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The very simplest place to start with getting greens into our diet is to eat one big salad each day and make sure it is filled with mostly greens.  

Greens are full of vitamins A, K, D, and E which are fat soluble. To absorb these vitamins make sure to add a teaspoon of dietary fat, such as butter, olive or coconut oil, nuts, cheese or salad dressing. This will make sure your body absorbs all of the vitamins in the greens. Vitamin K helps calcium and phosphorus bind onto the bone protein matrix.

  
 MIXED SUMMER GREEN SALAD  

Ingredients:
1 handful, Spinach
1 handful, Arugula
½ head, Red Leaf Lettuce
½  head, Green Leafy Lettuce
1 medium bunch of Parsley
3 Celery pieces, chopped
1 medium Cucumber, sliced in rounds
¼ cup pine nuts

Directions:
1.  Mix greens together in a bowl.
2. Top with celery, cucumber and pine nuts.
3. Serve with Mint salad dressing.

TIP:  If you are planning on this lasting for the next day, do not mix the cucumber in.  Put it in a bowl on the side and add to each serving of salad.  A mix of the basic ingredients without the cucumber will last 3 days in the fridge.

 Here is a salad dressing with greens already in it!  This is a refreshing tasty dressing with a little mint flavour.

LEMON-MINT SALAD DRESSING

Ingredients:
1 ¼ cups olive oil
¼ cup lemon juice
2 tbsp. fresh mint (or 2 tsp. dried)
Salt to taste
Few drops of stevia

Directions:
1.  Blend all ingredients.
2.  Add salt to taste and stevia to taste and re-blend.

Copyright © Diana Herrington  You are welcome to share this article with anyone who you think may benefit from this information as long as you give credit to Real Food for Life by including the link to the home page www.RealFoodforLife.com  or the direct link to this post.

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  Do you ever wonder if your diet is making a difference in your life; whether it is good enough or balanced enough? We hear all the time about a balanced diet  but much of that information is contradictory and confusing.

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During our 5 week  Course You Will Discover and Implement:

• How to simplify your orientation to nutrition so you can worry less and enjoy more.
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• When you can save money by not buying organic; when you can’t afford not to.
• The secret to keeping up with an exercise routine. (You know you should)
• How to deal with craving in a gentle yet powerful manner.

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We just added these bonus modules!

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3. Talking with Plants (yes this does sound unusual but the basis to this is AND to getting very healthy is in listening to your body in specific ways that you will learn)

4. Balanced Daily Routine for a balanced life.  

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I love nuts and seeds and think I must have been a bird in a past life. :)  This is a post that will continually be added to.

Nuts & Seeds Nutrition

We are going to start with a couple of my favorites Almonds and Pumpkin Seeds.

Almonds

Most mornings I add about 12 almonds to my breakfast and enjoy them so much. Almonds are thought to have originated in western Asia and North Africa; they have been written about in many historical texts, including the Bible.

 

9 Benefits of Almonds: 

• are nutrient-dense food.
• are packed with protein; almonds are 13 percent protein.
• filled with lots of minerals such as magnesium, copper.
• filled with lots of B vitamins.
• full of potassium, calcium, phosphorus and iron.
• are cholesterol free.
• one-ounce serving of almonds contains about the same amount of antioxidants as a serving of broccoli.
• one of the best food sources of vitamin E, with about one third of the daily value per ounce.
• heart-healthy with monounsaturated fat; one-quarter cup of almonds contains about 18 grams of fat, 11 grams is heart-healthy monounsaturated fats.

According to research at the University of Toronto, eating heart-healthy foods, including almonds, can help reduce LDL, or the "bad" cholesterol levels, as much as a first-line "statin" drug.

Research at Tufts University found the flavonoids in almond skins work in synergy with the vitamin E in to protect artery walls from damage reducing the risk of heart disease.

Pumpkin Seeds

I love Pumpkin seeds which I add to my meals. Pumpkins, and their seeds, were an important Native American Indian food used for their dietary and medicinal properties.

9 Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds:

• have lots of minerals: phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, zinc, iron & copper.
• are a good source of protein and vitamin K.
• contain phytosterols, compounds that that have been shown to reduce levels of LDL cholesterol.
• are good for Prostate Health! The oil in them alleviates difficult urination that happens with an enlarged prostate.
• according to studies, they prevent calcium oxalate kidney stone formation.
• contains L-tryptophan, which helps with good sleep and lowering depression
• as they are high in zinc, they are a natural protector against osteoporosis. Low intake of zinc is linked to higher rates of osteoporosis.
• reduce inflammation for arthritis without the side effects of anti-inflammatory drugs
• used in many cultures as a natural treatment for tapeworms and other parasites 

In a study of almost 400 men (age from 45-92) published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition they found a correlation between low dietary intake of zinc, low blood levels of the trace mineral, and osteoporosis at the hip and spine. 

SPROUTING NUTS & SEEDS

Raw nuts or seeds can have a bitter taste; this is due to enzyme inhibitors. Soaking or roasting the nuts and seeds remove the enzyme inhibitors which then brings out the natural sweet flavor of the nuts and seeds.

 

  These inhibitors can affect the digestion of the nuts and seeds.  Soaking removes the inhibitors by washing them away, and begins the digestion of the proteins and carbohydrates.  Also the soaking removes 30% of the oil content making nuts and seeds easier on the liver and digestion.  

  Directions:

1. Look over nuts and seeds; remove stones and broken seeds.

2. Rinse nuts or seeds.

3. Put each type of seed or nut in individual jars then cover with purified water, leave the lid off and soak for right amount of time; see below.

4. Drain and put lid on and store in the fridge. Use them up in two to three days.

5. When ready, rinse nuts or seeds. Store in refrigerator, in sprouting environment or in other suitable container until ready to use. If not used within 12 hours, seeds should be serviced (rinsed) every 24 hours in refrigerator. Best to eat as soon as possible, as freshness is what makes sprouts special!

Almonds: Soak 8-12 hours. Use only unblanched almonds. If refrigerated will last up to 4 days or sprouts may turn rancid. These are my favorite! Note: All US almonds have been heated so make sure the ones you buy are from Europe.

Pumpkin Seeds:  Soak 6-8 hours. Eat within 2 days. Use hulled pumpkin seeds.

Sunflower Seeds: Soak 6-9 hours. Use hulled sunflower. Skim off seed skins when rinsing as they will make your sprouts spoil quickly. Best to eat them the same day or within 2 days.

Copyright © Diana Herrington  You are welcome to share this article with anyone who you think may benefit from this information as long as you give credit to Real Food for Life by including the link to the home page www.RealFoodforLife.com  or the direct link to this post.

Picnics are a favorite way for me to spend a sunny summer day with good friends or family – especially when it is a spontaneous! It can be in a park, by the riverside, at the beach or in a backyard – picnics are so much fun!

In the past few weeks I have been on a couple of picnics in which I brought all of the food as a thank you to a couple of my friends for all that they have done for me. It is so much fun to sit out on the grass amongst nature eating real food.

Here are a couple of the recipes from my picnics and ones that will be in my first e-book.

AVOCADO VEGETABLE DIP

Ingredients:
1 ripe avocado, peeled & pitted
1 tsp. onion, finely minced
1 stalk of celery, finely chopped
1 – 2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tomato, chopped
Nori & Dsulse seaweed flakes to taste

Directions:
1. Mash avocado.
2. Add onion, celery and lemon juice and mix in well.
3. Gently mix in chopped tomato.
4. Serve with corn chips or slices of vegetables.

HEALTHY POTATO SALAD

Ingredients:
3 potatoes (cooked and diced)
2 stalks of celery or ½ green pepper (finely chopped)
1 carrot, chopped
Chives or chopped green onions to taste
Hand full of fresh parsley or dill weed
3/4 cup mayonnaise
3 tsp mustard
3 tsp lemon juice 

Directions:
1. Once sliced keep aside as well as some parsley.
2. Mix mayonnaise, mustard and lemon juice together to make the dressing.
3. Mix all ingredients together with dressing.
4. Decorate the top with parsley.

Have you been on any picnics lately and what kinds of healthy foods do you put in your picnic basket???