Archive for the ‘recipes’ Category

A Healthy Holiday Meal

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

The holidays are a great time to reconnect with family and friends. One of the best ways is over the comfort of a great meal. Our team shares their favorites with you… Tangy Stuffed Mushrooms – Mason My holiday party appetizer dish I have been using for 2 years now. I add 1 extra ingredient [...]

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Rania’s Nutritious Recipes

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Super Anti-oxidant Spinach Salad Fresh and Simple Ingredients For the dressing: 1 cup fresh strawberries, sliced 2½ tbsp. apple cider vinegar 1½ tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp. sugar Pinch of salt For the salad: Organic Baby spinach leaves, rinsed and dried (1.5 cups/person served) 1/3 cup of toasted and sliced almonds, for topping ½ cup [...]

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Pizza Night

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Home Made Pizza Dough (Heidi’s tried & true recipe) Makes One 12” deep dish or Two 12” thin crust Ingredients: 1 package active rapid rise yeast 1 cup warm water 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (can also do 50% whole wheat/50% unbleached or 50% unbleached/50% semolina flour) 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 2 tablespoons [...]

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Our New Favorite Morning Smoothie

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Glowing Green Smoothie Our new favorite breakfast of choice to start the day, followed by mid morning dutch cocoa!  Great mornings!  Ingredients: Organic uncooked spinach (2 handfuls worth) 1 organic pear 1 organic apple 1 organic banana 1 organic lemon (you’ll only need 1/2 of one) 3-4 stalks of celery 1 scoop protein powder* First [...]

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Our favorite warm weather meal

Friday, May 6th, 2011

Ina Garten’s Gazpacho From The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Ingredients: 1 hothouse cucumber, halved and seeded, but not peeled 2 red bell peppers, cored and seeded 4 plum tomatoes 1 red onion 3 garlic cloves, minced 23 ounces tomato juice (3 cups) 1/4 cup white wine vinegar 1/4 cup good olive oil 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt [...]

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Spring Fling salads!

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

 Sassy Asian Slaw (Marisa’s creation) This slaw is so tasty you’ll want seconds or thirds or…   Ingredients: 1  16 oz package broccoli slaw, rinsed and dried 1/2 cup water chestnuts,  drained and chopped 1 cup  mandarin oranges, drained and chopped 1/2 cup scallions, chopped 1/4 cup cilantro, washed and chopped 1/4 cup Sea Salt or Salty Pepper [...]

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Tasty & Nutritious breakfasts

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Yummy Monkey Mash (Marisa’s creation) Get your inner animal up and going with this tasty and powerful breakfast! Ingredients: 1 cup warm cooked oats 1/2 of a large banana mashed  small handful Dutch Cocoa Somersaults, ground 1 tablespoon shredded sweetened or unsweetened coconut   Directions: Mix together and top with your favorite milk or milk substitute. Eat and enjoy! [...]

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