Fresh vegetables & fruits. Wash, cook and eat. Every Sunday, a few blocks from the beach, the local farmers bring their beautiful vegetables, delicious jams, and ripe fruits to the square; and the tourists line up to buy them.
Category: Health
Cool, light, easy to prepare meal for everyone
Our family loves pasta. But to keep in mind a balance healthy diet once or twice a week we combine it with other meat or fish dishes.
Orzo with red bell pepper & cauliflower with eggs. Serve it warm or cold. We made a simple balsamic olive oil and black olive dressing to go with our orzo, and Parmesan cheese. You can use mozzarella or other favorite cheeses.
Orzo cooking in boiling salted water
Sautéed bell pepper & onions
It is simple and delicious, and it really is a great meal that tastes better as leftovers. We served it with chicken, but you can have it as is as a vegetarian meal.
Ingredients:
orzo, diced red pepper, diced onions, diced black olives.
cauliflower with eggs sautéed.
Cutting
Cook in water In microwave until soft to fork
Eggs salt pepper
Cooking for our family while on vacation
We are vacationing in a beach house and are planning on eating in at least a few breakfasts & a few dinners.
Sometimes getting everyone ready after a day on the beach is exhausting.
Staying in means eating with swim suits on and wet hair; everyone lounging around the porch.
Since we drove we brought a few things from home:
Organic olive oil
White rice
Organic pasta
Italian tuna
Frozen butter
Our favorite spices
Shopping list when we get there:
Eggs
Bagels
Slice bread
Tortilla bread
Ingredients for salad
Avocados
Mortadella
Ground beef
Cream cheese
Slice cheese
Mozzarella ball
So what is on the menu?
Breakfast:
Bagels & eggs
French toast
Scrambled eggs
Toast & butter
Dinner
Spaghetti
Caprese salad
Tuna salad
Burritos
Guacamole salad
Sandwiches
And for dessert, we vote on the local coffee shop, doughnut shop and the ice cream kiosk since there is no calorie- counting on our vacation.
Have a relaxing and delicious summer 🏖
Easy delicious peach cobbler
We love peaches, and baking a peach cobbler is one of the delicious ways to eat them. Peaches are high in fiber, and antioxidants. Peaches might help fight diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
We used this easy recipe with the help of our young chef who loves to cook when it is too hot to play outside.
4 cups of sliced peaches
1 c sugar
2 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp vanilla extract
place all in a bowl
On top of the crust:
1 pkg refrigerated organic Pie crust
1/4 c sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
3/4 stick butter sliced
bake at 400°
Yummy & so easy to make ready in about 30 minutes or top is golden.
enjoy.
Grapefruit, not just for breakfast
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.
Heart
Lowers blood pressure, helps with weight control, & lowers blood sugar.
Digestion
High in fiber & water, grapefruit promotes regularity for a healthy digestive tract.
How to? for a good night sleep
what can be more energizing & rejuvenating than a good night sleep?
You open your eyes & realize you slept the entire night tucked in your bed wrapped in the warm soft comforter.
One sure way to set our bedroom for a solid sleep is to pay attention to how we have placed the furniture in the bedroom.
The art of feng shui creating positive flow.
Any room with unbalanced energy not only can affect our health, but our relationships, and finances too.
Here are some feng shui rules to follow for the bedroom;
1- your head should be near a solid wall. Using a wood headboard or solid upholstered headboard.
Neutral accent pieces
Neutral bedding
2- Avoid these colors: reds, purples, blues, and black.
3- No mirrors, which would be difficult to do, but mirrors make the energies of the bedroom very active, or yang. keep it to one only, and don’t hang it on the wall near the foot of your bed.
4- Try not to have a TV or any electronic devices in the bedroom.
Summer Snacks to satisfy the entire family
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.
Pack everything in a cooler back pack any spills will be contained.
Be safe & Healthy😎
How to have a healthy summer skin
With warmer weather comes less clothes, and more skin exposed to sun.
not only we should think of protecting our skin, but also helping it look better for no shirt days, and sandals.
You can get a sunburn when it’s cloudy, cold outside or swimming Under water. It’s also possible to get burned . UV rays can even penetrate glass. Using sunscreen is a must & even shirts & hats that have UV protection.
Following a routine to get ourselves ready for warmer weather can be easy & fun.
Get your feet ready:
Before moisturizing your feet get the dead skin off by using:
Pumice stone
Oatmeal scrub
Epsom salt soak
Vinegar soak
Baking soda soak
Lemon water soak
Keep moisturizing
To prevent dry skin use baby oil or petroleum jelly regularly. A great natural way to moisturize feet after a bath or a shower. Wear socks to keep them moisturized.
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Love your skin
So many of fruits & vegtables we eat & cook with are the perfect skin moisturizer & cleanser.
Strawberries – mash them up directly on your skin and let that beautiful pinkish juice dry directly on your skin.
You can also use Cranberries and grapes they are great as anti-aging masks
and can help brighten up your face.
Lemon, oranges, limes, and tangerines – contain powerful skin lightening properties, they tighten up your pores and clean your face, making it shine.
Just rub a slice on your skin, wash off within 5 minutes. Don’t leave citrus fruits on your skin for more than 10-15 minutes, don’t go out in the sun for a few hours.
Tomatoes – have potassium which helps regenerate skin cells and vitamin A and C that helps nourish and lighten your skin. Take a slice & and rub it underneath your eyes, if you have dark circles.
Put them on your skin over wrinkled areas, dark spots, or acne scars. You can use them as often as you want. Leave them on for a few minutes, then wash your skin.
Cucumbers- the antioxidants and flavonoids in cucumber reduce irritation. Couple of slices on your eyes will reduce puffy eyelids. Great for even sensitive skins since cucumbers won’t cause any irritation.
Bananas – They’re good moisturizer, so mash a piece of the fruit and put it directly on your face. Rub it a little, leave it on for 10 minutes, then rinse it.
So next time you have a clean skin, grab a berry or a piece of tangerine or a cucumber and give your skin a well deserve pampering. Your skin will love you.
Face Mists for dewy glow
All mists hydrate skin, tone skin, set makeup, act as a serum to nourish skin throughout the day, or even cool skin down.
Mists help your moods If scented :
Certain scents can be effective against depression, anxiety, insomnia or exhaustion. Just make sure to read the ingredients list carefully. Some essential oils, such as cinnamon, can cause irritation or breakouts.
Mists help you look good :
Mists, can temporarily give you a dewy glow if your skin is feeling dried, and help set or refresh your makeup.
When your skin is dehydrated, its protective barrier gets weaker, which means collagen and elastin can break down faster, and also heat can cause oilier skin which can clog your pores setting you up for pimples.
What should we look for in a Mist:
If looking to add some extra moisture to your skin with a mist, look for one with hyaluronic acid. To calm irritated skin and ease redness look for Rose water and Aloe.
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