Meatless Monday: Vegan Sources of Protein

Seeking vegan, plant-based sources of protein for Meatless Monday or everyday? Check out Greatist's awesome guide of 7 Proteins for Meatless Monday. It features protein in grams, storage, preparation, and go-to recipes for each vegetarian protein source.

I love quinoa, so it was awesome to see it included in the guide and to read that there are 4g protein in a 1/2 cup cooked serving. The guide points out quinoa is one of the only grains and seeds providing the nine essential amino acids our bodies can’t produce on their own. It’s also full of fiber, iron, magnesium, and manganese. I love getting my morning protein with a bowl of warm cereal I call Quinoa Parading as Blueberry Pancakes. It gets an extra protein boost because it's cooked in almond milk.

Quinoa: It's what's for breakfast.

As much as I adore quinoa, lentils are my favorite plant-based protein on the list. Lentils come in so many varieties and all of them are so good. Plus can be prepared so many ways. Try my easy lentil soup recipe. 1/2 cup of cooked lentils contains 9g of protein!

Do You Chew Your Food?

Holistic health and thyroid expert (and Institute for Integrative Nutrition lecturer) Andrea Beaman writes:

To heal any digestive troubles we absolutely NEED to CHEW our food... When people begin chewing food they naturally eat less, feel more satisfied, digest food better, lose weight (if needed) and heal their body.

Read Take Human Bites on her blog to get the full story of the benefits of slowing down and really chewing.

This was two bites, I swear!

How many times do you chew your food before swallowing?

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My Morning Ritual

I spend about 3 hours getting ready every morning. I know it sounds crazy, but I think starting the day by taking care of my body and spirit is what's keeps me sane, centered, and happy no matter what else happens later in the day.

Journaling in layers. This old house is cold in the morning!

 Here's my daily morning ritual:

1. Drink Powerchug 2 pints of water.
2. Read daily encouragement.
3. Chant Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo. This is the most important thing I do all day!
4. Drink warm water with apple cider vinegar.

I am WOWed by The Seasonal Diet!

My friends Sarah and Peter at Cooking with CSA have created The Seasonal Diet, an awesome new membership product to inspire and guide folks through seasonal plant-based, gluten-free eating. I just downloaded The Seasonal Diet book onto my iPad on Friday and it is fandiggitytastic!

The Seasonal Diet includes:

• Over 150 pages of resources, shopping tips, recipe conversions, cooking equipment and more
• A 30-Day Meal Plan
• 180 All-Season Recipes (all plant-based, gluten-free and allergy friendly)
• Online Community of members
• Seasonal Challenges - to keep you cooking and maintaining your health
• Our personal transitions and how we maintain this whole-food lifestyle
• Weekly Tastemaker Tuesday Emails
• Plus a few surprises

I'm recommending it to all my clients who wanna:

• learn to cook
• begin eating flavorful, healthy meals but don't have a lot of time or money
• bust out of the rotation of the same five recipes they've been eating for years

Check out the Seasonal Diet here.

Reluctant Person's Guide to Eco-friendly Spring Cleaning

Psyched about spring cleaning? Not really, but gonna do it anyway? Here are some awesome resources I created to help you get it done without going bonkers.

Make a Personalized Spring Cleaning Checklist
My list of 15 questions will help you brainstorm and create your own checklist for cleaning, organizing, and downsizing this spring. Get started!

7 Tips for Spring Cleaning Success
These tips will motivate you and help you stay on track to meet your spring cleaning goals. Tip #1: Treat Yo' Self! Read all the tips here.

Get a Quick Start on Green Cleaning
Still using regular ol' cleaning products? No bigs. You can easily make this spring the season begin your transition to healthier, eco-friendly products. Check out the resources page on my blog to find posts that will teach you the basics of green cleaning. Grab my eBook to learn even more!

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Illustrated Guide to Seed Starting for Real People

"For budget-smart gardeners like you and me, the expense of buying new plants can be the biggest deterrent to establishing a new green space or adding to an existing vegetable or flowerbed. Fortunately there’s a solution that’s less difficult than it might seem: seed starting."

 

Source: Fix.com

Last year Richard and I grew our first vegetable garden. With the exception of a couple of bean plants, we began with plants we picked up at a community garden sale. This year I'm thinking about doing it all from seeds. The beans we grew from seed were so tasty and didn't require too much care.

I'm excited to dig into this awesome guide to Seed Starting for Real People.

Do you garden? Do you start plants from seed or prefer to begin with baby plants? 

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Green Smoothies or Green Juice?

I love both green smoothies and green juice! Both are really easy ways to get nutritious food into my body. Juice is easy drinkin'. I like it as an energy boosting snack between meals. Smoothies have the whole plant- fiber and all- so sometimes I enjoy them as a light meal.

Taking my homemade green smoothie to go.

Learn to Make Green Juice Not War with this video featuring Kris Carr, author of Crazy Sexy Kitchen. This is the best juice recipe! Don't be lazy and not make this. You can clean your juicer. It's no big deal.

Don't have a juicer? Make the Perfect Green Smoothie. And if you wanna keep it going, try this popular and free 30-Day Green Smoothie Challenge.

Are you a smoothie enthusiast or a juice fanatic?

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