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Welcome
to the latest issue of “Making the Healthy Choice
the Easy Choice.”
Each
month you will find information you can use on a monthly
topic, healthy eating, recipes and more! I welcome your
feed back and questions. Please send them to janet@nourishyourlife.com.
Thank
you!
"Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice”
November, 2003
By
special request, we're repeating last year's
Thanksgiving Newsletter. ENJOY!
Welcome to the first issue of “Making the Healthy Choice
the Easy Choice.” Each month you will find information
you can use on a monthly topic, healthy eating, recipes
and more! I welcome your feed back and questions. Please
send them to
janet@nourishyourlife.com
Thank you
November is the month of thankfulness.
What are you thankful for? Family? Friends? Meaningful
work? Your health? Your home? Gratitude, the act of
being thankful, is one of the most powerful and blessed
ways of keeping perspective on life.
So often we focus
on “if only…” if only I had a better job…if only I had
more time…If only I had improved health… Instead of
focusing on the “if only I had…” what if you focused on
the “I am grateful I have…”
My challenge for you this month, is to start a Gratitude
Journal. Each day simply jot down three things you are
grateful for. If you already do have a gratitude
journal, I challenge you to add one more “gratefulness”
each day. See how your attitude changes as you see how
much you already have to be thankful for.
Write me about your experience at
janet@nourishyourlife.com I am thankful for YOU!
Quote for the month:
To speak gratitude is courteous and
pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but
to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. (Gaertner)
Healthy eating in November
What food automatically comes to mind when you think of
November? PUMPKIN, of course! Pumpkin pie, pumpkin
pudding, pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins, the list goes
on. Along with the many delicious pumpkin recipes that
you know, did you also know how healthy they are for
you?
Health benefits
Not only are pumpkins low in calories, fat and sodium,
they have no cholesterol and are high in potassium and
vitamin A.
Pumpkins, (along with winter squash, sweet potatoes and
dark leafy greens), are a great source of beta-carotene.
Beta-carotene, a pro-vitamin, naturally converts in our
bodies into Vitamin A. Vitamin A is essential for
vision, healthy skin, hair and mucous membranes. It is
also needed for proper bone growth, teeth development
and reproduction. Vitamin A also acts as an
anti-oxidant, which destroys those free-radicals in our
bodies that may lead to cancer, heart disease and
premature aging. BRING ON THE PUMPKIN!
My challenge for you this month is to include more
pumpkin, squash and dark leafy greens in your diet.
Beware of the recipes that are also high in fat (except
on Thanksgiving Day.) For a great new recipe using
pumpkin, try Pumpkin Quinoa Soup.
Pumpkin Quinoa Soup
Makes 8-10 cups
Ingredients
1 Tablespoon olive oil
½ cup chopped onions
½ cup chopped celery
½ cup grated carrots
(Tip: purchase the onion, celery and carrots already
chopped or grated from your local supermarket salad
bar.)
1 can (29 oz) solid-packed pumpkin or 3 ½ -4 cups fresh
pumpkin, cooked
4 cups vegetable broth (can be purchased or home made)
1 small apple cored, peeled and chopped
1 cup cooked quinoa
Click
here
for
basic directions to cook quinoa.
Note: for more info on Quinoa, please
click
here.
Directions
1. Sauté onions, celery and carrots in olive oil until
just softened.
2. Add pumpkin, vegetable broth, and apple. Simmer 10
minutes.
3. Stir in quinoa and heat through.
4. Enjoy!
5. If soup becomes too thick after setting awhile, thin
with water or more vegetable broth to desired
consistency.
Tip: Garnish with a dollop of yogurt, sour cream,
tortilla chips or anything that sounds good to you.
Nutrition Facts:
Serving size: 1 cup = 100 calories, Fat = 2 grams, Carbs
= 18 grams, Protein = 3 grams
I welcome your comments and questions about this recipe.
Please send them to
janet@nourishyourlife.com Thank you!
This concludes the first issue of “Making the Healthy
Choice the Easy Choice.”
Want to live the life you were meant to live? Need more
energy, clarity and connectedness? Visit my web site at
www.nourishyourlife.com
Next month: Tis the season to be eating…How to make the
healthy choice the easy choice and enjoy the holidays.
I welcome all questions and comments. Please send them
to
janet@nourishyourlife.com
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Have a Blessed Thanksgiving
Want to live the life you were meant to live? Need more energy, clarity and connectedness? Visit my web site @
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Janet
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