Out-the-Door Oatmeal Avocado Breakfast Cookies
This recipe contains a number of healthy ingredients which make a good tasting breakfast cookies for your family to grab as they go out the door on the way to school or work! Each cookie is high in dietary fiber and is a good source of protein.
Chia Seeds: Antioxidant & Nutrient Superstars
I have recently have become a big fan of chia seeds because they at antioxidant and nutrient superstars. I put the chia seeds in my steel cut oatmeal every morning with fresh blueberries, fresh blackberries and some walnuts. My breakfast has become my daily antioxidant & nutrient mega-blast.
Fast Facts on Dietary Fiber and Your Health
Dietary fibers are the non-starch forms of carbohydrate from plants and the human body cannot digest. Dietary fiber has many health benefits.
Easy Spicy Chicken Vegetable Soup
Lots of vegetables in this easy chicken vegetable soup recipe. You can make it in a crockpot or on stovetop. Lots of antioxidants to keep you healthy. You choose. You can make it spicy or not. This recipe is gluten-free. I like to serve this with cornbread.
Antioxidants Battle with Free Radicals for Good Health
Inflammation is the root of many health problems in our bodies. Inflammation causes heart disease. stroke, some cancers and autoimmune diseases like arthritis. One way to fight inflammation is through your diet.
Maximizing the Rainbow of Colors for Your Health
Choosing the most colorful foods to eat on a daily basis ensures you are getting lots of antioxidants which can help to decrease the risk of heart disease, cancer, dementia and macular degeneration. Each color in a vegetable or fruit represents a different set of antioxidants which contain different health benefits. Common antioxidants are: vitamins C and E, beta carotene (precursor to vitamin A), lutein, lycopene, anthocyanins and isoflavones.
Easy Berry Cobbler
Berries are loaded with antioxidants, high in dietary fiber, provide lots of nutrients, help fight inflammation which is the major cause of many diseases, may help with insulin response and improve blood sugar, include antioxidants: anthocyanins, ellagic acid & resveratrol that protect against some cancers plus they taste good!
Is Eating a High-Sugar Diet Killing Americans?
Most people have a sweet tooth because we all love to eat brownies, cookies, candy and ice cream. These foods are actually considered comfort foods in today’s world. Medical research has been suggesting for years, high sugar intake is the main culprit in increasing your risk of all of the killing diseases in America.
Sweet Potato Pecan Salad
Sweet potatoes are rich in dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C and loaded with carotenoids which are powerful antioxidants which help decrease our risk of both cancer and heart disease and also helps to boost our immune system as well. This a good tasting nutrient filled sweet potato salad.
Blueberry Jerky Snacks
My grandkids love these type of fruit snacks but I don’t like all the food additives. These snacks are easy to make but they take a while to cook. I usually double or triple the recipe but I have lots of grandkids. They love these fruit snacks. Blueberry and strawberry jerky snacks are their favorites!
