Winter Squash Health Benefits

Winter Squash Health Benefits

Guest Post by Lisa Masé, of Harmonized Cookery Winter is here! Now is the time to savor sweet, earthy foods like winter squash, a versatile vegetable that warms our whole being and helps our bodies rejuvenate.  Squash is available in a variety of colors and flavors; however, it is the deep orange color that reminds [...]

Recipe – 2 Point Conversion Guacamole

Yum!  Pictured with Trader Joe's Soy & Flaxseed Tortilla Chips

Yum! Pictured with Trader Joe’s Soy & Flaxseed Tortilla Chips Prep Time: 10 minutes Set Time: 10 Minutes On Game Day, don’t ruin your New Year’s Resolutions… Instead, help yourself and others to healthier versions of popular snacks.  For instance, guacamole isn’t in itself that bad considering avocados provide essential mono-unsaturated fats, potassium and folate. [...]

Recipe – Roasted Garlic & Clove Hummus

Although slightly labor intensive, it goes a long way!  We also use it as a spread for breakfast sandwiches and grilled cheese sandwiches.

Prep time: approx. 30 minutes Cook time: 50 minutes Servings: 16 4-tablespoon servings Folate is important in preventing neural tube defects, protects against heart disease, and helps form new cells.  It is just dark leafy greens that are excellent sources of folate but beans as well! This week (January 8 – 14) is National Folic [...]

Looking back to see ahead

Looking Back to See Ahead - WellJourn.org

Over dinner on New Year’s Eve, I asked everyone what was their highlight of the year.  Travel seemed to be the top pick as well as adventure.  For my husband and I (we were not allowed to pick our wedding), it was a trip to Belize and our dives that became our highlights. Thinking back [...]

Red, White and…where’s the Green?

Harvesting Kale - Photo by woodleywonderworks

This past weekend, I celebrated Independence Day with my Fiance’s family in Minnesota. It was my first time visiting and the weather, location and company was absolutely perfect!  We explored back country woods on ATVs, shot sporting clay, whipped around the lake on a jet ski and checked each other for ticks.  Did I mention [...]

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