How many times have you bought a diet book only to find out the meals inside the book are so expensive that you can? Only afford to diet for 2 days out of the week? With that being said I thought I’d take a little time today offering ideas for eating healthy on a tight budget. Sure it won’t filet mignon every day but I promise you one thing. I will give you several healthy food combinations that you can use for losing weight.
There are really hundreds of healthy meal plans out there, many repeating themselves. Many that are just disgusting. So I’m just going to show you a few of my favorites that are really easy, cheap and healthy to eat. Of course this isn’t an exhausted menu; it’s just to open up your eyes to the possibility of eating healthy on a small budget.
1. A True Egg Breakfast- Whole eggs, diced red potatoes and a mix of cheddar and low-fat mozzarella cheese.
2. Matt’s Veggie Cook-off- Cut up 2 peppers, half of a white onion and 1 clove of garlic. A trick to keep the nutrient content of the vegetable high is to cook it as fast as possible. What I prefer to do is get my cast iron pan red-hot and as then pour just a tiny bit of olive oil in there and immediately put the onions and garlic to avoid having the oil burn. After 1 minute add the peppers and let cook for less than 5 minutes. Optional addition to this would be to take a little bit of white chicken breast and cook that in the mix as well.
3. Healthy pizza- Whole wheat pita bread, pasta sauce, meat (optional), any vegetable you choose, and a variety of cheese. I will spread the sauce over the pita bread and then add the other ingredients on top and then throw it in the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes.
4. Dominican Dinner- This one is unique. You need yellow plantains and meat. Boil the plantain with the skin still on it for about 15 minutes or so. As the plantain cooks you need to prepare the meat of your choice (finely chopped). Once the plantain cooks you will slice it open like a hot dog roll. Add the meat inside the cut and then eat!
5. Tuna- Enough said.
6. Smoothies that are cheap tasty and healthy. This is one of the most corrupted weight loss foods that I know of. Many store-bought smoothies have enough added sugar in them to feed a nation of cockroaches. You do not need to add 20 table spoons of sugar to make it taste good. You can simply add your fruits (banana, apple, strawberries, etc) 1% milk, a spoonful of either peanut butter or nutella, ice and Whey protein powder (vanilla and or chocolate.
See those foods aren’t nasty at all. They are very cheap and easy to make. and best of all they all have protein, veggies and are low in unneeded calories. Hopefully you make good use of these and lose a few pounds of fat over the next few weeks.
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God Bless,
Matt Shuebrook
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Banana Smoothie
How to Make a Banana Smoothie
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Should I start my own smoothie stand or a franchise?
I do not know what will be cheaper and bring more money. I do have great unique smoothie and mocha type drinks recipes i made up. Also, I have made up recipes of other fruit desserts that are very good.
PS: How much money will I need for making a small smoothie stand in the mall?
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Traveling through a small town in South Carolina, I saw an interesting tagline for a restaurant. It read: Fish is brain food, bring a dumb friend and eat often. At first, I thought the sign was just plain funny. What a way to get people to eat fish. Then, when I told friends about the restaurant, I started to think that there was more to it than humor. I have read articles touting that eating fish does increase brain activity. This restaurant was promoting good heath in a veiled, humorous way. The more I thought about the message they were promoting, the more I thought about how important it is to feed your body the right things. I realized that eating the right foods is not only important for your heath, it’s also important for earning you wealth.
We all know the saying: You are what you eat. Pink Flamingos are pink because of the shrimp that they eat. In the same way, people who eat a cheeseburger and fries twice a day begin to resemble a cheeseburger and fries. Another truth is that the most successful people are fit and they work at it just like they work on their careers. In an era of convenience, fast food, and drive-through drug stores, I challenge you to eat right as a way to feel and look better and as a way to gain success in your profession.
Here are four quick tips for changing the way you eat in order to promote increased intellectual output and productivity. Firstly, instead of having two eggs and bacon in the morning, try a homemade fruit smoothie with a scoop of lean protein – you won’t taste the protein, but you’ll get the benefit of a breakfast that suppresses your hunger, allowing you to work hard without thinking about running out for a snack, while going easy on your waistline. Secondly, buy frozen fruit and vegetable packages in bulk at your local grocery store. Frozen foods can be cooked quickly and don’t contain all the sodium found in canned food. In addition to using the frozen fruit in the smoothies, it also makes for an easy, guilt-free desert to quell your sweet tooth cravings. Thirdly, for dinner, rather than swinging buy a fast food chain, keep frozen chicken and fish on hand and use those frozen veggies to round out the meal. Lastly, to prevent yourself from succumbing to candy or chips as an afternoon pick-me-up, keep healthy snacks on hand, like almonds and soy nuts (salt-free and raw are healthiest). Because they’re high in protein, they’ll cinch your hunger more effectively than empty calories.
Eating the right foods and drinking plenty of water can significantly increase your brainpower. Cleansing your body goes hand-in-hand with purifying your mind of toxins and replenishing it with nutrients. For more information on how you can improve your lifestyle and your business, visit www.flourishingbusiness.com.
- Elizabeth Gordon
Green foods have recently become a focus of modern natural health practices across Texas and the United States. Juice bars and natural health food markets in Austin, Dallas, and Houston boast smoothies with spirulina, vegetable juices with chlorella, and power shots of wheatgrass. Naturopaths have been known to prescribe super green foods to aid in the treatment of diseases ranging from asthma, to HIV, to lupus. While the incredibly rich mossy color of these supplements don’t always look appealing, most of us think, “Well, it’s probably good for me anyway.” But just how good may prove surprising. Better yet, you don’t even need a health insurance policy to cover it.
One pound of wheatgrass is the nutritional equivalent of twenty-five pounds of quality vegetables. Blue-green algaes, such as spirulina, have not only high levels of vitamins and minerals, but, pound for pound, more protein than meat or soybeans, and in laboratory tests, have proven instrumental in increasing the survival rate of cancer-infected mice. Alfalfa, a common ingredient in livestock feed, actually contains all known vitamins. Most of the time, only a teaspoon or tablespoon is required to gain nutritional benefit, and, really, we’re just starting to figure out the health benefits of these super foods.
While consuming these power greens may make our health insurance companies and spouses happy, most of us have trouble enough just pronouncing their names. It can be a bit confusing to figure out which green food does what. To make life a little simpler, here is a basic overview of some of the most popular super green foods, which can be easily located in the supplement section of any major natural health food market in Texas:
(1) Alfalfa
Some would argue that alfalfa, though a green food, is not a “super green food.” Many practitioners disagree. This well-known, seemingly ordinary grass, often fed to livestock and horses across Texas, is one of the most mineral-rich foods on the planet. Its roots can grow as deep as 130 feet, and in addition to all known vitamins, contains chlorophyll (considered highly nutritious when processed correctly), calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium. The minerals are present in a balanced form, which allows for maximum absorption.
Alfalfa is available in liquid, capsule, tablet, powder, and, of course, as the plant itself. It has been used to treat diseases ranging from arthritis to anemia, to bleeding gums, to cancer, and, like all other green foods, is still under study to discover the extent of its healing properties.
(2) Barley Grass
Containing iron, all essential amino acids, chlorophyll, flavonoids, vitamin B12, vitamin C, minerals, and enzymes, barley grass, too, is an often overlooked green food. It is highly nutritious, has been used to help treat stomach and intestinal disorders, and acts as an effective anti-inflammatory.
(3) Chlorella
One of the few edible species of water-grown algae, chlorella is virtually a complete food in and of itself. Its massive quantities of chlorophyll and protein in ratio to its size make it a power-punch for those lacking protein, as well as a storehouse of nutrition, with high levels of all the B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, amino acids, and rare trace minerals.
Chlorella offers more B12 than liver per serving, and speeds the cleansing of the bloodstream. Its high RNA and DNA content are also believed to be agents in the fight against the effects of ultraviolet radiation. A good chlorella source needs to be factory processed, however, as its tough cell wall makes it difficult for the body to access its nutrients.
(4) Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll, while available in many forms as a separate nutrient, is also listed as a powerful component within many green foods. At first this may seem odd. After all, most in Texas and across the United States were taught that chlorophyll is a plant food, bound within a tough cell wall, and of little use to humans. And while it is true that chlorophyll usually needs to be processed in order to be more easily accessible to our bodies, research reports great benefits when properly consumed.
A better understanding of the cell structure itself has shed light on the situation. Hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying protein found in red blood cells, whose central metallic atom is iron. The main, and quite simple, difference between a molecule of hemoglobin and a molecule of chlorophyll is that chlorophyll’s central metallic atom is, instead, magnesium. The two may, in fact, be so similar as to someday justify treatments for certain types of anemia with chlorophyll; experiments on anemic animals reported a return to normal iron levels after four or five days of chlorophyll treatment.
(5) Kelp
Kelp may be a bit more familiar than other green foods, as it is a seaweed common in Asian cuisine, and is actually often used in toothpastes. It can be eaten raw, dried, granulated, or ground into powder. Granulated or powdered kelp is a tasty flavoring, and can be used as a salt substitute.
Like all green foods, kelp is a rich source of vitamins, minerals, and trace elements. It is especially useful for its high B-vitamin and iodine content, and has, consequently, been used to treat certain thyroid diseases — possibly a major contributing factor to the obesity epidemic seen in Dallas, Houston, and many other Texas regions. Kelp is thought to be additionally beneficial to brain tissues and their surrounding membranes, the sensory nerves, spinal cord tissue, nails, and blood vessels.
Iodine tablets are often given to those in high-risk jobs involving radiation to help protect against its effects in the event of an accident. Kelp, too, is believed to somewhat combat the effects of radiation, probably due to its high iodine content.
(6) Spirulina
One of the first microalgaes to gain public recognition, spirulina is considered by many to be a miracle food. This is one of the most popular green food supplements seen in Texas and across the United States. At 60-70% protein content, it produces twenty times more protein than soybeans on an equal area of land, and is unparalleled by any single grain, herb, or plant for its high nutrient content. Among its top nutrients are gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), linoleic and arachidonic acids, vitamin B12, essential amino acids, nucleic acids RNA and DNA, chlorophyll and phycocyanin — a blue pigment found only in blue-green algae and proven to increase the survival rate of laboratory mice with certain types of cancer.
Research is still underway, but many practitioners claim its power to enhance the immune system, reduce cholesterol, and aid in mineral absorption. With its high protein and nutrient content, spirulina is especially helpful to hypoglycemics and those who are fasting. The super food has been used to assist in the treatment of cancer and HIV, as well as many other serious diseases affecting nutrient absorption and the immune system.
(7) Wheatgrass
Its name makes wheatgrass sound a bit like a genetically-modified new addition to the ever-growing scheme of biological experimentation, but it is, in fact, nothing of the kind. Popularized by Dr. Ann Wigmore, founder of the Hippocrates Health Institute, wheatgrass is a growing international phenomena, with its great variety of vitamins, minerals, and trace elements. Doctors like Wigmore have been promoting wheatgrass for over a decade and, indeed, most would claim a definite boost of energy after a single serving. It has been used as an important part of therapies used to treat wide-ranging diseases, including cancer, immunological disorders, and mental health problems. Overall, it’s just a great supplement for anyone, providing a healthy shot of much-needed vitamins and a kick of natural energy. Who needs coffee?
Green foods of any kind – be they kale, broccoli, or arugula — are highly nutritious, highly beneficial, and do nothing but good things for your body. But this new era of discovering super green foods just may make nutrition on- the- go that much easier for super busy Americans, with little time to cook and prepare the nutritious meals we crave. The best recommendation is to start slowly. Mix a teaspoon of powdered super greens into a large, thick, sweet smoothie. This will help you acclimate to the taste while gaining that power-punch of vitamins. Or, like so many, just shoot it. Ask for a single serving of freshly juiced wheatgrass at your local juice bar, throw it down your gullet, and see what an energy kick you get for the day. After all, your nutrition is in your hands, and it may be just a teaspoon away.
What nutrients you put into your body will certainly affect your health as you age, and eventually your wallet as well.
- Pat Carpenter
The way to good health starts with eating vegetarian meals that are nutritious and filling. You will find that many people feel that a meal is complete when you have meats, vegetables and gravies as part of the main meal.
Whenever you are planning vegetarian meals with a vegetarian main dish you should see that you have chosen one that will provide you with most of the nutrients that your body needs. Any gravies and dressings that you will be using should be light in calories and texture.
These dishes can be ones like bean burritos, eggplant gratin, vegetable biriyani, Zucchini lasagna and others. For meat lovers you have a number of different main vegetarian dishes. These will mock lamb curry, Moussaka, mock beef bourguignon are among the meatless meat dishes that you will find are a perfect substitute vegetarian main dish.
The different foods that you choose should complement each other. Since you will need to make sure that everyone has more than enough to eat you should ensure that you have a goodly selection of vegetarian dishes available in varying quantities.
Once you have decided to have full vegetarian meals you will need to choose the foods for the meal. Since each person has different tastes in foods you will need to take these into account when you are looking at the different foods that you can make.
Since there are so many different foods that can be made with vegetables you will need to look at how these foods are prepared. This preparation method will help you to see what changes you may need to make.
The addition of raw and blanched vegetables will provide an interesting contrast to your vegetarian meals. You can cut some raw vegetables and keep them for at home snacks. The different vegetables and fruits you can change into delicious tasting smoothies. These raw snacks and smoothies will allow you the opportunity of introducing your family to the delights of vegetarian foods in small stages.
Looking at these different foods that you can use, will allow you to make vegetarian meals that provide your family with all of the day’s nutrients that are needed. You should look at the vegetarian recipes to find the full value of these meals and the different foods.
While there are some people who may feel that vegetarian meals are bland and pale into comparison when compared to other foods, you will find this is only true based on the foods that you choose. Vegetarian meals which are prepared in a tasty manner will help you to choose a better lifestyle.
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Is there something that is better than a blender? What is the ultimate smoothie maker?
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Spirulina: Earth’s Most Complete Superfood
In this rush-rush hurried world it’s often easier to grab at fast food instead of preparing a healthy meal. If you have three minutes and a blender, there’s no reason to settle for anything less than a protein-packed spirulina shake that makes a splendid breakfast or lunch. Spirulina is a variety of blue-green algae that packs a walloping sixty-percent protein– much more than any meat source. Spirulina also provides a healthy dose of B Vitamins and is one of very few non-meat sources for these essential vitamins. You can find spirulina in most health food stores and co-ops.
Go for the tablet form when you’re really in a hurry or mix up the following smoothie for a complete meal:
SPIRULINA SMOOTHIE
1 Tablespoon Spirulina powder
2 Cups fruit juice- apple is our favorite
1 Banana- freeze beforehand for an icy milkshake
1/4 Cup raw almonds or sunflower seeds
Put juice and Spirulina powder in blender jar and start spinning. Drop in banana and nuts and whirl until thick and blended. Drink up and enjoy added energy and immune-system health.
Drink at least one Spirulina shake a day and soon you’ll notice the difference– rather than filling up on less-than-healthy burgers and fries you will attain and maintain optimum health. Feel lighter and enjoy the health benefits of vegetable protein and the nutritional boost from this magical green superfood.
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