Articles tagged with Healthy Eating
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Here’s To the End of Overeating: Changing Yourself
Making changes to your behaviour, attitudes, beliefs, patterns of living, mood states, personality, thinking, perception of yourself and perceptions of others all require you to go through a process. Changing yourself starts with the realisation that making a change is important. What could prompt you to think of making that needed change; the one that you [...]
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Indulge your Umami
A regular guest blogger for 'livelighter' & flexitarian cook, Bindu Grandhi, tells us what it is and shares a delicious tomato and carrot appetiser recipe from her cookbook. Most of us learned in school that our sense of taste is based on four primary tastes: sweet, sour, salt and bitter. Those taste receptors are located [...]
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A hot breakfast on a cold morning
It was really cold in my house this morning. Our heater stopped working yesterday. I lingered in bed for a few extra minutes before the thought of hot coffee lured me to the kitchen. Despite my love for green smoothies, today was a hot food kind of day. After fixing "the usual" (oatmeal with apple sauce [...]
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Recipe: Healthy Dijon Dressing
Eating virtuously can sometimes be a challenge. Who among us hasn’t been heard speaking disdainfully of salad as “rabbit food”? The true secret to creating enjoyable salads is often to be found not in the main ingredients, but in the dressing. Having an arsenal of tasty dressing recipes can help [...]
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How to Make Garam Masala
Recently, a lovely lady named Evie sought my advice on how to make Garam Masala because she could not find it in her local supermarket. Typically, Garam Masala can be purchased ready-made in large supermarket chains, Whole Foods or specialty Asian/Indian grocery stores. It can also be made from freshly ground spices in the [...]
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Heirloom Tomato, Basil and Goat Cheese Bruschetta
This is one of my favorite things in the world. When I start craving this during the peak of heirloom tomato season, I feel I must make it now. Although it is not exactly a traditional method, I don't care. There are a million variations of this dish including roasting tomatoes, adding garlic or a [...]
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29 Tips for Keeping Portions Under Control
When it comes to food portions, size matters. In a world filled with “supersized” options, all-you-can-eat buffets and extra-large pizzas, it is no wonder that people overeat. Have you ever found yourself in one of these situations: Eating snacks straight out of the bag while watching television, or even grabbing a second [...]
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Working Nights And Snacks
I work nights. Working nights is unnatural, stressful, and makes you prone to weight gain. (Old joke: What's the difference between a night nurse and an elephant? About ten pounds.) It is also hard to eat a real meal when you work nights, as eating a real meal will make you want to fall [...]
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And How Did You Lose the Weight?
You look great! What have you done to yourself? How’d you do it? Tell me everything. Isabella openly loved this kind of admiration from her friend. Yes, she had done it, and yes she was able to lead the way for her friend. She wanted to tell her friend everything and help her friend [...]
