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9 Spices to Spice Up Your Life and Your Health

Spices add so much flavor and can make a meal into a lovely taste sensation but did you know spices also have a long list of health benefits? Spices can offer potential cancer reducing properties, reduced pain, improve cardiovascular health, possess anti-microbial benefits and they also contain vitamins, minerals & powerful anti-oxidants. Learn the nine spices you should start adding to your diet today.

Seasonal: Spicy Bean and Quinoa Chili with Butternut Squash

This seasonal delicious soup is high in protein and fiber, and is filled with lots of phytonutrient-rich veggies.The butternut squash that is added to this chunky chili is a good source of beta carotene that is good for your eyes and a good source of potassium and immune-boosting vitamin C.

Meatless Monday: Three Bean Slow Cooker Vegan Chili

This week’s recipe will warm you up and fill you up with plenty of protein, fiber and phytonutrients including the powerhouse antioxidant, anthocyanin. Anthocyanin lends a blue or purple color to foods and is found in black beans, blueberries, blackberries, purple grapes and red/purple cabbage.

Thai Infused Vegetable Broths – Recipe of the Week

Thai Infused Vegetable Broths – Recipe of the Week Rating: (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5)Login to rate this recipe – Not a member? Join Today Schema/Recipe SEO Data Markup by ZipList Recipe Plugin2.0 This is a take on the warm up with juice – vegetable pulp broth. You can have this broth while you are completing a juice only Reboot or as a stock base for other Thai flavored recipes. The herbs and spices, chilli, garlic, coriander and lemongrass are great detoxifying and metabolic agents to support a Reboot program. I made two versions of this broth, one a slowly simmered vegetable broth and the other a warmed Thai infused coconut water. One with the vegetable pulp from ... Continue

Guacamole – Veggie Snack

Ingredients 2 Avocados 2 tbsp Lime Juice 1/8 tsp. Fresh Ground Pepper 1/8 tsp. Chipotle Chili Powder 1/8 tsp. Salt 1 clove Garlic, minced   Directions Scoop avocados into a bowl. Mash with a potato masher or place into food processor and puree all ingredients.

Inside-Out Portobello Mushroom Burgers – Veggie Dish

    Ingredients 4 large leaves of crisp romaine lettuce (Australian Cos lettuce) 4 portobello mushroom caps, washed well 1/2 avocado, sliced 1 tomato, sliced thinly and cut in half 1/2 red onion, sliced thinly 2 tbsp olive oil 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 1/8 teaspoon Salt dash cracked red pepper or chili powder (optional)   Directions Grill portobello caps brushing with olive oil first OR cook on stove top. Place olive oil in a pan and heat to low medium. Place mushroom caps in the pan for approximately 10 minutes until soft, turning over half way. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, spices. Use lettuce in place of a burger bun. Add sliced avocado, onion and tomato to the lettuce. Place mushroom ... Continue

Orange Sun Blast Juice – Recipe Of The Week

Orange Sun Blast Juice – Recipe Of The Week Rating: (1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)Login to rate this recipe – Not a member? Join Today Schema/Recipe SEO Data Markup by ZipList Recipe Plugin2.0 Carotene is a pigment that causes many vegetables and fruits to have the orange, red & yellow colour characteristics such as carrots, orange, capsicums, tomato, beetroot and pumpkins. There are approximately 600 known carotenoids found in foods.   Beta-carotene has been shown to improve the immune system and how it will fight infections. Carotenoids offer antioxidant activity, reducing the risk of certain cancers such as lung, skin, uterine, cervix and gastrointestinal tract. It offers protection against macular degeneration and cateracts.   The beneficial actions of ... Continue