I love the bulk food section at my supermarket. I can get just the amount that I need of an item. This week, I bought quinoa and lentils and honestly love both! How do you cook quinoa? How to cook quinoa: 1. Rinse and soak 1 cup of quinoa with hot water for at least 5 minutes.2. Drain with fine strainer.3. Add quinoa to 2 cups of water or broth. (I used vegetable broth.)4. Bring to boil.5. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.6. Remove quinoa from heat and let sit for 5 minutes.7. Fluff with fork … [Read more...]
Basic Italian Polenta Recipe
I have not had Polenta before. I recently saw it being cooked on TV and it really sounded good. So when I saw a bag for just over $2 at the local grocery store, I couldn’t resist. I had to try it. It is simply ground corn. The only ingredient is corn! I used the following recipe (in half) and made 4 servings. Each serving is 130 calories (without butter). Basic Italian Polenta Recipe (from the back of the Bob’s Red Mill bag) Ingredients 3 cups of water 1 tsp. salt 1 cup of … [Read more...]
10 Super Foods
In a recent issue of one of my favorite magazines I read about 30 healthiest foods to eat. I wanted to share a list of 10 Super Foods that we eat regularly and love. I have even included some toddler tested recipes that we use. I hope you are eating these foods too! 10 Super Foods 1. Whole Grain Pasta: fiber is important to any healthy diet and the whole grain versions of pasta contain 3x as much fiber. (Don’t make the same mistake I did and think that multigrain is the same thing, it is … [Read more...]
Sick Time
My family is sick. It affected me for a couple days, though not too badly. Today, my husband is really feeling it, and my daughter is slowly getting over it. At home, my father, mother and sister were all sick this past week. I am sure we picked it up from them before we left for Northern California. Not fun to travel and settle in a new house when we are feeling yucky. I was a nurse today. I shopped for groceries as quickly as I could today. We are stocked up. When we are traveling and only in … [Read more...]
Make Your Own Beans
We love black beans. We buy organic black beans in the can pretty often for about $1 a can. This week we decided to buy the beans dried at our local grocery store. One small bag was under $2 and makes about 3 cans worth. This is a much better deal, people! Make your own beans! BENEFIT: We put the ingredients we want in them, we don’t have to worry about BPA lining in the cans, and we can even freeze the leftovers. 5 Easy Steps to Crockpot Beans: Rinse and sort beans. Take out any … [Read more...]
Juicing Spinach: Spinach Juice Recipe
Who would like fresh juice with spinach in it? Anyone? Well, my Princess is into it! She loves fresh juice with spinach thrown in. Not only that but she really loves helping make the juice each morning. My daughter is such a good helper! (Can't you just hear The Wonder Pets singing about teamwork right now? No just me? Ok, then.) We resurrected the ole Juice Man Jr. from the cupboard we never open (you know the one right?). This week we have been making fresh juice. Spinach Juice Cocktail 1 … [Read more...]
What I Learned From 2010
sourceI cannot believe it is already 2011. Wow! When I was a child, I thought we'd be flying in cars by now. Didn't you? Shows you how much I knew.So as I look back at 2010, I want to take the things I have learned and make some simple changes in my life for 2011 and beyond.1. Kidney problems are not fun. Really, I need to drink more water and less diet soda. This is hard. But it is so simple. So I pledge to DRINK MORE WATER!2. We watched Food Inc in 2010 and that resulted in buying organic … [Read more...]
