June 27and 28, 2013 Calls

Listen to Call   June 28, 2013   Monte moderated the call

Listen to Call   June 27, 2013   Jeannie moderated the call for us

June 26, 2013 Call

Listen to Call   Wednesday June 26, 2013   Betty moderated the call. 

We opened the discussion today with what sounded like a great salad.  I will be making this on Friday so I'll let you know how it turns out.

Edamame Rice Salad
2 cups cooked long grain rice, season with some salt
2 cups cooked and shelled edamame
2 small cucumbers, peeled, seeded,and diced
1/2 cup finely diced celery
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
sea salt to taste
chopped fresh mint to taste
1 cup micro sprouts
2 ripe avocados, peeled, and diced

Wasabi Vinaigrette
1/2 cup sunflower oil
1/4 cup rice vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
Wasabi paste to taste
Directions:
Put the oil, vinegar and sugar in a bowl and whisk to combine.  Add the Wasabi to taste.

In a large bowl, combine the cooked and cooled rice with the vinaigrette.  Add the remaining ingredients, adding the avocado just before serving.  Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve immediately.

Two recipes caught my eye in the July/August Vegetarian Times magazine.  The first was on page 56, called Lau Lau.  This recipe used whole collard leaves as a wrap, much like what Char mentioned on a previous call.  I thought the filling for this recipe, however was quite unique using sweet potatoes, spinach, coconut milk green onions, red pepper flakes and smoked paprika.  The second recipe was on page 69.  Stuffed Eggplant with Lentils and Millet.  Ingredients that sound yummy together.

Last but not least we talked about an article in the April/May AARP magazine.  "Kr. Oz's Handbook for Healthy Living.

June 24 and June 25, 2013 Calls

Listen to Call   Tuesday, June 25, 2013   Nancy moderated the call. Steve accidentally talked over the last 3rd of the call so that portion of the call was deleted. Sorry

Listen to Call   Monday, June 24, 2013   Char moderated the call

June 21, 2013 Call

Listen to Call   Friday, June 21, 2013   Monte moderated the call.

June 20, 2013 Eating Consciously versus Mindless Eating....

Obesity has been labeled as a disease by the American Medical Association! Listen in to today's call for a lively discussion.

Kenzen VITAL Balance is a solution offered by Nikken, along with eating the right foods.  The word VITAL being a key word.
How many calories does it take to gain a pound? What is the vegetable that contains the most sugar? What are we really ingesting throughout each day?  These are some GREAT questions!

Diesel fuel is in the news in relation to Autism!  If you live near freeways, etc. rates are higher for pregnant women to have Autistic Children.  Air Wellness anyone???

June 19, 2013

Black Bean Burgers From:

Listen to Call   6/19/13 Call   Betty moderated the call. Growing concerns regarding "Modified wheat found in Oregon" was the article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that opened our discussion.  Farmers are beginning to fight back with law suits since the GMO wheat is invading their wheat fields.  Monte read us an article giving a little background as to why Monsanto is in such a hurry to accomplish their agenda.

Recipe for Black Bean Burgers by Katelin Mae and found on Forks over Knives website was presented.
1 cup cooked brown rice
1 15oz. can black beans
1/2 onion, diced
1/4 cup corn
1 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. chili powder
1/4 cup cornmeal
2 Tbls. salsa

Drain black beans (I would also rinse).  Pour beans into bowl and mash using potato masher, fork or your hands.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Lay parchment paper on a cookie sheet.  Sweat the onion in a saute pan using no oil.  When onions are translucent add corn and spices.  Cook for a few more minutes.  Add cornmeal, salsa, veggies, and rice to the bean bowl.  Mix everything together so there is an even consistency.  Form into patties about 1/2 inch thick and 3 inches in diameter.  Place patties on parchment lined pan and bake 15 minutes @ 350 degrees.  Flip the patties and bake for another 15 minutes.  Serve between two leaves of romaine lettuce with tomato and onion.

June 14 through June 18, 2013

 

Listen to Call   June 18, 2013   Call moderated by Nancy

Listen to Call   June 17, 2013   Call moderated by Char

Listen to Call   June 14, 2013 Call moderated by Monty.   Talked about Probiotics and which Nikken Products have them. Kenzen Vital Balance additionally 3 servings per week helps remove heavy metals from your body. Taste gets quite addictive. Letting it sit and cool in the fridge a couple minutes after mixing improves the taste also. Monte talked about the benefits of Green Beans and having lots of laughter in your life.  Personally, I like both!

June 13, 2013 Advanced Lifestyle Call

 

Good morning!  What is a Free Radical?  In Dee McCaffrey's book "The Science of Skinny" she writes: "A Free Radical is Not a Hippie Dude from the 60's". 
Listen in to find out what a Free Radical really is and find out if you want to befriend them or not!

June 10 through June 12, 2013 Calls

Sent out 14 invites to people to be an author on this blog. If you didn't get one, and you want one, send me an email to: win@allswell.org  Steve

Listen to Call   June 12, 2013   Betty moderated call. How many foods do you know that have caffeine in them? Maybe more than we are aware of. A newspaper article we discussed today states that the FDA is wary as more foods contain caffeine. How about caffeinated maple syrup over caffeinated waffles? Check it out on our call.

Oneta gave us a recipe for No Bake Chocolate Almond Bars that sounds delicious. Thank you Oneta!

Vacation Is Over

Hi all, for various reasons I have taken a longer vacation from the blog than I had planned. 

I feel it is time to have some others post comments besides me. 

If you listen to a call and it is not reviewed, please send me some notes in an email to:  webmaster@lifestylesupport.org

Please include contact info, name, address, email, phone numbers, text numbers, etc. 

I am being forced to work extra hours of overtime during the call time.  I will not be able to be on the calls or listen to all of them.  

Please Help, Please.  If I don't get help I will forced to stop making posts to the blog.

Thanks,

Steve

Listen to June 5, 2013 Call   Betty moderated   Today we began the call talking about Monsanto and the marches that took place over the weekend and the lack of coverage in most areas.  We also mentioned that Dr. Fuhrman had been on the Dr. Oz show and that June is Men's Month at Dr. Fuhrman's.  In Dr. Fuhrman's newsletter he wrote about the benefits of lycopene as an extremely potent antioxidant.

The Nikken kick-off call was discussed and we were all delighted that the KVB promotion of selling 3 and get 1 free was extended until the end of 2013 and that the Joint has a new formulation for the U.S.

Listen to June 4, 2013 Call   Nancy moderated

Listen to June 3, 2013 Call   Char   Gave lots of recipes. Steve suggested people make comments and post on the blog

Listen to May 31, 2013 Call   Monte

Listen to May 30, 2013 Call   Jeannie

Listen to May 29, 2013 Call  Betty   Betty sent this info in an email
    
Today we started the call talking about the sourdough bread we've been making adding a few little tweaks to change flavoring such as Italian Seasoning.

Discussed a few recipes we have made and enjoyed such as the Vegetarian Times recipe for Chickpea Salad with Fennel and Artichokes,Mango, Avocado and Jicama Salad with Lime Dressing and Lemon Creme for topping on fruit, cake or pie.

Last but not least we spoke about Oregano being a very healthy culinary choice having powerful antioxidant and antibacterial properties. Char mentioned that she took Oregano oil capsules for a particular issue and was amazed at how quickly they worked. Jeannie gave us a website for a recipe for Tomato, Avocado, Quinoa Salad with cumin and cilantro.   michelledudash.com

Mango, Avocado, Jicama Salad with Lime Dressing

6 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 

4 1/2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice

1 1/2 teaspoons honey or agave

1/4 tsp. salt and pepper to taste

Shake vigorously in a jar until completely combined.

Taste and adjust if needed.

Store in fridge until ready to use .... Shake before pouring

 FOR THE SALAD

1/2 head dinosaur kale

6 oz. baby spinach

1 avocado

1/2 lb. jicama

2-3 mangos

1/2 lime, juiced

3-4 Tablespoons green onion, chopped

black sesame seeds, optional

Stem and chop kale and place in large bowl

Roughly chop the baby spinach and mix with the kale

Peel the jicama and slice into 1/4 inch matchsticks

Cube or slice mango, removing skin

Slice the avocado and toss with a bit of lime juice to prevent browning.

Right before serving toss the greens with 1/2 to 2/3 of the dressing coating well.

Top with avocado, jicama, and mango and drizzle more of the dressing over top.

Top with green onions and black sesame seeds and serve.

LEMON CREME

1 12.3 oz. pkg. reduced fat, extra-firm silken tofu, crumbled

1/3 cup light maple syrup or agave

3 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1 Tablespoon grated lemon peel

I used a fork to kind of shred the tofu out of the container and into the bullet adding the rest of the ingredients and blending until completely smooth.

Refrigerate until chilled.

Listen to May 17 Call   Monte