Healthy Eating For Healthy Living Tips

When you need something warming yet nutritious, turn to soup – and here’s a great recipe to get you started.

RECIPE FOR WATERCRESS SOUP

Serves: 4
Prep: 5 minutes
Cooking: 15 minutes

15ml/1 tbsp olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
1 small stick celery
350g/12oz potato, peeled and diced
600ml/1pt chicken or vegetable stock
3 (85g) bags watercress
150ml/1/4pt milk
pinch of nutmeg
squeeze of lemon juice
salt and freshly ground black pepper

1. Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion and celery and sauté over a medium heat for 5 mins until pale golden. Stir in … Continue Reading

As promised here’s another recipe for carrots. Enjoy!

Recipe: Baked chicken with lemon carrots

Baked Chicken with Lemony Carrots, Garlic and Potatoes
Serves 4
Per serving: 432 calories, 15.1g fat, 3.6g saturates, 11.1g sugars, 0.88g salt

Ingredients
1 kg chicken thighs, chicken breasts on the bone or drumsticks
500g carrots peeled and cut into batons
3 tbsp olive oil
A little soft butter
3 medium potatoes peeled and cut into slices
2 lemons
2-4 cloves of garlic peeled and finely sliced
2-3 sprigs of fresh rosemary and thyme or 1tsp mixed dried herbs
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Here’s an interesting article on MSNBC about those food items you may look at and wonder is this safe to eat?

OK – the picture’s a bit extreme, but you know what I mean.

We’ve all done it – pick up a bargain in the supermarket with no clear idea of which meal to incorporate it into, and then a week later you find it and wonder if you should eat it or not.

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When was the last time you jumped out of bed in the morning singing?  Is the sound of the alarm clock the beginning of your daily nightmare?  Chances are, many of your problems are caused by your diet.  Even though you may take all kinds of “sensible” food advice, you may be making yourself sicker with each passing day.  For the most part, if you are looking for a healthy eating guide, you need to know more about your unique metabolism.

Consider a situation where you made a switch to whole grain breads.  While many doctors and dietitians will uncategorically recommend this type of bread, it may be causing you an enormous amount of harm. In particular, you may be unable to digest gluten, or have something of an allergy to it.   According to the Healthy Urban Kitchen manual, excess reliance on grain products can also rob your body of vital nutrients.
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Did you know many of the most popular diet suggestions can cause all kinds of illness?  Unfortunately, with so many sources of wrong information, it is very hard to gain healthy eating benefits.  As you may be aware, the ability to find the best foods is complicated by two factors.  First, you need to consider your metabolism, and any food allergies that you may have. For example, if you are allergic to lactose, eating cottage cheese and other dairy products will make you very sick.

While individuals may gain healthy eating benefits from certain foods, almost everyone must consider the condition of the modern foods supply. In particular, commercial meats are notorious for being filled with antibiotics and hormones.  While meat products provide essential proteins and other nutrients, your body still pays a very high price when you eat these meats.  Surprisingly enough, switching from commercially raised beef to commercially raised chicken is not the answer.
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