment on WXIA 11 by 'A Legendary Event' with Tony Conway and Christoph Holmes, Executive Chef.  The chicken that Executive Chef Holmes chose to use for his Pomegranate Glazed Chicken recipe is Springer Mountain Farms chicken

Springer Mountain Farms is a family-owned business that has been raising chickens for over 40 years.  They are located in the hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia (USA). They continue to provide the very best and most nutritious chicken possible; this is why their chicken is different from any other. Their chickens do NOT receive Antibiotics, Chemical Medicines, Growth Stimulants NOR Hormones, and are NEVER fed Animal By-products. Their chickens only receive an All-Vegetable Diet plus natural vitamins and minerals with fresh, mountain water. ~ Springer Mtn. Farms


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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Delicious Holiday Feast Recipes: Have Beta Carotene Poppers Among Your Desserts!

Ferry-Morse Organic Seeds 3023 Carrot - Danver's #126 2.5 Gram PacketBeta Carotene Poppers

Hello, Everyone! The holidays are quickly approaching and you may already be thinking of healthy foods to serve at your feasts. One delightful food you can serve as a part of your dessert selection is Beta Carotene Poppers (BCP). BCPs are made with the carrot pulp that remains after juicing carrots.

In the video below, RawBeets.com's Lisa Paris, creator of the BCPs, demonstrates her recipe with assistance from Jason Cairns, of OrganicJar.com.  As you'll see this recipe is quick and easy to prepare. If you use as many organically-produced ingredients as is possible now, you'll have a very delicious & nutritious dessert!  I love coconut so much that adding more to the topping mixture, for full-coverage, is a given for me.  Enjoy this dessert.  More great recipes coming in the days ahead!


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Monday, August 9, 2010

Learn How to Make Raw Cow Butter in Minutes!

Milk Diet as a Remedy for Chronic Disease (Classic Reprint)
Learn how nourishing your body with fresh, raw/un-processed organic milk will tremendously improve a person's health!
Homemade RAW Butter!!

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features Organic Pastures and their quick, easy recipe for making raw (un-processed) cow butter. I learned about Organic Pastures (and a list of other organic dairy farmers) while searching for organic milk (and icecream)  brands on-line. During that search I discovered an article entitled, 'Best Brands of Organic Milk' and as I read the article I saw links for 'Maintaining the Integrity of Organic Milk', and 'milk brand scorecard'. I read the milk brand scorecard, saw that a score of '5' was the best score, then looked for brands that scored '5' and '4', in my area. Organic Pastures is one of the brands that scored '5'. It's not one of the brands in my area, however, it is a brand that had a score of '5' with a good website and a share-able, informational video that I could share with all of you.  I did find a full-line dairy, Organic Valley, that scored a '4', has a good website and a share-able video and milk available in my area, too. They distribute nationwide and I've included their video, as well.

This raw (un-processed) cow butter recipe should be a great 'find' for all (including me) who love cow butter and want a very healthy, excellent quality of butter. My paternal grandparents lived on their own farm estate and had a herd of grass-fed cows in their pastures. So, I probably was consuming organic, raw cow milk and raw cow butter each time I/we visited them, as children and teenagers, and didn't know it.

During some of the visits to my paternal granparents' farm estate, I used to stand at the fence surrounding one of their pastures as a child with my brother, one of my sisters, and a cousin and I'd make moo-ing sounds until I got a moo in response from one cow or more (the cow(s) wouldn't moo immediately. They'd stand in place, turn their head in the direction of the moo and then just look at me for awhile as if it/they were thinking, "That's the most unusual cow I've ever seen.") . It made me laugh with delight when a cow would respond with a moo and this memory makes me smile and chuckle to this day! I confess ... I'm a brainy, website designing, visual artist and blogger with a sense of humor  for the harmless, silly things like moo-ing at cows. When I have my own cows I may even moo at them, on ocassion, because it's kind of silly and it makes me laugh at myself. Not surprisingly, the moo-ing sound at the beginning of the Organic Valley video reminds me of those times.

As you all may know by now from previous posts, I'm a cow milk lover (whole milk) and have been since I was a child. As a matter of fact, water and milk were my top two beverages for all of my childhood, teenage years and twenties, with tea being the third highest. I had milk with cereal (a bowl for breakfast, or a bowl for a snack, or a bowl for dessert), I had milk with cookies, I had milk with cake, I had milk with chocolate syrup, and I had milk all by itself; just a plain/nothing-added glass of delicious milk! Oh yes, and, the milk we added to the batter of baked goods. That's a good bit of milk!

Well, I stopped consuming cow milk a few years ago, due to the bad reports of the abysmal treatment and health of cows. I'd been in very good health until then; without all of that extra protection of the milk, I experienced dental cavities in acceleration. I missed having cow milk in my daily nutrition/diet for its benefits and its deliciousness. However, I happily resumed drinking cow milk when I discovered organically-produced cow milk!

My consumption of milk isn't back to 100% yet, however when I do get to consume it, I discern the positive difference/effects almost immediately! So, I'm looking forward to gaining regular access to a locally-produced organic, raw cow milk real soon. Furthermore, as soon as I obtain my own dream house farm estate I plan to have my own organic farm (orchards and vineyard, included) and start off with a few organic: cows, chickens, rabbits and goats. Then, I can have truly local, organic, raw cow milk as often as I desire to. Of course, I plan to score/rate a '5' like all the farmers/dairies that scored/rated as '5' on the milk brand scorecard! It's good to be lactose-tolerant; the right cow milk really does do the body a whole lot of good!

Speaking of tolerance for lactose, three of the other members of my family are lactose-intolerant, therefore they didn't drink milk in the quantity I did and their health reflects that fact to this day, even though they eat as nutritiously as I do (regular consumption of fresh raw and cooked vegetables, fresh raw fruit, fresh nuts and quality meats)! Now, I'm learning of the vast health benefits of organic, raw (un-processed) cow milk and I'm sharing this knowledge with them (because raw cow milk is a milk that they can digest/handle) and those of you that didn't know of raw cow milk, yet. I always suspected that my regular consumption of cow milk was a crucial factor in my overall health and now I know for sure that it was.

Well, I hope that all of the information from this post and this blog is helpful to you, your family, friends and acquaintances. All of us deserve to be healthy.






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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Learn How to Make Your Own ESSIAC Tea! - @myhealthtea

20,000 Secrets of Tea: The Most Effective Ways to Benefit from Nature's Healing Herbs

Ever-helpful, Ever-beneficial Essiac Tea

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features Mali Klein teaching us how to combine the recipe ingredients for Essiac Tea. Also, Klein shares the origins of the tea that eventually became associated with Rene M. Caisse and known as Essiac ('C-a-i-s-s-e' spelled backwards) Tea. View My Health Tea's other Tea Recipe videos and Tea Health videos, too!


My Health Tea is the website of fellow @Chaella Tweeter, @myhealthtea whose goal is to help us learn about the health benefits and cures of tea, herbal tea and tea tree oil.

I've enjoyed green tea for years, long before I knew it was so beneficial to my body. Back then I drank it sweetened with white sugar (which is not good for us); now, I enjoy it without any sweetener/plain or with a bit of honey. It's delicious, either way!

Thank-you @myhealthtea for sharing with us!





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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Fresh, Organic Pesto Sauce by 'The Garden Girl'

Urban Sustainable Living with Patti Moreno, the Garden GirlHow to Make Pesto Sauce

Hello, Everyone! This post features a pesto sauce made with fresh, just-picked culinary herb garden ingredients by Patti Moreno/"The Garden Girl". As Patti states, "My goals are to help you produce more and consume less in ways that will make you and your family live a more healthy lifestyle by eating an organic diet, save money by growing your own organic produce, and bring up the net worth of your most valuable asset, your home."  Her website GardenGirlTV is so informative for those interested in growing their own fruit, herbs and vegetables and caring for small livestock such as chickens, rabbits and goats.

I love pasta with herbs and this fresh pesto sauce looks so delicious! Now, I've got to make this pesto sauce. Thank-you for sharing your video and recipe with us Patti/Garden Girl.

Enjoy!





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Healthy Butternut Squash by Yogi Mama - @LauraYogimama

Butternut Squash 15 SeedsNutritious Recipe: Butternut Squash Soup

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features a recipe shared by one of my Twitter Tweeple, Laura Holbrook, @LaurYogimam. She is a mother of 5, Certified Nutritionist, Yoga Teacher, Healthy Chocolate lover and Blogger.

You may visit her blog/website at Yogi Mama for informative sections like 'Mama Videos', 'Lose Weight & Feel Great!' and 'Resources', as well.





Yogi Mama makes butternut squash soup... from Laura Holbrook on Vimeo.


"Certified Nutritionist and mommy of 5 (Laura) makes a healthy delicious Butternut Squash soup. She shows easy step by step instruction and talks about the health benefits of this soup. Laura demonstrates this in her own kitchen. Visit her website / blog: yogimama.org to get her nutrition and fitness tricks for loosing weight and staying in shape even after having babies." ~ Yogi Mama
Be sure to use fresh, clean pot holders or a clean fork to hold/stabilize your squash as you peel and slice it.

I love vegetables and this butternut squash soup looks delicious! I'd eat this soup chunky!

Thank-you for sharing this video and your recipe with us, Laura/Yogi Mama.

Enjoy!




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