Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies :: Gluten-Free & Grain-Free

February 16, 2011 - by Jessica Espinoza, CYT

This recipe was inspired by the recipe I found on Health-Bent.com for their Paleo Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies. I was really craving some chocolate chip cookies, but if I’m going to eat something sweet then it needs to be somewhat good for me too. These are dense little cookies – full of of protein from the nut butter,...

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Weekly Recipe Wrap up – 02/13/11

February 13, 2011 - by Jessica Espinoza, CYT

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a great weekend and are gearing up for another week! What do you do on Sundays? My Sundays are full of cleaning, laundry and cooking in preparation for the upcoming week. I find that with some extra preparation over the weekend, I eat much better throughout the week. The...

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Soaking Your Nuts and Seeds For Better Digestion

February 10, 2011 - by Jessica Espinoza, CYT

Recently, I posted an article about soaking your grains before you eat them in order to decrease the amount of phytic acid in them. Phytic acid interferes with the body’s ability to absorb all of the abundant nutrients that are in whole grains. Another food that should be soaked before consuming is nuts and seeds. While nuts contain...

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Broccoli Cheese Quiche Recipe (Gluten and Grain Free)

February 8, 2011 - by Jessica Espinoza, CYT

Sometimes you need dinner on the table fast, without much effort. And, sometimes, it’s perfectly OK to eat breakfast for dinner. That’s why quiches are so perfect. This Broccoli Cheese Quiche was a recipe that I whipped up really fast one evening when I needed a quick dinner. I just used what veggies I had on...

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Weekly Recipe Wrap Up – The Preserved Lemon Edition

February 5, 2011 - by Jessica Espinoza, CYT

I started going through all of my bookmarks of the recipes I wanted to feature in this week’s Weekly Recipe Wrap Up and I started laughing when I saw just how many recipes I have collected for preserved lemons. So, I figured I would focus this week’s edition on this tasty, fermented food. Preserved (fermented)...