Earthly Eating

• 100% ORGANIC: Contains only organic ingredients (except for water and salt).

• ORGANIC: At least 95 precent of the ingredients are produced organically. The remining 5 percent can be on organic agricultrual ingredients, such as cornstarch, that aren’t commercially available in organic form, as well as substances allowed on the National List.

• MADE WITH ORGANIC INGREDIENTS: At least 70 precent of the ingredients are orgainc; the product can’t contaion added sulfites, a food preservative. Up to 30 precent of the product’s ingredients can be nonorganic or include substances from the Nation List.

• LESS THAN 70 PRECENT ORGANIC: The organic elements must be clearly listed in teh ingredient statement. For a rundown of all “green” IDs, such as “free-range” and “natural” go to Eco-Labeling.

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Earthly Eating Recipe:

Cherry Tomato and Portobello Omelet:
Serves 1

In a small bowl, beat together eggs and dressing until belnded. Pour egg mixture into pan. (Mixture should set immediately at edges.) With an inverted pancake turner, carefully push cooked portions at edges toward center so incooked portions can reach hot pan surface, tilting pan and moving cooked portions as necessary. When top is thinkened and no visble liquid egg remain, fill with reserved mushroom mixture. With pancake turner, fold omelet in half or roll. Invert onto plate with a quick flip of the wrist or slide from pan onto plate. Sprinkle with cheese and parsley.

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Ultimate Salad #1:
Serves: 1

2 tbsp. Ranch dressing
1/2 cup Granny Smith apple wedges
1/4 cup red grapes
1 slices turkey breast, cut into strips
2 cups torn mixed salad greens
1/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese, crumbled
1 1/2 tsp. real bacon bits
1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes

Pour dressing into bottom of resealable container. Add apples; toss to coat. Layer with remaining ingredients, seal the container. Toss salad to coat with dressing just before serving. Top with sun-dried tomatoes.

*Tip: Add 1/2 cup tomato wedges and 1 red onion ring, instead of the apples and grapes. Substitute the shaved roast beef for the turkey.

Ultimate Salad #2:
Serves 6:

1/4 Pesto with Basil and pesto
1/4 cup extra virgin polive oil
2 tbs. balsamic vinegar
3 vine-ripe or heirloom tomatoes
8 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese
1 tbs. chopped frsh basil (optional)
Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Combine pesto, oil and vinegar in a small bowl; set aside. Slice tomatoes and cheese into 1/4-inch think slices. Layer tomatoes and cheese on a serving platter. Drizzle pesto dressing over the top. Garnish with fresh basil and season with salt and pepper.

Ultimate Salad #3:
Serves 12:

1 package (20 ounces) family size mixed cheese tortellini
2 cups thinly sliced yeloow bell peppers
1 cup (4 ounces) halved small fresh mozzarella cheese balls (bocconicini)
1 cup bottled Italian vinagrette dressing
1/2 cup (3 ounces) thinly sliced prosciutto
1/2 cup drained, diced sun-dried tomatoes
1/2 cup thinly sliced basil
Fresh cracked black pepper to taste

Prepare cheese tortellini according to package directions. Combine prepared pasta, bell peppers, cheese, vinaigrette, prosciutto, tomatoes and basil in a medium bowl. Sprinkle with pepper. Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.
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Earthly Eating Recipe:

Whole Wheat Ravioli With Garlic And Sautéed Vegetables
Serves 4

*Tip: Served with a fresh green salad, this dish offers a wholesome meal for the entire family.

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Gourmet Garden Herbs & Spices. Add some zip to your next meal with fresh seasoning, without the hassle of rinsing, chopping, and storing a gardenful of herbs. These four-ounce squeezable tubes of chopped fresh herbs and spices have no added flavor or colorings and keep in your fridge for three months.

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Earthly Eating Recipe:

Banana Carb Crunch
Serves 1

1 bowl of organic granola cereal
Mix in organic Greek Yogurt
Slice banana, and layer on top or mix in with yogurt (whichever is more aesthetically pleasing to you).

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1. In a salad: Fill a large bowl with chilled chopped iceberg or romaine lettuce. Add 1 1/2 cups shredded basil, 1/2 cup shredded mint, and sliced sweet onions and cucumber to taste. Toss with a couple of spoonfuls of seasoned rice wine vinegar and freshly ground pepper.

2. As a stir-fry upgrade: Perk up any Asian noodle stir-fry package from the market by adding 1 cup of shredded Thai basil leaves just before serving.

3. In flavored vinegar: Loosely pack a clear, clean wine bottle with purple opal or cinnamon basil and driop in 1/8 tsp. whole peppercorns. Heat 3 cups white wine vinegar until hot but not boiling. Fill bottle and cork the top. Let rest 5 days. Shake over salads and grilled fish.

4. In a dessert syrup: Bring 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup lime juice, and 1/4 cup water to boil. Place in a blender with 3/4 cup fresh basil; pureee. Strain. Pour over fruit salads or add to cocktails.

5. With ripe tomatoes: Slice a tomato, sprinkle with salt, and drizzle with olive oil. Reassemble the tomato, tucking large Italian basil leaves in between slices. Chill for 1 hour before servings.

*Tip: Buy basil with the root ball still attached. The leaves will last longer. Place in a vase with a little water, it will keep a week in the fridge.
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Earthly Eating Recipe:

Peach Crunch
Serves 8

Place peaches, ice, sugar (use less or none if using cider), and basil leaves in belnder, puree until smooth. Pour pureed peaches into chilled glasses until half full. Add sparkling wine. Server garnished with basil sprig and slice of peach.

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• Agrimony: For those who conceal mental anguish behind a “brave face.”

• Aspen: For those troubled by vague fears, apprehension, and anxiety.

• Beech: For those who are critical and intolerant of others.

• Centaury: For those who are unable to say “no” and are easily imposed upon.

• Cerato: For those who are unable to make decisions without advice from others.

• Cherry Plum: For those fearful of losing control of thoughts and actions.

• Chestnut Bud: For those who repeatedly make the same mistakes and are unable to learn from past experience.

• Chicory: For those who are possessive and always know just what is “right” for others.

• Clematis: For those who are dreamy, absentminded with an inability to concentrate.

• Crab Apple: For those who have a poor physical self-image and are overcome by feelings of shame and uncleanliness.

• Elm: Fort those who are temporarily overwhelmed and burdened by their responsibilities.

• Gentian: For those pessimist who tends to make “mountains out of molehills.”

• Gorse: For feelings of hopelessness and despair.

• Heather: For those who seek the company of any who will listen to their troubles and are over-talkative.

• Holly: For those who are jealous, suspicious, and vengeful.

• Honeysuckle: For those who dwell in the past, of what was and could have been.

• Hornbeam: For those who feel fatigue and tiredness and just need to be restrengthened.

• Impatiens: For those who are impatient and fast paced.

• Larch: For those who lack self-confidence and anticipate their own failure.

• Mimulus: For the fear of known things, such as heights, the dark, being alone, etc.

• Mustard: For melancholia, gloom, and deep despair which comes and goes.

• Oak: For workaholics who can always be depended upon to complete a task even at the expense of themselves, and those close to them.

• Olive: For mental and physical exhaustion as a result of having gone through an illness or personal ordeal.

• Pine: For prefectionist who are often dissatisfied with their own accomplishments.

• Red Chestnut: For those who worry excessively over the health and safety of friends and family, often anticipating that the worst may happen to them.

• Rock Rose: For panic, hysteria, or feelings of terror and fright; also for nightmares.

• Rock Water: For an overly-ridged, strict adherence to a particular belief or life-style.

• Scleranthus: For those caught between choices unable to decide between one thing and another.

• Star of Bethlehem: For traumas from which an individual is not fully recovered for example, accidents, surgery, or personal loss.

• Sweet Chestnut: For those who have reached the limits of their endurance.

• Vervain: For those with strong opinions, who feel they are always right and who often attempt to convert others to their way of thinking.

• Vine: For those “born leaders” who are strong willed, confident, and self-assured, but if taken to the extreme, can be over bearing, domineering and tyrannical.

• Walnut: For those experiencing periods of transition and change.

• Water Violet: For private people who, as a result, have difficulty developing close relationships.

• White Chestnut: For persistent, unwanted thoughts, mental chatter, and associated sleeplessness.

• Wild Oat: For those who are dissatisfied with their current career and would like to do something else with their life, but cannot decide what direction to take or career to choose.

• Wild Rose: For those who have become indifferent and apathetic toward life and are resigned to their circumstances.

• Willow: For those who have become resentful and bitter at having been treated unfairly.
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Earthly Eating Recipe:

4. Garnish each serving with a dollop of whipped cream, if desired, and a tsp. of pomegranate syrup.

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To get healthy now!

To do that, you have to eat right, no suprise there. It’s impler than you think too. You can even reform a junk-food-loving husband.

Used to be you could decided what to cook for dinner based on what your family likes and what was on sale at the supermarket. Now, with the government’s new food pyramid, meal planning has become quite complicated to some. You’re told you need everything from potassiuym to selenium, as well as things you already knew about like protein and fiber. Here are the five most iomporant rules-the ones that help most in heading off serious illness.

FIVE SIMPLE RULES FOR A HEALTHY DIET:

1. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables (raw or cookes).

2. Get grains; at least half of them should be whole grains.

3. Drink milk, (nonfat or low fat or even soy milk). If milk is a problem for you or one of your family members, then choose other nonfat or low-fat dairy products.

4. If you include meats and poultry in your meal plan, rely on lean cuts and don’t let them be the centerpiece. Beans or nuts can be substituted.

5. Limit your intake of saturated fats, cholesterol, sodium, and sugary foods, including sodas (sorry). Stay away from trans fats altogther.

One More Point: Get enough exercise. At least 30 minutes a day is ideal, but if it’s hard to find the time, even ten minutes is better than none.

Tools For Healthy Cooking:

• Zyliss Easy Spin Salad Spinner-

•Progressive International Easy Read Steamer-

•Polder Easy-Read Digital Kitchen Scale-

•Salter Nutritional Scale-

•Frieling Accu-Balance Diet/Health Electronic Scale-

•Sharp Superheated Steam Oven-
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Earthly Eating Recipe:

Broil or grill 4 to 6 inches from heat for about 14 to 16 minutes or until done to your liking. Turn meat once during cooking.
Serve immediately.

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Cumin has been adding flavor to food since early ancient times. Most commonly available as a ground spice, cumin’s warm, nutty taste is popular in Middle Eastern, Mexican and Mediterranean cooking. Add it to soups stews and sauces, or to anything to give the dish a kick od aromatic flavor.

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Earthly Eating Recipe:
Chuckwagon Chili Mac:
Serves 6

Stir in prepared M&C dinner, cook 3 to 5 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Topp with sour cream and cheese.

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They are actually great in dishes as well.

• Aloe (Aloe vera)-With its soothing anti-inflammatory properties, aloe gel helps heal gum inflammation. If you have a fresh aloe vera plant, cut off a leaf, slice it, and apply the gel from the inner leaf directly to the affected area.

• Calendula (Calendual officinalis)- With soothing, anti-inflammatory properties, calendula helps heal irritated, tender gums. It also has mild antiseptic action. A cup of warm calendula tea is a simple solution for sore gums.

• Clove ( Syzygium aromaticum)- Cloves are rich in eugenol, an excellent topical anesthetic. A toothache always warrants a visit to the dentist, but you can temporarily numb the pain with clove oil. Dip a cotton swab into clove essential oil and gently rub the painful tooth and gum with the oil.

• Echinacea (Echinacea spp.)- As a powerful immune-stimulating herb, echinacea healps combat infection, add 1/2 teaspoon of liquid extract to 1/2 glass of tepid water, rinse your mouth and then swallow the mixture. Repeat three times a day until the infection subsides.

• Goldseal (Hydrastis canadensis)- Rich in astringent and antimicrobial compounds, goldseal often is included in commercial toothpastes and mouthwashes. It’s helpful both for preventing and healing gum problems.

• Myrrh (Comminphora spp.)- Is one of the best herbs for healing bleeding gums and mouth ulcers, and helps combat the bacteria that cause tooth decay and gum disease. Add myrrh liquid extract to mouthwash or use powdered myrrh in a homemade toothpaste or poultice for healing gum infections.

• Neem (Azadirachta indica)- Highly regarded for centuries in Ayurvedic healing as a premier antibacterial herb, neem is included in natural toothpastes and mouthwashes to help prevent plaque buildup.

• Oregon Grape Root (Mohonia spp.)- With a high concentration of antimicrobial compounds. Oregon grape is excellent for helping to prevent and heal gum problems. Because of its astringent properties. Oregon grape also helps heal bleeding gums.

• Peppermint (Mentha xpiperita)- is a favorite ingredient in toothpastes and mouthwashed. Menthol, the ingredient responsible for the flavor of peppermint, is an excellent breath freshner. Add a couple drops of peppermint essential oil to a glass of water and use as a mouth rinse.

• Sage (Salvia officinalis)- The strong astringent properties of sage have made it a favorite herb for helping tighten the gums and soothe a sore mouth. A warm tea made from sage makes an excellent mouth rinse for helping to heal the gums.

• Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia)- A potent antimicrobial, tea tree essential oil fights the bacteria that cause tooth decay and gum disease. Add 3 drops of tea tree essential oil to 1/2 cup of tepid water and use as a mouth rinse.

• White Oak (Quercus alba)- Strongly astringent white oak bark, used in a mouth rinse, is helpful for healing swollen, tender and bleeding gums.

(Source: The Natural Dentist)
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Eartly Eating Recipe:

Remove onions from oven. Carefully spoon juices from the bottom of the pan into a small bowl and add turmeric. Mix well. Drizzle juice over onions. Return to oven and bake, uncovered, 5 minutes. Serve hot and warm.

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