a Whole Food Plant Based lifestyle blog to support a flourishing life
You may have heard of a salsa referred to as Cowboy Caviar. It’s a beautiful rainbow of diced onion, green pepper, jalapeno and serrano pepper, tomato, cilantro, along with cooked and drained corn and beans, the juice of one lime, a splash of red wine vinegar, and garlic salt to taste. Helen Corbitt first served […]
Read MoreEating well is only part of the formula for healthy living. We need to move every day. Do our best to remain strong and fit or become strong and fit and maintain it as best we can. My 86-year-old mother has risen from the ashes over and over again, undeterred by several cancer episodes involving […]
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When my children were young, I prepared the Standard American Diet comprised of large amounts of meat, dairy products including cheese, milk, and butter, and processed foods. Most of which has zero fiber. At that time, I had an annual visit with my doctor: Doctor, “We all need more fiber to our diet. If you […]
Read More“Cheese is one of the most significant contributors of saturated fat in the Standard American diet.”
Change is possible. Retrain your brain.
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To simplify my mental organization of food, I have learned to categorize food in my mind as dessert or nutrition. Cake or not cake. Cakes, cookies, ice cream are, of course, dessert. But, chips, crackers, prepared, processed food, white bread, fried food, soda, and so on are also desserts to me. I know that I […]
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