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Grape Yam Daikon Sauce – vegan, dairy free, gluten free, oil free

29 Thursday Nov 2018

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Grape Yam Daikon Sauce

I challenged myself to create a vegan, dairy free, gluten free, nut free sauce that I could use on my ‘7 Day Healthy Cleanse‘.  I was on day 4 and really needed some new flavors.  This light, sweet, garlicky flavor is delicious!  I use this as a spread for sandwiches, a sauce for noodles or a dressing for salads.  In case you don’t know what a daikon is (like I didn’t a few months ago!), here’s a pic of a beautiful white roasted daikon.  

Why Grape, Yam & Daikon Radish?

Grapes have heart friendly plant compounds that may protect against certain cancers. Yams are loaded with fiber, iron, calcium, selenium, beta carotene, B and C vitamins.  Daikon radishes are packed with digestive enzymes, immune raising phytonutrients and lots of Vitamin C, potassium and phosphorus.    I hope you love this as much as I do.   

ingredients

produce

banana, 1/2 cup

daikon radish, 1/2 cup

grapes, 1/4 cup

lemon juice, 1 tsp (or apple cider vinegar)

yam, steamed, 1 cup

condiment

mustard, 1 TBS

seasoning

cayenne pepper

garlic powder, 1/2 tsp

pepper, black, 1/2 tsp

salt, 1 tsp (omit if doing the ‘7 Day Healthy Cleanse‘)

 

instructions

  1.  Wash, chop & steam daikon radish & yam.
  2.  Chop banana.
  3.  Wash grapes.
  4.  Process all ingredients at medium speed until mixed well.
  5.  Refrigerate.

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Ranch Dressing Mix – vegan, gluten free, dairy free

28 Wednesday Nov 2018

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Ranch Dressing Mix

Life without Ranch Dressing isn’t as delicious.  Since most commercially available Ranch Dressings have undesirable MSG, my hunt for solutions was on.  Being dairy free makes the quest more challenging.  I finally found some great treasures though and decided to share them with you!  You can add this great Ranch Dressing Mix to many types of ‘mayo’ and other ‘bases’ which are vegan (dairy free & egg free), and gluten free.  I try to always have a big batch of this mix on hand!  

seasoning ingredients

chives, dried, 1 TBS

dill, dried, 1 teas

garlic, powder, 2 teas

onion, flakes, 2 teas

onion, powder, 2 teas

parsley, dried, 2 TBS

pepper, black, 1 teas

salt, 1 teas   (omit if doing the ‘Shaklee 7 Day Healthy Cleanse’)

————*If doing the ‘7 Day Healthy Cleanse‘, use fresh herbs 

 

instructions

  1.   Mix all ingredients.
  2.   Mix 2 TBS in 1 cup of ‘mayo’ or ‘base’ of choice.  (See ideas below.)
  3.   Mix in 1/2 cup of dry milk powder.  (dairy free veggie dry milk powder).  (If doing the cleanse, omit this ingredient.)

                  *I recommend adding the Ranch Dressing Mix to Mashed Cauli, Mashed Butternut Squash, Vegan Cheese Sauce – nut & oil free, Vegan Cream Cheese (dairy free, nut free), or Vegan Mayo.

 

notes

*If doing the ‘7 Day Healthy Cleanse‘, use fresh herbs / spices instead of dried.

 

 

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Vegan Cheese Sauce – nut and oil free

27 Tuesday Nov 2018

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I use this amazing dairy & nut free vegan cheese sauce for so many things!  Here, I added it to my egg free cauli bread and sweet potato chips.  This plate is so full of produce, I can use these delish foods during my ‘7 Day Healthy Cleanse‘ to jumpstart my metabolism and detoxification centers of my body.  Good eating doesn’t have to taste bland or difficult!

ingredients

produce

garlic, cloves, 4

onion, yellow, chopped

sweet potato, 1 

squash, yellow, 1

lime juice, 1/2 teas

dry | canned

stock, veggie, 2 cups

condiment

mustard powder, 1/8 teas

baking | spice

nutritional yeast, 1/4 cup

paprika, 1/4 teas

pepper, dash

salt, dash (omit if doing the ‘Shaklee 7 Day Healthy Cleanse’)

instructions

  1.  Cube the potato.
  2.  Boil the potato till fork tender.  
  3.  Thinly slice the squash & onion.
  4.   Chop the garlic.
  5.   Saute’ the squash and onion in vegetable stock on medium heat till very soft and tender.  (Start with 1/4 cup of veggie stock and add more as needed.)  
  6.   Add the garlic and saute’ 3 minutes.
  7.   Drain the potato.
  8.   Blend all ingredients till really smooth.  (You might need to add more veggie stock to create the consistency you want.)

notes

This recipe makes 2 cups of vegan cheese sauce.

I like to prep this in advance and freeze it.  

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Honey Garlic Baked Cauli: Egg Free, Gluten Free

04 Thursday Jan 2018

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honey garlic baked cauli - pinterestThese little babies are easy to make and so delicious!  I made this great recipe, inspired by Kirbie’s Cravings, into an egg free, gluten free version!  If you’re working to eat more produce, these cauli bites are perfect for you!  The hauntingly sweet flavor continues to delight after the dish is gone.  In fact, as I type this post, the after-taste is delighting me.  Why?  I just ate the whole bowl of fresh cauli you see in the pic above.  My contented grin and belly feel well nourished.   And yours can too.

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The honey garlic sriracha sauce has a bit of a ‘bite’.  It’s clearing my sinuses right now.  If you need to cool it down a bit, you can dip them in my dairy free ‘Garlic Chive Cream Cheese‘.  (pic below).

HONEY GARLIC BAKED CAULI – vegan, egg free, gluten free

MAIN INGREDIENTS

  • flax egg replacer, 2 (2 TBS flaxseed meal whisked into 6 TBS water)
  • cauliflower, 1 head, cut into bite sized pieces
  • bread crumbs, 2 cups (I use gluten free)

SAUCE INGREDIENTS

  • cornstarch, 2 tsp whisked in 6 TBS water
  • honey, 6 TBS
  • garlic, minced, 6 teas
  • onion powder, 1 teas
  • coconut liquid aminos, 1.5 TBS (or soy sauce, low sodium)
  • sriracha sauce, 1/2 TBS

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 400F (or don’t preheat if using New Wave Convection oven)
  2. Whisk the ‘flax egg replacer’ & set aside.
  3. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
  4. Dip cauliflower in flax egg & shake off excess.  (If too much flax egg drips onto the bread crumbs, the crumbs won’t stick to the cauliflower.  If the crumbs won’t stick, roll the cauliflower in the crumbs and gently press them onto the cauli.
  5. Bake for 15 – 20 min. till golden brown and crunchy.
  6. While cauliflower is baking, create the sauce.
    1. In a small bowl, completely dissolve the cornstarch in water.  Set aside.
    2. In a small saucepan, whisk the rest of sauce ingredients together.
    3. Bring to a gentle boil.  (It should only take a few seconds.)
    4. Stir cornstarch water again and add it to saucepan.
    5. Stir until simmering.  (Stir so cornstarch doesn’t clump.)
    6. When sauce is thick (about 2 min), cool sauce for a few minutes.
    7. Drizzle or toss sauce over cauliflower.
    8. Garnish with fresh chopped scallions.

Here’s my great tasting, dairy free ‘Garlic Chive Cream Cheese‘.  I hope you enjoy this fantastic dish as you keep creating ‘healthy habits for life!

*Here are more of my easy recipes: Freezer Fiesta: a month of meals in a day!, Salad Bar in Your Fridge!,  Lip Smackin Smoothies,  Candida Free, Healthy Fast Food

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Garlic Chive Cream Cheese – dairy free, high protein deliciousness!

30 Saturday Dec 2017

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My life changed when I discovered this amazing way to make dairy free cream cheese!  I’ve been dairy free for nearly 20 years now and have been missing the creamy deliciousness of cheese!  I’ve tried every alternative on the market and they just don’t do it for me.  I think it’s the texture… or maybe the knowledge that most of them don’t have much protein in them.  Empty carbs aren’t my idea of a good time.  I worked too hard to overcome candida and really serious hypoglycemia issues!  15 years ago I used to faint and have hypoglycemic seizures with 26 blood sugar.   I now have perfect 90 fasting blood glucose and won’t let that go– for anything!

Here’s my latest creation!!

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The texture starts out a little soft, but will thicken up in the fridge.

IMG_6843IMG_6845Instead of grain based bread, I love to eat my sweet potato bread slices. Drenched in olive oil and sprinkled with Himalayan sea salt, they’re ready for roasting!

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This is a great, low glycemic – high protein, vegan snack!  I feel so good when I eat these!  Want some?IMG_6849

RECIPE

Here’s the Life Protein I use.  It’s the only brand I trust & recommend.

cream cheese - garlic chive

*Here are more of my easy recipes: Freezer Fiesta: a month of meals in a day!, Salad Bar in Your Fridge!,  Lip Smackin Smoothies,  Candida Free, Healthy Fast Food

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Cleanses help nearly every part of the body!

28 Friday Jul 2017

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cleanses help every part of body

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How Licorice Root is a great body cleanser (especially when combined with these 8 herbs)!

27 Thursday Jul 2017

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Licorice Root really helps us!

  • Licorice’s name is from the Greek word meaning, ‘sweet’.  It’s tart sweetness is long lasting.  It can be up to 50 times sweeter than sugar without affecting insulin!
  • Licorice root is the most used herbs in Chinese medicine! (4) It has documented uses back to ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. (5)
  • It’s been used in Chinese medicine as a “guide herb” to enhance their effects and essentially guide the other herbs to where they would be most beneficial. In 2013, this use was observed and reviewed by the Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. (3)
  • It’s been used for medicinal purposes including indigestion and stomach inflammation [42], cough suppression, ulcer treatment, and use as a laxative.  In an Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research study, the leaves tested well against bacteria and thus may work as a staph and candida cure. (8)
  • It also helps: as an antiviral, antimicrobial, blood pressure, leaky gut, autoimmune issues like hepatitis, hyperlipidemia (high blood fat), inflammation-induced skin hyper pigmentation, and might help prevent neurodegenerative disorders and dental caries, anti-ulcer, anti-diabetic & anti-tumor.
  • There are at least four main types of compounds found in licorice root: flavonoids, coumarins, triterpenoids and stilbenoids. (9) 
    • Flavonoids: rich antioxidants & anti-inflammatory
      • An example is the Flavonoid glabradin which is anti-inflammatory, has effects metabolism and functions as a phytoestrogen — which creates a positive effect on women’s health. (11)

    • Coumarins & Stilbenoids: anti-inflammatory & antibiotic

    • Triterpenoids: steroid (10)

  • When Licorice Root is combined with 8 other herbs the synergistic effect is powerful!!  Here’s the only Licorice Root I purchase because it’s already combined with the 8 synergistic herbs & I trust its safety.

9 reasons you'll want licorice root

1) HEARTBURN | FOOD POISONING

  • Licorice root (glycyrrhiza glabra) helps heartburn, indigestion, nausea and stomach pain.

2) LEAKY GUT | ULCERS | CANKER SORES

  • It’s anti-inflammatory & soothing.  It protects against ulcerative disorders and helps gut health.
  • It can speed the repair of stomach lining.
  • It can suppress H.pylori. (study)
  • It can be rubbed on gums to help stop tooth bacteria and canker sores

3) LIVER | HEART | CHOLESTEROL

  • It increases bile flow and lowers cholesterol levels.
  • Bile acids account for the elimination of excessive cholesterol.
  • Licorice root’s antioxidant action may enhance capillary health & hinder arterial plaque.

4) ADRENAL FATIGUE

  • It helps us regulate cortisol (the stress hormone) more efficiently so the adrenal glands don’t wear out.

5) IMMUNITY

  • It even helps by stoping the growth of bacteria & viruses like Hepatitis C, HIV and flu.  The triterpenoid content has been confirmed as an anti-viral.  It even raises interferon, a key to fighting off viruses.  It’s anti-allergenic effect is useful for hay fever, allergies and asthma.
  • It can help herpes and shingles if ingested or applied to the skin.  Several studies show the antiviral action may suppress the return and progression of cold sores due to the herpes virus.

6) COUGH |  THROAT | RESPIRATION

  • It helps loosen and expel mucus and bring relief to a sore throat.  It also helps relax bronchial spasms while helping to fight off the viruses that cause respiratory illnesses and infections.

7) PMS / MENOPAUSE

  • It has an estrogen-like effect (phyto-estrogen) in women which helps with PMS, fertility & hot flashes.

8) PAIN RELIEF | SKIN

  • It has aspirin-like action and helps relieve fevers & soothes pain.  It helps abdominal and other muscle cramping and soothes eczema and other skin pain.
  • It helps people with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia pain because it lowers cortisol stress levels.
  • Applied to the skin in a poultice, it helps rashes and pain due to its anti-inflammatory nature.

9) DEPRESSION

  • Licorice root contains many anti-depressant compounds.  It might be one of the most over-looked of all herbal wonders.
  • It encourages adrenal gland function.
  • It has Asparagine amino acid that is needed to preserve equilibrium in the body’s nervous system.

When Licorice Root is combined with 8 other herbs, the synergistic effect is powerful!!  Here’s the only Licorice Root (which is already combined with the other 8 herbs) I use because I trust its safety.

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Happiness in our Thought Life!

20 Thursday Jul 2017

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I took some notes from this video I watched.   (by Barb & Ray Madorin & Heather Chastain)

 

WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?

  1. Who you are is enough
  2. How quickly do we replay negative feedback?
    • How often do we disbelieve the good comments?
  3. Embrace the things that make you, you!!
    • Dismiss the rest to get peace!
    • Never think of an unpleasant thing you don’t want to happen, for your thoughts direct the expression of your life!!
    • Build a thought pattern that will guide your expression of happiness.
    • One thought won’t make a happy person, any more than one tree makes a forrest.
    • One happy thought will attract other happy thoughts and soon you’ll find more happy thoughts that crowd out the rest.
    • Our thoughts control everything!
    • Direct our thinking in ways to trust ourselves and our inner voice!
  4. book: mayo clinic guide to stress-free living
    • To gain happiness, you must learn to enjoy that which you have!
    • It’s not how much you have, it’s how you think about what you have!
    • Your happiness is dependent upon the service you give to others.
    • Create the habit of creating the happy thoughts!!

 

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

  • What if in 5 years from now, you could be making 1/2 million a year?
  • How often do you go to see your family?
  • What if you had a significant amount coming in each month and you could go whenever you wanted?
  • Can you see yourself walking on that plane?
  • When someone says, “I’d like $3000 a month!”, I don’t concentrate on rank.
    • How much money will I have and how will it make a difference in our lives?
    • How many will I touch this year?
  • To help others, we need to look inside and be at peace with who we are.

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Buckthorn Bark Helps the bowels & liver (especially when mixed with 8 other herbs)!

03 Monday Jul 2017

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Here’s the purest form of Buckthorn Bark I’ve found that’s combined with 8 other synergistic herbs!

History

Buckthorn bark is peeled off plants and dried for 1-2 years before being used as a mild (but highly effective) laxative. The longer the bark is dried, the milder its actions.  Buckthorn Bark was listed in both the United States Pharmacopoeia & British Pharmacopoeia.  Some great components in Buckthorn Bark include

  • crystalline glucoside (frangulin),
  • anthraquinones like: emodin, Aloe-emodin, rhamnicoside, frangula-emodin, alaterin, chrysophanol, & rein
  • flavonoid glycosides,
  • resins
  • tannic acid.  4

3 Reasons You’ll want to get Buckthorn Bark in Your Body Every Night!

1) constipation | hemorrhoids | fissures

  • Buckthorn Bark contains rhamnus frangula which increases the colon’s ability to spontaneously contract to push the fecal matter through your colon instead of remaining stationary and becoming impacted.  As your colon contracts more regularly, more frequent movements are produced. 3
  • Buckthorn Bark makes stools softer and gives them more volume to pass easily.  5
  • Buckthorn Bark affects the intestinal nerves to relieve constipation and ease evacuation of the bowels.  It helps to relieve pain and pressure, especially for people who have hemorrhoids, anal fissures or have had rectal-anal surgery.  2
  • The tannins in Buckthorn Bark allows hemorrhoids and anal fissures to heal more quickly because the softer stools pass more easily, without irritation.
  • Buckthorn bark is used to cleanse the colon in prep for gastrointestinal procedures. 3
  • Buckthorn Bark is effective in cases of chronic constipation and atonic constipation, which is caused by inadequate intake of fluids, poor diet or overuse of purgatives that result in loss of natural reflexes. 4
  • Buckthorn Bark is also used to ease abdominal bloating.

2) blood purification

  • Buckthorn Bark has been used as a ‘blood purifier’ and diuretic.

3) liver | gallstones

  • Buckthorn Bark stimulates the production of bile secretions, which promote healthy gallbladder and liver functions, helping with problems like cirrhosis, jaundice, hepatitis and gallstones.
  • It’s also used to help overcome parasites.

When Buckthorn Bark is combined with 8 other herbs, the synergistic effect is powerful!!  Here’s the purest form of Buckthorn Bark I’ve found that is already combined with 8 other synergistic herbs!

References

  1. WebMD
  2. LiveStrong
  3. wholehealthchicago
  4. herbalextractsplus
  5. puristat

 

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