Here’s how to substitute flax meal for eggs in any recipe that calls for eggs. If you want to make a different type of pumpkin pie for its health value, you can substitute one tablespoon of flax seed meal mixed with three tablespoons of water and let it stay for two minutes in a cup […]
Vegetarian holiday recipes – garbanzo bean flour pancakes with carrot juice and lentil loaf
Let’s say you want a vegan Thanksgiving and are on a no-salt-added and/or no-sugar added diet. Toppings to a vegan lentil loaf could include organic tomato paste that you get from a can which says organic tomatoes are the only ingredient. In tomato paste, most of the time, there’s no salt added compared to tomato sauce in cans […]
Garbanzo Bean Cookie Monsters – How to make healthier cookies from bran, meal, and chick peas
Did you know that tasty monster cookies or brownies can be made from nourishing garbanzo beans that have been turned into flour or pureed into a paste, fruit-sweetened, and mixed with other healthy brans such as oat bran, rice bran and meals–such as flax or almond meal? Then you can bake the cookie or dehydrate a mixture […]
Pumpkin pie recipe: flax seed meal crust – with or without eggs in the filling
Here’s how to substitute flax meal for eggs in any recipe that calls for eggs. If you want to make a different type of pumpkin pie for its health value, you can substitute one tablespoon of flax seed meal mixed with three tablespoons of water and let it stay for two minutes in a cup […]
Teaching children and families to make healthier recipe ingredient substitutions when baking
Here’s how to bake cookies with pureed pumpkin and/or sesame seed tahini as a substitute for milk or other liquids in any type of cookie, cake, or brownie baking. As an alternative to milk products, use sesame seed tahini, a puree of sesame seeds ground either in your blender with some water, or buy it […]
Red meat raises risk of breast cancer in adolescence, but is not a risk in post-menopausal women, st
Recent research suggests that eating 19 specific vegetables, fruits, and fish could significantly lower your risk of breast cancer, according to the article, "Nineteen Foods to Prevent Breast Cancer," by Dr. John H. Mahler, ABAAHP, published on the NaturalHealthWeb.com site. Also note that cold water fish such as wild salmon and sardines are included in the diet. Butter […]