Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!
Here are some fun recipes to help you get ready for the holidays!
http://www.blisstree.com/2012/12/08/food/happy-healthy-hanukkah-recipes-celebrations-food/
Looking for fun and quick dishes to make for that upcoming Christmas party or family gathering?
Check out this amazing site full of appetizers, cocktails, desserts and more!
http://www.freefunchristmas.com/christmas-recipes/
The United States of Thanksgiving
Here are 11 Healthy Thanksgiving Side Dishes great for the big Thanksgiving feast!
http://www.rd.com/slideshows/11-healthy-thanksgiving-side-dishes/#slideshow=slide4
1. Bite sized treats are perfect portion control. You pull out one or two bite sized treats for a perfect snack or dessert. So much better than always reaching for the big slice of cake.
2. They are no bake and simple to make. Bite size recipes are the perfect, quick alternative to baking. You don’t even have to turn on the oven, which is a big bonus here in the Texas summer!
3. They have simple ingredients. Not only do bite sized treats and snacks require very little prep time, they also have pure, simple ingredients. Your body loves simple, REALL FOOD.
Here is what you need:
Here is what you do:
And that’s that! Also readers and don’t forget to check out my new meal service, now offering (2) person, Individual person meals, as well as our awesome Family meals that feed 4-5. All meals include and entree, side or salad, and dessert.
Eat Well. Live Well. Be Well.
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Jill Wentworth is leading us Wednesday by Wednesday into making better food choices and being more healthful. Tune in every Wednesday to get some great recipes and advice from someone who really knows health. In an effort to fuel her passion to serve as well has enhance the lives of others through their nutritional choices, she started Eat Well SA(San Antonio). Her vision is to educate you on how to incorporate a healthy array of foods into your life. Eat Well is not a diet, nor does it embrace any one specific dietary agenda. She also offers customized programs that are educational and teach you the tools you need to maintain healthy, well balanced eating for your busy lives.
Did you know that tomatoes contain 2 grams of fiber each, loads of Vitamin C helping you stay healthy, and beta-carotene to help make your skin glow?
I will take any chance I can to get some of those benefits into my body and if that means eating salsa, well that is fine with me.
Salsa is by far our all time favorite dip! We consume large quantities of salsa in our house, for the perfect topping to our eggs, to a great dip for our chips. We LOVE salsa!! After sharing with you our Coconut Granola Clusters as an easy and yummy way to save money on your grocery bill, I was inspired to share with you our family favorite, HOMEMADE SALSA.
This recipe makes about 8 cups of salsa and for about $4.00. That is a steal, considering that a 2 cup jar of salsa at the store will cost anywhere form $3-$4!! Talk about cost savings.
Not only is this recipe budget friendly, it is very, very tasty and so fresh. You can whip up a batch in about 1 minute and immediately serve it to your friends and family or store it it jars in the fridge for the perfect dip to your chip or topping for your morning eggs.
And that’s it! Time to break out the chips and enjoy your fantastic dip.
I know that your friends and family are going to love this salsa.
So, what is your favorite dip? Salsa or queso? Leave a comment below and let me know.
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Jill Wentworth is leading us Wednesday by Wednesday into making better food choices and being more healthful. Tune in every Wednesday to get some great recipes and advice from someone who really knows health. In an effort to fuel her passion to serve as well has enhance the lives of others through their nutritional choices, she started Eat Well SA(San Antonio). Her vision is to educate you on how to incorporate a healthy array of foods into your life. Eat Well is not a diet, nor does it embrace any one specific dietary agenda. She also offers customized programs that are educational and teach you the tools you need to maintain healthy, well balanced eating for your busy lives.
Let’s right down to business…Inflammation. You might have an idea of what Inflammation is, perhaps it is the swelling that occurs when you twist your ankle or cut your finger. While this is true, your bodies responses to injury is inflammation, it helps heal the body as white blood cells work hard to repair the tissue. Without inflammation our bodies would not heal. So in those circumstances it is OK. However, lets talk about inflammation in a different sense.
Chronic Inflammation is the type of inflammation that reeks havoc on our bodies and over time lead to cancer, asthma, allergies, osteoporosis, irritable bowl syndrome, autoimmune diseases and so much more.
For many people suffering from these diseases, they take pills to keep their symptoms at bay. In a sense it is a giant bandaid to a larger, more serious problem. Chronic Inflammation.
So, what causes Chronic Inflammation?
How can we prevent/cure Chronic Inflammation?
Incorporate more plants into your diet. Eat your greens and a variety of colorful vegetables and fruits. The vitamins, minerals and alkalizing properties of greens will help your body balance out your bodies PH and keep you in a more balanced state.
Eat Greens. Veggies. Fruits. Nuts. Seeds. REAL FOOD.
Your body will thank you!!
Eat Well. Live Well. Be Well.
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Jill Wentworth is leading us Wednesday by Wednesday into making better food choices and being more healthful. Tune in every Wednesday to get some great recipes and advice from someone who really knows health. In an effort to fuel her passion to serve as well has enhance the lives of others through their nutritional choices, she started Eat Well SA(San Antonio). Her vision is to educate you on how to incorporate a healthy array of foods into your life. Eat Well is not a diet, nor does it embrace any one specific dietary agenda. She also offers customized programs that are educational and teach you the tools you need to maintain healthy, well balanced eating for your busy lives.
I am warning you, they are not “healthy”. They most definitely fall under the 20% rule. Eat healthy 80% of the time and leave room for the 20% to be the occasional treat. This mindful approach to eating, allows you to ditch the dieting, eat with pleasure, and without guilt.
So here is what you need for these tasty treats:
Here is what you do:
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Jill Tarpey is leading us Wednesday by Wednesday into making better food choices and being more healthful. Tune in every Wednesday to get some great recipes and advice from someone who really knows health. In an effort to fuel her passion to serve as well has enhance the lives of others through their nutritional choices, she started Eat Well SA(San Antonio). Her vision is to educate you on how to incorporate a healthy array of foods into your life. Eat Well is not a diet, nor does it embrace any one specific dietary agenda. She also offers customized programs that are educational and teach you the tools you need to maintain healthy, well balanced eating for your busy lives.
What you need:
Jill Wentworth is leading us Wednesday by Wednesday into making better food choices and being more healthful. Tune in every Wednesday to get some great recipes and advice from someone who really knows health. In an effort to fuel her passion to serve as well has enhance the lives of others through their nutritional choices, she started Eat Well SA(San Antonio). Her vision is to educate you on how to incorporate a healthy array of foods into your life. Eat Well is not a diet, nor does it embrace any one specific dietary agenda. She also offers customized programs that are educational and teach you the tools you need to maintain healthy, well balanced eating for your busy lives.
Some of us rely on coffee to give us that afternoon boost. Others gravitate towards sodas and sugary snacks. The answer can be a simple as fueling our bodies with high quality, unprocessed whole foods and snacks. A few weeks ago we talked about Protein Bars, what exactly is in them, and if they were a beneficial part of a healthy diet. If you missed it, you can check it out HERE.
In an effort to remove more processed food from our diets, these little energy bites would be the perfect alternative to processed protein bars. They will give you the energy boost you are looking for, thanks to the whole grains, healthy fats, and natural sugars (honey), without having to consume highly processed, sugar filled snacks that have little to no nutritional value.
I whipped up a batch of these no bake energy bites for my sister-in-law who just had a beautiful baby girl last week. With two other kids under the age of 4 in the house, there is no doubt she needs as much energy as she can get. The kids loved these and they were the perfect little snack for those night time nursing sessions and long, busy days.
Keep a stash in the fridge at work and at home and you will always have a healthy, go to snack at your fingertips.
What is your favorite go to snack? Leave a comment below! 🙂
Jill Wentworth is leading us Wednesday by Wednesday into making better food choices and being more healthful. Tune in every Wednesday to get some great recipes and advice from someone who really knows health. In an effort to fuel her passion to serve as well has enhance the lives of others through their nutritional choices, she started Eat Well SA(San Antonio). Her vision is to educate you on how to incorporate a healthy array of foods into your life. Eat Well is not a diet, nor does it embrace any one specific dietary agenda. She also offers customized programs that are educational and teach you the tools you need to maintain healthy, well balanced eating for your busy lives.
I don’t know about you but I LOVE carrot cake. My favorite sweet treat for sure!
Unfortunately, a slice of carrot cake (well at least the size slice that I would want) can really add some calories and sugar to my daily tally. Every once in a while it is OK. Life is about balance.
But I would love to have a little taste of it everyday. Instead of keeping a carrot cake around the house, which would be so tempting, I decided to whip up some Carrot Cake Bites.
I love the portion control that bite sized treats offer because it allows you to keep things in check. You can enjoy one or two and get your sweet fix without feeling that you are going into a sugar coma.
This recipe makes about 22 Carrot Cake Bites and they come in at around 100 calories and 4 grams of sugar per bite. Great nutrition stats for this yummy treat!!
These Raspberry Oat Squares are so delicious and healthy thanks to the 100% whole grain crust and low sugar filling. These bars also freeze well, so whip up a batch this week and stock up for your holiday parties and goodie giving. Happy baking!!
1 Jar Low Sugar/Reduced Sugar Raspberry Jam (You can use any flavor of jam!)
Step 1 Preheat oven to 350.Line a 9 x 9 pan with parchment paper.Mix the chia egg (1 tablespoon of chia seeds + 3 tablespoons of water) and set aside
Step 2 In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.
Step 3 In a small bowl, melt the butter (earth balance) in the microwave.Add the remaining wet ingredients (maple syrup, almond milk and chia egg). Stir together
Step 4 Combine the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well.Reserve 1/2 cup of the mixture for your crust and press the remaining dough into your lined 9 x 9 pan.Press down the dough to make a nice thick crust.
Step 5 Spoon your raspberry jam (or favorite flavor jam) on top of the crust. Spread out evenly.
Step 6 Take the remaining 1/2 cup or oat mixture and sprinkle on top of the filling. Don’t worry about it being perfect.
Step 7 Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.Allow to cool, place in the fridge and then cut into bars.
Jill Tarpey is leading us Wednesday by Wednesday into making better food choices and being more healthful. Tune in every Wednesday to get some great recipes and advice from someone who really knows health. In an effort to fuel her passion to serve as well has enhance the lives of others through their nutritional choices, she started Eat Well SA (San Antonio). Her vision is to educate you on how to incorporate a healthy array of foods into your life. Eat Well is not a diet, nor does it embrace any one specific dietary agenda. She also offers customized programs that are educational and teach you the tools you need to maintain healthy, well balanced eating for your busy lives.
