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Holistic Living Series – Cold and Flu Prevention at Dew Yoga

yoginidale — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:31:00 +0000

Saturday, November 5th, 2011

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Ever worry about the ingredients in the flu shot and other OTC and prescription medicines? Want to use natural remedies, but don’t know what to use? What is the difference between a homeopathic remedy and an herbal one? What are probiotic foods, and how do they taste? Donations Suggested $10/person.
Laura DePreta is of the mind that for every illness, nature provides a substance to cure it. After over 25 years experience using natural medicine, she will take you through some simple options of easy healing ideas, to help avoid costly and time consuming visits to the doctor.

Dew Yoga is located at 923 High Ridge Rd. Stamford, CT. Click here for more info.

Farmers Market Meal – Ratatouille

Jen — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:04:29 +0000

Hot Pepper Ratatouille
From the Silver Palate Cookbook (with some modifications)

Perfect Farmer’s Market in August meal. With a good variety of vitamins and minerals and fresh picked veggie flavor. We had brown rice with it but I think couscous might be better, or warm tortillas. With the exception of the tomatoes and spices, everything was purchased in one trip to the High Ridge Farmer’s Market.

1/2 cup mild olive oil
1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced
6 large garlic cloves (or maybe 8 )
1 large eggplant, peeled cut into one inch cubes
1 sweet red pepper, cored, seeded, cut in 1/2 sqaures
4 jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced
2 yellow summer squash, cut into 1 inch cubes
1 tbsp oregano (maybe a little more)
2 tsp ground cumin
salt, to taste
24 cherry tomatoes, halved (we used 12 small tomatoes cut in quarters)
3 tbsp cilantro (or maybe a tbsp more)

1. Heat oil over medium heat. Sautee onion 10 minutes
2. Add garlice saute 5 more minute.
3. Add peppers, squash, oregano, cumin and salt. Simmer covered, medium low 25 minutes.
4. Stir in the tomatoes, simmer 10-15 minutes more.
5. Stir in cilantro and serve.

The Dirty Low Down on our Favorite Grab n Go Snack

Jen — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:30:34 +0000

I try to be a conscious shopper, I try more and more often to purchase products that are healthy for my family and friendly to the earth. We need to collectively change the way we shop, eat and play. I have yet to see the movie, Food Inc. but one particular line has been in my stream of thoughts ever since I saw the trailer (see it here), “When we run an item past the food scanner we are voting for local or not, organic or not…”. This puts the power to change things in our hands (and wallets). Product marketing is a tricky business though and not every product bearing the word organic or earth friendly is true to it’s package.

Good Guide is the up and coming resource for smart shopping. They rate the everyday products we bring into our homes, put into our bodies and expose our children to. They give us the power to make an educated vote at the grocery check out.

Good Guide made me aware that Cheerios was a wiser cereal choice than a Kashi cereal I had bought. Check out some of your most common purchases on Good Guide and you may be surprised and then empowered to shop consciously and vote wisely.

Read their latest story on energy/snack/granola/power bars, you know those quick snacks we throw at the kids thinking they are better than cookies or candies. I currently have THREE of their lowest rated snack bars in my pantry!

Organic Produce Unavailable?

Jen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:22:01 +0000

Here are your best choices for fruits and veggies that are resistant to pesticides or are grown with less because of their natural abilities to fend off pests:

Onions
Sweet Corn
Pineapples
Mangoes
Asparagus
Sweet peas. Their pods protect them from insects.
Kiwi fruit
Bananas. The combination of growing high above the ground and tough skin to protect them makes bananas a low-risk choice.
Cabbage
Broccoli. Cooler growing conditions tend to protect them from insect pests.
Eggplant
Papayas