Showing posts with label sweet potatoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sweet potatoes. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Tips From Mother Earth

One of the most important lessons I have learned regarding healthy eating is that is it supposed to be easy. When you are eating whole, real, healthy foods Mother Nature has already taken care of the prep work.  I came across this great concept I would love to share with you about how certain foods are beneficial to specific areas of your body.  Consider it like Mother Nature’s tips for eating.
It’s no mistake a sliced Carrot looks like an eye. Research has shown that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four red chambers, just like our hearts.  Tomatoes are loaded with lycopine which is great for the health of hearts and blood.


A Walnut looks like a little brain.  The wrinkles and folds separate into a left and right hemisphere. We now know walnuts help develop neurotransmitters for brain function due to high levels of healthy oils. 

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery and Rhubarb look just like bones and specifically target bone strength.

Avocados, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of women.  Avocados can help balance hormones, shed post baby weight, and prevent cervical cancers.  And how profound is this?  It takes exactly nine 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and have been proven to help balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Cut Oranges and Grapefruits look just like female mammary glands, and are beneficial for breast health and the movement of lymph.

Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells.


Who do you know that could benefit from this information?  Do Mother Nature a favour a pay it forward! 

Friday, January 29, 2010

I love Emily!

Emily is one of my very dearest friends. Last night, she took the long drive South from Calgary to High River to bring me dinner- What a gal!

What she prepared was a super simple, beautiful and healthy roasted vegetable salad that knocked my socks off. Some of your everyday roasted veggies were in it.........
-carrots
-beets
-potatoes
-sweet potatoes; which combined would have made a wicked little meal, but Emily added

-Eggplant
-Fennel
-Parsnips!!!!

So yummy, so creative! Creativity is what good cooking is all about. I would never have though to add fennel to a dish like this.

Can anyone share any other interesting ingredients with me?