Good Morning Everyone! For Breast Cancer Awareness Month we will be holding a company-wide “PINK OUT” on Friday October, 24th 2014 (next Friday). How do you participate? Just wear PINK and lots of it next Friday, get together for a team photo and then email me your pics :). I’ll send out an email next Thursday to remind you all to wear pink the next day! Drew Canole, the author of fitlife.tv put together an article about baking soda and…
Good Morning Everyone! Combat the cold and flu season with food! That’s right, there are foods you can eat that will help support your immune system. Below is a list of some of the foods recommended by Dr. Oz and Dr.Mercola with a brief description of their benefits. You can click on the links below for more information 🙂 Kale, broccoli, cabbage and lettuce – Cruciferous vegetables such as kale, broccoli, lettuce and cabbage support your liver and immune function…
Larger photo Mexican green bean salad with fresh green beans, cilantro, jalapeno, red onion, cotija cheese, avocado, tomato, olive oil and lime juice. Make sure to use the freshest green beans you can find. Good green beans should feel firm and should snap in half, not bend, when you try to bend them. Yield: Serves 4. Ingredients 1 lb fresh green beans, strings removed, ends snapped off, cut in half into about 1 1/2 inch length pieces 1/4 cup onion,…
Larger photo Kale sautéed with Italian sausage, onions, garlic and white beans. We used curly kale for this recipe, but you could use any kale, as well as chard, turnip greens, beet greens, or collards. A splash of vinegar (sherry, red wine, cider) is a nice touch right at the end of cooking. Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Yield: Serves 4-6 as a side dish. Ingredients 1 Tbsp olive oil 1/2 pound bulk sweet Italian sausage, or…
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/green_juice.html From EatingWell: September/October 2013 This healthy green juice recipe combines parsley, spinach, pears and celery to make a juice packed with bone-supporting vitamin K. No juicer? No problem. See the juicing variation below to make this green juice recipe in a blender. 2 servings | Active Time: 15 minutes | Total Time: 15 minutes Ingredients 1/2 cup fresh parsley 3 cups spinach 1/2 lemon, peeled 2 medium pears, cut into eighths 6 large stalks celery, trimmed Ice…
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/ribollita_soup.html From EatingWell: March/April 2012 Ribollita, a traditional hearty Tuscan soup, typically uses day-old bread to add body and thicken the broth. This ribollita recipe uses a bean mash, which keeps the soup gluten-free and adds fiber. Garnish with extra-virgin olive oil or pepper and grated Parmesan. 8 servings, about 1 3/4 cups each | Active Time: 1 hour | Total Time: 1 1/4 hours Ingredients 1 14-ounce can whole peeled plum tomatoes 2 15-ounce cans cannellini beans,…