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I just watched this video on Alicia Silverstone’s website http://www.thekindlife.com/.
It is a little choppy (and I think the guy is definitely enamored with Alicia!!), but it’s a nice, down-to-earth interview with a “normal” person who decided on his own to be vegan. He talks about the benefits he’s seen, and also the things he misses.
Check it out!
http://www.thekindlife.com/post/my-interview-with-veg-businessman-joel
To your health,
Kimberly
What exactly are micro-greens, you ask? Well, I had never heard of them until I read this article:
http://www.highmowingseeds.com/blog/growing-organic-micro-greens
I thought it was so interesting and it seems pretty darn easy to grow these nutritious greens (even for totally inept growers like me!) I think I’ll give it a try.
You can get seeds at any garden center or nursery, but I just found out that OB People’s Coop sells them too.
To your health,
Kimberly
I just saw this interesting video from Becky Fox of Fox Fitness. She walks through a grocery store looking at how much sugar (and what kind of sugar, which is equally important) is in various foods, including foods some people consider “healthy”.
Check it out here: http://foxfitness.com/sugar-sugar-everywhere-sugar-content-in-your-food/
The best way to avoid consuming a lot of sugar, especially refined sugars (white sugar, high fructose corn syrup, etc) is to eat as naturally as possible. What I mean by this is eating foods that have not been subjected to human processes, packaged, and preserved. Whole grains (brown rice, wild rice, millet, quinoa, wheat, oats, bulgar, etc) and fresh fruits and vegetables are great choices to base all your meals on.
To your health,
Kimberly
So, some of you will know I’ve recently been job hunting since my move back to San Diego. In my search, a particular recruiter, Amanda Scott, gave me a call about my resume. After talking to her, it turns out she also has a health/fitness blog so of course, I had to check it out!
I found this delicious recipe on her blog for a Millet Tabbouleh with pomegranate seeds and edamame. Yum! You’ve got to check out the recipe as it sounds awesome.
Tabbouleh is traditionally made with bulgar, but millet is a wonderfully alkalising grain (and gluten free), so there is no reason not to substitute it here.
Let me know what you think!
To your health,
Kimberly
One of my good friends recently lived in Madrid for over a year. She actually managed to find a health food store there, which I was totally shocked about! I lived in Madrid for a few months back in college and I definitely didn’t have any luck finding such a place. The best I could do was look in the teeny, tiny “healthy” section of the grocery store, which consisted mostly of cereals (including chocolate cereal, go figure, I guess it has calcium?)
Anyway, if you’re in Madrid and looking for some good quality, natural foods to eat, check this out:
http://guiriguidetomadrid.com/2011/01/salud-madrid-heres-to-your-health/
To your health,
Kimberly
Happy New Year everyone!! I have been absent from my blog for a few weeks, but I’m back and excited about the new year. I hope every one of you got to enjoy a wonderful holiday season.
Depending on where you shop for your groceries (check out the OB People’s Food Cooperative!), trying to find what fruits and vegetables are in season right now can be very confusing. A lot of stores have EVERYTHING available all the time. So, how are you supposed to know?
Here is a list of quite a few things that are in season in California right now (January):
This is not a comprehensive list, but it gives you a good selection to choose from.
As I mentioned last year, I’m going to be starting a macrobiotics course later in January, and one of the principles behind a macrobiotic diet is eating what is in season in your area. There are reasons that certain things grow in certain areas, based on what the climate is like in that place. So, doesn’t it make sense to eat what is growing in your area? You are experiencing the same climate that the fruits and vegetables are experiencing while they’re growing, so your body will get the correct nutrients, and those foods will have to correct impact on your body (i.e. warming or cooling) if you eat based on your location.
As I learn more about this in my course, I’ll share more with you!
To your health,
Kimberly
Here is another recipe from my macrobiotic cooking class. My husband and I have made this a couple of times since then and have really enjoyed it. We even made it for my parents and, despite the seaweed in the dish, they both loved it!
For me to promote a primarily onion based dish (I’m not the biggest onion lover, unless they’re very well cooked), it must mean it’s a good one 
Ingredients
1 cup arame (a sea vegetable, you can buy it at specialty grocery stores)
3 large onions, finely sliced
2 tbsp shoyu sauce (similar to soy sauce but without the gluten)
1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Apple juice concentrate, to taste
Lemon rind, ground
Preparation
- Rinse the arame, then leave to soak in water for 15 minutes
- Heat the oil in a pan. Once hot, add onions and saute with a pinch of salt until transparent.
- Drain arame and add to the onions with 1/2 cup water. Cover and simmer until all water is absorbed. (about 20 mins)
- Season to taste with shoyu, apple juice concentrate and lemon ride. Garnish with walnuts.
Serve and enjoy! This is a great hot vegetable side dish or could even be served on top of brown rice or noodles to make a meal.
Onions are full of nutrients, so this gives you a good dose of onions for the week. Sea vegetables, such as arame, are known for their high mineral content, so this also adds to the nutritional value of the dish. And the olive oil and walnuts have healthy fats.
This works great with a natural weight loss plan or any healthy meal plan.
To your health,
Kimberly
There is a sale on right now at Great Taste No Pain. The creators of this system, Sherry and Mike Brescia, are very well known in the industry and their system for getting rid of IBS and other digestive issues is incredible!
If you just check out the Great Taste No Pain site and see all the incredible testimonials you’ll see how much success Great Taste No Pain customers have had.
Do you suffer from IBS, Diverticulitis, Acid Reflux, or other digestive issues? If so, this is the answer for you!
You may wonder why I am recommending this system, as I have written my own IBS ebook, however I want all of my readers to have every opportunity to get rid of their IBS! If this system is the one for you, then I am happy to recommend it.
It is on sale right now for $29.97 – a screaming deal – but this only lasts until this Wednesday, December 8th. The sale ends at midnight on the 8th, so don’t delay.
To your health,
Kimberly
First of all, sorry to all of my non-US readers – I promise this is the last post about Thanksgiving for the year. This was my first Thanksgiving since 2004, so it feels special enough to talk about a little bit!
I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my immediate family and all of my sister-in-law’s family. We saw the maternal side of her family for lunch and then the paternal side for dinner (just for clarification I only ate once!) It was a really fun day, but what made it ultra-unique was the vegetarian food we had.
One of the cousins in the family was vegan, so she had brought all vegan food to her grandmother’s house – her grandmother had asked her to do this, as she didn’t want to have to make two different dinners to feed the meat-eaters and vegetarians…rightly so. Anyway, as my husband is really trying to be vegan and I rarely have any meat these days, we both had the non-meat Thanksgiving meals.
We had vegan stuffing, some kind of soy roast (a soy based stuffing inside of a pastry crust), mushroom gravy, and cauliflower mash. All items were vegan apart from the mash which had ricotta cheese. Did I miss the turkey? Not a bit. Did I miss the sour cream laden mashed potatoes covered in turkey gravy? Definitely. But, I woke up the next day and didn’t feel totally bloated. And I didn’t suffer from the normal post-meal fatigue caused by tryptophan.
All in all, this Thanksgiving was no less special than previous years, even without the traditional turkey. I’ll try to get the recipe for the mushroom gravy to share with you guys. It was a real hit!
To your health,
Kimberly
With Thanksgiving behind us, but still lots of leftovers to be had, and with Christmas parties getting underway, ’tis the season for…indigestion!
If you overindulge on food or alcohol this holiday season (or anytime for that matter), rather than reaching for antacids, try a natural remedy. Try one of these 7 herbs that are good for the digestive system:
I read an article about these herbs on yahoo.com; the link is here for the full article.
To your health,
Kimberly
***Thanks Telina for pointing me to this article!
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