If you are having a difficult time to make grapefruit as part of your families regular food, you are not alone. At our home this amazing, beautiful, nutritious fruit makes its way into salads, sides for sandwiches, and mid day snacks.
Benefits:
Skin
Fights skin damage, reduces wrinkles, and gives you an all over healthy look since it plays a vital role in the formation of collagen. We can even apply the juice directly to skin.
On the beach, by the pool, the car trip they all call for snack time.
with the warm temperatures how to keep everything fresh is a problem but to make tasty snacks to satisfy everyone is a bigger problem.
Here is a list of few snacks our family loves.
Watermelon
Great way to stop your thirst & served with chunks of feta cheese replenishes the salt you need. Easy to transport cold or room temperature still good to eat.
Fruit & veggie bowl with cheese
grapes, pineapple, cantaloupe, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers mixed with chunks of favorite cheese. Mozzarella sticks or cheddar cubes work well together.
Hummus, yogurt with veggies
hummus with water-rich veggies like baby carrots, celery sticks or sugar snap peas.
Peanut butter & jelly
with bread or whole wheat crackers, easy to pack & store since you don’t need to worry too much about keeping them cool.
Oranges, tangelos
Oranges are hydrating and thirst quenching. they are high in vitamin C, which has been shown it limits the damage of ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
Target cooler
Pack everything in a cooler back pack any spills will be contained.
Mulberries are a product of the Morus alba tree. Leaves & stems even contain nutrientsRed mulberries – the fruit, like grapes, is red or white and grows in bunches called “drupes.”
Add this delicious small fruit to your trail mix. You can buy them easily On line anywhere. This small sweet delicious fruit is not very well know for its nutritional value, since the fresh fruit itself is almost impossible to buy fully ripped. But don’t give up on it’s delicious special sweetness. Keep them in a glass jar on your kitchen counter, and add it to your salad, yogurt, or just enjoy it with your morning coffee.
The most difficult part of replacing white sugar with healthy sweeteners is missing the convenience of sugar. Any where out of our own kitchen replacing sugar won’t be easy, but more and more places will provide honey or molasses if you just ask for it .
Here is a list of healthy delicious sweeteners:
honey; dates sugar; coconut sugar; maple syrup & molasses
Honey-the nectar of the gods, is also used topically for centuries to heal wounds and fight infections. It’s also great for adding flavor to homemade dressings and marinades.
Yogurt & honey
Date sugar- made from dried dates. Haven’t tried this one but we love adding dates cut in small pieces to oatmeal, salads, cottage cheese, eggs, and peanut butter sandwiches.
Coconut sugar
Date sugar
Coconut sugar- also known as coconut palm sugar or coco sap sugar, or coconut crystals is made from the sweet nectar of flower buds of the coconut palm.
Coconut sugar
Date sugar
Maple sugar- boiling sap from maple trees dried, powdered, and sold as maple sugar. Also great with cinnamon or ginger for added flavor to sweet potatoes, and grilled vegetables.
Molasses- dark syrup is the byproduct of processing sugar cane, but it has antioxidants, making it a better option than refined sugar. With its bold flavor it is a tasty ingredient for cookies, smoothies, barbecueand beans.
Yogurt with drizzle of honey, or toast peanut butter topped with slices of peaches
Good. There is Nothing wrong with having a snack before going to bed to ease the hunger feeling. We all have those long days that keep us awake way after we had dinner & right before bed the hunger feeling Keeps us from falling sleep.
Two important things before we eat.
1- it should be only a snack
2- a snack that won’t keep you up.
* Snack we pick should be light on the stomach and low on fat content.
* No sugary, caffeinated, or spicy foods.
Any snack with complex carbs and protein will release amino acids into our body that could actually help us sleep better at night.
A great side dish, this yummy vegetable has every vitamin required in a healthy diet. Eating it raw or cooked keeps our heart healthy, and is rich in antioxidants that help keep our immune system strong.
*Cauliflower coated in eggs & sautéed .
1- Breakup the cauliflower in small florets. The easiest way is cut the stem and start cutting off the florets individually.
2- In a bowl break 4 eggs add salt & pepper.
3- Boil the florets so you can pick one easily with a fork.
4- Drain the water pick each floret and dunk them in the egg bowl.
5- Place them on their side in a pan with olive oil. Sauté until golden.
We love sweets, but sometimes our favorite pastries are not easy to find.
Valentine’s Day has always been the day to spend with everyone we love and care about and our gifts usually include chocolate, Flowers and small gifts that are needed.
Today we baked eclairs since our entire family is in LOVE with this not easy to make pastry.
FillingPastryFilling the pastryIn process of adding the chocolate glaze
We hope you get the chance to spend time with your loved ones🌹
