Month: January 2020
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Middle-Age Wisdom Recipes: Curb your Snack Cravings with these 10 Healthy Super Bowl Recipes
Whether you’re a football lover or just watch for the commercials, chances are many of you will be watching the big game this Sunday. Maybe you’re hosting a big party or perhaps just settling down with the family. Whatever the case, you’ll want something to munch on while you watch. There’s no need to reach…
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A Middle-Age Pathway Recipe: Lazy Pot Pie Stuffed Squash (Vegan version available)
Today I have a whole food recipe which gives you a way to use up some of your leftovers. Here is my personal recipe for leftovers, which in this case was turkey. However, this really isn’t a recipe, as much as a process, which is very versatile. In this instance, I used Delicata squash, along…
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A Middle-Age Pathway Recipe: Purple Sweet Potato Nachos with Ground Bison (with vegan option)
In honor of my post yesterday on the Okinawa Diet, I am posting one of my recipes, Purple Sweet Potato Nachos. Sweet potatoes, particularly the purple variety, are a large part of the Okinawa style of eating. Sweet potatoes are super healthy, packed with fiber and a host of vitamins and minerals. For more information…
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Middle-Age Wisdom Recipes: Boost Longevity with these 9 Plant-Based Anti-Aging Recipes from Bluezones.com (vegan, vegetarian)
Yesterday, I posted an article highlighting the 9 secrets to longevity from the world’s centenarians, from the website bluezones.com. Today, I picked some of the best longevity recipes from this wonderful website. What makes these recipes “anti-aging” or “longevity” recipes? Number one, they are plant based, which is one of the 9 longevity secrets. Number…
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Insomnia Fix ~ Recipes: 5 Tryptophan Rich Snack Recipes to Help you Sleep
Experts always tell you not to eat at night. However, when you have insomnia, you are willing to try anything. In my last Insomnia Fix article, posted yesterday, I recommended adding tryptophan rich foods into your diet. Why? Tryptophan is a precursor to melatonin. Everyone knows the sleepy effect a big Thanksgiving dinner has on…
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Brain Talks ~ Recipes: 10 Goji Berry Recipes to Boost Your Melatonin and So Much More!
Anyone who knows me knows I am a whole food advocate. I feel we were meant to get nutrients from whole foods, not man made, highly processed supplements. Supplements have their place, when accounting for nutrient deficiencies. However, the average, healthy person, who eats a mainly whole food diet, doesn’t necessarily need artificially produced supplements.…
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The Wellness Mindset ~ Recipes: Paleo Versions of 5 Favorite Comfort Foods
As a sufferer of chronic sinus migraines, I have reluctantly come to realize that grains, dairy and I just don’t get along. For more than 10 years I was gluten-free. Giving up gluten helped rid my body of chronic psoriasis and arthritis. However, my sinus headaches persisted and gradually worsened over the years. I searched…
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The Wellness Mindset ~ Social Wellness: How you can help Australia…where to donate!
Originally posted on Purple Almond Wellness: photo source: USATODAY.COM We have all watched the news stories and seen videos and photos of the wild fires that are devastating Australia right now. We sit back and feel helpless as homes burn, peoples lives are lost or endangered and most of all, millions of innocent animals…
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Middle-age Memoirs~ Cooking edition: Teaching yourself to cook…with help
I decided to start a cooking journal, to coincide with my lifestyle and fitness journal from my main site. This journal will be a log of my adventures as I teach myself more about cooking, baking and making my own recipes. I hope you’ll join me on this new venture! Cookbooks & DVDs Most of…
The Purple Almond Kitchen 