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Category: Recipes

Stock and Bone Broth

We love healthy broth recipes for cooler months. Try this Stock and Bone Broth to warm your family. Ingredients and Tools: - Large stockpot or Crockpot - Filtered water to fill - Ground pepper to taste - 1 Tablespoon of natural, unrefined salt - Bones and joints, giblets, skin and meat, for example: - Whole…
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An Old Tradition Needed Today

An Old Tradition Needed Today Chicken soup has been a well-known folk remedy for the common cold and many of us recall our grandmothers and mothers preparing and providing it when we were small children with a cold or flu bug. So was grandma right in her thinking? She most certainly was! Here at The…
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Arugula Salad

This arugula salad recipe is as good as the ones served in restaurants. • 3 Cups Arugula • ½ Apple, cut into small cubes • 2 scallions, thinly sliced • 2 ounces, Italian Prosciutto, chopped • 1 Tablespoon Pine nuts (roasted if desired) • Juice of one lemon • 2 Tablespoons of cold pressed Olive…
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Curried Chicken and Apple Salad

Our curried chicken and apple salad will be a welcome dish at lunch or dinner. Ingredients:  • ½ cup Mayonnaise (or ¼ cup plain yogurt and ¼ cup mayonnaise) • 1 tablespoon curry powder or to taste • 1/8 teaspoon each sea salt and pepper • 1 clove garlic, minced, if desired • 2 cups…
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Pink Grapefruit & Avocado Salad

Ingredients: • ½ Cup thinly sliced red onion • 1 Lemon • 1 T cold pressed olive oil • ½ tsp sea salt • ¼ tsp freshly ground pepper • 3 small red or pink grapefruit • 1 large ripe avocado • 1/3 cup fresh pomegranate seeds • 4 large fresh basil leaves • 8…
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Italian Butter Bean Soup

Ingredients:   • 1 ½ cups Italian Butter beans, rinsed • 8 cups vegetable stock • 2 fresh thyme sprigs • 2 fresh marjoram or oregano sprigs • 3 fresh sage leaves • 6 flat-leaf parsley sprigs • 1 bay leaf • 1 T butter or expeller pressed coconut oil • 1 T cold pressed olive…
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Fruit a la Creme

The fruits suggested are not only lower in sugar overall, they are also low fructose fruits and full of valuable fiber and antioxidants, which make them an ideal choice for a healthy heart, weight and body. Ingredients: - 1-cup fresh fruit, diced - Choose one or more of the following: apricots, cantaloupe, raspberries, kiwi, blackberries,…
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Frogs on a Log: Celery and Olives

Combine celery and olives for this cute snack that we call Frogs on a Log. Ingredients: • 1 stalk celery • 1 TBS reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel) • 5 pimiento-stuffed green olives, sliced Preparation Spread celery with cream cheese. Top with olives. Nutrition Per serving: 62 calories; 5 g fat ( 2 g sat , 2…
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Healthy Snacks for Healthy Kids

When it comes to finding healthy snacks for kids, the prequisites are usually "easy to fix," and "healthy." Here's a list of healthy snacks you can have handy for your children. And oh, portion control does matter! - 15-20 Almonds, Cashews, Pecan halves, or Walnut halves, Macadamia Nuts, or Hazelnuts combined with 16 60% Cocoa…
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