Another recipe - A Yummy Dip

I made this recipe today and

loved it!

I grabbed a couple stalks of celery

~ to dip ~

 so good!!

I love to make lil 

"sandwiches"

using 

romaine lettuce

leaves

(instead of bread)

roma tomatos

cucumbers

& 

a few tiny slices of

Vermont Chedder.

THIS 

dip

will be a great addition!

If you're interested in learning 

a bit about

raw foods

check-out more of

 Julie & Sarah

on youtube.

They're great!

Julie & Sarah

Thank You 

4 sharing 
all that you do!

Recipe - Chicken W/Creamy Walnut Sauce

1/2 cup of walnuts ( we used organic raw)

1 cup fresh chopped spinach

1 fresh garlic clove

1/4 tsp salt

( we used celtic sea salt )

1/4 tsp black pepper

pinch of cayenne 

1/3 cup of low sodium chicken or veggie broth

2 Tbs of finely chopped parsley

1/2 tsp lemon juice ( fresh squeezed if possible )

1 tsp extra virgin olive oil

2 chicken breasts

(or not)

pasta of your choice

(cook while blending walnut sauce)

OR

2 large crisp romaine lettuce leaves

 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 IN BLENDER / FOOD PROCESSOR  

 ~ combine ~

 walnuts

garlic

salt

pepper

cayenne

PULSE

until finely chopped.

ADD

broth

parsley

&

lemon juice.

BLEND 

until creamy.

Heat olive oil in pan over med-high heat.

add chicken & cook

stirring often until it's no longer pink

in the middle.

approx 3-6 minutes.

 ~ next ~

turn heat down to low

&

add walnut sauce.

stir approx 1-2 minutes.

add  

spinach

& 

stir another 1-2 minutes on low heat.

Pour over whole wheat pasta of your choice.

( we used thin whole wheat  spaghetti )

we added a little more evoo to the pasta

while still in the pot

b4 topping

with walnut sauce.

OR 

Serve warm

or

cold

atop a large crisp

leaf of 

romaine lettuce.

fresh  
tomato  

would be lovely with this

or

anything else yr ♥ desires.

NOTE: 

If you feel the walnut sauce needs a little 

*tweeking*

go ahead and do so.

this was our version of the recipe.

we used spinach instead of broccoli.

and 

added a little more chicken broth

as well as

a little more

evoo on the pasta.

Enjoy!

A New Recipe

was made tonight.

when jamie returned the

RAW

recipe book,

he picked up another.

A

cookbook

with healthy 

*cooked* 

recipes.

This dish had no photo.

i should have taken a photo

but we were running late

and

i was hungry.

plus, i had  

a headache that's been with me all day.

the headache is still nagging me

so

i'll post the recipe tomorrow.

it's a good recipe for those of you who like

 walnuts

garlic

 cayenne...

it's also a good cold 
or 
ever-so-slightly 
warm recipe  

layed on a bed of crispy  

romaine lettuce.

I went for my 

"follow-up" 

ultrasound yesterday.

my 

GYN 

has me do these 6 months after my 

yearly mammograms

 to be on the "safe-side".

for those of you who don't know,

one of my sisters

was diagnose with breast cancer at age 49

and passed at 54; so this is the reason i go twice a year.

It's painless

but

the way i lay on the table during the ultrasound

is a little hard on my shoulders & back

which ended up causing me pain the rest of the day.

jamie gave me an hour long massage last night

which helped a lot today

but

this nagging headache is caused by some left-over

neck pain.

anyway ~

i'm off to make a cuppa tea and relax b4 bed.

:)

This is going to be HARD

for me to watch

but

feel it's necessary.

I will probably cry thru half of the movie...

we've already made up our minds

( Jamie & i )

about the way we eat

and

will continue to eat from now on.

We have given up
red meat
pork
&
all "junk" foods.

Chicken & Shrimp

are the only 2 that we do eat.

I will be having a go at home-made almond milk soon.

we are steadily walking a healthier path day-by-day..

I feel it's necessary to watch the movie
(link below)

so i know b4 hand

if it's something i will recommend to others.

I hadn't even heard of this movie; they had a brief mention of it on

a morning show a week or so ago.

"I think skeptics will get the chance to see things from another view point 

and

perhaps walking a mile in those boots will give them some food for thought"

Have you seen this movie?

CLICK HERE FOR CLIP

Let's Start

DEMANDING!

:)

It's late but...

I thought i'd do a quick update b4 bed.

Besides the nice

pick-me-up 

the morning 

fruit & veggie

smoothies are giving 

~ us ~

i

am now noticing a difference in my

muscle and joint 

pain.

There's less of it.

I know it's only been, just over  a month

drinking one

(sometimes 2) a day

but

i am feeling a change.

not a HUGE change

but

a change, for the better.

:o)

I don't eat lunch very often.

When I do, it's something like an apple dipped in peanut butter

or

something along those lines.

Dinner has been challenging.

Some nights we are both exhausted

and make things like

buckwheat pancakes

(like tonight).

Which is ok.

It's better for me than cheeseburgers, chops, etc.

Red meat is no longer on our radar.

I was craving a tomato olive oil pizza the other night

so

we went to LaVilla for dinner.

When we were going out more often for dinner

i would say to Jamie

"you should skip the pepperoni & sausage, or at least one,

and replace it with spinach or something".

He would say something like " i don't have this often, so let me eat what i want".

Well..

the other night, he ordered a grilled chicken pizza on a whole wheat crust.

NO nagging from me!

ALL on his own, haha...

Ok ~ so we bought this recipe book called

~ RAW ~

I decided to make a mock

"meatloaf".

It sounded good 

(because it was full of sunflower seeds, walnuts & almonds)

portobello mushrooms, celery, red pepper, sweet onion, fresh spices etc.

It took 4 EVER to make.

Once it was finished (b4 putting in the dehydrator)

i had a bite. It tasted really good!

I was thrilled, and couldn't wait until Jamie got home to try this with a fresh side salad.

 Lets just say Jamie was a good 'sport'.

  he ate 1.

I choked down 1/2 of a half, & then started laughing @ how bad this was.

The dehydrator killed the flavor.

It would have been good
b4 dehydrating
on some organic crackers as a spread instead.

The book is going back to B&N.

Way to many ingredients in most of the recipes.

We were in a hurry when we purchased it, and figured we could just return it if

it wasn't what we wanted.

I will be making a batch of 

"raw"

crackers soon.

Will post when finished.

I made a sweet 'organic' distressed heart necklace as well.

Will be adding it to my shop tomorrow evening.

2010

Guided Relaxation Video I find REAL helpful

Getting back

on track, is what i am hoping to do 

starting tomorrow 

(Saturday).

It's been a couple of rough weeks

pain-wise.

Yesterday was a good day 

(mild back pain)

:)

Today was similar.

It's hard to believe i haven't sat at my bench since

mid December.

I hope to spend a little time there tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be

1 month 

since we started drinking 

'Green'

Smoothies

every morning.

Last weekend

Jamie was working around the house

and came up to make a 2nd cuppa coffee

and said

"OH wait,

I think i'll make another smoothie instead".

That says a lot, when he reaches for the 

fruits & veggies 

instead of the coffee he so loves!

:)

Last night i was surfing for more raw food info and came across a blog that mentioned a book I ordered, called

"The China Study"

by

T. Colin Campbell

A clip from the documentary 

"A Delicate Balance"

I also ordered another book

from Barnes & Noble

called

"The Coconut Oil Miracle"
click title to see book.

 I can't wait to start reading these!

I also ordered a new 

yoga mat 

& 

meditation pillow 

that came yesterday.

Tomorrow morning

my

routine begins.

Part 2 

of getting me back to wellness.

One thing 

@ 

a time

seems to be the way 

i need to do things 

these days; but
that's OK.

Free Yoga Classes

Just sign up 

@ 

top of the page. 

Click here

~ My favorite ~

youtube

yoga channel

is below

http://www.youtube.com/user/yogatic

Surprise_surprise...

This is what we woke up to this morning!

 

and it's still snowing.

they say it will linger thru

Wed!

It's beautiful

to watch

but

i hate driving in it!

I thought i heard on the weather channel this morning, that most of the USA was hit with some kind of cold weather.
Florida was one; i heard they had ice on the
orange trees
and will cause the cost of 
OJ
to go up by 1/3 
(i believe they said)

Wishing

each and every

one of you

 a

happy & healthy

~ New Year ~

XXX