Recipes
First Day of Summer Picnic
Jun 20th
It’s the first day of summer! As such, I thought you might like to learn of a simple way to make your next picnic outing a taste delight while adhering to The Hallelujah Diet!
Serve the burgers on a whole grain hamburger bun and all the fixings, a Hallelujah Potato Salad, and a large, vegetable salad.
For the burger, I suggest you go to your health food or grocery store and look in the freezer department for an Amy’s product called the Sonoma Veggie Burger. It’s fantastic!
And here’s the recipe for Rhonda’s Hallelujah Potato Salad:
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Cooked Food… But Not From The Stove
Jun 10th
For the past few weeks in this section of the Health Tip I have been sharing how simple the evening meal can be for those following The Hallelujah Diet.
Today I want to share that during the hot summer months I often do not enjoy eating any cooked food that is still hot from the stove.
Instead, here is a cooked food that is not hot from the stove that I find very tasty and fulfilling.
After my juice and blended salad I often find a couple of all natural crispbreads make a very satisfying conclusion to the meal. There are several brands out there that are carried by most supermarkets.
The ones I like best are made by Ryvita. My favorite is “Pumpkin Seed and Oats” with the following ingredients: “Wholegrain Rye flour (73%), Pumpkin Seeds (15%), Oats (11%), Salt.” That’s it!
While they are not organic, these crispbreads have acceptable ingredients. There is another company (Wasa) that produces a similar product, but I do not find them as tasty. However, the listed ingredients are similarly good.
Bon appetit!
A Simple Evening Meal (Part 2)
Jun 3rd
In last week’s Health Tip I shared the simple process of preparing my evening meal, which does not need to take hours to make. It can take a very short period of time – be healthy – and tasty.
This week I want to share a few other items that are simple to prepare for that cooked portion of the evening meal:
Go to the frozen food section of your health food store and look for “Amy’s” products. Many supermarkets now carry this brand of healthy frozen foods as well.
One of my favorites is their “Black Bean Vegetable Burrito.” Just pop it in a 350 degree oven for 50 minutes, and it is ready. It is delicious and one of my favorites.
Amy’s also has a very tasty pizza without cheese, a veggie burger, and several other items that will tantalize your taste buds.
All Amy’s brand products are organic, but you need to be aware that several of their products do contain cheese and/or tofu, both of which are not part of The Hallelujah Diet.
A Simple Evening Meal (Part 1)
May 27th
My evening meal usually begins with an 8 oz glass of either straight carrot juice or mixture of 50% carrot juice and 50% various other juices (celery, beet & beet top, cucumber, spinach, etc. – depending on what’s available) and made fresh. That is usually consumed between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m.
Next comes my blended salad. In our Vitamix blender is tossed in all the ingredients that would go into a regular salad:
- small tomato or ¼ larger tomato in season
- 1” cut of cucumber, stalk of celery, small carrot cut in 1” sections
- ¼ to ½ avocado depending on size
- a big handful of spinach
- 1 Tbsp of a favorite salad dressing
This is a huge amount of veggies that fills the Vitamix container before blending and is blended till pureed. If there is not enough liquid in the salad from the tomato and cucumber, sometimes a little distilled water needs to be added and then the plunger is used to push all the veggies down into the blender blades. I consume it like soup in a bowl with a spoon.
I usually then have something cooked. This could be as simple as a baked white or sweet potato, some steamed veggies or a couple ears of corn on the cob.
Over the next few weeks I will share other simple items that can be served for the 15% cooked portion of the evening meal.
Rhonda prefers her salad to be whole, rather than processed through a blender. We prepare our evening meal together. My blended salad takes me about 5 minutes to prepare while Rhonda takes at least 15-20 minutes for her to cut up the various veggies.
What I am trying to get across is that the evening meal does not need to take hours of preparation, but can be prepared in a very short period of time – be healthy – and tasty.
Stay tuned for more thoughts for a simple evening meal!
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Creamy Fruit Popsicles
May 20th
Living food goodness in a delicious frozen dessert! Plan to make these ahead of time so you (and the kids) can be ready to beat the summer heat!
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Maple Walnut Frozen Ice Dream
May 6th
There’s more than one way for you to make a frozen treat!
Last week we shared how to use a juicer to make healthy ice cream… this week we’re using a food processor to make a gourmet, maple walnut delight that’s out of this world!
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