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Homemade Trail Mix

Wednesday, August 26, 2009
posted by EatingNCooking-Healthy

macadamias

When you’re hungry between meals, it’s convenient to grab a candy bar or a bag of chips. Unfortunately, these items are loaded with sugar, fat and salt. Although they are fine in moderation, it’s important to supplement your snacking habits with some nutritious, energizing food as well. Trail mix is just as simple and convenient to make, and it will help stave off hunger until you can eat a proper meal.

Dried fruits and nuts should make up the majority of your trail mix. Potential fruit combinations include pineapple, raisins, apricots and banana chips. You can complement that mix with any of the following nuts: pecans, cashews, peanuts, macadamias, almonds, pistachios and walnuts. As a special treat, you can also put in a few M & Ms or chocolate chips.

Healthy Food Snacks - Carob

Friday, August 21, 2009
posted by Eat-Healthy

carob-coated-raisinsCarob healthy food snacks are great.  Carob has a slightly sweet taste resembling chocolate and is used as a substitute for chocolate.
Carob is a healthier alternative to chocolate because it does not contain the caffeine of cocoa which is the basis of chocolate.

Carob is used as a coating around raisins, almonds, cashews and bridge mix.
Carob coated raisins and natural nuts are nutritious  healthy food snacks, high in protein and fiber.  Carob coated raisins also high in antioxidants.

You will be living a healthier lifestyle by choosing healthy food snacks of carob coated raisins and natural nuts.

Hard Red Wheat Berries Make Great Salads

Wednesday, August 19, 2009
posted by LorZen

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Hard red wheat berries make great salads.  They are served cold and you can use a variation of  healthy food.   You can create your salad by adding  a combination of natural healthy food.
Hard red wheat berries give a nutty taste, delightful to your taste buds.

Here is how to cook wheat berries:
Put 1 cup of  hard red wheat berries in 3 1/2 cups water in  a medium pot.  Add 1 tsp. salt and bring to a boil.  Cook 1 hour or until berries are bursting and chewy.  Remove from heat.  Cool until ready to use.

 Here are some ideas for the ingredients along with the hard red wheat berries.  Use your imagination.
Choose your ingredients [a couple of portions] of the following:
1.  1/2 cup nuts or olives: e.g. toasted pecans, toasted walnuts, kalamata, black olives or green olives.
2.  1 cup summer vegetables: e.g. diced cucumber, tomato, sweet peppers, blanched peas, sauteed zucchini, summer squash, roasted beets or diced avocado.
3.  1/2 cup sweet fruit: e.g. segmented oranges, segmented grapefruit, raisins, currants or dried cranberries.
4.  1 cup summer greens: e.g. arugula, watercress, wilted chard or spinach.

Choose your FLAVOR PAIRINGS [one of each]
1.  2 Tbsps. Mediterranean herb: e.g.  parsley, mint. oregano, margoram, basil, dill or cilantro.
2.  1 tsp. citrus juice: e.g. lime, lemon, orange or grapefruit.
3.  2 Tbsps. vinegar: e.g. cider vinegar or red wine vinegar.
4.  Salt
5.  Freshly ground black pepper
6.  3 Tbsps. extra virgin olive oil

Add, if you like:
1.  3 oz. cheese: e.g. cubed feta, mozzarella or crumbled goat cheese.
2.  1 allium: e.g. 1 diced shallot, 1 minced clove garlic or 1/2 red onion, diced.
3.  Spice: e.g. 1 tsp. cumin or 1/4 tsp. cayenne.
4.  1 tsp. something sweet: e.g. maple syrup or honey.

Our creative wheat berry salad was made using  wheat berries, watercress, arugula, cucumber, green olives, red onion, mint and crumbled feta.

Now, have fun creating your very own hard red wheat berries salad; and enjoy eating this great healthy food.

Healthy Food Snacks - Raw Nuts

Tuesday, August 11, 2009
posted by LorZen

raw-nutsStart eating nutritious healthy food snacks.  Eating raw nuts such as almonds, walnuts, pecans, cashews and brazil nuts will give you the nutrition you need without adding unwanted pounds to your waistline.

  Raw nuts are high in protein, vitamins and minerals and low in carbohydrates.

Eating raw nuts as healthy food snacks will fill you up and leave you satisfied, unlike many of the processed snacks from a vending machine.

Raw nuts are convenient to take anytime you want a snack.  Put the amount you want for a snack and put them in a ziplock bag and you are ready to go hiking, fishing, camping, school, work or any other activity. 

Bringing your own snack of raw nuts will bring you a healthier lifestyle and easier on the pocketbook.