tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87020338660744529192024-03-20T07:13:23.561-04:00The Queen's TableA food/health blog that promotes organic whole foods, green juices, green smoothies, superior nutrition, in order to reclaim health and wellness. Consume alkaline green plant foods instead of processed foods. Lose weight in a safe healthy way. Recipes, tips, and inspiration to help you transition to a healthier body. I lost 76 pounds, reversed diabetes, and removed medication for high blood pressure. A miracle for a hypothyroid patient! The Queens Tablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07970183230486333956noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702033866074452919.post-86903151325817777592016-02-20T01:34:00.000-05:002016-02-20T01:34:04.080-05:00Delicious Healthy Acai Dandelion Radicchio Pear Banana Smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Purple deliciousness is just waiting for you! Another green smoothie delight that tastes like dessert! Today I poked around the kitchen and found enough organic items to make a smoothie. I was out of kale so I added some Green Magma powder instead. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lots of natural protein and super-foods in this smoothie! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can always adjust items to your preference and to what you have on hand. If you are afraid of the dandelion and radicchio being too bitter... don't worry as you will not even taste them. Yet they are still in there with their magical super powers helping your body to be healthier!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 cup Coconut water</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 TB fresh ground flax powder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2-3 Tsp chia seeds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 TB hemp seeds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 TB sunflower seeds </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 Tb pumpkin seeds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 TB Green Magma powder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 capsule of Curcumin or 1/2 Tsp of Turmeric</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 Tsp Ceylon Cinnamon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 shakes of Allspice</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 peeled banana</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 pear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">handful of dandelion greens</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3- 4 leaves of small Radicchio</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 frozen Sambazon Acai smoothie packet</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I threw in some blackberries and blueberries from bags that were </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Put items listed above into blender in the order shown. Blend on high till mixed. Pour and enjoy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't forget to clean your blender by putting water in the pitcher and running it on high. Then you will just have to do a quick wipe down to clean up! If you are making smoothies before leaving the house just fill the pitcher with water, and finish clean up when you come home later. Heading out on the road? Put your smoothie in a mason jar or other BPA free travel mug.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I put a mason jar of this Acai purple smoothie in the fridge for my hubby to enjoy when he came home from his gig a few hours later. He loved it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My yummy smoothie was attacked by elephants! </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Be happy! Be healthy! Be peace!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Are you sick and tired of those monster hot flashes wreaking havoc on your wonderful life? I am so over these things!!!! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After living through over 50,000 hot flashes I finally found the secret to calming those suckers down. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Obviously if I still have hot flashes in my life I cannot tell you how to make them go away. What I can tell you is how to get through them in a more comfortable manner with two brands of cooling cloths: Frogg Toggs and Magic Cool. I have had hot flashes for the past eight years all day and all night. Believe me I'm not really thrilled that I am a freaking authority on having wicked hot flashes either. There are better things I could be doing with my time than being a hot mess! Let's turn this thing around and use my hot and flashy knowledge for something productive. Helping you! A big shout out to all the long suffering ladies like me who have no doubt they too live in a hot and flashy world! I feel your heat!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Being the tenacious woman I am, I tried to 'tough it out' for the first two years thinking the hot flashes would eventually go away. You know... just like everyone else had done. Certainly I did not want to take the risky estrogen therapy. Plus I wasn't going to be a baby and whine about these womanly things of life. Be strong I said to myself! You can do this! My gyno recommended that I try taking Remifemin. Well that just did not work for me at all. Since my severe lack of sleep was causing serious system failures within my body, doctors insisted I get the estrogen therapy for one year. To give my body a break I </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">unfortunately </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">had to give into using the damned estrogen pills. They worked at removing the hot flashes and I got the much needed regular sleep. That was glorious and I still dream of such nights. Sleep helped my body overall and gave us a handle on my other medical issues. The down side is the pills also gave me breast cancer. So I do not recommend estrogen therapy for that reason... 'cause <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/cancer-prevention.html" target="_blank">cancer sucks</a> big time. After that quiet year they came right back again! In addition to my <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/thyroid-issues.html" target="_blank">thyroid</a> condition, having had breast cancer does not allow me to use the various other hot flash hormonal creams that seem to work for some women. Well "F Me!" I'm left with an overwhelming amount of interruption to my life, and a rotten night's sleep. My body clock is always thrown off due to having to sleep during the day to catch up! All the doctors can come up with now is to say you have 'Severe Menopause.' Not the news I wanted to hear. So the fact is I still have them. What can we do dear lovely ladies? For our sanity, and our bodies, til the hot flashes decide it's time to ffff-fade away for ffff-freaking good?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wind from fans are not all that helpful as you can't carry a full sized fan around, and that is the only size fan that has any use for me. Even standing in front of air conditioner vents (when the hot flashes allow me to stand) is not a solution. Since most hot flashes also make me feel dizzy I need to sit down when they start to come over me. The amount of hot flashes I endure is a grueling waste of my day and night that's for sure. If I'm out in a store I may have to lean or hold onto something when they arrive. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Recovering from a broken leg</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> can make that a bit tricky. How about the flush pink face that makes you look as though you are blushing? Not always a great look, and may even seem inappropriate at times. Then there is your makeup sliding down your face too. I ask the </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">great gods of maturity i</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sn't getting wrinkles enough? Where are my awesome unicorns and rainbows????</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The good news is that this past September while vacationing at my brother's house things changed a bit for the better. About time! My sister-in-law suggested that I try using one of her 'Magic Cool' cooling cloths that she kept around the house for her hot flash moments. My brother was also using these cooling cloths at work during extreme heat days. They both highly recommended that I try the cooling <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20rel=%22nofollow%22%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003Y6CBEK/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003Y6CBEK&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=EVGWBBTVI3C4NQGR%22%3EGrabber%20Cooling%20Magic%20Cool%20Personal%20Cooling%20Towel-%20Navy%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thqusta-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003Y6CBEK%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">'Grabber Magic Cool' </a>product for my hot flashes. I was willing to give the small cloth a shot, having nothing to lose except a few degrees of heat. Really I was skeptical that a little piece of fabric would help. Kathy instructed that I keep the thin cloth wet, wring it out, and place next to the bed. "When a hot flash is coming on just </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">give the cooling cloth a wave, and then snap</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Then </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wrap the cloth around your neck and it will feel cooling."</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On average now during the night I only get a hot flash every two hours. Although there are nights they will come on five at a time with no break in between. Let's not even go there! When I awoke to the first hot dizzy buzz that night I grabbed the cloth, snapped it in the air, then wrapped it around my neck. Felt good. Yes I liked it... this little cloth really did help! Cooled off my heat and distracted me from my hot flash discomfort too. I was then able to lie back down and fall asleep till the next one. Why hadn't I heard about this solution before? Geez. Hey! What if I could find a bigger cloth???!!! Oh my! Love that idea! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That is why I am sharing this good news! Picture me on my happy unicorn sprinkling cooling icicles over you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When we got home from our trip I had my husband order me a black Magic Cool cloth. Thinking a darker color would blend into the clothes I wore during the day. He told me there were some other brands on Amazon that were also selling cooling fabric products. Wanting to investigate these possible solutions for my daily heat issues I suggested that he pick out one other brand and order that as well. My black <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20rel=%22nofollow%22%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003Y6CBEK/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003Y6CBEK&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=EVGWBBTVI3C4NQGR%22%3EGrabber%20Cooling%20Magic%20Cool%20Personal%20Cooling%20Towel-%20Navy%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thqusta-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003Y6CBEK%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">Magic Cool </a>personal cooling cloth arrived and looked just as expected. Then when I opened the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20rel=%22nofollow%22%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JJCHRI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003JJCHRI&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=KIXYPPZ4NARJBBLL%22%3EFrogg%20Toggs%20CD102-10%20Chilly%20Dana%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thqusta-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003JJCHRI%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">'frogg toggs Chilly Dana'</a> tube I was let down that my husband had ordered me a bandana shape cloth. Wait a minute... this is a head scarf... darn I wanted a big rectangle shaped cooling cloth. Little did I know that this triangle bandana shape is the most useful shape of all the cooling cloths I own for hot flashes!!! Really! And I am not wearing it on my head either Ladies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Listen to this my hot and flashy friend! Having an average of one hot flash every 40 to 60 minutes during the day I have taken to wearing a sports bra. As those of us with constant hot flashes know; a sports bra makes lifting up your shirt to get the heat out every hour a bit easier. Plus the material of a sports bra dries very quickly afterwards. At night I would usually just lie in bed lifting my top letting the steam out, then I'd wipe down the dripping sweat with a paper towel, or wash cloth. Now with the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20rel=%22nofollow%22%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JJCHRI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003JJCHRI&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=KIXYPPZ4NARJBBLL%22%3EFrogg%20Toggs%20CD102-10%20Chilly%20Dana%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thqusta-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003JJCHRI%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">'Chilly Dana'</a> I can place that cold triangle shape across my chest where the heat is most intense, lower my sports bra over top of the cloth, and press the cold cloth onto the building heat. Ahhh sweet relief! Those 'frogg togg' cloths get super cold! While they absorb the building hot flash heat it becomes a great distraction from all the usual side effects of a hot flash! The cloth also absorbs any sweat too! After the hot flash is finished I pull the bottom of the cloth out from under the sports bra quickly, just the way a magician pulls a tablecloth off. Tah-dah!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whew! I am having a hot flash as I write this! Let me grab my frogg toggs cooling cloths for a few minutes. Sometimes I can continue doing what ever I was doing far more quickly now, as I just leave that frogg togg cooling cloth to do its thing on my skin under my clothing. No more flashing my hubby with my hot flash! (That really does gets old after awhile!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I love how cold the frogg togg brand material gets when wet. It's amazing! The only downside is they are a bit large and bulky for social occasions. The thin Magic Cool cloths come in handy as they fit in the purse. Wonderful for restaurants or work.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>If my husband and I are out shopping, or at a gig, I bring along the small thin black Magic Cool cloth. Wet the cloth, place it in a baggie, and into your purse. Most people do not notice when I slyly wrap the thin black cooling material around my neck since it blends into my other clothing. When the flash is over I slip it off and seal it back into the baggie. When the next hot flash arrives the Magic Cool cloth is ready to use. Give it a sneaky wave in the air or under your table you devil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Recently I added the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20rel=%22nofollow%22%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IAUZ3LS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IAUZ3LS&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=ATDNQZSVPF6GSRNM%22%3EFrogg%20Toggs%20Chilly%20Pad%20Cooling%20Towel,32.5%22x12.5%22,Black%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thqusta-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00IAUZ3LS%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">'frogg toggs' large 'Chilly Pad'</a> towel to my cooling arsenal. This long rectangle can be used on a variety of body parts that are heating you up. During my first two years of hot flashes my back would pour out sweat so bad that every 5-10 minutes my husband had to wipe me down with a towel. If only I had the incredibly cold 'Chilly Pad' back then to place across or down my back! At that time I also had to place rolled up coils of paper towels in my bra multiple times during the day. What a hot mess! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now that I know the secret to cooling myself down I wrap the 'Chilly Pad around my neck, or across my forehead, or both at once! Sometimes my belly feels hot and I lay the long pad across my abdomen area tucking the ends under my back. These really are the best help for hot flash relief! This material gets icy cold and will take the fire away from your skin immediately. You will be surprised how warm the fabric will be when the hot flash is finished. Within minutes after taking the fabric away from your body it returns to being cold again. You can wave it in the air to speed up the process if you are getting multiple flashes. Good to have a couple of cooling cloths ready at your bedside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I do not use the long rectangle <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20rel=%22nofollow%22%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IAUZ3LS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IAUZ3LS&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=ATDNQZSVPF6GSRNM%22%3EFrogg%20Toggs%20Chilly%20Pad%20Cooling%20Towel,32.5%22x12.5%22,Black%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thqusta-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00IAUZ3LS%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">Chilly Pad</a> on my chest since the Chilly Dana bandana shape works far better for that area. Once I tuck the bandana shape over my chest, I pull the sports bra down over the cold fabric to hold it tighter to my skin. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I then use the top tip of the triangle to pull up through the top of my sports bra to cool off a bit of my neck. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have got the triangle move down fast! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Also remember that you want the sports bra pressing down on the frogg toggs cold cloth, not your hands. Your hands have heat in them taking away valuable cooling power. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The long rectangle Chilly Pad is too much material to get under the sports bra quickly.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Use the long cold rectangle chilly pad around your neck like a scarf. Lay back in cool cold comfort my friend and let that nasty hot flash pass. When the rectangle shape is gathered lengthwise like a scarf to fit around your neck, you can then flip the cold scarf over halfway through the flash. Thus giving you some fresh colder fabric relief mid hot flash! Sweet!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Often I use all three of these cooling cloths at the same time! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I wet them as needed, then wring them out,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> carrying one or all of them throughout the house during the day. Placing them all by my bed at night I am ready to chill. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The frogg toggs are fantastic for use in your home or a private office. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That long Chilly Pad would be great to place around your neck during a hot flash at home, in your car, or at work. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you work in a private office with a door you might bring the Chilly Dana bandana to work with you as long as you are able to push it up under your top when no one is around. That's the tricky part. Don't forget the Magic Cool cloth for your purse and be ready at all times while you are out shopping, in a meeting, or dining with friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I only need to wet the cloths once or twice a day, and then again right before bed time. Some nights I may re-wet as it nears morning. It all depends how warm your home is as to when they dry out. The frogg toggs material is funny as it dries into a stiff board shape. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just wet it, wring out and it's ready to use again. The frogg toggs fabric holds up to 8 times their weight in water. Be sure to read the instructions that come with whatever brand of cooling towel you choose. They should be washed before use either in a machine or by hand thoroughly. They can also be washed or soaked if they become soiled. Do not use bleach or any chemical laundry products.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These products are mostly seen as useful solutions for summer heat encountered by construction workers, sports people, and those who work out in the sun. </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Purchase these cooling cloths on Amazon, Walmart, or other stores like Bass Pro Shops.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hot and flashy lady this product is for you too! You can check out <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20rel=%22nofollow%22%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YF7W22/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003YF7W22&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=DEVUTJ5GVN4PBPAB%22%3EFrogg%20Toggs%20Chilly%20Pad%20Evaporative,%20Cooling,%20Snap%20Towel%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thqusta-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003YF7W22%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">Amazon</a> to read reviews and learn more about these and a few other brands to try for yourself. I've added extra links below for a headband shape and a hot pink 33 x 25 inch cool towel. Wow! If I got two of them I could cover my entire hot self in those extra large babies!</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Certainly the only thing better than using these cool cloths would be NOT having hot flashes at all! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Looking forward to jumping for joy when I do not need to use cooling cloths and can </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">get a good 7-8 hours sleep without interruption! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the meantime... now no longer a hot mess... you can go back to being the goddess of all things chill. Be happy. Be healthy. Be peace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ohhh! We do love the smell of soup in the winter! This cabbage potato soup is a winner! So says the King! He said this soup gets even better every day too! Making this healthy soupy stew the night before serving would be a fantastic idea. Let those flavors marry overnight! So romantic! Just like the King and I.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since I tend to make my soups from whatever is around the kitchen, I wondered what beans would go with cabbage and potato? White navy beans would not fight the flavors. Luckily we had them in the pantry. Okay, Go! Just add mirpoix and spices. Easy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Place the mirpoix of celery, carrots, and onion in stockpot. Add potatoes and cabbage. Add liquids and spices. Bring to a simmer then add rinsed navy beans. Simmer 2 - 4 hours or more. I let mine sit on the back of the stove on the lowest setting when everything is done. The King comes in for late suppers. Salt and pepper to taste. As always with soups and stews, you can adjust every ingredient to your own desires.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This makes a very satisfying soup that will thicken slightly each day as the potato and cabbage break down. Want to add more body to the soup liquid? Take a cup of the cooked soup ingredients, mash it up and add back to the pot. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">NOTE: If you do not have a jar of Bouquet Garni in your spice collection then make your own mix of rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil, dill, marjoram, sage, and tarragon. The tarragon tastes </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">especially</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nice in this soup.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Only eat organic potatoes. Those nasty fungicides go deep into the flesh. No more toxins in our food, or our loved ones. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Be happy! Be healthy! Be peace!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hey there nice people I hope you are doing well with all your personal health goals. In case you did not notice I have not posted since March. We moved on April Fools Day and if you follow me on facebook or Instagram you may know I broke my leg badly. Like John Lennon said... "Life happens when you're busy making other plans" So it was with me. Recovery has been frustratingly slow. There will be a few upcoming posts about all of that stuff and what has happened with me. In the meantime I would like to say I will be back soon! I have not given up this blog! I will continue to post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheQueensTableBlog" target="_blank">facebook page</a>, although mostly on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/queenstableblog/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/QueenCrystal44/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>. I am a visual person and prefer the later two. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Have a wonderful holiday and take care of yourself!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just when it seemed like we could not take one more day of the constant frigid cold winter storms... The Queen heard that our local Maple tree tappers were already out collecting that sweet sweet sap. Yay!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The trees know Spring is coming and after such a long and icy winter season that is really good news! To celebrate I created a few more "I'd Tap That!" maple syrup designs for our <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/thequeenstableshop*" target="_blank">Queen's Table Product Shop!</a> (I design these products myself on Zazzle and make a few dollars from sales which does not affect your cost.) </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Turn your cabin fever around and blow off some steam at a sugar shack baby! The sap is rising!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let's begin with our </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">chalkboard typography</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> design.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Depending on the product you choose there is an actual chalkboard background incorporated into some of our items, such as the </span><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/vintage_chalkboard_style_lettering_with_maple_tree_poster-228127028595311854?rf=238387294012433556" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">vintage poster design</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> shown above. T-shirts and mugs as shown below have just the clean lettering imprinted on the fabric... no messy chalk on your shirt! Also know that m</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">any designs look great on both male and female styles and on various colors of tops as well. Play around with the ordering template that shows you the design on other options!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Clipboards are new in the shop this year which you could use to tally your syrup sales or hang like a decorative poster in the sugar shack! The design is on the front and the back of the clipboard! Rejoice in your passion for sap!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This design has a vintage feel by utilizing various old typefaces as well as an old tappers bucket engraving. If you look closely, along with the maple tree silo, there is a maple leaf above the word 'sweet.' </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The full wording on our new design reads "Sweet and Sticky Maple Syrup I'd Tap That."</span><br />
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<img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2PXT2FiY9ySPqKGnddHJ47zVdERsHYYf9yFDRiEMq21p-3sxdPYJvZDs52xLCTFhoamNrut8kosjeqtHphi-OHhoi2m5vkDLT0yc803rnTxlr2dAQ291EPJ7M3nijADy4aAIsKOR1Z3k/s1600/maple-syrup-mens-t-shirt-1.jpg" width="640" /><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/maple_syrup_tapping_chalkboard_style_graphic_tee-235558755150714854?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Maple Tree Tapping Men's Vintage Style T-Shirt</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have created some vintage note cards that you can use to send old fashioned hand written notes to your syrup loving friends. You could use them as little decorations in your sugar shack, or posted on your office bulletin board.</span></div>
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<img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEI8H4EAepxuZoRl_4b_c7ICR4xnQZ9xglyE2bn_MT8e3Lgh1gygTe_uavDhWf-tqb1bh4bNnTlhMhn6UdBzJu_MZV63gJEB5ehqcWHxDYlGnIWU_KJEi-YYWopCZXZopHJ_vTPQ29xk/s1600/maple-tree-sugaring-note-1.jpg" width="640" /><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/rustic_vintage_maple_sugaring_hipster_note_card-137015337634876604?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sugaring Hipster Vintage Note Card</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A few examples from the new simplified t-shirt designs that are available on more colors and styles of apparel than I have shown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Check out this t-shirt for the survivalist enthusiast.</span><br />
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<img border="0" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFN35gGZEkY2KLUTsBQd2c-_Osy1qQkunjaUfeKC1-_DPUXobG9kBMKDttjOKrmRAcEG1iSffhTal9fXHBbe68D4JpEdm8W8sDngDu_R3e03NZILXVa9vnLXGHUIiOU8-ABcf_LJjMI4/s1600/maple-survival-skills-t-shirt1.jpg" width="640" /><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/sugar_maple_tree_tapping_survival_skills_t_shirt-235155300221303008?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Maple Tree Tapping T-Shirt</span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For the outdoor Tapping Warrior and your Maple Sugar Man I made this design.</span><br />
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<img alt=" Tapping Warrior T-Shirt" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXn-lvNEH93CfMN23IA4BZp-iYyMLk3RKHvY5t6C-3S5oFjcsh4manvrEz5NwNlpm-GRG-rEYJQIhYH0PT9CKuRelHglKQBmkd4zZ5lLb4_NrxelKk6Suq62qfQb91nwYmwGyNLhN-zSs/s1600/tapping-warrior-1.jpg" width="618" /><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/maple_sugar_tapping_warrior_t_shirt-235466936733013201?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tapping Warrior Maple Sugar Man T-Shirt</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We also have bold mugs with the "I'd Tap That!" credo ready for your hot beverages during those cold Maple tree tapping days.</span><br />
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<img alt=" I'd Tap That! Maple Adventure Mug" border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiWXsgP6CvHK7idNFtFrh3VTGBAe7-J3E-Gjkl5l-cqnKkwHv16a2RU4reXDSmtZURXoDOh70kdBmm8wigxJDXXd9x6Iw4Heo8Ajq2CbXZLl5cgauJT00LRrBpG0lNVCfCH7W4-69fEs/s1600/ID-tap-that+maple-+mug-1.jpg" width="640" /><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/id_tap_that_maple_syrup_adventure_mug_ringer_mug-168807529408160463?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'd Tap That Maple Adventure Mug</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's the call of the sugar shack... cause' you know sap never sleeps! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Be sure to check out the other designs and products in the shop.</span><br />
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<img border="0" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuID70jEnaUJySBEf0M6ETOCPcZB6YDcE3r5bj0ct_6iky9VcmkMMrHhq4QBNqFZuCKy_RaP-6QICjBNZtLL9PMclobhR21oBbYfFm-CwXsrJyxyORDjGp52IrNXocYvo1RiMMmLGxk6I/s1600/sugaring-mug.jpg" width="640" /><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/maple_syrup_sugaring_mug-168033051024144290?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Maple Sugaring Mug</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the meantime don't forget some of the popular "I'd Tap That!" designs that were featured in an informative blog post we did last year about our friends and relatives <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2014/03/id-tap-that-sugaring-your-own-syrup.html" target="_blank">that are maple sugaring here</a>! Plus an old friend of the hubby's is involved in <a href="http://samarafarm.weebly.com/updates.html" target="_blank">sugaring at this farm</a>! October Farm Blog posts about<a href="http://octoberfarm.blogspot.com/2015/03/another-sugar-shack.html" target="_blank"> sugar shacks she visits</a> with her hubby every year. Please support local handcrafted foods like maple syrup in your area of the world. It's 100% pure organic nature made sweetness. Use in place of any other sweetener when cooking. Do not use agave as it is worse for you than corn syrup.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Below are just a few of those ever popular "I'd Tap That!" designs featuring the winter silhouette maple tree with the sap collection bucket. Some of these designs are from our <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/retro_vintage/gifts?cg=196351472062506561&st=ranking&sd=asc?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank">'Retro-Vintage Shop'</a> as well as <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/thequeenstableshop/gifts?cg=196473695730148013?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank">'The Queen's table Shop.'</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Below is a great hoodie for staying warm when you are out tapping on those chilly days in the woods!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Customizing options are available for some designs so that you can add your friends names, sugaring camp, or your tree tapping organization.</span><br />
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<img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUfVIIlb6njJn_ZOpuaHiif_2TtqgFPwbyY6QVu4-TLnmH3gSmNImmJweLHyxM5I30VahERZA22HV1eXqNd7ceksmD-k3GTKL1xyvkXG8kaPCmv9zMGHq54lFIr3CW_KuisvcNO18KWo/s1600/orange-maple-syrup-tree-love.jpg" width="640" /><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/maple_tree_syrup_love_hip_lettering_t_shirt-235750278327948267?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Maple Syrup Tree Love T-Shirt Design</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Check out everything we have for you in both </span><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/thequeenstableshop*" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank">'The Queen's Table Shop' </a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and </span><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/retro_vintage*" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank">'The Queen's Retro Vintage Shop!'</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Be Happy. Be Healthy. Be Peace! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When we start to eat healthier whole organic plant based foods most of us realize that we are still are going to be buying processed canned and packaged foods as well. That is modern life. So what types and brands of organic products should we purchase from a store? I will include a list below, although basically it's organic non-GMO foods. I really am not interested in the rest of those traditional supermarket foods of my past that mask themselves as something wonderful. On occasion when we must walk though a regular food store we are in amazement of how much useless crap is piled up in those places. Every aisle is one hot mess. A warehouse for chemicalized products that make people sick and diseased. I know... I was one of those medical victims of fake foods lacking any nutrition. As a result a</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> few years ago</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> those worthless fake food stuffs were put out into the trash as soon as I learned what was really going on with the industrialized food industry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After filling our kitchen and refrigerator full of fresh organic produce, we then tried over time to purchase canned and packaged food items that pass our label reading test. Choosing organic with as few ingredients as possible was the first step, along with no GMOS, no long list of chemicals, low salt, no msg, no BPA, and no ingredients that cause medical concern for us. There are only a few things I cannot find that are organic as of yet... like a good naan bread. I will not split hairs over that, and hopefully one will appear soon. New organic items are always coming on the market. Of course if you like to bake you can always make a items like naan from scratch. I also try to research as much as possible the companies that create the products. There are many brands that have been bought out by the usual suspects and we try to avoid those ones. I prefer to find the companies with a true organic and sustainable mission if I can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I already showed you inside my healthier refrigerator, as well as how to organize your super-foods, <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2013/03/now-is-time-to-organize-your-healthy.html" target="_blank">in this post here</a>. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Finally I am making the pantry post that I promised would come next. A</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ctually I had to do this post now since we are moving, and this cute pantry is being sold. I am forced by our situation to get to it, plus I also promised a friend! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">See the boxes stacked up next to the pantry? That is my life now. Although it has been my life for the past four months too... and that is another story. Anyhow we currently rent a home with a kitchen so small there is absolutely no room for pantry food. So I wanted to share with you my nifty storage solution for this tiny house. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I did an Ikea hack on my computer hutch! Perhaps</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> this will spark an idea to rethink a storage problem you may have in your own space challenged home. Linens, towels, and sheets </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">could have easily been stored in this piece</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> if I needed help in that area. This Ikea computer hutch has served well as our food pantry for the past 2 1/2 years.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> A s</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">imple and functional solution to re-purpose this furniture.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I loved how the 12 x 12 scrap booking paper you find at 'Michael's Crafts' fit perfectly into the front glass windows. I chose an arts and crafts William Morris looking paper, then added a tassel, to give it some extra style. Our next kitchen is much larger and has tons of kitchen cabinets. So onward to a new kitchen adventure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Enough about the outside of my pantry... I guess you really want to look <i>inside</i> my pantry... right? Oooops there it is! Busting with possibilities! I have listed some of the basic processed food items that you may see on the shelves of my pantry in the graphic below. I am also including a detailed list lower in this post with the company names so you can see which brands I have purchased. This is how the pantry looks when it's full after a trip to the Natural Foods Co-op and the Wegman's Organic section.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here are a few close ups to see some product...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the many mason jars for dried beans and wild rices...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We are always open to try new items or change something up. Certainly that does not mean we will buy that product again in the future. You have to try things to find out if you like them. For instance I bought the animal crackers for the grand kids and then found I ate way too much of them. They were not the best choice for our health anyway, so we will not get them again. I also find the rice based pasta to be binding to my system, so I rarely eat those noodles. You have to be aware of what your body is sensitive and allergic to as well when making choices. I have to stay away from soy because of my hypothyroidism. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here is how the pantry looked a few days ago. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You can see the slide out for the keyboard in this photo. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">W</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e have not been food shopping s</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ince we are busy packing for the move. Those lonely items have been put into open boxes as the pantry/computer hutch has been sold. Hubby stops at the nearby local national chain store and picks up a few needed items from their very spare organic aisles to get us by for now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The list below are some of the products that we have found to be tasty, satisfying, as well as being a healthier choice in their categories.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Needless to say most of the products listed are organic. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We have done our best in making the better choices when it comes to boxed and canned foods from our local stores by being a label reader. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hope this peek inside my pantry provides you with some help in your quest to choose new canned and packaged processed food items from your market. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Also be sure to check out <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2013/03/now-is-time-to-organize-your-healthy.html" target="_blank">my refrigerator organization post here</a>, and how to organize your <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2013/01/organizing-your-superfoods-for-morning.html" target="_blank">morning smoothie super-foods here</a>. Don't forget my free shopping tips and shopping list on </span><a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/shopping-list_28.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">this page here</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Plus my <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/substitutions.html" target="_blank">Food Substitutions</a> and <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/avoid.html" target="_blank">Foods to Avoid</a> pages. Every little bit helps to keep you on track for a healthier life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Vitamins:</u></b> </span><a href="http://www.drfuhrman.com/shop/default.aspx" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Dr. Fuhrman Food and Supplements</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2013/01/turkey-tail-mushroom-immunity-and.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Host Defense Mushroom Supplements</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Bottled Water:</u></b> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://mountainvalleyspring.com/" target="_blank">Mountain Valley glass bottles</a>, <a href="http://www.acquapanna.com/intl/en" target="_blank">Acqua Panna glass bottles</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Coconut Water, Cocoa, and Juice:</u></b> <a href="http://www.harvest-bay.com/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Harvest Bay coconut water</a>, <a href="http://www.bionaturae.com/fruit-nectars.html" target="_blank">Billberry juice concentrate by Bionaturae</a>, <a href="http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/organic_cocoa_powder.htm" target="_blank">Tropical Traditions Cocoa powder</a>, <a href="http://www.internaturalfoods.com/brands/rapunzel-organic-fair-trade-foods.html" target="_blank">Rapunzel Cocoa powder</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Soups and gravy:</u></b> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VK49HY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000VK49HY&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=7SPYUGZQVF4ZS4NU" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Amy's Organic Lentil Vegetable Soup, Low Sodium</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thqusta-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000VK49HY" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.pacificfoods.com/our-foods/broths/organic-low-sodium-vegetable-broth" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Pacific Natural Foods Vegetable Broth</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Spices:</u></b></span> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WS3AJS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000WS3AJS&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=WWKWMV5IJ4K4TKQX" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Simply Organic Cumin Seed Ground Certified Organic</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thqusta-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000WS3AJS" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.frontiercoop.com/" target="_blank">Frontier Organic Spices</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b style="text-decoration: underline;">Sweetener:</b> <a href="http://bigtreefarms.com/" target="_blank">Big Tree Farms Coconut Palm Sugar</a>, <a href="http://www.stevia.com/" target="_blank">Stevia drops</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Cereals:</u></b> </span><a href="http://www.arrowheadmills.com/product/organic-gluten-free-maple-buckwheat-flakes" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Arrow Head Mills Gluten Free Cereals</a>, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://us.naturespath.com/" target="_blank">Natures Path Cereals</a>, <a href="http://www.attunefoods.com/products/Erewhon-Gluten-Free" target="_blank">Erewhon Cereals</a>, <a href="http://www.bobsredmill.com/Cereals" target="_blank">Bobs Red Mill</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Tomato products:</u></b> </span><a href="http://www.bionaturae.com/tomatoes.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Bionaturae Tomato Sauce Products</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=23_41&products_id=104875&eID=e191c6dbe8375f23991cb5008a234f2c" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Eden Foods Organic Crushed Tomatoes</a>, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mediterraneanorganic.com/productlist.aspx?catid=Organic+Sundried+Tomatoes" target="_blank">Mediterranean Sun Dried Tomatoes</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Crackers:</u></b> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F4ET3U/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000F4ET3U&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=HWHMSH23T67H3MX3" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Brown Rice Snaps, Black Sesame with Organic Brown Rice</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://209.151.238.98/~drkracke/?page_id=190" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Dr. Krackers Seedlander Crisp Breads </a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.marysgonecrackers.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mary's Gone Crackers</span></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2014/02/le-pain-des-fleurs-is-one-of-my-go-to.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Le Pain des Fleurs</a>, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mediteranean brand lentil crackers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H4I7QEE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00H4I7QEE&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=PWQ67W4TOEZHMBZO">Just Great Stuff Organic Powdered Peanut Butter</a>, <a href="http://www.bionaturae.com/fruit-spreads.html" target="_blank">Bionaturae Fruit Spreads</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://justin%27s%20peanut%20butter%20squeeze%20packs%2C/" target="_blank">Justin's Peanut butter Squeeze packs</a>, From the bulk department: unsweetened banana chips, dried hummus, and organic raisins.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Happy shopping and eating! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Be happy, be healthy, be peace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>The Queens Tablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07970183230486333956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702033866074452919.post-64626085076390345482015-02-11T17:36:00.000-05:002015-02-11T18:23:06.580-05:00Hubby's Green Juice Blast Keeps Us Healthier<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A big glass of Green juice is what we use to keep colds away especially over the winter months. My husband teaches everyday which places him in close contact with all manner of new germs or sickness. Since we have been drinking green juice regularly during the past couple of years, gone are the days of constant sickness! Whenever we feel a bug or germ is trying to get at us we make sure to prepare a big green juice! If we are on the road we get a 'green monster' at the local co-op or juice bar! So keep yourself and loved ones healthy by remembering to juice those fresh organic greens! Here is the recipe for Ben's usual organic green juice which you can of course adjust to what greens you have in your house. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am so grateful that he happily takes a big part in keeping us healthy by chopping the organic veggies and making this juice while I prepare and chop the dinner. Thanks honey! You are the best!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1-3 Leaves of Swiss Chard</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 Lemon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Optional 1-2 Carrot sticks (which will make the color a bit muddy)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All of the above ingredients are organic except our cucumber which was peeled to remove the toxins. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After preparing your vegetables, fruits, and greens, by washing, peeling, or chopping, just place in your juicer. See my <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/juicing.html" target="_blank">juicing guide here</a> if you are unfamiliar with the routine. I love the fennel as that always adds a boost of flavor to the drink! Delicious! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Be happy. Be healthy. Be peace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>The Queens Tablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07970183230486333956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702033866074452919.post-56982711406326287382015-02-06T04:30:00.000-05:002015-08-19T15:13:10.483-04:00The Queens Table Blog Is Now On Instagram<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">New! New! New! What am I doin' out here man? Well I got one of those new-fangled iPhone's so that I could take better photos on the go. Then I decided to do the <a href="http://instagram.com/queenstableblog" target="_blank">Instagram</a> thing</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> in order to s</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hare some 'real foodie' moments with y'all</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Our visual food diary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This will show you that I really do eat plants everyday! We will happily send out our Instagram transmission to the world to get off that toxic dead food. Let's 'stick it' to the industrialized chemicalized food man by getting ourselves healthy! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Transverse the inner space of the internet to</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> our </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">continuous photo stream on <a href="http://instagram.com/queenstableblog" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and p</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">eek at the yummies we are eating, creating, or drinking on a daily basis. Maybe when the King and I are on the road during the weekends we may share some of the food we find out in the musical netherworlds. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://instagram.com/queenstableblog" target="_blank">The Queen's Table Blog Instagram</a> can be viewed on your phone or on the computer. If you go to the Instagram site on your computer and use 'Google Chrome,' you might need to allow a cookie in order to see the ever changing 'Queen's Table Blog Instagram' photo header. Wow! Moves photos around by it's magical self! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That's pretty far out there!</span><br />
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The Queens Tablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07970183230486333956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702033866074452919.post-37856084604365560662015-01-27T08:36:00.000-05:002015-11-23T20:40:08.668-05:00DNa Lab Organic Hair Chemistry Salon: Healthier Hair Coloring And Styling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Meet the brilliant David and Ana Maria Seifarth. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Together they are<b><a href="http://dnaorganichair.com/" target="_blank"> 'DNa Lab Organic Hair Chemistry</a>'</b> an exceptional non-toxic salon</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> located </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at the circle in Urbana, MD. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Both share a passion for styling hair and sourcing hair products that can safely give clients fantastic results without the worry and danger of noxious harsh chemicals like ammonia. They have created a nourishing healthy environment at their phenomenal 'DNa Lab' salon. During their own professional careers within the salon industry they realized that not only are the carcinogenic chemicals of modern hair products bad for us consumers, they are doubly toxic for those hair stylists who must work with those chemicals every day! This stunning husband and wife team wanted a healthy sustainable beauty experience for their customers, staff, and also themselves. They opened the 'DNa Lab' salon a year ago </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">outside of Frederick Maryland,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> just off of I-270, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">north of Washington, D.C.,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> in order to supply the need for top notch hair styling along with state-of-the-art certified organic hair product alternatives. They have succeeded in both as their ever growing list of clients are singing their praises. In fact clients travel from out of state, and across Maryland, including Baltimore, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington D.C. to savor the 'DNa Lab' experience.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks to 'DNa Lab' I can feel good about the process of coloring and styling my hair. Having had a cancer diagnosis, safe chemical-free products are very important to me. David worked his </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">organic styling magic on my hair and I </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">am thrilled to feel like myself again! Honestly I know even if you are currently enjoying vibrant health that finding a new hair stylist can be a bit daunting. Read on and feel confident about your conscientious choice to work with a salon such as<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://dnaorganichair.com/index.shtml" target="_blank">'DNa Lab Organic Hair Chemistry.'</a></b> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This service makes </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">even coloring our hair</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> a w</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">orry free</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> restorative choice for our well being. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just when I thought I would have to give up on my hair issues I can instead enjoy having a bit of glamour back in my life!</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you realize that 85% of cancers are caused or triggered by toxins from our modern world? Skin, our largest organ, absorbs everything that comes into contact with it and then sends those substances into our cells. Just think about skin lotions, and medical patches... the fact that they work is based on that amazing absorption power. For over 40 years I had been using the highly destructive chemical hair dye process</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and b</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">reathing in the fumes too.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Plus I was rubbing those harsh dangerous chemicals into my scalp to color my roots every two months.Yuk! Ultimately I could no longer do something like that to myself again after cancer. My son used to complain about the awful ammonia odor and say, "Mom that cannot be good for you to breathe in!" He was right. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What did I know? I trusted corporations and government regulatory agencies way too much back then. Like many I just assumed that they do the right thing when it comes to the public's health. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not so my friends. After my cancer research on the truth about our modern carcinogenic food and personal care products one of the things I stopped was dyeing my hair with harsh chemicals. I let my hair begin to grow out natural. I no longer trusted the little bottle in that box, along with regular shampoo and conditioner too. Though unfortunately, even as bohemian as people may perceive me to be, I was not really happy with the end result of growing out <i>"my natural hair." </i>Feeling</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> sadly drab I wondered</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> what do I do now? Should I be content with a gloomy attitude towards my hair? No way! More kick-ass research... and 'DNa Lab' to the rescue! We can still shimmer and shine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Those who follow <i>'The Queen's Table blog'</i> know I view improving our horrible modern processed food eating habits and the transitioning to healthy nutrient dense food as moving through</span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> 'good... better... best.'</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> You can use this same scale when you are considering upgrading your personal care products too. I would say if you stopped dyeing your hair and went completely natural that would be '</span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">best</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.' Since I was not happy with 'my natural hair' the <i>'better'</i> choice for me was to find an organic color salon. I asked friends who were hairstylists if they could help my situation. They said that they were sorry that they could not as everything they used was toxic. As I continued researching hair coloring products the <i>'Organic Colour Systems'</i> line was one that kept rising to the top. 'DNa Lab' uses those products along with other healthier coloring options! I am so happy I found them! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The name of their salon </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(d = David n' a = Ana Maria)</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, while a play on their initials, is also the symbol on 'The Periodic Chart Of The Elements' for sodium. Salt... natural... and detoxifying. A good fit since going organic and plant based we are now detoxifying our hair and body from the dangerous chemicals of modern industrial methods. Let's do this!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yep my natural hair color was so blah that I was totally over it! Even in the photo above during David's consultation I am one sad puppy looking at myself in the mirror. My real natural hair turned out to be a lackluster mix of brown and gray. Although I admit I do have two wonderful secret silver stripes hidden next to each of my ears. Imagining the uber-coolness of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, I would indeed stay natural if all of my hair was his shade of silver! Unfortunately it is not. I needed some safe healthy professional help if I was to get some glam-o-rama back into my life! David who is a certified organic colorist listened and made suggestions. Actually at 'DNa Lab' they will hook you up with a specialist stylist that suits your particular hair needs. (Check out the Bios page at their 'DNa Lab' <a href="http://dnaorganichair.com/index.shtml" target="_blank">website</a>.) You may have curly hair, fine hair, short hair, long hair, prefer modern cuts and color, love dimensional color, would like a perm, or be in need of bridal hair. You get the idea, we all have our own preferences. 'DNa Lab' will listen to your concerns and set your appointment up with the perfect stylist for your desires as they want you to be happy with the final results. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since we know the word 'organic' in the world of personal products does not have the same meaning as <i>'food grade organic'</i> products stamped with the familiar green circular USDA label, we do need to be careful about what is actually in them. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So in order for me to do</span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> 'better'</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> at a hair salon like 'DNa Lab Organic Hair Chemistry'... what are they doing different with their product protocol? David and Ana Maria have made a point to research brands with natural and organic ingredients that are tested by outside sources, have sustainable practices, and are cruelty free. Just having the<i> </i>word <i>"organic"</i> on the product does give them a reason to carry the line in their salon. It takes more than adding that word to a bottle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Therefore some of the products they carry are called organic and some are not. Most of the product lines that they carry in the salon do use 'Certified Organic Ingredients.' Carefully they have chosen product lines that do not contain any ammonia, sulfates, formaldehyde, and parabens. They even provide gluten-free hair products for their clients that are so sensitive to gluten that their skin breaks out in a rash. At first I thought gluten-free hair products sounded silly, although David assured me they do have clients where this concern really is an issue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">During my first appointment with David we discussed blending my natural grown out hair with the old blond chemically treated hair on the bottom section. Most of the chemically damaged hair was then cut off. Then he added very natural highlights and low lights, with a great cut. The tradition is to take a selfie in their awesome restroom... actually I never shared this selfie till now... so there ya go world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A month later I realized that I expected to see a blonde when I looked in the mirror. So now I wanted even brighter highlights to satisfy my rock n' roll soul. I needed to call David at 'DNa Lab' right after the busy holidays and make a few additions to my 'do!' Make way for the glitter-atzi!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>My True Confession:</i> My mother dyed my hair darker when I was in fifth grade for Easter photos because she said I had very ugly mousy brown hair. Great boost for the inner child self-esteem. Anyway when my mother finished my hair it looked black, and my teacher was horrified. At that time as a creative kid I was making and wearing chain mail looking vests from soda and beer zip tabs. That sure annoyed the grade school lunchroom attendants for some reason. Hey! Just having some funky fun ladies! Shortly thereafter i</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n seventh grade</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I started dyeing my own hair, alternating from auburn to strawberry blonde, wearing my mothers bits and pieces from sparkly gowns, donning different colored wigs, and not giving a fig what anyone thought about it. I was having fun. Bowie before Bowie, which is why I related to the chameleon aspect of him immediately. And yes I was in the front row of 'The Tower Theatre' wearing my lightning bolt platform shoes on his first (and second) 'Ziggy Stardust' American Tour! I was a Glam 'T-Rex Jeepster' baby and loving every minute of it! Damn I wish I still had some of those outfits!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Truthfully I have been <i>'on the bottle' </i>for most of my life. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I may have assimilated into looking "normal" after motherhood... yet g</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">oing completely natural was never going to work for me if it looked drab and boring. When I attend my yearly fairy festivals I always get shiny fairy strands put in my hair. My kids say, "If it sparkles Mom will love it!" Therefore I felt getting bright highlights is a </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">'better'</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> safer option and more "me." </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Okay... break's over! Enough of my retro secrets!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I called David to let him know I wanted to add some lighter brighter highlights to the front of my hair he was excited! "You called at just the right time! We just got in a new product that now makes that possible. You will be the second client to be using our new Olaplex product. Next week we will be training all of our stylists on how to use it on each other!" Perfect!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You might realize that, compared to traditional chemical hair color, organic and natural hair color is very gentle on your hair. David and Ana Maria care about the healthy quality of your hair. In the past David would not allow his customers with naturally dark hair to get the really lighter shades because it damages the hair from stripping. This </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">new <i>professional use only</i> product called</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> 'Olaplex' is free of silicone, sulfates, phthalates, DEA, aldehydes, and is not tested on animals. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Olaplex reconnects the bonds in your hair broken by thermal, mechanical, or chemical processes. Y</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">our hair gets extra protection and lighter organic shades are now possible for us darker haired ladies. 'DNa Lab' is very happy that they can now offer this solution to their clients like me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I told David that I wanted the brighter blonde highlights mixed with some strawberry blonde shades of red to change it up a bit for me. A slight nod back to my old red haired days. He liked the idea and agreed it was a complimentary combination. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With this method the color does not sit on your scalp and sink into your skin. The color mixture stays in the wrapped foil package. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Plus the mild ingredients of the products 'DNa Lab' uses on their clients are much safer! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The process is so clean that I noticed David that did not even wear gloves on his hands. He told me he really appreciated the fact that the whole process did not smell bad anymore either! In the old days of dyeing my hair I only had to smell that stink for an hour. Imagine having to smell it all day long! Ugh... nasty like a nail salon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">David and Ana Maria are certified organic colorists; they mix up the colors at their rustic color bar, and then wheel their custom result over to your salon chair on a mini cart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The hair coloring product David used on my hair is made by Organic Colour Systems. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A wide variety of shades are also available from 'DNa Lab' in the 'Original Mineral' O&M color line as well. So many healthier choices!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When he was finished I spent a short time pretending to be reading under the heat lamps while listening to their well chosen music. (As you can see I was actually communing with the mother ship.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>O&M</b> = From Australia (Original Mineral). Free of parabens, sulfates, propylene glycol, sodium chloride, phthalates, MIT, and Triclosan. Hair color contains no harsh chemicals and is ammonia, resorcinol and PPD free. They use natural Australian minerals and ingredients such as Kaolin, Montmorillonite, Illite, Lilly Pilly, Quangdong, Tasmanian Sea Kelp, Argan oil, Macadamia oil, other natural oils, and aloe vera within the hair care product line. No animal testing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Yarok</b> = 100% Vegan botanicals made in fresh batches from organic pristine sources that are responsibly harvested. Free of alcohol, paraben, sulfates, and gluten. Cruelty free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Loma</b> = Hand crafted in small batches all products are free of paraben, gluten, sulfate, and sodium chloride. Certified Organic Aloe Vera gel is the primary base for all products, with other organic ingredients such as lavender, fennel seed, and sunflower seed. Organic essential oils of avocado, sunflower, olive, jojoba, castor and safflower as needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Organic Color, Curl, Care, Control, Systems</b> = 100% ammonia free, Certified Organic Ingredients, cruelty free, 100% vegan, no plastics, and no thioglyolates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>MILK Anti frizz</b> = Handcrafted in California. Organic ingredients from sustainable sources.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back to David's station for that amazing smoothing action that professionals can achieve when blowing out your hair. Sometimes before some of my husband's gigs I wish someone would please do this for me, especially to the back of my hair where I cannot reach. Ya know what I mean ladies?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">David says the 'Milk' anti-frizz product handcrafted in California is the most popular with their clients. It protects the hair and scalp while promoting growth and restoration. Since at 'DNa Lab' they do not push you to buy products, David was honest and said my hair was in great shape, and I actually did not need to use it. On the plus side... that's what growing your hair out natural will get ya.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This has been my first time other than a touch of hair spray to use "product" regularly on my hair since the eighties! (OMG! Remember mousse? Big frosted Barbie hair and giant cans of hair spray?) In this century I am in love, love, love, with<i> 'Hanz de Fuko Quicksand'</i>. It gives fine limp hair like mine natural volume and lift. Truly amazing! Lasts until you wash it out! I could even be "ah-lah Bowie in Labyrinth" if I so wished!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After being so pleased with the 'Hanz de Fuko Quicksand' product this past month I wanted to try more of the 'DNa Lab' product lines. So I asked David to recommend a few that I would use with my personal hair situation needs. Here is what I decided to purchase:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><u>Shampoo:</u></i> 'O&M Original Detox' removes deposits on hair and refreshes with Australian Mint.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><u>Conditioner:</u></i> 'Loma Nourishing' for dry thirsty and chemically treated hair. Aromatherapy - cranberry and pear.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><u>Dry Shampoo:</u></i> 'CocoLab' A locally crafted product made from arrowroot powder, spices and oils for those in between shampoo days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><u>Protection from Blow Dryer use:</u></i> 'O&M Atonic Thickening Spritz'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><u>Free sample Loma Nourishing Oil:</u></i> protection, shine, aromatherapy - vanilla bean and orange.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'DNa Lab' is always creatively thinking about how to improve their customer's experience. Most recently they added a dedicated bar for computer laptop use. Anyone waiting for the clients who are getting their hair styled will be able to go online comfortably. After three more shampoo beds are installed, then two new stylists hair stylists will be added. Although I have not experienced any of the other hair stylists personally they each get wonderful reviews on Yelp! Obviously they take great care to find people who have impressive hair skills yet fit in with the comfortable friendly atmosphere of the salon. Going to have your hair done can be like going to a therapist for some people. I observed that the other stylists were pleasant souls who can handle the laid back social interaction with impressive ease while satisfying the customer's hair style needs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since my personal quest in life has been finding healthier ways of living I love seeing this industrious couple succeed with their vision of better safer hair solutions for their growing list of satisfied clients. We need more people in the world who include making life healthier as part of their business model! I am so thankful that they have created this space with such superb care! Let's review our overall thoughts about 'DNa Lab' ... for pampering our senses, getting superior hair styling, giving exceptional service, using healthy safe organic products, and creating a distinctive setting... Yes! The Queen will take all of that... any day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I look forward to my next visit to DNa Lab! If you want a fantastic cut, and/or color executed in a safe caring environment I would say it's time for you to get pampered with kindness at <b><a href="http://dnaorganichair.com/index.shtml" target="_blank">DNA Lab Organic Hair Chemistry</a>!</b> I feel really good about how my hair looks, in addition it also feels soft and healthy too! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oh... I think this is the beginning of a very beautiful relationship! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After all... hair is our crowning glory! (So says the Queen!) Now go get the hair you've been yearning for safely and d</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">on't forget to take your fabulous selfie in their mirror! Be happy. Be healthy. Be peace.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(Check out even more reviews about the 'DNa Lab' experience on Yelp! <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/dna-lab-organic-hair-chemistry-frederick" target="_blank">here</a>.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Be sure to purchase an organic green cabbage while you are out shopping. To get started remove the outer leaves, and rinse the cabbage clean. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Slice your whole cabbage into thick steaks, approximately one inch, and arrange on baking sheet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Splash apple cider vinegar across those zesty cabbage slabs. Then liberally shake on cracked pepper and garlic salt. You could rub them down with real garlic if you prefer, then add pink Himalayan salt. Now place your slab-o-matic baking sheet on the middle rack in your pre-heated oven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cook for 30 minutes, then turn the slices over and roast for 30 minutes more. Go relax. The slabs are done when they have some golden brown edges. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These are so delicious and melt in your mouth good!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> The vinegar adds such a nice flavor to the finished dish. That makes sense as cabbage and vinegar are long-time pals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Perhaps tonight you could serve your slabs with a <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2013/07/vegan-quinoa-veggie-bean-burger-no-egg.html" target="_blank">veggie burger</a> that you may have stored in your freezer a month ago. Just place your frozen burger on the baking sheet to reheat. So clever! Remember w</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hen you do not have time to be fussing in the kitchen serve up this super simple side dish made with cancer fighting cabbage. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It just does not get any easier than slice, drizzle, and shake!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> So g</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">o put on your snazzy retro apron and serve the meal as if you have been in the kitchen all day. Slabtastic!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Royal purple is one of my favorite colors, so at first I almost called this smoothie the 'Purple People Eater.' Then I thought the youngins' would not get the reference, and they would assume the name had something to do with the unsettling modern craze for zombie everything. With a smoothie name like that, it would have been a better post for Halloween. Instead since I have always been a purple person, I named this spicy berry smoothie for those of us who love all shades of purple. Although sometimes sports teams ruin it for me, since the color purple should not have giant numbers and names pasted all over it. No. Imagine the royal color on </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">gorgeous </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Renaissance brocades, silks, and velvety fabrics... or upon purple mountains majesty.... in sparkling giant geodes of amethyst... waving in huge fields of french lavender... or in a tall delicious spicy berry smoothie. Yes the Queen is positively passionate about Royal Purple people!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also love how purple and rust go together. That gorgeous color combo even works with antioxidant rich healthy smoothie foods... such as blackberries, blueberries, and the earthy colors of these spices! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Did you know that some of the healthiest of spices are already in your holiday kitchen?</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> True. No sense in letting that allspice and cloves sit on the pantry shelf most of the year when they could be fighting inflammation in your body dear purple people! That is why</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wanted to highlight adding these tasty scented spices to your smoothies at any time of the year. If you got it... use it baby!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Check out how in the video above and the links provided how consuming spices like <a href="http://nutritionfacts.org/video/back-to-our-roots-curry-and-cancer/" target="_blank">turmeric</a>, cloves, allspice, and <a href="http://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-spices-fight-inflammation/" target="_blank">ginger</a>, can affect your health. (Although you must keep in mind to never add more than a pinch of <a href="http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dont-eat-too-much-nutmeg/" target="_blank">nutmeg</a> to your foods. It can be toxic when over used.) It's so simple to get more antioxidant goodness in your everyday foods by adding in even a small amount of familiar spices! Got to love that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Let's get to today's smoothie! As always you can use what organic produce you have on hand. Just make sure your smoothie contains some potent greens. When using organic fruit there is never any need to ever add any sweeteners. It will be naturally sweet enough!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6 oz. Coconut Water</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 cup Blueberries </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(wild organic frozen okay)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2 tsp Green Magma powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 Tb <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2014/07/best-moist-goji-berries-heaven-mountain.html" target="_blank">Gogi berries</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As always most ingredients should be organic. Place these healthy ingredients into your <a href="https://secure.vitamix.com/5200-Getting-Started.aspx?COUPON=06-008976" target="_blank">VitaMix</a> or high speed blender. Blend per your machine's instructions. Be sure to let everything blend a minute or two longer than your usual smoothie making time to help break down some of those blackberry seeds. This also makes your smoothie a bit creamier anyway especially if you have a <a href="https://secure.vitamix.com/5200-Getting-Started.aspx?COUPON=06-008976" target="_blank">VitaMix</a>. If you prefer to use grated ginger or turmeric root that is good too! If you have the supplement drops add them into your glass after you pour your smoothie, and then top off with a bit more smoothie. Mmmm a liquid purple salad for breakfast! Smells good. Looks beautiful! Tastes great! Get your spoons out and dig in, my playful purple people!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That's right... you read that correct, this woman is 50! Meet my gorgeous friend Janeann! When I saw Janeann this summer at my husband's band gig I was blown away by her exceptional changes. I just had to share her amazing "real food" story with our blog readers, and Janeann has generously agreed to give us the scoop! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oh yes! You can learn the secrets of her over 50 pound weight loss within five months in this very blog post!</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whoo-hoo I am so excited!!! I know Janeann will inspire many others to make positive changes to their current food choices as they read what she has accomplished! The beautiful photo of Janeann above was taken on 6/3/14 in the exact same pants she wore on 1/3/14 when she said goodbye to her husband before he went overseas. Those pants were a size 18 and five months later she welcomed him home as a size 6-8! Wow! A super fun surprise for both of them! Can you imagine his face as she greeted him?!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Before we begin I want you to know a few important facts about Janeann to set the scene. She is a 'Director of Real Estate' for a local commercial real estate company, she works long hours, and lives over an hour from her office. We have heard many people use the excuse that because of their work, or a long commute, that they do not have time to prepare 'real food' and make changes that may include exercise. She did not let those realities stop her from reclaiming her good health. When you eat organic plants and whole foods, plus add some exercise... it can change your life... even busy working lives. Janeann was able to welcome her husband back after five months with a new improved vibrant self; while going to work at an office that adds an additional two hour commute to her day, raising two children, maintaining their home while on her own, and including a new daily exercise routine. So let's find out what food and methods worked for her quest towards great health, since there might just be some things that will resonate with you! </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You look fabulous Janeann! What are the details of your transformation, and how do your doctors feel about your choice of a new food and health lifestyle?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"When I see my doctors they are thrilled at my changes. In fact my cardiologist called all his nurses into his office to see me. They were asking <b>"me"</b> how I did it! That was so cool! I am on no meds!</i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>I have been going to a holistic doctor, <a href="http://www.waynebonliemd.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Wayne Bonlie</a>. I did </i></span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">get sick</i><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and feel awful in the beginning though. During the first six weeks my body was detoxing from years of chemicalized processed foods. It was Dr. Bonlie who pushed me through that phase, promising that it would get better and not last. He told me to stick with what I was doing. I just love him, and the supplements that I get from him as well at the natural <a href="http://www.huntvalleypharmacy.com/" target="_blank">pharmacy in Hunt Valley</a>, MD. that he sends me to. Since I stuck with the program, I am even back to shopping in the Juniors department! Gotta love that since I am 50! </i><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Janeann, what was it that finally made you say enough!?</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"It was not just one thing. It was my overall health. I had stomach issues and I wasn't sleeping. I got colonoscopy tests for suspected IBS and Crones symptoms. I had panic disorder for years and it had went away. I had stopped smoking to help with that problem over 6 years ago, and then the symptoms started reappearing. I wanted to try anything to avoid taking medication! I was also seeing photos other people had taken of me. I felt like this weight gain suddenly happened. I was always skinny, and had even been a model. I was 5'10 my whole life, I weighed 110 -120 pounds (except through pregnancies). Last year as I would walk into my office in the morning I saw the reflections of the windows, I thought, "Who is this?" I don't even know this person anymore."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Totally relate. How many of us just cannot see the slow change in the mirror at home? Yes it was the reflections in stores, and photos that others had taken, that had given me another viewpoint of myself too. I then asked Janeann what information or people inspired her to change the actual quality of the food she ate as a reaction to her body and health issues? Her answer made me gasp!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"It was you! I saw you at band shows, I watched as your body and energy changed. I witnessed your huge weight loss, I saw your skin glowed, and your eyes looked clear. I started to ask you about what you were doing. I was interested, but not quite ready to make any changes yet. Although I did start reading your blog and reading about food and health from other blogs and sources. I also noticed that a few of my friends were paying attention to the food they were eating, and some were using weight loss apps on their smartphones."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have to say that Janeann has always been a woman whom you can not miss when she walks into a room! Blonde, vivacious, and statuesque, she is the epitome of the tall cool woman. To see our dear smiling Janeann at band gigs with the puffiness of tell-tale inflammation showing on her face</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, I was concerned</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. I knew it all too well, and I continue to see it happen to many people our age. Learning not to say anything to people unless they ask me about food and health issues, I was hopeful when Janeann continued to come up to me at various gigs to ask good questions. Seeing Janeann's transformation months later into the striking beauty that she is meant to be was so exciting! I am so happy for her! I know how transformation feels! Finding out that I had some small part made me think, <i>"Are you kidding me? Really? Okay then... I will keep this blog thing going!"</i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>What motivation keeps you continuing down this healthier path Janeann? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"The motivation all started when my husband went overseas for a mission that was expected to take from 6 to 9 months total. This was in the beginning of 2014... specifically January 12th. I thought this was a good time to work on myself, and perhaps surprise him when he came home with a 'new and improved me.' These days I like the way my clothes fit, and how I look since I went from a size 18/20 down to a size 6 or 8 (depending on the manufacturer).</i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I especially like the way I feel now too.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>I don't find this lifestyle hard at all, it just takes personal motivation, willpower, and dedication. Instead of grabbing a processed food item, it only takes a bit more time to make a healthier food choice from scratch. I started this change by downloading a book called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250044537/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1250044537&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=E5DXZNVISYUCKK7T">Super Shred: The Big Results Diet</a> </i></span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">by Dr. Ian Smith.</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> This was a good kickstart program as it promised that if you followed the plan you could lose up to 20 pounds in 4 weeks!! I liked that idea and I also did the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316230022/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0316230022&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=4DZVK76CS5VBGFOE">The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet</a> </i></span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">by Dr. Mark Hyman</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> which eliminates grains, dairy, caffeine, and sugar. I experimented and did these routines a couple of times to see how I felt, and boy did I start seeing results on the scale and how my clothes fit... or didn't fit. I find the whole process of changing my lifestyle much easier now, as I have created good habits while shopping, and when making my own food. For example I now use unsweetened almond milk instead of dairy. Now when creating meals I enjoy finding new healthy ingredients and tastier spices. </i></span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My husband and I used to eat out all the time and now on those times that we do dine out I try to make better menu selections, and I especially like the farm to table restaurants like '<a href="http://www.woodberrykitchen.com/" target="_blank">Woodberry Kitchen</a>.' I really try to avoid the things that got me into this mess like eating the bread and butter, and ordering pasta.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"No it is not difficult, it just takes a little extra effort. For example, I now read labels, including the organic ones, and I try to buy organic as much as possible. From May to October I buy most of my produce from the local farm stands, which are prevalent where I live. Another HUGE change for me is that I no longer drink soda. I used to drink a lot of diet soda even though I hated the taste, as I believed the "low calorie" story they sold us. I just got used to that awful taste since I thought it was better in some way. I also used to believe in Splenda for the "low calorie" story as well. In the past I was up to 3 - 4 Splendas at a time! Turns out the Splenda actually made me crave more cookies and sweets! So now it's no soda, no Splenda, no fast foods, no processed foods, and no to pre-made juices and smoothies from the store. One of my daily routines is that I make my smoothies at home in my <a href="https://www.vitamix.com/Shop/5200-Getting-Started.aspx?COUPON=06-008976" target="_blank">Vitamix</a>, and I make things from scratch now like tomato sauce. Through educating myself I now make different food choices."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"I have never made a green juice, although I do make green smoothies every morning. The smoothies and the <a href="https://www.vitamix.com/Shop/5200-Getting-Started.aspx?COUPON=06-008976" target="_blank">Vitamix</a>! I love them both! I put everything in there including seasonal local fruits and vegetables. I particularly like items such as kale, cucumbers, beets, spinach, Swiss chard, squash, red peppers, yellow peppers, almond milk, organic blueberries, raspberries, and peaches. Most of the time the berries are frozen. I also always add turmeric, ginger root, flax seed, 1 tsp cinnamon, and even sometimes avocados, and Greek yogurt.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Through out the day I only drink water. I may have some organic green tea sweetened with coconut palm sugar, monkfruit, or stevia. For breakfast I always have my green smoothie, or occasionally steel cut oats. For snacks I have fruits, almonds, cashews, edamame, homemade hummus, and chopped veggies. For dinner I eat veggies, or a salad with a small amount of fish, meat, turkey, pork, or chicken. Many times I use my organic sandwich thins, fresh grated parmesean cheese, and my home made tomato sauce which I cook in the crock pot.</i></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For work almost every day, I bring my own lunch ingredients, and I try to prep on Sunday for the entire work week. I put together bags of individual items that I can then combine during the week to make myself fresh food at the office. I will put into the refrigerator at my office: a bag of cucumber slices, a bag of greens, a bag of peppers, a bag of various other chopped veggies, and a bag of rotisserie chicken (great when you are in a hurry and don't want the mess. BJ's sells organic ones for $5.99 each!). This way I can make myself a salad or a sandwich at work everyday. I also ate a lot of turkey-bacon sandwiches this summer, and will cook a big batch to put in ziplock baggies to use throughout the work week.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"Beets, avocados, brown rice, mashed cauliflower, farro, salads with watermelon, steelcut oats, fish (which I never used to eat at all), and organic chicken. I make a delicious quinoa salad, and avocado dressing. I now enjoy eating whole grains. In the past I ate a lot of red meat. Now it is rare that I do eat beef, but if I do, it is organic grass fed and I will cook it with twice the amount of organic ground turkey, or chicken to make it all taste yummy. I also cook this in big batches with onions and mushrooms and put it in small baggies to use in lettuce wraps."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"I continue to make my healthy organic foods for my husband and myself, although my children often want the old style food. I just make it homemade and organic as much as possible. The people in my house may not be as into whole foods and plants as I am, but it does not stop me from working the new lifestyle. Most of my friends do want to know what I am doing food-wise. If someone asks me I tell them about real food. If they do not do anything to help themselves to change, I figure it is just not their time yet. Just like when I saw you and read your blog at first. It took awhile for me to react and embrace changing myself. Those of my friends who have actually tried to change their food choices are starting to feel good."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Janeann can you recommend any other doctors, books, websites, or ideas, that you found helpful in your health journey with us?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"Because of my commitment to research I found that I rarely watch television. I am a big reader and as I stated, "Supershred" by <a href="http://www.doctoriansmith.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Ian Smith</a> was a big kickstart early in my transition, and his method of eating certain foods at certain times resonated with me. Eating that way made me feel good and lose the weight, and although I don't eat that way all the time now, it did help me change my patterns to eat better. I also joined the <a href="http://shredlife.com/shredder-nation/" target="_blank">'Shredder Nation'</a> and enjoy reading the information and the comments of their online community. I have turned four other people onto Dr. Smith's food shredding techniques. And <a href="http://drhyman.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Mark Hyman's</a> 10 Day Detox was great as are all of his health, food, and cookbooks. Plus your blog 'The Queen's Table' was a big help, I went to it often to read your advice.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>And for 5 months, the '<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Calorie-Counter-Diet-Tracker-MyFitnessPal/dp/B004H6WTJI/ref=sr_1_1?s=mobile-apps&ie=UTF8&qid=1415572859&sr=1-1&keywords=my+fitness+pal+app" target="_blank">My Fitness Pal' app</a> also helped me to track every bite of food that went into my body. It's a food diary which was great in seeing exactly how many calories I was consuming everyday. I tried to keep my calorie count between 1,200 - 1,500. I also used a Zumba fitness app, and DVD's including <a href="http://www.doctoriansmith.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Ian Smith's</a> 'Burn 27' and Shaun T's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001M508N6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001M508N6&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=5MJLZF322GL6YEBC">Hip Hop Abs DVD Workout</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thqusta-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001M508N6" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
for exercise. I also worked with a personal trainer for a couple of months. The trainer came to my house and gave me tips on how to do modified exercises using my own weight, some small handheld dumb bells, and an exercise ball. I also did a circuit of workouts including wall push ups, squats, lunges, burpees, modified jumping jacks, and sit-ups on a medicine ball with my feet on the wall. Even my husband has commented that my arms are starting to be toned now!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Since I have not been good at adding exercise, my readers and myself would like to know what are your daily routines Janeann?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"My job requires me to be sitting in an office. So I try to get up 3 times a day to move! I go up and down flights of steps in my building, or just simply walk around the parking lot... another trick is to park far away from your destination. Whenever I take a bathroom break I take that time to do some wall push-ups. Just stand with your feet shoulder width apart and stand out from the wall. Do them slowly, pushing against and from the wall in front of you. I am up to about 120 a day. I will also step away from my desk and do squats with my hands on my hips. When I am out walking, I do little arm circles 100 front and back. I now have definition in my arms, shoulders, and back. It required no special equipment or trips to a gym. So it can be done."</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You are already motivating me to get moving! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have tried those wall push ups Janeann! I think I can do those! So now what things are you still hoping to improve upon Janeann?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"I would like to do more exercise and weight training. I try to walk and jog everyday. I also was highly motivated to move because of my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0095PZHZE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0095PZHZE&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=X2BTYXLYGAULPI46">Fitbit Wireless Activity Tracker</a> which is a wireless, wearable activity tracker that measures data such as the number of steps walked, quality of sleep, and other personal metrics. I aim for 15,000 steps, or 7 miles a day. I do this by walking with a friend every morning. We also started using the Couch to 5K app so we can learn to run and perhaps one day even do a marathon. I usually do 4 to 5 miles every morning before work. I am hoping to do better when eating around my husband but, I still have bites of his food just for a taste. I can honestly say that if I take a sip of his soda it tastes vile!! Never thought I would say that."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>What would your personal recommendation be to anyone considering to finally make changes to the quality of their own food and health lifestyle?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"Pick or make a plan that you feel would work best for you. I do not mean anything like Jenny Craig or Weight-Watchers with points and pre-packaged foods. What I mean is follow one of the doctors whose eating plan or book mainly says 'eat real food.' Watch your alcohol consumption. No soda. No concentrated orange juice. Drink water. Read and do your own research. Have someone with whom you can ask questions for support. If not a friend or holistic doctor, perhaps an online community, or a blog with similar interests."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>What are some of your favorite results from making these changes to your lifestyle Janeann?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"Besides looking and feeling better... I am sleeping better! I really enjoy the walks every day too. The added bonus from not watching TV is reading more books, and that is awesome. I like to reward myself after a good workout. Not with dessert or wine like the old days, but now my reward is a nice warm bath with regular (CHEAP) epsom salts mixed with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003GC4GH2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003GC4GH2&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=LTVZNGORP7CGZN2D">Dr Teals fragrant Epsom Salt</a>. It's really important to have some quality downtime after so much work and exercise during the day."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Have you inspired anyone within your life circle to make positive changes as a result of seeing your success?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"At work I have been asked to supply the everyday office snacks. Instead of the old candies, chips, cookies, etc., I try to stock our shelves with a variety of other products such as protein bars, wasabi peas, and bowls of fresh nuts. My best friend Frank has also changed his own food lifestyle and has lost 25 pounds! A few others have started on new food journeys as well. It's amazing and I love it! Now we can talk "food" together!"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">surprise </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">him with a new and improved healthy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wife </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">when he came back home from overseas!</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wow! That is our first 'Queens Table Blog' success story! Can you believe it??? Whew! That amazes me!</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You are so awesome Janeann! Thank you so very much for sharing what worked for you!</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Being o</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ne of the nicest ladies I have ever met out at Ben's band gigs, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I think Janeann is a great ambassador for changing what you eat. Janeann kindheartedly also sent me all of those before and after photos to encourage you that change is still possible at 50!</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> It's obvious that Janeann has been truly beautiful inside and out, no matter her weight. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now that she has more vitality and energy Janeann will be more able to accomplish the things she wants for her life. You can too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">S</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ince we each are different in what, or who, motivates us to change our old SAD (Standard American Diet) food lifestyle,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I feel it is important to share other peoples' methods besides my own</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Healthy change is about getting off of the toxic processed foods, and adding more nutrient dense organic plants and foods. I am all in for sha</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ring what works. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">W</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hen I find out that this blog has encouraged another person to improve their health, there really is no words to describe how that feels... It does my heart good, and this is what keeps me blogging about the power of organic whole plants.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whatever our age... younger or older... we have the personal power to make the important changes that affect our well being. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Once upon a time... at a <a href="http://www.hecticred.com/home.html" target="_blank">Hectic Red</a> show I saw this striking hot rockin' woman in the crowd with fabulous long hair. Sort of like Janeann, although this lady was very slender. Could it be? I kept trying to get a view of her face... and then I saw her! It WAS Janeann!!! I went running up and grabbed her! We both looked at each other in joy! OMG! OMG! She did it! The energy of a moment like that feels magical! I want you to feel that shining positive enthusiasm for your personal accomplishments too! Feeling great is so contagious!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Janeann may have gotten the idea for a 'food change' from me, but I know in reality she did all the work. Going forward she may now influence many others to reconsider what they have been eating and doing too!</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Take care of yourself, so the ones that you love, can enjoy YOU much longer. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am happy that we can help each other change our old patterns, and pay it forward to help someone else's life. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Be an inspiration. Show by example what works and no words will be needed. Others will eventually come to you with their questions. T</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hen like our friend Janeann you can share the love and the knowledge! Hey! If you started your journey to greater health by reading this blog please let us know! You could be a future featured success story that may inspire others to get healthier! In the meantime go hug a <a href="https://www.vitamix.com/Shop/5200-Getting-Started.aspx?COUPON=06-008976" target="_blank">Vitamix</a> blender and make fresh local organic greens your new best friend! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Be happy. Be healthy. Be peace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's a mouthful to say! It's got so much going on! This tasty colorful comfort food bowl full of vitamins and protein is very satisfying. Maybe I should add in some avocados and I would have all my favorite foods in one bowl! Mmmmmm. You can make this bountiful bowl with the root vegetables that you may have roasted on the previous day, like I did. Yes this bowl could be using up items that you may already have open in the fridge like those beans from your soup, salsa, or tacos. The leftover mushroom gravy quinoa with peppers and onions from the night before. Pesto you already made or have purchased in a container. Regardless of how you get the ingredients together it will be a bowl full of yum! Of course if you are using up leftovers that makes it super easy. Many other produce items can be substituted for what you have on hand. Get creative! If you have to start from scratch here is the rundown. This would make a great lunch meal for work too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Re warm your cut up and roasted s</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">weet potatoes, beets, onions - see <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2012/04/easy-roasted-root-vegetables.html" target="_blank">recipe here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cook quinoa in pot for 10 minutes. 1 cup quinoa to 2 cups water covered. Bring to a boil then simmer like rice. Fluff when your quinoa has ringlets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Saute in water some chopped onion, chopped peppers, sliced mushrooms, chopped radicchio, plus a large handful of kale, spinach, or chard. Then add a box of organic mushroom gravy and lightly stir. Add in the cooked quinoa and 1/2 cup of black beans. Lightly stir again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now that you have begun your journey into making more healthful choices about your everyday food, you will want to 'share' the good news about organic whole plant foods... especially in the beginning... with your loved ones. Well you will soon learn not everyone wants to hear the sick sad truth of what they really are eating. Toxic food is considered normal. Even those folks who look like a heart attack is in their very near future, will say they<i> 'do not care.'</i> Diabetes, cancer, heart attacks, and many other diseases are now linked to the advent of modern industrialized food. Since those are the facts, I know you really want to help your family feel better, and be healthy. A lifetime of ignorance, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">created by television and convenience foods, promoted our very harmful food habits. Corporations p</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">urposely put a</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ddictive food ingredients</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> into these fake food-like stuffs. This deception along with their advertising is what now controls the American mind and body. It is a hard process for most people to change anything about themselves, let alone something they are addicted to like a drug. The convenience of fast trash food weighs heavy on peoples choices who are working outside of the home. You may try to explain with concerned heart-felt conviction to others that, <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Yes, food matters! Food is what runs the body, and it matters big time." </i>They may not believe anything you say at all... after all aren't they doing just fine right now?<i> </i>Many people in your life will falsely believe that eating plants is just "rabbit food" and that "beef is the only source of protein in the world" propaganda.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> You can try to be a hard sell, but be ready for complete rejection. Even worse is those whose personality traits will make them want to do the opposite just to defy you. Unfortunately your friends and family need to be 'ready to hear' what you have to say about the important topic of processed food related to their own wellness and longevity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the meantime... the answer is simple of what to do... j</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ust being 'you' will be an inspiration for those who really want to change.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">'You' are the shining example of healthy eating choices, and that is the best thing you can do for anyone. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They will see your enthusiasm, your glow, and maybe one day be tempted to taste what the heck you are eating. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They may see you lose weight and becoming far more healthier than you were in the past. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They may see these new colorful foods are not really so scary, but actually mouthwatering. Be happy, as that is contagious too! At home in your own kitchen you can introduce them to the new foods without making a big deal of telling them that it's healthy. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Serve the food beautifully and with love. Share the fun of new foods! There is a bigger variety to healthier foods than the boring bland tan, brown, and white flour foods of the old ways. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When they find a new healthy food dish enjoyable, maybe then you can explain how it benefits their body as well... or not. Mostly share your joy and gratitude for the fresh local whole foods that you are now eating. Celebrate the food you are making at home for your family, even if only you know it's very healing. When you eat more home made meals together that will be less fast food, take out meals, or restaurant food that your family is currently consuming. You can take solace in that fact. You have more control in your home, and that is where you can have some plant power.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When friends or family start asking you questions about what you are doing that is changing your body, mind, and Spirit... that is your moment to engage them in some of the real food truth. Just see if their eyes glaze over, or if they truly want to hear your secrets to health. If they do not that is okay too. It is not your responsibility to change people. If they do show a genuine interest in what you are doing and being... then recommend that they watch a food documentary on Netflix, or a get a good food health book if they are a reader. I list some of them on my <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/inspiration.html" target="_blank">inspiration page</a>. As with anything... they have to wanna! They have to be their own agent of change. You can point them in the right direction when that time comes... if ever. Someday maybe they will be sick of being sick. Continue to work on yourself and your own life journey, that is why you are here anyway. We can feel grateful that we finally learned about good food. Plus having gratitude for the food you can serve to your family, and for your loved ones is also very healing for the body, mind, and Spirit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Don't unfairly expect compliance and miracles from others, especially if they do not share your passion for nutrient dense foods. It may take time for those you care about to notice or even think about this subject themselves. For family members in your home give them their own space to change. If you are the one who prepares the meals, choose to create healthier versions of recipes that are similar to what they love to eat. I have a number of items listed on my <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/substitutions.html" target="_blank">substitute page</a> and my <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/shopping-list_28.html" target="_blank">shopping list page</a> to try serving instead. Completely eliminating or reducing some of the familiar food products will take more time than others, for example meat and cheese. Those two foods seem to be the hardest. (As an FYI that might help, read my <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-story-of-cheese-and-salt-sugar-and.html" target="_blank">article on cheese</a>. The governments influence in this subject alone might help change some peoples minds about eating so much cheese.) In the early stages of introducing new foods to your family just limit the amounts and how often you eat the bad foods now. Eventually buy better organic versions of those products. With each change remember to use the <i>'good/better/best' guideline </i>as you make improvements for your family's food. Transition from old processed food, to good whole food, to better organic food, then eventually to the best... by adding nourishing organic green juicing and green smoothies to your lifestyle. This could be your long term goal. It may take only a few months or it may take a year. The point is to begin, and slowly introduce a few new foods each week to your family with a joyful attitude. If you fill the house with good foods then that is what they will be eating. Keep bowls of organic fruits out on the counter. I</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">n the refrigerator you can place containers of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hummus, salsa, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">fresh cut carrots, celery, peppers, cauliflower, broccoli. Have unsalted nuts, and seeds available for your families quick snacks. Maybe this way you will help to cut back on the junk foods they eat when they are at home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When you have infants you can serve them nutrient dense plant foods from the beginning of their life and they will not question eating them at all. That will be what they know. My grandchildren ask for apples, grapes, carrots, avocados, coconut water, salsa, hummus, raisins, soups, and salads for snacks. When children have grown up being fed addictive foods such as chicken nuggets, fast food burgers, sodas, candies, sugar loaded breakfasts, and donuts, you have created a different problem. It will take time for you to bring them around. It takes two weeks to detox off of sugar. It can be done, as long as you have enough things in the house for them to eat instead. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Children can be made part of the decision process at lunch and at snack times to avoid them asking for unhealthy choices. I always used the psychology of the <i>"either/or"</i> scenario for my grandchildren. <i>"You can have sliced cinnamon apples <b>'or'</b> you can have almond butter on celery. Which do you want?"</i> That way they feel they are participating as well as deciding for themselves. Involving your children when you go to the farmers market, CSA, or food store, will make ' fresh local food' an exciting event for them. Start to grow some food at home even if it is in containers on the patio. Experiencing planting the seeds of real food, the magic of watching it grow, and picking your co-creation to eat, is fulfilling for kids as well as adults. I love when my grandson picks the cherry tomatoes in the garden and eats them from the plant immediately. You can't get a fresher burst of enzymes in your body than that!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You can do the same food adventure activities with your adult partner, and become fresh foodies together. It's fun to go to farms to get food. Try out new farm to table restaurants and new natural food stores in your area, as well as when you travel. Read all the food labels together and become an investigative food team when you shop! This creates a bond for your mutual health goals. The feeling that you are on a mission to create wellness in spite of the propaganda you have been fed, feeds the rebel in you too. Even those uninterested in making any healthy changes to their food choices will enjoy farm to table restaurants as they also have many comfort food favorites and meat dishes. Eating well together creates healthy minds, as well as healthy bodies, and that could possibly make your relationship even better.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Still back on the home front, be sure to go to my <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/recipes.html" target="_blank"><b>recipe page</b></a> where you'll find many different kinds of dishes to try out on your family. My <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/shopping-list_28.html" target="_blank"><b>free shopping list page</b></a> also has a list of links for organic processed foods that may feel familiar and help with your family's snack food urges. I have a large list of better processed foods in this section of <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thqusta-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=9" target="_blank">my amazon store</a> too. Check out my <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/juicing.html" target="_blank">smoothie and juicing page</a> too. W</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hen you whip up yummy green smoothies for breakfast that taste like dessert who can refuse? </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yes some may blindly look at a green smoothie, and assume it tastes like grass without ever tasting one. Serve them a tiny glass of smoothie at first. Make sure it is a green smoothie and not one of those sugar coated things some cafes sell. You can add in extra berries to be sure it is naturally sweet for a first time taster. The same goes for green juice. In the beginning you add in more apple to make the taste buds get used to the flavor. You can tell them all you like about the government recommendation of eating five servings of fruits and vegetables a day... but having a delicious green drink that tastes like dessert... that needs no words besides yum!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Attempt to get the adults and older children in your house to watch the food documentaries with you. Knowledge is power, and that helps move the change in some people quicker. If teens do not want to listen (because you are the parent), then maybe the voices of those experts in a documentary may be helpful. Perhaps that will bring them around to now understand the truth of the American food system, and then gross them out when their friends go to the fast food joints. At the very least it will be in the back of their mind to think on another day.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> If your stubborn partner is a reader, get some of the books on my inspiration page and leave them around the house. <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-thug-kitchen-and-wtf-cookbooks-real.html" target="_blank"><b>Thug Kitchen</b></a> is a good one for the laughs first, then they might say "Hey this dish actually looks good to make! If they are still not interested, remember it is not your job to change them. That is their job. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Still... delicious tasting food will always be your best ally in winning over family members to healthy fresh real food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My daughter made colorful homemade signs with my grandkids as a craft project, and then took her small children to the family based 'March Against Monsanto' rally in our small town. Educating children about GMO's, how pesticides are killing bees and butterflies, and letting them experience the right of free speech in our country at the same time is a fantastic idea. Food education with the real facts is what is ultimately needed to make changes. Start small. Seeds grow into big oaks. My granddaughter often asks if a certain food is good for you or not. See... she is listening, even at five. The corporations and the government started shaping our minds at birth with false information about food and that is why we have such a problem now. We need to do a turn around to promote the goodness and the health of fresh local whole foods to our loved ones. We just have to do it in a respectful way with no heavy pressure. Mostly if you are in control of making the meals just feed everyone in your home the good whole organic foods and remove the toxic sugary junk foods. You will feel good knowing they are not getting hormones, pesticides, chemicals, sugars, salts, MSG, and those nasty GMO's at every meal. There is so much variety in fruits and vegetables that you will certainly find a few new dishes your family members will enjoy. A bonus effect is the clean up in the kitchen is easier when you eat mostly plants! If the teens help out in the kitchen they will love that part even if they do think you eat weird...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When others do come to you ready to accept the</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> power of plants in reversing disease and creating a healthier life for themselves, it is a joy to share in that moment. Till then have a great time exploring the world of real food yourself. Organic whole plant foods are the gift of health that has been there all along. If we think about it... industrialization of our food has only been with us for a short time in the scheme of things. Getting back to real food is simply the natural way it was meant to be for our bodies. That is the simple reason it works. Don't worry, the word is spreading fast, and that means those of us who are currently eating a plant strong diet will be there when our friends and family catch up with the goodness. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It will be exciting to hear,</span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> "You look so good! Tell me what you are doing!" </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I do realize it helps if you have a partner, or a friend, as a support, to share the changes of your food lifestyle. I am fortunate to have a man in my life who has been there for me every step of the way, supporting me during the years of illness, and then jumping into our healthier food lifestyle whole heartedly! If you cannot share this healthier way of eating with your partner, or any friends in life, please share your journey with me in your comments to blog posts, or on the facebook page. I'd love to hear from you! Writing a blog takes much time and energy, it is nice to know someone has been reading this stuff, and finds it useful. I know people who have done this healthy food change on their own. Having a group on the internet to connect with helps those who get no support for these important food changes at home. Find the plant strong doctor and author who speaks to you and become involved with their community (For me it is Dr. Joel Fuhrman). As you become awesomely healthier some friends will take notice, and a few may eventually become your 'foodie buddies.' Together you will enjoy the new food adventure and perhaps check out some cool restaurants and juice bars... Till then go be the best version of you that you can be, by eating whole organic nutrient dense plant foods. Create wellness and live your dreams! When others take notice of your big changes, you can pay it forward to them at that time! </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am back from my Troll Cave! Yes, I am back at the ole' chopping block! Not on it I hope! Now that I have returned I want to start my blog posting with a few fun cookbooks that we should have in our crazy plant powered arsenal! Let's have a bit-o-fun! First up is the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1623363586/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1623363586&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=RFFSVNLA4L4BUB6B">Thug Kitchen: The Official Cookbook: Eat Like You Give a F*ck!</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thqusta-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1623363586" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> Total madness. But we are not done yet folks! As an added bonus you can buy yourself and your friends <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0762441771/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0762441771&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=JOEFC4ZVR5GH7KIN">What the F*@# Should I Make for Dinner?</a> WTF do you think of that? It's what you always wanted, right? These imaginative authors know how to get your attention, that's for sure. Just so you know... My sweet little self does not use that impure profanity in life... except when I stub my toe... and when the computer goes whack-a-mole.... Okay okay... you got me... I f*cking hate facebook that f*ing useless spy machine makes me so damn ... Alright now... calm down there is really good food to be eaten. Ahhhh, I just need an avocado intervention, thank you very much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yes, we can laugh and giggle when we read those off color words in relation to a recipe. It's unexpected fun. Hilarity will ensue, and gosh-gee-willikers everyone, we cannot get too serious about ourselves in the kitchen. After all we are just doing what comes naturally, not rocket science experiments. I know some of you say 'WTF!' when that uncooperative wayward piece of veggie material spins off the butcher block and rolls onto the floor under the refrigerator. Don't get all fancy pants on me. We are talkin' what is real. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Real cookbooks, for real food people, eating real food. You are real? Oh you're not? I see, you're just the google spy-der catching my words for permanent storage into the massive database they are building in Utah with all the citizens' personal data. Well in any case these two unconventional cookbooks and their websites are really worth your time to discover and enjoy dear hungry spy-der. So did you hear the one about the drink that is a big-ass hug? Looks comfy. I think you can dig it. Take these cookbooks back to your punk-ass lair. You will learn to brunch like an effing' boss! Not sure what the hell to do with a eggplant? Thug Kitchen breaks it down for you my dear. Read that sh*t. They will let you know when it's peach season bitches. Now stop that spying on me m-effer' or I will eat you for protein!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whoa sweet baby watermelons! That was fun! I am surely adding these highly entertaining cookbooks to my holiday list. Hell yeah! These fine upstanding cookbooks would make great holiday gifts for all the plant eaters, and non-plant eaters in your life! Feed me Seymour! This could be the sneaky way to get the unknowing 'junk foodies' into the "Good Stuff!" You know... and get them off of the chemicalized cr*p they eat everyday. We know this sh*t ain't hard! Anyone can chop vegetables... even me with my dull knife. These cookbooks are the damn truth, plus the food looks so delicious I want it in my belly now! C'mon get these swell cookbooks for your gifts, share the real food love with a smile, and then eat some m-f*ing greens people. Your immunity to colds will go up, and you just might lose that fog that the overlords want your mind lost in everyday. I have more energy now than when I was buried in the industrialized toxic fake food dump a few years ago... and my wellness factor has skyrocketed. Gotta love that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Below is the official trailer for the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1623363586/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1623363586&linkCode=as2&tag=thqusta-20&linkId=RFFSVNLA4L4BUB6B">Thug Kitchen: The Official Cookbook: Eat Like You Give a F*ck</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thqusta-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1623363586" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. I wish I made this video cuz it is so stinking creative! Just regular faces you would see on a F*ing TV commercial getting real about food habits. Everything is true and you know it! A must watch! Although do it without the kids in the room since there is explicit language.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now go to the 'Thug Kitchen's <a href="http://www.thugkitchen.com/recipes" target="_blank"><b>badass recipe page</b></a>. More than amusing, it's a world of food inspiration! And who doesn't like their comedy with a side of kick-ass-graphics? Just go there and do some real learning about real life and plants. Sign up. You will thank me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Onto your wacky infomercial Bonus material: It's the <b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><a href="http://whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com/veg.php" target="_blank">WTF website</a>,</span></b> more juicy words and tough lovin' food fun from Zach Golden. Follow the word prompts to the recipes. It is quite an </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">unusual </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">inventive little game. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This site is for both meat eaters and veggie people. Although I recommend you flesh eaters only do that once a week, since there is a whole lot of badness going down with that sh*t. Don't even get me started in that direction. Oh my! I have got a fever! It is taking me over!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The f*cking energy in this post is exploding! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We need to rock! D</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o yourself a f*cking favor and watch this kick ass music video about the numbing and dumbing down of America. Do you really want to OD on celebrity crap-ola, fake news, and info on useless meaningless lies. Hell yes the damn fake food-like stuff is one of their weapons of mass destruction. Sugar kills, and creates massive disease. Fake sugar products rot the brain. Turn off the f*cking TV, stop playing those idiotic games on F*cking facebook, and learn some real shit that can help us all. The corporate food paradigm is bullshit and killing people everyday. Get these handy dandy cookbooks, and make some real food from real plants. Fight the f*cking system and live! F*ck sports drinks and defy stupidity. Drink a damn organic green smoothie everyday! Get some organic food and grow it in your yard! Eat your spinach </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">just like grandma</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, and rock your face off to the video below with out running out of breath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So green bitches, I made it easy for you to buy these cookbooks by linking to the two cookbooks below at Amazon where you can read the freaking five star reviews. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Get it. Got it. Good. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And yes I will get 2 measly little cents from that company if you buy them from my links. Not enough money to buy fresh f*cking flax seeds though. Damn the man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Honestly my sweet things I plan on owning these two recipe books for use in my kitchen. I also own up to my wheatgrass cravings m-effers... Cause I am that kinda gal. If I did not have grand-fraggles who would take their scissors and crayons to them... I would leave these cookbooks on the coffee table for all those people who need to get off that mindless industrialized take-out food crack. Word from the momma to my son. If you need some science to back up the fact that your convenience food is killing you just listen to this video sh*t below. A four minute video on how the right foods help people live longer. Throw that fake toxic food crap<i> "To the ground!"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A note to my bloggy followers: Since I am back to posting on this blog after my short disappearance while creating our classical wedding music website (which you can go check out right </span><a href="http://www.benshermanguitar.com/classical/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">now here</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... I mean it! I worked hard making that sh*t! Chopping the broccoli is easier!) I wanted to let you know that I am now working at putting together our first 'Queens Table' success story! Really exciting, lots of before and after photos! Look for that upcoming and inspiring post soon! Now I am learning some new tricks from you! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So my dear friends this was another f*ing side of the Queen you don't get to hear from too often. Well neither do I! I kinda enjoyed myself! Ha! I think I got it out of my system for awhile. Some people get offended by the language in the cookbook not seeing it is all done in fun. Just like in our society a lot of people concentrate on the meaningless details of meaningless activities and do not see the big overall picture. The real point of this 'Thug Kitchen Cookbook' is to get people to eat real food that actually gives their bodies nutrient dense goodness, and have a good laugh. Anyway get on with 'your bad self' and check these cookbooks out! Buy them for those friends and family with a sense of humor, and a need for good whole food recipes. Save your sweet ass family from boxed food hell! Maybe they just might make you some great real food one day! We can hope. Or I'm afraid it's just the damn zombie apocalypse for real people.</span><br />
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The Queens Tablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07970183230486333956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702033866074452919.post-18393251271224247862014-07-16T03:04:00.003-04:002014-11-25T04:48:28.597-05:00Best Moist Goji Berries: Heaven Mountain And Ron Teeguarden's Dragon Herbs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Goji berries... we hear about them often in our healthy foodie world. Just like other colorful berries they contain Vitamin A, Vitamin C, phytochemicals, trace minerals, and are a high-ORAC antioxidant rich food. Being the super awesome person that you are, you want the best when you make your healthy choices... right? Since<i> </i>I always feel that you need to know where your food comes from, especially when it is from China, and especially if it does not say organic,</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I did some research on the company whose goji berries taste the best in all the land. That would be the <a href="http://www.dragonherbs.com/" target="_blank">Dragon Herbs</a> company, and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dragonherbs.com/ronteeguarden.asp" target="_blank">Ron Teeguarden</a>,</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> the person behind 'Heaven Mountain Goji Berries.' </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(I will compare them to other goji products later in this post).</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"You should never settle for less than the best,"</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> states Ron Teeguarden, a master herbalist known world wide for his peerless herbal tonics. On the <a href="http://www.dragonherbs.com/qualitycontrol.asp" target="_blank">quality control page</a> of his website Ron acknowledges that he likes "organic" products and practices as well, and he does not sell items with chemical fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, food coloring, or GMO's, as that would not be best <i>'Di Tao'</i> practice. We have to understand that most herbs come from the remote places in the world that do not have the same organic system as the United States. Dragon Herbs standards are the highest in the world, and they only are interested in best practices possible wherever they cultivate or find wild herbs. As a note of organic interest, Ron was one of the seminal founders of one of the first organic food companies, 'Eden Foods' in 1969. He also co-authored a natural foods cookbook in 1971, and worked on organic farms. His products are considered supreme by the owners and executives of other herbal companies, who buy their personal herbs for themselves and their family from Dragon Herbs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ron created the video shown below so we can see the pollution free, pristine, very remote region of the world where the Heaven Mountain range rests. Dragon Herbs goji are grown on farms at the base of the mountain, where</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> the water comes from melted snow and glacial runoff. It </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">is not coming from an industrial polluted river, or even near any cities. Personally I love seeing the frolicking mountain goats (maybe because I am a Capricorn), rushing water, and the tents of the Mongolian people along the road in the video. Since Ron has spent many years living and working with herbalists in China, always searching for the best of herbs, I feel I can trust this product even without the organic certification on the bag. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What I found even more admirable when researching Ron Teeguarden, is that he is a man with a passionate commitment to herbs, and the path of radiant health. When he is sharing his love and wonder at the power of nature's herbs, t</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">here is a true sense of his Spirit connection within his chosen work. A higher purpose with a reverence for the Earth... whoa, I am loving this man! P</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">lus I dig anyone who listens to Alan Watts! Being a good soul <a href="http://www.icontact-archive.com/zkmRDhrx_JhWJLt_6zawYg679ccfVEeq?w=2" target="_blank">in service to the world</a>, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ron Teeguarden shares his own book '30 Tips' for life <a href="http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=1398" target="_blank">here</a> for free, which you can also download as a PDF if you wish. If you prefer it in book form you can purchase for <a href="http://www.dragonherbs.com/prodinfo.asp?number=5000" target="_blank">$14.95 here</a>. The information is excellent, heartfelt, and the graphics are beautiful. Peaceful, calm, and intelligent, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ron is someone I would love to spend time with chatting about darn near anything. In the meantime... there are informative YouTube videos of Ron speaking about herbs to view, and his website pages to read. Together along with his wife and partner Yanlin Teeguarden, they run their successful herb business. She is responsible for running the entire overseas operation, including the look of their stores, and products. You can learn more about Ron and his wife <a href="http://www.dragonherbs.com/ronteeguarden.asp" target="_blank">on this page</a>, <a href="http://www.ronsblogworld.com/?page_id=9" target="_blank">and this page</a>, as it turns out they are the perfect pair to be running a world wide herb company!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now you go on ahead, and enjoy a rare exotic trip to Heaven Mountain in Xinjiang, China, in the video below! Afterwards y</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ou will feel so good about 'Dragon Herbs Heaven Mountain Goji Berries.' Bless those sweet ladies who are in the field hand picking your perfect ripe berries whenever you open your own bag! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Snack grade delicious and herb grade serious" is the saying on the 'Heaven Mountain Goji Berries' package. These goji are dried in the sun the old fashioned way as you may have seen in the film above. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After trying many dried brands of goji berries, I think you would agree that you would much rather eat the sweet, juicy, moist, plump, bursting with flavor Goji, that is 'Ron Teeguarden Dragon Herbs Heaven Mountain Goji' than something dry and hard. Let's look at the difference between 'Heaven Mountain' and the other goji berries found in the food market.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Below are the soft raisin like 'Heaven Mountain' goji berries. So moist that they stick together in clumps. Hey clumpy is good in this situation!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The package is compressed since the air must be sucked out during processing. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just separate them, that is okay, it's part of Ron's fresher system. I read someplace that he spent a year perfecting the packaging. You might also notice that the color is more intense than other brands too. The result? More flavor and potency in these exceptionally tasty goji berries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My first goji berries experience came from this package shown in the photo below. Even though it states that it is raw and organic, the goji were very hard, dry, and difficult to chew. I really did not enjoy them at all. I then wondered, "What's so great about this goji berry thing?"</span><br />
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I am not going to talk about that brand specifically, since all the brands I have tried except 'Heaven Mountain,' are very hard leather-like goji berries. Just look at them below... like little rocks. If you throw some hard goji brands in hot tea, or liquid, you could plump them up again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So now that you can visually see the difference, imagine the difference in taste and texture when rolling around in your mouth. See the Heaven Mountain goji berries below.... soft and moist. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If the dried out goji brands are all you can get where you live, I guess it's better than no goji. From my experience it is more fun to be able to put your hand right in the pouch, and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">immediately </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">get some yummy goji berries! No soaking needed. Heck yes, I highly recommend </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ron Teeguarden's Heaven Mountain Goji Berries</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They are simply the best you can buy, grown in the same place, at the very source that is famous for this berry!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Goji has been cultivated for over a thousand years in the Heaven Mountain area of China. That is the meaning of the<i> 'Di Tao'</i> stamp on the bag. You need to read Ron's <a href="http://www.ronsblogworld.com/?p=1707" target="_blank">blog post</a> about the importance of the 'Earth Tao' source for plants and herbs. This will explain in depth his commitment to purity, clean technology, and the genuine authentic best source for all of his Dragon Herbs products. There is a large section in his post just on the <i>'Di Tao of the Goji Berries' </i>if you scroll down the page. You will learn exactly why 'Heaven Mountain' goji is sweet, and not bitter like other goji brands. Goji bushes in this region are replaced every 6-7 years for potency. Old wild tree goji are not to be consumed. Ron also talks about "organic," practices in China, other companies practices, and their claims.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also known as Lycium Berries, Wolfberries, Lycium barbarum, or Gou Qi Zi, these little beauties are well worth the high price. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The 8 oz. pouch </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">comes with the sell by date stamped right on the front, and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">has been formulated to keep those berries soft and tasty. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Oh and let me tell you that these babies won't last more than a couple of weeks in your house, since they are so good! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I eat only 1-2 teaspoons a day when we have a bag in the pantry.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Be sure to c</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hew your food well and squeeze every drop of goodness out of these little wonders!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They make a great snack and are a healthy addition to any trail mix. Heaven Mountain Goji also make a nice colorful sprinkle on cereals, chia puddings, salads, and breakfast quinoa since they have the texture of soft raisins. Use them in baking just as you would raisins too, such as muffins, and cookies. In the winter throw some goji berries into hot tea for a nice little fruity surprise. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Actually it is said that by placing gogi berries in warm tea or blending them into a smoothie makes the lycopene more readily available to your body.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some say Goji berries may interact with drugs such as warfarin (a blood thinner), diabetes drugs, or blood pressure drugs. Although as a former diabetic person who was previously on blood pressure meds, I never experienced any problem with goji berries during that time. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Some people who are sensitive to nightshades and eat too many goji may experience stomach cramps or diarrhea. Moderation and variety in your whole foods is always the way to go, do not over use any one food. That would be silly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I stumbled upon 'Heaven Mountain Goji Berries' when we were visiting a natural foods store in a different town, and I am so grateful that I did! For quite some time I was unable to find 'Heaven Mountain' for sale in our area, so I purchased them online at Amazon. Now our local co-op sells them right along side of that other brand. I am such a happy glamper! Goji is also known as the happy fruit... so I guess that could be true! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As Ron Teeguarden says about Goji berries,</span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> "An ounce a day keeps you smiling away!" </i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I just saw a video <a href="http://nutritionfacts.org/video/tart-cherries-for-insomnia/" target="_blank">here</a> about the effect that goji may have on sleep due to its melatonin levels. So perhaps I should have a teaspoon of goji and a shot of tart cherry juice at night to help me get to sleep! Ah menopause... I am going to research the Dragon Herbs website for any info they may have on hot flashes. After six years of every 30 minutes, I am so over the hot flashes interrupting my life! Geesh!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have included the link below to buy 'Dragon Herbs Heaven Mountain Goji Berries' online if you find you are in a Goji desert! When transitioning to healthier choices in our food lifestyle, you gotta love snack foods like '<i>Heaven Mountain Goji Berries!'</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's whats for dinner! I wanted to share a simple tasty sauce that I have been making lately. A really big hit in our house for all manner of vegetables and greens! You will need a couple of store bought products to keep on hand in your fridge. More about those below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To set the scene at our castle: I am usually creating promo graphics for my husband's business when he comes in from work at night. Then it's 'oops' got to go make the dinner! So in those moments the quickest meal made of our fresh ingredients with a bit of pizzazz are the lifesavers in the kitchen. "Dinner will be ready in a few minutes honey!" So I scurry out to the kitchen and look over the organic greens in the refrigerator. Sometimes I plan the night before... and well sometimes I am just as they say.. "In the moment!" Then I get to chopping!!! Actually if I need help chopping or with anything at all, my wonderful husband always offers to help... or even do the dishes! Lately he has been making the green juice while I prepare the meal.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">How awesome is that!? He truly is the King!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All of our ingredients are organic and you can use any saute greens and veggies you have on hand. This is one of those dishes where we don't really measure anything. Just chop the veggies, water saute, shake, and drizzle. Chop, saute, shake, and drizzle.... chop, saute, shake, and drizzle...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chop all veggies while your quinoa is cooking. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our standard rainbow quinoa measurement is one cup quinoa to two cups of water in small saucepan for ten minutes. When the water is gone and you see those quinoa ringlets it's done. Just remove from heat and fluff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In a saute pan place vegetables and small amount of water. Lightly saute and cover. Stir and add more water as needed. Veg should be cooked in a few minutes. Do not over cook. We like to keep our greens and vegetables full of goodness and flavor. Plus this is a quick dinner throw down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Add in sliced almonds, raisins, or raw cashews at this point. Then shake and drizzle in the Hoisin, coconut aminos, and balsamic vinegar. Stir and taste. You can add a bit more water, or any of the 3 bottled liquids to your taste preferences. Create as much sauce you need to glaze vegetables and quinoa. So so good! If you are a "hottie" and require some heat added to this dish just go for it! Don't let my 'mild taste-buds' hold you back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tada! Easy quick Asian style meal in about fifteen minutes! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since we have salad everyday in addition to our entree, I like adding a new item every week from the exotic fruit section of the store. Fabulous food fun! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Persimmons made a colorful addition to our usual dinner salad of mixed greens, tomatoes, avocados, onions, nuts, and seeds below. They are the orange and golden chunks. You can read more about </span><a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2013/02/whats-that-persimmons.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">persimmons on this post</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope your can purchase these 3 items in the organic section of your food market and then have this versatile sweet tangy sauce on your meals real soon! I will post some Amazon links below if you cannot get them in your store. This Asian sauce also works well on gluten free pad thai noodles. Heck it would probably be good on that salad up there too! Although I did put the balsamic vinegar glaze on my salad. Yummmmm!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now doesn't that look mouthwatering? Super tasty my friends! Okay honey... dinner is served in the living room tonight, and we are ready to watch Downton Abbey. Be happy, be healthy, be peace! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Chop, saute, shake, and drizzle cha cha cha....</span><br />
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The Queens Tablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07970183230486333956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702033866074452919.post-69941639351192134572014-05-28T02:59:00.000-04:002014-05-28T02:59:38.711-04:00Jicama Celery Cucumber Green Juice: A Light And Sweet Nutritious Libation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Treat yourself to a simple green juice with the added sweetness and body of jicama. This light Springtime green juice is a breath of fresh air, full of beneficial nutrients for your mind and body. Use your favorite glassware, and make everyday a special occasion to celebrate the healthier you! I love these seeded glass goblets... they make me feel like a Queen... if you know what I mean! So get out your beloved glassware, and rock your green juice today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Purchase organic produce as much as possible, and remove the skin of items like cucumbers if they are not organic. Always peel the jicama regardless if it is organic or not, as the thick tough skin has low level toxins and must be discarded. It is actually the leaves, stems, and seed pods that are most toxic though, and the creamy flesh of the root is fine. Jicama is a wonderful addition to your produce basket especially if you are diabetic or sugar intolerant as it is very low glycemic for such a sweet tasting root.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Eaten raw or cooked, <a href="http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2727/2" target="_blank">jicama</a> is quite versatile and gives you the crisp snap and texture you may desire in many dishes. We often use the super crunchy water chestnut or apple like flavor of peeled and chopped jicama in salads. When <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jicama" target="_blank">jicama</a> is added to your juice of choice it adds a wonderful mild earthy sweetness. You can read more about <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2012/04/whats-that-jicama.html" target="_blank">jicama in my post here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Good organic whole food is a wonder and a blessing! Have you noticed that it just tastes better too? Without the dangers of pesticide and fungicide toxins, your veggies and fruits can provide you with clean healing goodness. Modern supermarket produce is generally grown on the poorest mineral depleted soils as well. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you buy from a local organic farmer who uses better soil practice you get even more nutrients. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">More reasons to buy organic and get those goodies inside of you!</span><br />
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<br />The Queens Tablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07970183230486333956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702033866074452919.post-80280520760153549112014-05-15T16:13:00.000-04:002014-05-16T00:55:00.266-04:00Best Raw Superfoods And Snacks That Come In A Package! Recommendations From John Kohler At Natural Foods Expo West<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Better healthy packaged snack foods???? Is this even possible? In the video below John Kohler showcases some of the least processed of the organic raw packaged foods that he spotted </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">at the<a href="http://www.expowest.com/ew14/public/enter.aspx" target="_blank"> 'Natural Foods Expo West 2014.'</a></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Can you believe some of these food products could actually be good for you too!?! Many of you new to changing your eating lifestyle will appreciate that awesome news. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We certainly promote eating whole foods over processed, and as always John also recommends eating whole organic live fruits and vegetables as the<i> 'best'</i> thing you can do for your health. When that is not possible, or you need a snack option on the road, he recommends that you look for packaged foods from the <i>'better'</i> category. These products are especially useful for those people </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">transitioning to a healthy whole foods lifestyle</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and currently used to purchasing packaged foods at the food market. In this video which I really recommend you watch, John chooses those food packages marked to be raw, organic, or freeze dried with the least amount of additives and processing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Concerned about cost? Most of these items are mainly snack foods, and not eaten that often. Price may not be that much of an issue compared to convenience. One of the main factors in having access to packaged shelf stable processed organic foods is to use them when we are busy, and do not enough time to prepare something fresh. For instance when we need to pack items for lunch, work, and in the car. It's good to have healthier options to grab than a waxy sugar bomb candy bar, a bag of chemicalized fake cheezy curls, or a bottle of toxic soda. Those items are not that cheap especially when you consider you are paying for no nutritional value whatsoever. That would be money for nothing as they sang in the original MTV days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Some of the food items John shares are actually quite interesting and very useful. Imagine a fresh looking freeze-dried perfectly green avocado... all that is missing is the water! Crazy right? If you had one of those bags of avocados all you would have to do is just add water and instantly you can serve a bowl of guacamole! Craaaaazzzzyyyy! Now add a bit of water to fresh freeze-dried mango or blueberries and then add that fruit to your salad dressing. Mmmmm... that sounds crazy good to me. John Kohler also suggests we get the easy <i>"Product Of Nature Micro-Greens Kits"</i> for growing</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> nutrient dense super-food baby </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">greens in your home. Great idea for adding the freshest greens possible to your salads and smoothies! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since John Kohler from<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/okraw" target="_blank"> '<i>OKRaw'</i></a>, and <i>'<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens" target="_blank">Growing Your Greens</a>'</i> of 'You Tube' fame runs a juicer sales company called <i>"<a href="http://discountjuicers.com/">discountjuicers.com</a>,' </i>he also does a short bit with a new juicer company too. A very busy and helpful guy, John is full of useful information! Check his links too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have done the investigative work finding these various food companies. I am providing links to the websites of the products that John speaks about at the Expo below. A few of these items are very new to the marketplace, and may be difficult to find in a store. I have put links to the same products I have found available through Amazon within this post as well. (I get a few cents if you purchase through my links.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yes, eat your greens, veggies, and fruits, most of the time! When you do have a snack food, be sure to make that a<i> "better" </i>healthier choice too! After all we do not live on a tropical paradise with all our fruits and veggies within arm's reach. Realistically our pantry and kitchens will have convenience foods as well as fresh produce. Let's choose the packaged goods without chemicals, fats, sugars, salts, and without the high heat that has cooked any nutrients right out of the food. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Keep processed and packaged foods simple and as real as possible. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you happen to see some of these healthier "better" snack options in your local natural food store don't be afraid to give them a try.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.realandwonderful.com/our-products" target="_blank">R.A.W. Real and Wonderful Snacks</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tendergrown.com/" target="_blank">Tender Grown Kale Chips</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hgofarms.com/grow/organic-snacks/" target="_blank">Home Grown Organic Freeze Dried Blueberries</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://veggieevolution.com/" target="_blank">Veggie Evolution Kale Chips</a> (Old website <a href="http://www.ittakesavillagefoods.com/wheretobuy.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.culturesforhealth.com/starter-cultures/kefir-cultures.html" target="_blank">Cultures For Health Kefirs</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.goraw.com/" target="_blank">Go Raw Foods</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.productofnature.com/?vcf=1" target="_blank">Product Of Nature Micro Greens Kits</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.shop.livingintentions.com/main.sc" target="_blank">Living Intentions Gone Nuts</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://naturesallfoods.com/" target="_blank">Nature's All Foods Freeze Dried</a></span><br />
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<br />The Queens Tablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07970183230486333956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702033866074452919.post-81610005116326241292014-05-14T15:19:00.000-04:002014-06-17T04:28:36.896-04:00Mellow Moods Cafe And Juice Bar in Shepherdstown West Virginia! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Isn't that a great name for a restaurant?<i> 'Mellow Moods'</i>.... ahhh I feel contented already.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We are starting a new series of posts called 'Rock Foodie On The Road!' Over the past couple of years while on our new food journey we have found some wonderful places to enjoy healthy foods. I would like to share those with the local readers of the Queen's Table blog. Living in the Mid Atlantic region of the country we are not in the mecca of organic produce, nor do we have hip juice bars and vegan restaurants in most towns as those who live in California. So when we find the rare restaurant gems that have food options that work for us, we would like to share the good news with you! My talented musician hubby and myself often find ourselves on the road after performing at a venue looking for a safe place to eat. We try to plan our trips from online information, menus, and word of mouth. We take chances, call restaurants, and sometimes ask chefs to prepare me something vegan. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Personally I want to give kudos and support to those restaurants that care about the quality of their food, and send more people their way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have to warn you in advance of this series that my food photos in restaurants don't always come out so great. Please forgive that I may only have use of a phone camera, lighting may be dark, or I just don't want to annoy the other dining guests by constantly shooting with flash till it looks perfect. Can you imagine that some people are not as crazy about good food as me and do not want to take photos of their meals? Geesh! Then again most times I am so hungry that I forget to even take the photos before we plow into our delicious looking food and thus I mess up the beauty shot! Yikes! There I go again loving what I eat so much! Anyway folks I hope you enjoy the new series <b><i>The</i> <i>Queen's Table 'Rock Foodie on the Road'</i></b> posts! Hopefully they will entice you to check out these very worthy eating establishments that deserve some love. First up as promised: <i><b>Mellow Moods! </b>Cue some cool music.... of course!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have been to<b> <a href="http://www.mellowmoodsjuicebar.com/" target="_blank">'Mellow Moods Cafe And Juice Bar'</a></b> twice during visits to beautiful historic <a href="http://shepherdstownvisitorscenter.com/" target="_blank">Shepherdstown</a> West Virginia with </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ben's sister Brande. She is an awesome nurse who spreads the good word about organic whole foods being a key ingredient to a healthier lifestyle in her workplace! Making big changes to her own wellness, she is an inspiration to others. I love having friends and relatives who become healthy foodies!!! We have such great times eating and enjoying life together!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Shepherdstown is a funky hip college town with delightful shops, nearby hiking, biking, and river activity. It is located at the state lines of Maryland and West Virginia along the Potomac River. On this particular day the weather was absolute perfection! A day to be outside in nature to be sure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We had fun meandering into some shops before going to Mellow Moods. Many unique artistic items and crafts to be seen and admired. More importantly though we three needed sustenance for our long trail walk along the C&O Canal Path. Onward to Mellow Moods people!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Wow! I am envious that Ben's sister has a place so fantastic to eat nearby to her abode! We are always stating we need a juice bar and wheat grass shots where we live! Sigh. Well the f</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">irst thing we spied upon entering 'Mellow Moods' was the wheat grass growing trays! Yes!!! Thank you. Thank you very much indeed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then we each ordered a full out fresh made veggie juice! Two<i><b> 'Garden Elixirs'</b></i> (carrot, celery, tomato, cucumber, garlic, basil, & optional hots), and one<b><i> 'Beet Red'</i></b> juice (carrot, apple, beet, celery, ginger)! Yum to the tenth power! Great juice! I am so thankful when someone else makes my healing juice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Looking over <b><a href="http://www.mellowmoodsjuicebar.com/menu.html" target="_blank">the Mellow Moods menu</a> </b>we then chose our greens and veggie lunches. I had a quinoa salad seen below of mixed greens, garden veggies, drizzled with balsamic glaze. Delish dish!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mellow Moods</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> does source their produce from local farms as well as have </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">a strong commitment to the Earth.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">During both visits everything prepared was very fresh, and served with a smile.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> The atmosphere in the cafe is indeed mellow, and it seems to be a friendly hangout for locals as well as tourists. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The story of how Mellow Moods came to be is a sweet one. During their barefoot honeymoon in Hawaii, Phillip and Shanna Mastrangelo visualized one day opening a juice and smoothie place with a laid back vibe. They wondered if anyone would ever come to such a cafe. They used every cent they had in the bank to open 'Mellow Moods' in April 2007... well they did have 79 cents leftover and some loans to pay back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Success and years of learning followed, as winters can be slow, and summers filled with long lines. They very much appreciate the community that has supported and gathered around Mellow Moods. I feel this poster below created by <a href="http://www.redvic.com/peaceful_world_center/peace_arts_gallery.html" target="_blank">Sami Sunchild</a> which was hanging inside the cafe, tells the tale about the people behind <a href="http://www.mellowmoodsjuicebar.com/about-us.html" target="_blank">Mellow Moods Cafe and Juice Bar</a>. Valuable to know who is preparing your food, and even better knowing when it is done with love. A fantastic way to start your day is with good vibes and good food!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This hike with friends and loved ones is good for your soul. If you are in the area make sure you take advantage of this natural and man made beauty even if you do it solo. So says the Queen! How fortunate are those who live nearby to this gorgeous serene place! Perfect to get your healthy exercise, quiet the mind, and zen out...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you are near the Potomac River, C&O Canal, tubing, canoeing, biking, or hiking, and then find yourself near Shepherdstown, stop in <a href="http://www.mellowmoodsjuicebar.com/home.html" target="_blank"><i>'Mellow Moods'</i> </a>for a healthy snack, drink, or meal. Look for the happy chalkboard greeting outside at 119 </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">West German Street</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">! You will be glad you did my friend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You will see the Mellow Moods sign in the window, and the beautiful painted metal sign shown at the top of this post, hanging over the sidewalk. Now step up into a world of goodness and relax! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Some one else is going to make you a healthy green juice! Oh how I love that part!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rock on Mellow Moods!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.mellowmoodsjuicebar.com/menu.html" target="_blank">Mellow Moods Cafe and Juice Bar</a></b> serves breakfast sandwiches, hot sandwiches, cold sandwiches, fresh juice, smoothies, fresh pressed soda, coffees, tea, soups, salads, veggie burgers, baked goods, snacks, and they have a small children's menu. So stop in and h</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ave yourself a healthy shot of wheat grass and partake in some locally sourced food! We look forward to future visits and wish this cafe all good things! I see on their facebook page that they are opening a second location in Charles Town WV soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">UPDATE: We were in 'Mellow Moods' recently and were disappointed to find out that they stop making any kind of juice an hour before closing in order to clean the equipment. We missed it by five minutes! After a long drive with a healthy juice in our sights we wished they had posted this notice on the website info so we could have planned our day differently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since it was just 'Cinco de Mayo' I thought I would entice you with a Mexican sweet potato taco of sorts. Filled with my most beloved foods... this dinner is divine! No dessert needed! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I promise! This meal is my new favorite, and I think it might be yours too... just look at that fiesta of color. Plus it gets better when we add the glaze! How is that even possible?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Open the cut area of the sweet potato and fluff the interior meat. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Place potato on a plate or wide bowl.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I did not put amounts on this recipe since it's "to each his own" when it comes to toppings. Be generous!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Got a a giant sized sweet potato like we had for dinner? Just slice that baby down and place the other half on another serving plate. Add more fiesta toppings if needed for your sweet dining partner. Be nice and share. You get points and maybe some leftovers too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now put a bowl of organic <i>'Garden Of Eatin Sprouted Blue'</i> chips, or organic <i>'Late July' </i>brand corn chips on the table. Dig into this glorious sensual sweet potato taco with your chips, or a fork.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Close your eyes and say mmmm. Hear that? It's fiesta sweet potato bliss... your soul will be singing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The old gluten filled refined white flour sugar spike pasta of our past was the cause of many ills for my body. It's now great to have a few good alternatives to the much beloved Italian style dishes we formerly loved to eat. One of the healthiest is cooked spaghetti squash. Simple to prepare, the hardest part is slicing it open! The two recipes I am sharing today show how to use the spaghetti squash in very old school traditional ways with colorful mixed veggies that make you say "Yum!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you have not tried spaghetti squash please give it a shot. Like I said the most difficult part is slicing it open lengthwise. Get a good sharp knife and very carefully work your way around the hard shell to the interior. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once you open the little beast, scrape out the seed area in the middle. I like to use a grapefruit spoon for this task. Rub olive oil on the flesh and place the squash halves flesh down on a cookie sheet in the oven. You can cover your cookie sheet with parchment or aluminum foil... or not. Bake the spaghetti squash at 375 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If all you need that evening is half a squash for your meal, then wrap the other half with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator. If you save the squash that you scrape out of the shell into a glass container, be aware that the next day it will be bit runny, as the liquid leeches out of the flesh. I found saving the leftover spaghetti squash flesh intact within the shell cuts down on that watery effect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Top the spaghetti squash strands with any of the following: a traditional tomato sauce, balsamic vinegar, cinnamon & maple syrup, pesto, or a savory veggie/sauce mix!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I found that roasting chopped vegetables right along side the baking squash is a quick easy way to get a dinner ready with very little fuss. This plate gives you the traditional look of spaghetti without all the calories! Remember to flip your spiced mixed roasted veggies halfway through cooking so they are evenly done. Check out one of my posts about <a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/2013/08/roasted-cauliflower-and-root-vegetables.html" target="_blank">roasting root vegetables here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sprinkle the tomato sauce with some nutritional yeast, Italian spices, and hemp seeds. I used Eden brand crushed tomato sauce from a jar. That's the first way to prepare your simple spaghetti squash meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the second squash main dish I heaped a bunch of fresh lightly water-sauteed veggies over the sauce-covered spaghetti squash for a vibrant and delicious dish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Use what is in season for your vegetable mixture. Such as mushrooms, onions, and garlic lightly sauteed in a bit of spring water for a minute or two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I added thyme, oregano, marjoram, and basil to the Eden brand </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">tomato sauce and</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> layered it over the spaghetti squash. Then I covered the squash dish with my lightly water-sauteed mushroom, onion, chard vegetable mixture, tossing fresh cut tomato, and pumpkin seeds over all. What gorgeous color! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a wonderful, satisfying meal that you can feel good about eating! After digesting this healthier type of spaghetti you will feel light, and not bloated like the old white flour pasta days! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you have not done so as of yet, l</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ook into the delightful taste of spaghetti squash as one of your pasta alternatives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A whole unopened spaghetti squash can be stored for as long as 6 months in 50-60 degree temperatures. Some folks prefer to cook their squash whole and uncut first because this softens the thick squash shell. After baking for an hour they then cut around the middle. This is an extremely hot way to handle and cut the squash to remove the strands of flesh. I would not be messing about with that method myself. If you decide to use this technique be sure to use a towel to hold the hot squash as you move it around to cut open. Spaghetti squash is sweet, and contains a good source of dietary fiber, magnesium, potassium, B-6, vitamin C, calcium, and niacin. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hey! I was just looking at my photo below, and thought if you are single and no one is looking, maybe you can just put your toppings right in the squash shell boat, and avoid washing a bowl. Looks do-able! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For this special post I combined forces with my daughter. She is sharing photos of this old time syrup endeavor that her partner Mike, and his best friend Jeff, have conducted for the past two years on Jeff's farm. Mike says he likes the historical connection to making your own maple syrup since the early colonists considered maple syrup a precious commodity. Even though I have not been over to the farm during the "sugaring season" I definitely value the ingenuity these two have shown in making a really useful organic product on their own! It takes weeks of hard work and preparation so we can savor that amber colored syrup puddling over hot buckwheat pancakes! Now who doesn't love maple syrup!?! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The end of this post regards product designs that this maple syrup pastime has now inspired. Mike asked if I could design him a t-shirt with the popular saying</span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> "I'd Tap That!"</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> along with an image of a maple tree. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I did just that f</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">or his Christmas present</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">, and then placed the t-shirt design in my <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/retro_vintage?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank">Retro_Vintage Zazzle store</a>. Surprisingly this new<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/id_tap_that_maple_tree_t_shirt_black_lettering-235028877308676018?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank"><i> "I'd Tap That"</i> t-shirt became a best seller!</a> I've since created a few additional awesome variations of the maple tree tapping designs which are now available in my<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/thequeenstableshop?GroupProducts=False&pg=2?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank"> "Queens Table Shop." </a>Funny thing is... Mike has misplaced his original<i> "I'd Tap That!"</i> t-shirt, and will have to get himself a new one!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Wuh oh!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Back to ye olde maple tree story and how these two long time friends began down this sweet bygone road. M</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">y daughter told me.... <i>"These guys are two of the smartest and most ingenious men that I know. It started simply with Mike saying to Jeff... "Hey man, you should tap your maple trees!" Then this whole thing was born. Together they have learned everything about syrup making from the Internet and YouTube research, plus lots of trial and error. Even though last year the struggle of a new learning curve included many hours with little pay off, they were inspired to make the syrup project even better this year. They accomplished a lot together since they both have a huge work ethic. Ultimately they successfully completed the syrup undertaking this year while juggling work, families, and everything else in life. I'm sure being friends for so many years doesn't hurt either...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Being able to problem solve on the fly is really impressive. They had to design and build the evaporation system. That in itself took a few different set ups until they got one that worked well for them. Working outside in the bitter cold all day long especially during cook days is hard. Plus they were also out there regularly checking the taps, collecting the sap from the buckets, and pouring the sap into the main barrel for cooking everyday. After all the time and work they put into the syrup project this year, now Jeff has even stated he wants to tap twice as many trees next year! Wow! He even envisions they might one day grow the venture large enough to have a product to sell at the many festivals he works." </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>"Jeff invites anyone who wants to see how the syrup is made to come over to their farm. They have a such a great place, with a warm open home for entertaining both adults and kids. They try to make it a family affair, and everyone certainly enjoys the fun atmosphere. Really it's a treat to get together with these dear friends to be part of something so cool... and delicious!!!"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hopefully next year hubby and I can venture out into the bitter cold and check out the mapling process over at the farm for ourselves. People up in Vermont go to sugaring camps where there are woods full of tapped sugar maple trees, and also shop for fresh syrup at places called "Sugar Shacks!" It's certainly a huge deal in that area of the country where they tap tons of Sugar Maple trees to create the syrup we all know and love. Here is a fantastic blog post called <a href="http://octoberfarm.blogspot.com/2014/03/maple-everything.html" target="_blank">"Maple Everything from October Farm"</a> where the blogger Jaz shares the maple shacks in her part of the country. Looks like they got it down to a warmer science, as their rigs are indoors!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now to this season's recent wild syrup exploits... </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sap of a Sugar Maple tree contains 4% sugar while the sap of other maple trees only contains 1% sugar. Luckily for us, Jeff has a good amount of Silver and Norway maple trees that they can cook down enough syrup to share with family and friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In deciduous trees sap pulses from the roots to the treetop everyday except in the winter. Available maple tree tapping time can vary from year to year, depending on the weather and length of the season. The sap tastes the sweetest before the trees bud. So even though we had a long winter here, the few warm days in between frigid ones started the trees to bud out, shortening the sugaring season. Once the trees start to bud the tree puts all its energy into making the leaves and that ends the sweet sap production for the year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As they got better with their cooking methods there were less and less of these particulates in each cook batch till there was almost none. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Working with the boiling syrup can be dangerous business. Getting splashed by this </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">218 degree </i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">syrup would cause a really bad burn. I hear that Jeff is happy he had a beard to protect his face from some stray spray, although his hands were not always that lucky!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Different syrup colors may be the result of their cooking times, or perhaps they came from a batch that was made on a different day. The lighter the syrup the quicker the cooking time. Longer cook times may be due to ice in some of the buckets that must be also be evaporated out along with the water in the sap. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A sixty six percent sugar content in finished syrup is good for its preservation. The mason jars are turned upside down to create a better seal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Doesn't that syrup look beautiful! I'm sure everybody wants some! I hope you have come to understand why we value the fresh maple syrup we get each year. Especially knowing the hard work and dedication it takes to make just a small container of 100% pure maple syrup! So cool what these two guys could manifest once they decided to take on making their own maple syrup last year. Such old fashioned ways never go out of style! It's so wonderful to be a recipient of such tasty goodness from Mother Nature and generous souls!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Remember besides pouring over oatmeal and pancakes,</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> maple syrup is a fantastic choice as a sweetener to use in your all recipes! If you cannot get it from a sugar shack or a very handy friend just be sure it's 100% pure maple syrup, no fillers and no additives!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now it's o</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">nward to our fun maple syrup t-shirts to celebrate the sap rising! I carry different "I'd Tap That" and "The Sap Is Rising" maple syrup designs in both of my online stores <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/retro_vintage/gifts?cg=196351472062506561&st=ranking&sd=asc?rf=238387294012433556">Retro_Vintage</a> and <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/thequeenstableshop/gifts?cg=196473695730148013&st=ranking&sd=asc?rf=238387294012433556">The Queens Table</a> Maple sections. All designs can be placed on various colors, and assorted top designs for men, women, or children. Some of the designs may be customizable too! There are other products there as well, but I thought I would just put a selection of choices here as an example. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can click on any product image, or the product caption, to be taken to the sales and information page for that design.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/maple_syrup_tree_id_tap_that_design_hoodie-235452512597485500?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank">This I'd Tap That! hoodie design has been very popular!</a></span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Having your <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/maple_syrup_tree_id_tap_that_design_hoodie-235452512597485500?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank">"I'd Tap That Maple Tree"</a> design placed on a warm hoodie makes good sense for real tree tappers! They spend many hours outside in the cold weather and if you are going to be wearing a hoodie it might as well be this cool one with a bit of fun innuendo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The original I'd Tap That! design with a tapped maple tree silo has a type style that looks scraggly and much like sticks. We have purchased many tops from our zazzle stores, the printing and fabric quality is excellent.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/tan_maple_syrup_tree_id_tap_that_top_tshirt-235175641064589269?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank">This design has a very woody looking type style.</a></span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Be sure to read the info on sizing under store front image for women's tops as they tend to run smaller and you will need to purchase larger sizes. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A general rule is that white designs look better on dark colors, and darker images look better on lighter shirts.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have also made a couple of the maple tree designs into editable templates. This means there is an area on the t-shirt where you can add your own text or wording in addition to my original design. For instance you might want to add your name, farm, company, sugar shack, or a saying of your own, in this space to personalize. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When you go to the sales page for the t-shirt there will be a box to change the words that say "add your text here." Very easy and simple. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">See the examples below of how you can customize the t-shirts to your needs! Of course you can change the color, fabric, and garment style if you wish as well, and even get this done on a hoodie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/add_your_text_to_id_tap_that_maple_tree_t_shirt-235417538407444874?rf=238387294012433556">Just click on this photo to go to sales page for this white tree version.</a> </i></span></td></tr>
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After looking at all the mason jars and bottles used in the maple syrup production process, I added labels and stickers to my </span><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/thequeenstableshop/gifts?cg=196830857140677675&st=ranking&sd=asc?rf=238387294012433556" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">"Kitchen Supply" </a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">area of the <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/thequeenstableshop?rf=238387294012433556">'Queens Table Shop'</a> that people can use to place on their jars full of fresh syrup. Then I designed some pre-made maple syrup specific templates where folks can just type in the name of their own maple syrup operation into my template. Some of the stickers can be customized with your own text by using the online tool provided, and some are completely blank and then you can purchase a marker pen and hand write your information as you like. For example you would use a fine line white marker pen on the blank dark chalkboard style sticker. You can also use the stickers on gift bags, boxes, or on your syrup making gear. Well whatever you want to put a sticker on, although they are not made for outdoor use in the weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So there you have it folks! Proof that this maple syrup tree tapping started a whole 'nother level in my designed products. I will probably keep adding designs for awhile so I am prepared for the next sugaring season. You can go to <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/retro_vintage?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank">The Queen's Retro Vintage Shop</a> and <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/thequeenstableshop?rf=238387294012433556" target="_blank">The Queen's Table Shop </a>at anytime to purchase any of these goodies for yourself, or as a gift for a friend or family member. Now let's raise a jar to the tree tappers! After all it's we who get the sweet rewards! Yeah baby! We be sugaring!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This post really needs no words. Just look at the photos. This dessert is just that easy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So easy that I almost did not do this post at all... Just start with a smoothie recipe. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Simple Blueberry Smoothie</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1 cup Coconut Water</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2 tbs Golden Flax Powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1/2 tsp Ceylon Cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1/4 tsp Nutmeg</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 Pear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1 cup frozen Blueberries</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Optional:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You could also add raspberries and blackberries.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Or half an avocado (for extra creaminess).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Blend ingredients in a high speed blender. Smoothie done. You can find my other smoothie recipes<a href="http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/p/recipes.html" target="_blank"><b> here</b></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can use any smoothie recipe really, the trick is not to drink it from a tall glass. Perhaps some people have not thought of changing up their smoothie by switching to a bowl, and turning this healthy sweetness into a real dessert experience! I did this post for you! Now grab a couple of bowls and a big spoon! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Add homemade whipped cream, or a non-GMO mostly organic whipped topping. Stir. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The swirls are so pretty and colorful. Love them! Top with blueberries, nuts, more whipped topping, or granola. Eat this dessert instead of ice cream and be really, really, good to yourself. The kids are going to love it too! Heaven... since it's totally divine, easy, and looks so fancy too. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So there you go...a simple idea that is simply delicious! Be happy. Be healthy. Be peace.</span><br />
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