From the new recipe book published by Hay House titled Recipes for Health Bliss
By Susan Smith Jones, PhD
Premium Moist & Chewy Chocolate Brownies
Serves 12
You won’t miss the butter, sugar, eggs or other animal fat in these moist and luscious brownies. Here are two versions that are equally delicious and will garner you rave reviews. You can make them in a glass or metal pan or you also can make them in a muffin tin. I like using a mini-muffin tin for smaller treats, as well as a heart-shaped muffin tin.
1 cup oat flour (you can make this fresh, as I do, using a Kitchen Mill—see the Resources for ordering information)
2/3 cup cocoa powder
2 Tbsp. arrowroot
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. sea salt
¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup plus 2 Tbsp. agave nectar (all natural food stores and many supermarkets carry this natural sweetener)
1/3 cup pitted, chopped dates
¼ cup raisins
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350° F. degrees. Mix together the dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Combine remaining wet ingredients and add to the dry mixture stirring thoroughly. Spoon batter into an 8 x 8” glass or metal baking pan coated with nonstick spray. Bake in a preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Bake for 10-12 minutes if making mini muffins. Bake for 12-15 minutes if making regular-size muffins. Test with a toothpick for doneness.
FYI: Each of the 12 bars has 90 calories, 15 grams of carbohydrate, and 5 grams of fiber.
Double Chocolate Omega Brownies
Serves 12
With either of these two brownie recipes, I usually quadruple the ingredients and make lots of extra mini muffin brownies. They freeze well. And when you have the desire for just a touch of delicious chocolate, that’s good for you to boot, these mini muffins hit the spot. In fact, they are delicious right out of the freezer and popped into your mouth.
1 cup oat flour (I grind it fresh in my Kitchen Mill; see the Resources for ordering information.)
½ cup cocoa powder
2 Tbsp. arrowroot
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. sea salt
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup pitted, chopped dates
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
¼ cup raisins
1/3 cup agave nectar
¼ cup chocolate hemp milk (I recommend Living Harvest Hemp Milk, rich in Omega 3’s)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Preheat over to 350° F. Mix together the first six dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Combine the remaining wet ingredients and add to the dry mixture, stirring thoroughly. Pour into an 8 x 8” glass or metal baking pan, or a muffin tin that is coated with a nonstick spray. Bake in a preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes for the 8 x 8” pan, 10 to 12 minutes for a mini muffin pan, and 12 to 15 minutes for a regular size muffin pan. Test for doneness with a toothpick.
FYI: Each brownie square or muffin has 90 calories, 13 grams of carbohydrate, and 5 grams of fiber.
Recipes for Health Bliss: Using NatureFoods to Rejuvenate Your Body & Life by Susan Smith Jones is available from Hay House - 1-800-654-5126
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
The Diet Fallacy
The belief that consuming artificially sweetened foods and drinks will help you to lose or maintain weight is a carefully orchestrated deception. So if you are still opting for diet choices for this reason, please understand that you have been sorely misled.
In reality, these diet foods and drinks can cause serious distortions in your biochemistry and ruin your body's ability to control calories. As a matter of fact, it's been shown that diet soft drinks can double your risk of obesity!
Nearly a decade ago, studies were already revealing that artificial sweeteners can:
* Stimulate your appetite
* Increase carbohydrate cravings
* Stimulate fat storage and weight gain
Unfortunately, most public health agencies and nutritionists in the United States still recommend these toxic artificial sweeteners as an acceptable alternative to sugar.
Now, I am definitely not a fan of sugar, but if I had to choose between sugar and any artificial sweetener, I would choose sugar, hands down, without question. I strongly believe artificial sweeteners are even more dangerous to your health than an excess of sugar.
The Health Dangers of Splenda
According to James Turner, the chairman of the national consumer education group Citizens for Health:
"This report followed accepted policies and procedures and the results make clear the potential for disturbing side effects from the ingestion of Splenda.
It is like putting a pesticide in your body. And this is at levels of intake erroneously approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
A person eating two slices of cake and drinking two cups of coffee containing Splenda would ingest enough sucralose to affect the P-glycoprotein, while consuming just seven little Splenda packages reduces good bacteria."
The web site www.truthaboutsplenda.com lists a variety of consumer complaints from Splenda consumption, such as:
* Gastrointestinal problems
* Migraines
* Seizures
* Dizziness
* Blurred vision
* Allergic reactions
* Blood sugar increases
* Weight gain
Excerpt from Jim Mercola's article on the harmful effect of Diet Soda
Please continue to research the effects of drinking diet soda. It is my hope that reading articles such as this one will help you to make the decision to eliminate sugar substitutes from your diet. I am not an advocate of eating sugar and I personally stopped 25 years ago, but I truly believe that sugar substitutes are worse. It's amazing how sweet and delicious fruit and dried fruit and even root vegetables will taste to you when you change your diet and your mindset. You can do it!
Warmly,
Rena
In reality, these diet foods and drinks can cause serious distortions in your biochemistry and ruin your body's ability to control calories. As a matter of fact, it's been shown that diet soft drinks can double your risk of obesity!
Nearly a decade ago, studies were already revealing that artificial sweeteners can:
* Stimulate your appetite
* Increase carbohydrate cravings
* Stimulate fat storage and weight gain
Unfortunately, most public health agencies and nutritionists in the United States still recommend these toxic artificial sweeteners as an acceptable alternative to sugar.
Now, I am definitely not a fan of sugar, but if I had to choose between sugar and any artificial sweetener, I would choose sugar, hands down, without question. I strongly believe artificial sweeteners are even more dangerous to your health than an excess of sugar.
The Health Dangers of Splenda
According to James Turner, the chairman of the national consumer education group Citizens for Health:
"This report followed accepted policies and procedures and the results make clear the potential for disturbing side effects from the ingestion of Splenda.
It is like putting a pesticide in your body. And this is at levels of intake erroneously approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
A person eating two slices of cake and drinking two cups of coffee containing Splenda would ingest enough sucralose to affect the P-glycoprotein, while consuming just seven little Splenda packages reduces good bacteria."
The web site www.truthaboutsplenda.com lists a variety of consumer complaints from Splenda consumption, such as:
* Gastrointestinal problems
* Migraines
* Seizures
* Dizziness
* Blurred vision
* Allergic reactions
* Blood sugar increases
* Weight gain
Excerpt from Jim Mercola's article on the harmful effect of Diet Soda
Please continue to research the effects of drinking diet soda. It is my hope that reading articles such as this one will help you to make the decision to eliminate sugar substitutes from your diet. I am not an advocate of eating sugar and I personally stopped 25 years ago, but I truly believe that sugar substitutes are worse. It's amazing how sweet and delicious fruit and dried fruit and even root vegetables will taste to you when you change your diet and your mindset. You can do it!
Warmly,
Rena
Friday, February 13, 2009
Expand Your Thinking
The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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