Discussing functional foods and holistic health with author Amanda E. Plevell
How are our foods and thoughts related? In Jurema Silva's latest correspondent interview for The Edge, author Amanda E. Plevell, PhD, CNHP explains how stress, anxiety and fear can produce fat gaining hormones which...
Recipe: Turkey Breakfast Patties
A Gluten-free, Dairy-free Whole Food Recipe
You may enjoy these flavor-packed turkey patties for breakfast or as a quick meal for lunch or dinner. This recipe makes enough to freeze. I eat them every morning...
Restocking the Pharmacy of the Body
The ever-expanding pharmacopeia of time-tested techniques, natural remedies and alternative pain killers is a complicated skein of dos and don'ts that would tangle any health wizard's weave.
For example, if you're like me, you still...
Fast Food Kitchen
We are a fast food driven society! Sure, that quickie meal from the drive-through may seem bigger, cheaper, tastier or quicker, but your body views it as fake food. So many of the foods...
Sound Bites: Nutrition, Eggs and the Lives of Chickens
Have you ever been at the grocery store and wondered which eggs to buy? Navigating the egg section, with all of the various labels, can be downright confusing! If you love eggs, then you...
Recipe: Santa Fe Chicken Chili
A Gluten-free, Dairy-free Whole Food Recipe
HERE IS ANOTHER variation of chili worth adding to your recipes. This is also delicious vegetarian.
Ingredients:
1 TBS olive oil
1 medium sweet onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp ground...
Recipe: Perfect Pot Roast
A Gluten-free, Dairy-free Whole Food Recipe
THERE ARE MANY RECIPES for a pot roast, but I chose this one based on its simplicity of ingredients and its adaptability to cooking methods, especially the...
Tres Frijoles Chili Cheese Torta
January is a fruitful month for change. More people initiate change for the better in early January than any other time of the year. After weeks, sometimes even months of indulgence before starting a...
Food First: A Single Option to Satisfy your Taste
Want a quick, yummy, nutritious option for lunch or dinner? Of course you do! I love to create one bowl meals that are just that. Instead of making dinner a huge production, just toss...
Rebooting Your Food Habits
Do you remember last night's dinner? Have you already started thinking about tonight's dinner? Sadly, as a society, we fetish-ize food and then shame ourselves for the consumption. Fortunately, we can change our relationship...
Recipe: Swiss Chard Frittata
This breakfast is an easy way to eat more greens. It has a surprisingly sweet flavor. Make it on a Sunday and enjoy during the week.
Ingredients
1 TBS coconut or olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
1...
Our World as a Soup Bowl
A battle of comments ensued under my recent Facebook posting: Hate crimes got you down?! If you still eat meat, then you are part of the problem. My vegan friends understood the post and...
Food Inc. : An Edge Interview with Robert Kenner
The critically acclaimed and Academy Award-nominated film Food Inc. - filmmaker Robert Kenner's exposé of corporate farming in America - also is one of the top-grossing theatrical documentaries of all time. In the three...
Celebrate each day the Ayurvedic Way
Life brings us big and small celebrations along the way. Some celebrations are landmark events where we may reach a goal, land that promotion, marry, rejoice in the arrival of a new child, or...
A Journey of Healing, Nourishing Ourselves and Nurturing Our World
I had always been conscious of my own healing journey, dealing with severe health challenges in childhood, mainly affecting the lungs. I wasn’t aware of it at the time. Still, I was able to...
Recipe: Banana or Pineapple Sticky Rice
A Gluten-free, Dairy-free Whole Food RecipeÂ
We all need a little comfort food every now and then. So here's a dessert that's a satisfying alternative from the usual high-sugar confections -- not only because it...
Recipe: Thai Chicken (or Tofu) Curry
A gluten-free, Dairy-free, whole food recipe
This recipe can be prepared up to a day ahead of time and then baked when ready for dinner. I think you will be quite pleased with this flavorful...
