Inspire you Children to Eat Healthy!!

My daughter just made this meal for her dinner tonight....Spring Roll,

Miso Soup and a Baby Romaine Salad with Paul Newman's Poppy Seed Dressing

Spring Roll

rice paper~drizzled with lime juice

avocado

cucumber

red onion

tomato

shredded carrots

banana pepper

Miso Soup

1 c. Miso white mellow

6 c. water

1/2 pureed onion

small handful shredded cabbage

1 strip wakame

shot of Bragg's Liquid Amino's

sprinkled with dulse

My daughter is going full throttle vegan...she is a very young teen wanting to be healthy and finding her groove in life.

Yesterday while I was jumping on my trampoline and getting reading to hit the treadmill, my daughter was exercising with Tony Horton doing P90 and my son was waiting for the exercise floor to do his P90X.  It has been very rewarding to see the seeds that I have  planted growing in their lives.  First and foremost were seeds about God and His Son Jesus Christ....the most important seeds.... and the fruit that has followed as they have grown in wisdom, knowledge and relationship with Him.

And now,  as I watch them grow in taking care of their temple...becoming educated and growing in knowledge and applying this to thier lives....creating habits that will be ingrained within them....even if they get sidetracked, they will know the how and why to get back on track......

....so can we Inspire our children.....I believe we can, by being examples and feeding them information and good food....and not being critical or condemning.....and by sharing our knowledge and experience with others that are sick or dying or those who want to know about nutrition and health....

You WILL be able to share... and you don't have to shove it down people's throats....they will come, they will ask....and when they do, share this with your children...this will inspire and encourage them, when they see others changing or wanting to change their lifestyle and diet. 

My family has been very encouraged lately. We have a very young male friend with cancer and his chemo doctors hav given him only a 20% chance of survival......he elected to have no more chemo and decided to go the nutritional route.... juicing, green veggies, barley powder, no sugar, no dairy, no meat.......and about 10 days later after he started this routine he was re-scanned....the tumors in his lungs were gone and his major tumor was 40-50% reduced!!!!

Praise the LORD!!

God's food is what our bodies need to do the repair and give health ....He gets the glory.

He gives us free will to choose......to choose to believe in Him.....and also to choose what we put into the body He designed...I do not believe these choices are on the same level...but regardless, they both give life to the body...one temporary...one eternal.......CHOOSE LIFE.......and be an inspiration to others...

GREEN SOUP

1/2 avocado

1/2 cuke

1 stalk of celery

1 tomato

1/4 chopped cilantro

handful of spinach

1 T. chopped jalapeno

8 cubes of frozen mango

1/2-1c. water to blend

blend to desired consistency...I like mine with some texture...then I topped mine with the leftover Nasty Hot Kale Chips from Brad's Raw Chips...and some dulse granules..

this made about 3 1/2 cups and I ate it all

BEET & CARROT SALAD

1 bunch of red beets~shredded

6 whole carrots~shredded

5 cloves of garlic~minced

1/3 to 1/2 c. extra virgin olive oil

1/3 to 1/2 c. lemon or lime juice

sprinkle with ground cloves~optional

mix together and let marinate

Vegan Choco-PB Treats, Spring Rolls and Kristen's Date Bars

VEGAN CHOCO-PB TREATS

(my friend Laurie shared a recipe she found and I changed it up and re-named it!)

4 c. of Arrowhead Mills Pufed Brown Rice

1/2 c. Enjoy Life semi sweet Chocolate chips (vegan/GF)

1c. Eastwind Crunchy Peanut Butter

1c. Sweet Cloud organic brown rice malt syrup

1t. vanilla

extra virgin coconut oil for coating pan/bowl

coat 9x 13 glass baking dish with coconut oil and also coat a large mixing bowl with the same

place puffed rice and chocoate chips into the bowl and sit aside

over medium heat in a small pan heat peanut butter, rice syrup until it bubbles~stirring frequently to prevent scorching

remove from heat and stir in vanilla

quickly pour over the rice mixture and stir well, the chips will melt

then press into pan

let cool before cutting or place in the fridge

At noon time today I went into my kitchen to find this lovely young lady making her lunch...I suggested some additions and she said, "I'm trying to keep it raw."  

This child has been a bit challenging to persuade over to a primarily raw food diet.  Although she does eat a lot of raw foods...she has preferred peanut butter and jelly.

Most recently she has been drinking lots of green superfood smoothies and barley juice! She is seeing some positive changes and this is quite an encouragement to her.

She claimed vegetarian as her own quite some time ago

 and recently informed me that eventually she would go vegan.

I continually try to educate my family about the benefits of eating this way and also the dangers of eating the standard American diet. 

One word of advice I give to parents of older children~provide them with educational books/articles/youtubes/dvds/videos. If you homeschool, you can make this part of their curriculum for health and science.

As my children have read/watched about these things on their own

I have watched them grow in their understanding and make thier own decisions about what they will or won't eat. 

THEY OWN IT....

it is not something they feel obligated to do or forced to do...so today when my girl told me she wanted to keep it raw...that was my reward....and as she adopts more and more healthy choices in her life...she will reap a lifetime of benefits!

This was my lunch today 

Spring Roll and spicy Kimchi...yummy

thanks to my daughter for preparing it~

Spring Rolls

guacamole

tomato

cucumber

red onion

carrot

rice paper

she added romaine lettuce and banana peppers to my spring rolls

Kristen's Raw Date Bars!!!

click on the link to go to Kristen's page for the recipe and a better picture

the above picture was after our family had started to devour them...so I hurriedly took this picture

These date bars are Yummy! 

 Way to go Kristen on a great holiday recipe!

They were a hit at our family Christmas gathering

 for my date loving family members

I am still healing from my broken wrist.  I am able to use my fingers for a short bit of typing.  I figure it is good therapy.  I hope to get my cast off  December 21st and then wear a brace for a while.

This is my first broken bone and I now have a new understanding and sympathy for those who have experienced this unfortunate experience.

I have learned many things during this experience ...about....priorities, allowing others to serve me, humility in different areas, letting go, patience, dealing with pain

Although I do not regularly go to an allopathic doctor...

I AM THANKFUL FOR EMERGENCY CARE AND THE SURGEON/DOCTORS AND NURSES WHO CARED FOR ME and those who are still working with me

until the LORD GOD completely heals my injury through the self healing mechanisms He placed in our bodies