Lemon Stacks

A twist on Hawaiian haystacks and a yummy meal Gretal brought us after we had Lizza.

Ingredients
2 small onions finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
2 T. olive oil
2 small or one very large chicken breast, raw and chopped
1/2 to 1 Tablestoon salt
2 medium tomatoes cubed
1/3 cup flax seed
2/3 cup rolled oats
1 to 1 and 1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 lemon (juice only)
sliced almonds
soy sauce
extra lemon juice
3 cups cooked rice

directions: mix olive oil chopped onions and garlic over medium heat until onions are cooked. Add tomatoes and raw chicken and salt. In a blender add Flax, oats, milk, sour cream, lemon juice and blend until it is the consistency somewhere between Elmers glue and Elmers paste. When chicken is cooked, pour mixture onto the chicken and onion mix, stir for 1 minute on medium heat and then quickly remove from heat (do not just turn the heat down because the mixture will continue to thicken.)

Pour creamy chicken mixture over cooked rice and top with almonds and lemon juice. Soy sauce is optional.

Breastfeeding Colon Cleanse (Juice Cleanse)

My Own Experience: Juice Cleansing For Breastfeeding Mothers

I will be the first to tell you that a good colon and internal systems cleanse is a great idea. However, I can also tell you that as a mother who is nursing a baby, colon cleansing is not an easy venture. Most colon cleanses are made with all kinds of herbs. But the possible danger to the baby is not only the unknown effects that herbs might have on the baby, but all of the toxins that can be sifted up as they are working their way out of the body. So I have been on a quest to find a cleansing method that is effective, yet gentle enough to do while breastfeeding my baby. The following is my conclusion.

I call this "Nursing Mama's Gentle Cleanse" The concept is not original. The other titles for this type of cleanse would be a "Juice Cleanse." However, I feel that my version has a few additions that make it easier to follow week to week. It is also created for a nursing mother's calorie requirements.

The guidelines are very simple:

• Start the morning off with water and a fiber supplement such as Colonix Intestinal Cleanser or Metamucil (if you want to steer clear of herbs). Also, take your high quality vitamin supplements including an Omega 3 supplement.
• Throughout the rest of the morning and afternoon snack on juices, water, rice cakes, and nuts. I suggest both fruit and vegetable juices. When I say Juice I mean 100% juice with NO added sugars whatsoever such as the brands NAKED, Odwalla, Dole 100% Juice, V8, etc. In order to fulfill your breastfeeding calorie needs you have to be consuming at least one serving of juice every hour.
• By dinner time you will be ready for more substance then Juice. I recommend having soup for dinner. Vegetable soups with only a little bit of meat (if any) and no cream soups. And more water.
• Close your day with another round of fiber supplement and water.

I noticed the effects of this cleanse within the first day of following these guidelines. I followed this for one week. I found that I enjoyed it so much that I followed it for another week. This is a good way to help the body regulate itself and be nourished as well. I felt my body cleansing itself of built up waist as well as added energy. I would recommend following this cleanse for two consecutive weeks and then alternating weeks as long as you feel the need. The nutrients that are found in fruits and vegetables are truly remarkable. I have added a few of the main ingredients that are included in many of the juice drinks that I use. This can give you a small glimpse of how these fruits and vegetable really work to cleanse your body as you drink them. All references are from http://www.whfoods.com/ (World's Healthiest Foods.)

Green and Vegetable Juice Recipes

Green Juices

Green Juice Recipes and Vegetable Juicer Recipes

Green and Vegetable Juicing Recipes

Vegetable juice recipes and especially green juice recipes are the cornerstone of juices. Jam packed with leafy goodness!

Here are some of the vegetable juicing recipes that we make and love.

Simply Carrot Juice

- 5 Medium carrots

This one is pretty simple!

Wash and top the carrots, juice and enjoy.

Wash your juicer immediately it is not made with stainless steel, otherwise the carrots will stain it.

If you drink enough carrot juice everday your skin will start to turn slightly orange! This is because carrot juice is very high in beta-carotene, an orange-colored antioxidant that gives carrots their color. If we consume a lot of beta-carotene it will build up in our skin. This is not dangerous however.

Simply Green Juice

- 1 cup of spinach
- 2 cups of kale
- 2 cups of parsley
- 1 cucumber
- 3 celery stalks

Add a little garlic and/or ginger if you like. Wash thoroughly and juice.

Apple and Cucumber Zipper

-2 1/2 apples
- 1/2 cucumber
- 1″ of ginger

Remove apple stems and juice everything together. A favorite of ours!

Ginger has potent anti-inflammatory properties that can help some people reduce arthritis based joint pain. Evidence points to one of the antioxidants in ginger called gingerol. It helps to combat oxidative damage to joint cells.

Alkaline Juicer Recipes Heaven

- 1 cup of spinach
- 1/2 cucumber
- 2 stalks of celery including leaves
- 3 carrots
- 1/2 apple

Wash all vegetables thoroughly, top the carrots, remove apple stem but don’t peel apple (the peel is full of flavonoid antioxidants), enjoy.

Green Smoothie Revolution: The Radical Leap Towards Natural Health

Combining nutrition and know-how with recipes that pack a powerhouse punch, Victoria Boutenko reintroduces long neglected fruits, vegetables, and greens in the most persuasive style for our busy lives: with fast prep and delicious results. Featuring 200 recipes, Green Smoothie Revolution offers both simplicity and enough variety to keep taste buds happy and nutrients coming from a wealth of options.

“In more than thirty-five years of practice as a psychiatrist affiliated with the Harvard Medical School, I have learned one thing very well: Human behavior is very hard to change. Now Victoria Boutenko is persuading me otherwise.… Thirty days of green smoothies will change how you feel, and how you feel about yourself. That’s no small achievement for one small book.”
—A. William Menzin, MD, Harvard Medical School

The Cucapple

-1/2 cucumber
- 2 apples

Remove stems from apples, cut a cucumber in half and juice.
The nice thing with apples and especially cucumbers, is you get a lot of juice out of them. This is a great when you just need something quick

Parsley Pep Up

- 1 cup of parsley
- 1/2 apple
- 2 carrots
- 3 celery stalks

Wash all thoroughly, remove apple stem, top the carrots, juice and enjoy!

Carrot and Apple Zip

- 2 carrots
- 1 apple
- 1″ of ginger

Top carrots, remove apple stem and juice.

Eye Eye Captain

- 6 carrots
- 1 cup of kale

That’s right, it’s good for your eyes!

Liver Health

- 1/2 beet with greens
- 3 apples

Wash all thoroughly, remove apple stems and put the whole 1/2 a beet in.

Green Juice Recipes Energizer

- 2 apples
- 1/2 cucumber
- 1/2 lemon (peeled)
- 1/2 cup of kale
- 1/2 cup of spinach
- 1/4 bunch of celery
- 1/4 bulb of fennel
- 1″ of ginger
- 1/4 head of romaine lettuce

This one is a real blast, brimming with goodness.

Sweet Green Juice

- 1 cucumber
- 1 carrot
- 1 green apple
- 1/4 cup parsley
- ¼ cup mint
- 1 stalk of celery
- ½ inch of fresh ginger
- ½ lemon (peeled)

Banana Dirt Muffins

BEST EVER BANANA MUFFINS

Read more about it at www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,164,153190-224200,00.html Content Copyright © 2011 Cooks.com - All rights reserved. 3 1/2 cups flax, oat and rice flours 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon dash of nutmeg 1/2 cup melted butter 1/2 cup apple sauce, yogurt or sour cream 1 cup pulp 1/2 cup coconut sugar 3 T. Agave Nector 3 large eggs 2 large extra ripe bananas (peeled and mashed) (or 1/2 cup yogurt) 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped 3/4 cup Chocolate Chips In a large bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, soda and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, mix the butter, yogurt and brown sugar and agave. Stir in the eggs, then add the bananas. Stir in the vanilla. Combine the liquid mixture with the dry ingredients, stirring together only until all ingredients are moistened. Stir in chopped nuts. Transfer the batter into greased muffin cups, filling 2/3 full. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a center comes out clean. Makes 18 muffins.

Best Ever Banana Muffins

BEST EVER BANANA MUFFINS

Read more about it at www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,164,153190-224200,00.html Content Copyright © 2011 Cooks.com - All rights reserved. 2 1/4 cups all purpose or white whole wheat flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup melted butter 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar 2 large eggs 2 large extra ripe bananas (peeled and mashed) 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped In a large bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, mix the butter and brown sugar. Stir in the eggs, then add the bananas. Stir in the vanilla. Combine the liquid mixture with the dry ingredients, stirring together only until all ingredients are moistened. Stir in chopped nuts. Transfer the batter into greased muffin cups, filling 2/3 full. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a center comes out clean. Makes 18 muffins. Nutrition (1 muffin per serving): 239 calories, 69 calories from fat, 8g total fat, 37.1mg cholesterol, 134.7mg sodium, 127.4mg potassium, 40.1g carbohydrates, 1.1g fiber, 25.8g sugar, 3.1g protein.

Everything Muffins - A Mostly Whole Food

Everything Muffins - A Mostly Whole Food

1 Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix
1/2 cup ground flax seed
1/2 cup ground rolled oats
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
1/4 cup coconut sugar
1 grated carrot
1 medium smashed bananas
1/2 cup yogurt
5/8 cups veggie oil
3 large eggs
1/4 to 1/2 cup Applesauce
1/2 to 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions: Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and coat a muffin tin with cooking spray. Add all ingredients into a bowl and mix by hand until well mixed. Mixture should be moist and thick. Fill muffin cups more than 3/4 full. Make at 350 degrees for 18 to 22 minutes.

Yield: 20 to 24 medium sized muffins.