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Lightened Up Crock Pot Meals
In honor of healthy food made easy. Nothing better than coming home to a fresh cooked meal. view link
How to Get Sick: Keep It in Plastic
I think this is very important to know. Especially for people like me that cooks all the time and always have leftovers.
How to Get Sick: Keep It in Plastic
Before you store your leftovers in one of those disposable plastic containers, consider that these types of products release carcinogenic toxins into foods. The toxicity is increased when foods contain high amounts of water or when they are highly acidic. Water is one of nature's most effective solvents, and unfortunately it is quite effective at drawing out toxins from plastic.
According to The Safe Shopper's Bible, cling film contains carcinogenic by-products such as
DEHP — di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate — and DEHA — di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate — while regular plastic wrap contains residual traces of vinylidene chloride.
If you wash and reuse plastic water bottles, be aware that repeated washing and reuse of disposable water bottles may accelerate the breakdown of the plastic, increasing your exposure to potentially harmful chemicals. Do not use plastic water bottles more than twice at the most. As for aluminum wrap, you already know it's bad. Some aluminum inevitably leaches into the foods it touches
Store It Safe
Just because you're avoiding plastic containers, it doesn't mean that your leftovers need to go to waste. Choose glass or ceramic containers to store your food. They won't release any chemicals, and they're microwave-safe. Another plus: You won't be cluttering up a landfill with all that discarded plastic.
From the author of The Maker's Diet - Jordan Rubin
How to Get Sick: Keep It in Plastic
Before you store your leftovers in one of those disposable plastic containers, consider that these types of products release carcinogenic toxins into foods. The toxicity is increased when foods contain high amounts of water or when they are highly acidic. Water is one of nature's most effective solvents, and unfortunately it is quite effective at drawing out toxins from plastic.
According to The Safe Shopper's Bible, cling film contains carcinogenic by-products such as
DEHP — di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate — and DEHA — di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate — while regular plastic wrap contains residual traces of vinylidene chloride.
If you wash and reuse plastic water bottles, be aware that repeated washing and reuse of disposable water bottles may accelerate the breakdown of the plastic, increasing your exposure to potentially harmful chemicals. Do not use plastic water bottles more than twice at the most. As for aluminum wrap, you already know it's bad. Some aluminum inevitably leaches into the foods it touches
Store It Safe
Just because you're avoiding plastic containers, it doesn't mean that your leftovers need to go to waste. Choose glass or ceramic containers to store your food. They won't release any chemicals, and they're microwave-safe. Another plus: You won't be cluttering up a landfill with all that discarded plastic.
From the author of The Maker's Diet - Jordan Rubin
Counting Beans
A friend from Michigan gave me this recipe and I loved it! Thanks Ruth!
6 Slices Canadian bacon, diced
1 Large sweet onion, chopped
1 large red bell pepper, seeded and diced
3 large garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 (15 1/2-ounce) cans cannellini
(white kidney) beans, rinse and drained
1 (19-ounce) can red kidney beans,
rinsed and drained
1 (15 1/2-ounce) can black beans, rinsed
and drained
1 (14 1/2-ounce) can diced tomatoes
with green chiles
1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add bacon and onion, cook until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Add the bell pepper, garlic, and cumin cook about 1 minute.
Transfer the onion mixture to the slow cooker and add the remaining ingredients;mix well. Cover and cook until mixture thickens. About 3 1/2 - 4 hours on High or 7-8 hours on low.
Per serving (1 cup):
280 Cal, 2 g Fat, 1 g Sat Fat, O g Trans Fat, 9 mg Chol, 643 mg Sod, 47 g Carb, 12 g Fib, 20 g Prot, 145 mg Calc.
Hope you like it!
6 Slices Canadian bacon, diced
1 Large sweet onion, chopped
1 large red bell pepper, seeded and diced
3 large garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 (15 1/2-ounce) cans cannellini
(white kidney) beans, rinse and drained
1 (19-ounce) can red kidney beans,
rinsed and drained
1 (15 1/2-ounce) can black beans, rinsed
and drained
1 (14 1/2-ounce) can diced tomatoes
with green chiles
1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add bacon and onion, cook until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Add the bell pepper, garlic, and cumin cook about 1 minute.
Transfer the onion mixture to the slow cooker and add the remaining ingredients;mix well. Cover and cook until mixture thickens. About 3 1/2 - 4 hours on High or 7-8 hours on low.
Per serving (1 cup):
280 Cal, 2 g Fat, 1 g Sat Fat, O g Trans Fat, 9 mg Chol, 643 mg Sod, 47 g Carb, 12 g Fib, 20 g Prot, 145 mg Calc.
Hope you like it!
Protein Muffins!
Buckwheat Flour
Baking Powder
Salt
egg
Blueberries
Splenda
Skim Milk
Extra virgin coconut oil
Myoplex Vanilla flavor Protein Powder
Mix all the ingredients and bake at 350 degrees for about 20 mins or until done.
Good stuff! :)
Healthy Taco Salad
1 lb. ground lean 96% beef or lean turkey
1 pack taco seasoning Old El Paso
2/3 cup of water
1 can of pinto beans
1 green Bell pepper
Grape Tomatoes
Romaine Lettuces
Fat Free Sour Cream
2% skim milk shredded Mexican cheese
Optional: Baked low fat Tostitos
Brown ground meat in a skillet over medium heat until no longer pink, drain the meat of any excess fat and return it to the skillet.
Add water, seasoning,bell pepper, and beans to cooked ground meat, simmer until the sauce thickens, stirring occasionally.
Serve the meat on top of Tostitos or lettuces, then add all the other ingredients on top.
And ENJOY IT!
1 pack taco seasoning Old El Paso
2/3 cup of water
1 can of pinto beans
1 green Bell pepper
Grape Tomatoes
Romaine Lettuces
Fat Free Sour Cream
2% skim milk shredded Mexican cheese
Optional: Baked low fat Tostitos
Brown ground meat in a skillet over medium heat until no longer pink, drain the meat of any excess fat and return it to the skillet.
Add water, seasoning,bell pepper, and beans to cooked ground meat, simmer until the sauce thickens, stirring occasionally.
Serve the meat on top of Tostitos or lettuces, then add all the other ingredients on top.
And ENJOY IT!
Giving it another shot!!
New member to this group,I have always wanted and tried to eat healthier, but my husband didn't think I should deprive him of the "junk" he liked. So it was hard to prepare a meal for the family. My husband died in Oct. '06,, of many complications from high blood pressure,diabetes, heart disease, & a blood condition,
When he was diagnosed with diabetes in '04,, he we both started a healthier lifestyle,, walking daily, eating more nutritious foods, he dropped about 45 pounds in about 2 months,, he was really on top of things,, I lost some too, not as much as him, he started off around 265,,,but that got old,, he got to the point where he decided the meds he was taking should do all the work,, not so I told him,, but he knew better. Now I am ready to give it another try, I know I can do this,, not just to lose weight, but to feel better and maybe have fewer medical problems in the future,, am taking no prescriptions for any condition at this time, would like to keep it that way,,, Thanks for letting me be a part of this group..I love healthy eating,,,
When he was diagnosed with diabetes in '04,, he we both started a healthier lifestyle,, walking daily, eating more nutritious foods, he dropped about 45 pounds in about 2 months,, he was really on top of things,, I lost some too, not as much as him, he started off around 265,,,but that got old,, he got to the point where he decided the meds he was taking should do all the work,, not so I told him,, but he knew better. Now I am ready to give it another try, I know I can do this,, not just to lose weight, but to feel better and maybe have fewer medical problems in the future,, am taking no prescriptions for any condition at this time, would like to keep it that way,,, Thanks for letting me be a part of this group..I love healthy eating,,,
