If you love the spiralizer tool, you’ll love this recipe for using it! Ingredients: • 2 zucchini • 1 summer squash • ½ tsp olive oil • ½ lb. washed button mushrooms • 2 veggie burgers (your choice). My favorite is Hilary’s • Tomato sauce (healthy store-bought or homemade). One of my favorite brands is Rao’s Tomato Basil. (Ingredients: Italian tomatoes, olive oil, fresh onions, fresh basil, salt, fresh garlic, black pepper, oregano). Directions: Wash the zucchini and squash. T

From Café Sunflower With the freezing cold weather and flu season upon us, here is the perfect recipe to help keep you warm and healthy! This delicious, satisfying soup contains spices high in medicinal qualities and has powerful carotenoids and antioxidants that can protect your body from free radical damage. Turmeric boosts detoxification, fights inflammation, reduces blood sugar, boosts cognitive function, promotes healthy mood, and supports weight loss. Saffron is high in

Here's a delicious way to get in your veggies for the day. As I said in Wednesday's post, I like to include a green smoothhie almost every day! Simple Summer Smoothie! Ingredients: • 1 cup coconut milk • 1/2 cup frozen mango chunks • 1/2 cup frozen pineapple chunks • 1/2 a frozen banana, in two-inch chunks • 1 handful spinach • 1 serving vanilla Vega protein powder (optional) Directions: Place all ingredients in blender and pulse, then blend until smooth. Makes

One of the best healthy habits you can incorporate into your daily life is to eat leafy greens. It’s hard not to notice how mainstream “green drinks” are at your local health food store, and healthy boutique restaurants and juice bars are popping up all over the country! Today it’s easier than ever to eat, drink and slurp your greens! Eat them raw, steamed or sautéed; mix them into a pureed soup; or drink them in a variety of smoothies and juices. We all know greens are good

Many nutritional studies continue to show that eating spinach helps improve health and reduce the risk of many health issues, from cancer to memory loss to strokes, and heart disease. Here’s a short list of what makes Spinach a SuperHero to your health! ~ Reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and strokes ~ Protects against the occurrence of cancer, including colon, lung, skin, oral, stomach, ovarian, prostate, and breast cancer ~ Helps regulate blood pressure ~ Helps

It’s summer and the juice craze is hotter than ever! Juice bars are popping up all over -- from Starbuck’s Evolution Fresh to Kale Me Crazy in Atlanta (or fill in the blank with your local popular juice bar). Juicing has been associated with celebrity detoxes and cleanses from Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba, and more -- and the trend has certainly gone mainstream. The benefits of juicing include: more energy, glowing skin, elimination of toxins, clearer t

Ingredients: • 3 green onions, roughly chopped • 1/2 avocado, peeled and pitted • 1/2 cup orange juice • 1/8 teaspoon sea salt • 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper • 3 ounces spring greens or mesclun mix • 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries • 1/2 pound asparagus • 1 cup chickpeas, rinsed and drained • 1/2 cup pistachio nuts, shelled Directions: • Puree green onions, avocado, juice, salt and pepper in a blender or food processor until smooth to make a dressing

After a week long stay in Aspen with the renowned Dr. Joel Fuhrman and the Nutritional Research Foundation, I am finally home. What an incredible week of learning and eating delicious vegan recipes prepared by renowned Nutritarian chef, Martin Oswald. You'd be amazed at how good some of the foods taste if prepared properly with the right spices. If we all had a Martin Oswald in our kitchens, we'd all be vegans! Not to brag too much, I must say I realized I do eat pretty darn

Here's a great way to pack a healthy lunch for work! Ingredients: 1. ½ cup fresh spinach leaves, torn into one-inch pieces 2. ½ cup kale, torn into one-inch pieces 3. 1 small tomato, chopped 4. ¾ cup chopped salmon OR egg OR chicken breast (optional) 5. ½ cup black beans, lima beans, or pinto beans (rinsed and drained) 6. ¼ cup chopped red or yellow bell pepper 7. ¼- cup chopped or shredded carrots and onions (optional) 8. ½ avocado, cubed 9. 1 handful raw wal

Here's a new recipe for the veggie burger. Instead of using brown rice, I opted for quinoa. Quinoa, a high protein vegetable grain, has less sodium and more zinc, manganese, phosphorous, potassium, copper, and calcium than wheat, corn, and barley. And, to top that off, it contains lots of fiber; just 1/2 cup of quinoa contains about 5 grams of fiber. This veggie burger recipe is very tasty, so much so, you won't be able to stop at one! Ingredients ( makes 10 patties, dependin