Tabouli Salad

This tabouli salad is not only delicious it's also very nutritious!

Health Benefits:

1. Parsley: Parsley is rich in many vital vitamins, including Vitamin C, B 12, K and A. This means parsley keeps your immune system strong, tones your bones and heals the nervous system, too. It helps flush out excess fluid from the body, thus supporting kidney function. Regular use of parsley can help control your blood pressure.

2. Tomatoes: Tomatoes are also an excellent source vitamin C, biotin, molybdenum, and vitamin K. They are also a very good source of copper, potassium, manganese, dietary fiber, vitamin A (in the form of beta-carotene), vitamin B6, folate, niacin, vitamin E, and phosphorus. They help boost your immune system and can contribute to defending your body against free radicals that lead to common illnesses like the flu and colds.

3. Bulgur: Bulgur is low in fat, high in minerals like manganese, magnesium and iron, plus it's a good source of plant-based protein. It also provides a the dietary fiber you need for digestive and heart health! 25% of your daily needs in every one-cup serving!

4. Lemon Juice: High in vitiman C, lemons are wonderfully detoxing while providing the body with immune boosting nutrients. 

This salad is made with fresh whole foods that are chemical free non GMO and amazing for your health. It's also ridiculously delicious! 

Here’s our YouTube tutorial on how to make this delicious and nutritious salad:

https://youtu.be/d52935QRjmE

Bone Strength Juice

Bone Strength Juice

6 stalks Swiss Chard

2 Pears

1 Lemon 

1 inch Ginger

Best cold pressed, this palette pleasing juice is loaded with Vitamin K which is essential for healthy, dense bones. Its deficiency shows up as bone-related problems like loss of bone (osteopenia), decrease in bone mineral density (osteoporosis), and fractures including hip fractures. This high level of Vitamin k in this Juice will help to prevent these type of bone diseases. 

Bone Strength Juice contains high amounts of Vitamin B as well as a lot of minerals including magnesium, calcium, manganese and iron. 

Maintain your bone Strength by adding this sweet delicious cold pressed juice to your nutrition! 

Tempeh Meatless Balls

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Tempeh Meatless Balls

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8oz Organic Tempeh

1 cup Chickpeas

3 tbsp Quinoa Flour 

2 tbsp Coconut Aminos

1 tsp Coconut oil

1 tsp Lemon Juice

1 tsp Himalayan Pink Salt

1 tbsp Garlic 

1 tbsp Dried Parsley 

1 tbsp Curry Powder

1 tsp Smoked Paprika 

1 tsp Liquid Smoke 

1 tsp Cumin

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Mix all ingredients in a food processor. Form balls! 

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Cooking options:

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Bake: Place in glass cooking dish and Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes

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- this is the healthiest way to make this recipe-

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Pan Bake: Using an expeller cooking oil spray, I used Avocado Oil Spray, spray your pan and heat it until its sizzling. Cook balls for 5 minutes or until brown 

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-minimal amount of oil in the cooking spray adds fat to the dish and the heated oil becomes a carcinogen which mildly raises your risk for cancer. It's still a healthier way to prepare this dish.

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Pan Fry: Add a thin layer of oil to your pan and heat until sizzling. Submerge balls in the oil and fry until crisp on each side. 

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- high fat from the oil and frying has turned a healthy Tempeh Meatless Ball into a fatty splurge. 

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Oven baked, pan baked or fried gives you the options to make this dish in multiple variations. This dish can be prepared in the healthiest of ways or as a splurge. It's up to you to decide!

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Fruit Fuels Good Health

Fruit fuels good health!  Don’t fear the fruit! Fruit provides the body with essential vitamins and minerals that help contribute to overall good health while certain fruits help keep specific bodily functions operating seamlessly. This chart is a great reference for the benefits of fruit.

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When you look at the overall comparison of what fruit provides the body verses what protein does for the body, it’s clear that your intake of fruit needs to be higher than your intake of protein in order for your body not to develop diseases. Keep your body running like a well oiled machine by making sure you have enough fruit in your nutrition! 

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You are what you eat: Constipation

Here’s a fantastic chart that shows foods that eliminate and/or prevent constipation. .

Recently, I had someone tell me that they are very constipated as a result of treatment for an autoimmune disease and they’re vegan so they exclaimed “I’m plant based” and all my blood tests are perfect. They told me that they use prune juice, eat prunes and drink castor oil as well as stool softening teas to help relieve it and eventually it works but they’re constipated immediately after. 

I asked what their “vegan diet”’consisted of. Everything that this person eats is plantbased but processed as well as prepared in an unhealthy way. What they fail to recognize is that fake processed vegan foods are filled with binders, chemicals and sometimes preservatives. If it’s in the “food” to bind it before you eat it, what do you think it does inside your body when your body isn’t capable of processing and using those binders, while it is already having to process chemicals from pharmaceuticals for the autoimmune disease? It makes your stool bind together in your body causing major constipation.

If the natural remedies for constipation are working, it means that your body will digestively function normally when your body is fed whole natural foods it can process and is able to use without byproducts. 

Since this person can’t eliminate the pharmaceutical treatments that may contribute to their issue, they have to keep their consumption of processed foods to a minimum in order to avoid constipation. 

Switching from eating animal products to eating processed fake vegan foods is a lateral nutritional diet change.  It may be ethically right for the animals and reduce your blood pressure and cholesterol levels but it’s just as harmful as eating animal products. Keeping our nutrition focused on how to create wellness with properly functioning bodily functions and prevent disease or accommodate disease is how food becomes our medicine and our reward is health with minimal symptoms from whatever our body may be dealing with. .

You are what you eat!

Basil Turmeric Tonic

Basil Turmeric Tonic

1 Large Orange Juiced 

1 Lime Juice 

1/2 Orange Sliced in 1/4’s

4 Large Basil Leaves

2 inches Turmeric Root Sliced

1/2 inch Ginger Root Sliced 

8 ounces Apple Cider Vinegar

8 ounces Hot Water 

Optional Sweeteners: 1 tablespoon Maple Syrup, Honey or Raw Coconut Sugar 

Servings: 4 

1. Squeeze Oranges and Lime’s Juice into 16 oz bottle 

2. add 2 orange 1/4's to bottle, sliced Turmeric root, sliced Ginger root, basil, sweetener (optional), Apple Cider Vinegar and then hot water

3. Shake it up and place in fridge for a few hours until cool. 

4. Serve over ice or as a morning vitality shot! 

This Basil Turmeric Tonic is a wonderful Probiotic Tonic that contains high levels of vitamin c to boost your immune system, basil for digestive and immune system health, Turmeric which prevents inflammatory diseases and Ginger for total digestive well being!  It also contains Apple cider vinegar which has been known to be used to treat weak bones (osteoporosis), weight loss, leg cramps and pain, upset stomach, sore throats, sinus problems, high blood pressure, arthritis, to help rid the body of toxins, stimulate thinking, slow the aging process, regulate blood pressure, reduce cholesterol, and fight infection. *

Boost your wellness with this delicious and nutritious Tonic! A shot of this a day will help keep disease away! 

Benefits of Jackfruit

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Benefits of Jackfruit:

1. High in protein:

Jackfruit contains a good amount of protein. This can be added to different dishes that you prepare. You can also replace lentils in your daily diet with jackfruit seeds!

2. Promotes hair growth:

Jackfruit can aid in increasing blood circulation which is vital for stimulating hair growth.

3. Vitamin A:

Jackfruit contains vitamin A that is an essential vitamin for healthy hair and flawless skin

4. Immunity:

Jackfruit is a great source of Vitamin C and antioxidants, which can strengthen your immune system which can protect you from many common diseases such as cough, cold and flu. The Vitamin C and Antioxidants found in jackfruit can boost the immune function to

obliterate free radicals making Jackfruit a cancer fighting food 

5. Boosts Magnesium Levels

You may hear a lot of talk about magnesium levels and for good reason. Magnesium is crucial for the structure of our bones. 

6. Reduces Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Jackfruit contains a healthy dose of vitamin B6. Vitamin B6 may help reduce heart disease. 

7. Improves Digestion

Jackfruit is great for anyone suffering from constipation or issues with digestion, because the seeds contain a lot of dietary fiber

8 Aids in Preventing Osteoporosis

Jackfruit contains calcium, which may help reduce the risk of osteoporosis, or even osteopenia, which is the onset of osteoporosis. A serving of jackfruit contains about 6 percent of the recommended daily allowance of calcium, making it a strong source to help prevent osteoporosis

Jackfruit is so beneficial to the body in so many ways and it's so delicious. Check out our BBQ Pulled Jackfruit recipe to find out just how delicious it can be!