Many of us have heard of fasting, and surely most of us have fasted for one purpose or the other at least once in our lives. Did you know, however, that making [safe, doctor-monitored] fasting a regular part of your routine, can potentially make a huge impact on your health? Indeed, intermittent fasting (IF), is […]
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There are tried and true methods involving particular recipes, flavours, and textures that will likely hasten the return of the senses. Let’s look at some recipes that may help. Restore your taste or smell after COVID-19 We are over a year into the pandemic; and while we are still discovering certain after-effects of it, certain
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We all know what fasting is – it is the method of not eating for certain periods, so as a result, you eat less overall. But in intermittent fasting, you actually do not have to eat less; just eat only during particular times of the day. In other words, you follow an eating pattern in which you alternate periods
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This one is a classic French Recipe, modified a little bit of course. Ingredients: – 2 Leeks, chopped rough (only the white part) – 3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced – 3T vegan butter (not shown) – 3 cloves, garlic, chopped roughly – 2 bay leaves [rml_read_more] – 2 sprigs of thyme – 4C veg
Jambalaya is not very hard to make. Just that it takes a while for the slow cooking to finish. Ingredients: 2C brown rice, boiled about half-way 6-10 shrimp, peeled and deveined (optional) 2 andouille sausages (or vegetarian spicy sausages) 1/2 bell pepper, chopped 3 celery stalks, diced 5-6 spring onions, diced 1 medium yellow onions,
An easy to make hearty soup for cold winter nights! 🙂 Ingredients: – 2T butter – 1C bell peppers – 1C onions, chopped fine – 1/2 t chili powder – 1T paprika – 2 bay leaves – 3C beans – 1C white wine – 3C veg broth [rml_read_more] – 1C parsley – 1T oregano –
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Ingredients: 4-5 strips of soy bacon 1 pound of “beefless tips” (soy) 1/2 lb carrots, sliced in 1/2″ pieces 1 onion, sliced 5-8 garlic cloves, chopped 1/2C brandy 1/2 bottle dry red wine 1C vegetable (or beefless) broth 1/2 tbsp tomato paste 5-6 sprigs of thyme 2tbsp unsalted butter 2 tblsp all-purpose flour [rml_read_more] 1/2
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One day we barely had any veggies in the refrigerator (imagine that?!). I could only find two stalks of leeks and some potatoes in the pantry. Since Jenny was sick, I decided to go for a hearty soup for her but instead of making it heavy with cream, I made it with skim almond milk
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This is a French-Moroccan inspired dish that goes very well with creamy or rich dishes. Ingredients: – 2T olive oil – 1 onion, large, chopped fine – 2 cloves of garlic, minced – 1/2T cumin – 1t ginger – 1t black pepper, coarsely ground – 1C lentils (I used the indian variety called masoor
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