Category: Healing Cuisine

The Best Raw Vegan Plant Based Protein Sources on the Planet

The Best Raw Vegan Plant Based Protein Sources on the Planet

| May 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

by Sheleana Breakell & Caleb Jenning Could there be a greater controversy in the health realm than the vegan vs. omnivore debate over protein? If you’ve been living a plant based lifestyle for a while now, you probably chuckle when someone makes a comment like “there’s no way you can get enough protein from vegetables”, [...]

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Healthy Skin with Moringa

Healthy Skin with Moringa

| April 14, 2012 | 0 Comments

  Moringa is a tree that grows in the tropic and it’s also called “The Drumstick Tree”, I have one growing in my front yard. Moringa is a new herb on the market. Moringa is full of great amino acids, vitamins, and minerals… and Moringa contains more that 4 times the amount of beta-carotene found [...]

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The Menopause Healthy Eating Plan

The Menopause Healthy Eating Plan

| February 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

by Laurel Alexander excerpted from Women’s Wisdom Good food provides not only goodness for mind and body but also supplies the raw materials your neuroendocrine (nerve-hormone) system needs to create healthy hormonal and emotional balance as you go through menopause. Ensure your vegetables, salad greens, fruit, and meats are as organic as you can afford. [...]

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Minted Chocolate Dream

Minted Chocolate Dream

| February 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

by A Roettinger of Delectable Planet This ridiculously quick and easy, yet elegant and delightful dessert is made without cream, although the result is very rich and creamy. Impossible, you say? Try it. Ingredients 8 ounces dark chocolate, chopped 1 cup boiling water 1/4 cup flax oil 1 tsp peppermint extract 1 T Peppermint Schnapps [...]

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5 Incredible Vegan Aphrodisiacs

5 Incredible Vegan Aphrodisiacs

| January 31, 2012 | 0 Comments

Shared by Ascending Hearts Conscious Dating In our culture, when we refer to sexual matters we encounter the use of aphrodisiacal foods as a claim to enhance the sexual libido and the powers of seduction and pleasure. Being truth or not, we from OM Times went to investigate the five more powerful aphrodisiac vegan food…It [...]

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How To Make Tofu

How To Make Tofu

| January 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

Delectable Planet shares this easy tofu recipe. Ingredients 2 1/2 cups (1 lb or 450 grams) of dried soybeans, soaked 8-10 hours (or overnight) 1 1/4 gallons of water 3-4 tsp nigari or calcium sulfate Methods/steps Rinse and pick through the dried soybeans. Soak in plenty of water overnight or for 8-10 hours. When they [...]

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How to Make Soy Milk

How to Make Soy Milk

| January 10, 2012 | 0 Comments

by Delectable Planet Ingredients 1/2 cup dried soy bean Water for soaking 6 cups of water for soy milk 1 tsp salt Flavorings: See below Methods/steps Rinse the dried soy beans and place them in a 1-2 quart bowl. Add enough water to cover the beans by about 3 inches. Soak overnight or for 8-10 [...]

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Alternative Thanksgiving

Alternative Thanksgiving

| November 18, 2011 | 0 Comments

For our Vegan and Vegetarian friends, here are some ideas for a guilt (and meat) free Thanksgiving. Raw Caponata Turkey Here is the caponata recipe, and you can see how it is arranged on the large platter with assorted lettuce and cut mini sweet peppers. It took me a few days to eat the whole [...]

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Celebrate the Harvest

Celebrate the Harvest

| October 28, 2011 | 0 Comments

by Lori Amsden To the ancient agrarian societies whose lives revolved around the harvest, the year was seen as a great wheel that turned through the seasons, and with the end of October came the death of the Sun God. The shorter days and long cool nights haled the coming of winter, the season of [...]

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Dinnertime Romance Hawaiian Style

Dinnertime Romance Hawaiian Style

| May 1, 2011 | 0 Comments

Modern Hawaiian cuisine is a fusion of many cuisines brought by multi-ethnic immigrants to the Hawaiian Islands, particularly of American, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Polynesian and Portuguese origins, including plant and animal food sources imported from around the world for agricultural use in Hawaii. Mai Tai The Mai Tai became such a popular cocktail in [...]

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The Oyster Seduction

The Oyster Seduction

| February 2, 2011 | 0 Comments

Healing Cuisine Romance  Special Fried Oysters Batter * 1 1/2 cups bleached all-purpose, high-gluten flour * 10 ounces cold water * 3/4 teaspoon salt * 2 tablespoons baking powder * 2 tablespoons peanut oil * 5 cups peanut oil * 20 medium-size fresh oysters, opened, removed from shells, patted dry, dusted with flour print a [...]

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The Seasons Round

The Seasons Round

| October 26, 2010 | 1 Comment

by Lorri Amsden “Soul, soul, for a souling cake, I pray, good missus, a souling cake. Apple or pear, a plum or a cherry, Any good thing to make us all merry.” While it’s true that modern man sees time as linear, or as a great line stretching both behind and before us, to the [...]

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Healthy Recipes for September

Healthy Recipes for September

| September 23, 2010 | 0 Comments

by deZengo “It would be nice if the Food and Drug Administration stopped issuing warnings about toxic substances and just gave me the names of one or two things still safe to eat.” ~Robert Fuoss Plum Salsa ~~~~~~~~~~~ Ingredients ~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 cup diced plums 1/2 cup diced peaches 1/2 cup diced honeydew 1/2 cup diced [...]

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Sixty Uses of Baking Soda

Sixty Uses of Baking Soda

| August 13, 2010 | 0 Comments

By Harry Godwin Bicarbonate of soda or baking soda has many different uses in the household. Although much more expensive products have been developed over the years to do the same jobs, baking soda can work for you just as well, if not better. Use it in the following ways: To make your own baking [...]

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Coffee as an Antidepressant: Its Pros and Cons

Coffee as an Antidepressant: Its Pros and Cons

| July 11, 2010 | 1 Comment

by Judith Orloff, MD In America, we consume over 400 million cups of coffee every day. Ever wonder why so many of us make such a lustful beeline for our caffeine?  Could it be the oodles of antioxidants it contains? Or that science has revealed its health benefits, including lowered risk of diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, [...]

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