It arrived!!!

My bi-weekly shipment of produce from Terra-Organics has arrived.

Nothing makes me happier than a FULL fridge!

I cannot say enough good things about this company. I bought the GROUPON from their competitor… I mean who can pass up a good deal?!? But after my delivery I was left disappointed…The vegetables I was sent were small, tattered, dull in color, and just sub-par quality.

I mean LOOK AT THESE COLORS- the produce from Terra is amazing!

I purchase produce from them for juicing and for all our meals.

Here’s what I ordered this time:

·         15lb bag of juicing carrots

·         2 bunches of celery

·         ½ pound of chalets

·         2 pounds of sweet potatoes

·        1 pound of green beans

·         1 bunch broccolini

·         ¾ pound brussels sprouts

·         1 clam shell blue berries

·        1 bunch rainbow chard

·      1   bunch green kale

·        2 bunches lacinato kale

·      2   bunches red kale

·       1 bunch green onions

My grand total: $ 55.00

This is ALL ORGANIC, ALL LOCALLY GROWN, and ALL GOOD for me.

Terra-Organics

Today is a good day… Time to EAT!

Heather

 

Biscuits & Gravy

A Momma Mira recipe

This defiantly is not HEALTH food but it’s a MUST HAVE in your comfort food arsenal! It's made from a few simple ingredients so you dont have to feel bad about eating it. It’s a rainy morning here in Western Washington and we have house guests, so Biscuits & Gravy it is!

The most important ingredient is the Seasoning. I get mine from an online site & it comes from the south. It has a spice & kick to it!

All you need is:

    2 lb ground turkey

    ½ gallon of milk

    1 cup flour

    1 Tbs seasoning

    * Your favorite biscuit recipe

    * Eggs - cooked as a side dish

     (Feeds 16)

Brown your ground turkey meat, then mix in flour & seasoning. Stir until all the flour is worked into the meat.

Slowly pour the milk into the meat mixture, heat on medium, while stirring constantly until it thickens.

While your gravy is thickening, cook your biscuits until brown and your eggs to your liking.

Open your biscuits and pour the gravy over the top and on the inside.

 Or if you’re like me, pour the gravy sauce over EVERYTHING!

ENJOY!

Now it’s time for a run J

Heather

Do you think Vegan is a planet too??

"Let thy food by thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food."

Hippocrates (460-370B.C.)

These are just a few Documentaries’ you MUST SEE!

They will change the way you view food…… They will change your life

FREE on NETFLIX:

* Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead

* Food Matters

* Forks over Knives

                                           

Releasing later this month online:

    *  Hungry for Change- with Jamie Oliver

Sequel to Food Matters

Hungry for Change -worldwide-online-premiere

     These documentaries will spark your interest in many areas, i.e. foods, organic, supplements (spirulina), juicing etc. Modern medicine revolves around 'a pill for every ill' and these films show you there is a better way to LIVE!

"Optimum nutrition is the medicine of tomorrow."- Dr. Linus Pauling

If you are looking to change how you “do food” check out Terra-Organics.

(if you don’t live in Pierce County, WA- go online and find a local company)

Terra-Organics Online Store

I get weekly deliveries from Terra-Organics for Juicing produce & daily produce.

They are amazing, local, economic, fair trade and of course organic.

Heather

Blackened Tilapia Sandwiches
with Cilantro-Lime Mayonnaise & Mango Salsa

Prep Time: 10 min Level:  Cook Time: 7 min

This recipe is delishious, healthy and takes very little time to make!

Ingredients

1/4 cup sweet paprika

2 tablespoons ground thyme

2 teaspoons onion powder

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted

4 (10-ounce) tilapia fillets

4 chibata rolls, split, buttered, and toasted

Cilantro-Lime Mayonnaise, recipe follows

Mango Salsa, recipe follows

Directions

Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat until hot.
In a shallow dish, combine the paprika, thyme, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and red pepper. Pour the melted butter in another shallow dish. 

 

Dip the fish fillets in the melted butter, then coat with the seasoning mixture. Cook the prepared fish, in batches if necessary, until the fish flakes easily with a fork, 3 to 4 minutes per side. 

 

Spread the Cilantro-Lime Mayonnaise evenly over the toasted buns.

  

Cilantro-Lime Mayonnaise

1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 lime juiced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients. Cover and chill.

Place the blackened fish on the bottom half of the bun, top with Mango Salsa,
and cover with the top half of the bun.

Mango Salsa

2 mangos‘ peeled and diced
2 jalapenos seeded and diced
1 small orange bell pepper diced
1/2 small red onion diced
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 clove garlic minced

VOILA!

Serve hot and with a simple salad.

ENJOY!

Heather

 

Salad... Have you heard of it?!

It’s usually green, and has salad dressing.... Or that’s what 98% of people consider to be a salad. Maybe you’re adventurous and add croutons & olives- how daring of you!!

Most Americans eat a green salad once a week and its served as a SIDE DISH. It’s the decoration on the plate you push around but never makes it to your mouth. You despise it  and you aren't even sure why...

Let’s take a look at this DISH most people try their hardest to avoid!

Types of Salads:

~Green Salad

The "green salad" or "garden salad" is most often composed of leafy vegetables such as lettuce varieties, spinach, or arugula.  

~Vegetable salad

Vegetables other than greens may be used in a salad. Common vegetables used in a salad include cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, spring onions, red onions, avocado, carrots, celery, and radishes. Other ingredients, such as olives,hard boiled egg, artichoke hearts, heart of palm, roasted red bell peppers, green beans, croutons, cheeses, meat , or seafood are sometimes added to salads.
~Bound salad

A "bound" salad is assembled with thick sauces such as mayonnaise. Examples include tuna salad, pasta salad, chicken salad, egg salad, and potato salad.Bound salads are often used as sandwich fillings.

~Main course salad

Main course salads commonly known as "entree salads" may contain chicken pieces, seafood , or  sliced steak can be placed upon the salad. Chicken Cesar salad, Chef salad, Cobb salad, Greek salad are types of dinner salad.

~Fruit & Dessert  salads

You know what they are and they are definitely NOT a meal!

When i say I'm making a salad for dinner, I mean I'm making a Green-Vegetable-Main course salad. That is MY definition of a Salad! The more items you add to the salad, the more filling and satisfying it will be! I have a few favorites i like to make such as a Grilled Chicken Salad, BBQ- Habanero Chicken Salad, and a Fiesta Pollo Salad to name a few.

Last night our dinner salad had: Chicken, lettuce, tomato, carrot, red pepper, cucumber, snap peas, mushrooms, zucchini & flax seed oil. Topped with a choice of dressings: Ranch for the hubby & Raspberry vinaigrette for me and a side of Jalapenos bread- it was amazing! Jared even STOLE some of my lettuce cause his was disappearing so quickly! I listed the MAIN vitamins in each veggie I used below:  (there is SO MUCH MORE stored in each veggie- i cant name it all at this time)__________________________________________________________________________________

Lettuce- leaf vegetable: Vitamin A & folic acid
Tomato- fruit: Lycopene (most powerful antioxidant)

Carrot- root vegetable:  B-carotene (vitamin a)

(Red) Pepper- Compared to green peppers, the level of carotene, like lycopene, is nine times higher in red peppers. Red peppers have twice the vitamin C content of green peppers. Also, one large red bell pepper contains 209 mg of vitamin C, which is three times the 70 mg of an average orange.

Cucumber- gourd,: Lignan

Mushroom- fungus: Vitamin B, riboflavin, niacin & essential minerals

Zucchini- Summer Squash: Folate, potassium and vitamin A , manganese.

Sweet pea- Legume: phytonutrient

Flax seed oil- OMEGA 3
Chicken- tasty-licious protein __________________________________________________________________________________

The Vitamins & Nutrients found in a salad have life saving

components & keep your heart young.

 Dark leafy greens have the highest nutrition density scores based on identified phytochemicals, antioxidant activity and total vitamin and mineral content. We should be eating dark leafy greens with each meal or at least a few times per day for optimum health.
According the Dr Joel Fuhrman, author of Eat to Live, Raw leafy green vegetables such as dark green salad mix, romaine lettuce, kale, collards, dandelion greens, mustard greens, spinach, Swiss chard, parsley and daikon greens fit the bill, with solid green vegetables being second highest on the chart.

Now, knowing that, will you eat them on a daily basis?  



Would you know Kale if you saw it on your plate?



Or do you even eat vegetables at all?

The fiber in Romaine lettuce adds another plus in its column of heart-healthy effects. In the colon, fiber binds to bile salts and removes them from the body. This forces the body to make more bile, which is helpful because it must break down cholesterol to do so. This is just one way in which fiber is able to lower high cholesterol levels.
- Bye bye Lipitor!

So it’s time to make an acquaintance with salads if you don't  know them already! They don't always have to be the MAIN dish, but add them into your menu’s a couple times a week. Another way to get all your veggies into your body without munching them down is JUICING!



But we'll leave that to another discussion another time.

Heather