If you follow the oldest tradition to use dyed or painted eggs for Easter, you probably have lots of cooked eggs at home.

Did you know that organic, free range, grass, fed eggs are rich in vitamin D which is very important for prevention cancer?

If you add some Spring green onions, Detox Turmeric Dressing, and horseradish, you will have a healthy, rich in protein, salad for your family dinner.

Egg Salad Recipe for Healthy Natural Weight Loss

Salad

• 7-8 large hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
• 6 tbsp Turmeric Dressing
• 2 tbsp prepared horseradish
• 5 tbsp green onion, finely chopped

Mix all ingredients and serve.

Detox Turmeric Dressing For Egg Salad

Dressing

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 3 tbsp plain yogurt
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
• ¼ tsp dry ground ginger

Mix all ingredients and serve.

Bon Appetit and Happy Easter!

Breathe, smile and be happy.

Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Coach

Do you like almonds? What about Italian gourmet recipes? As we know, almonds are rich in vitamin E, healthy heart monounsaturated  fat, protein and Magnesium we need to feel and look fabulous.  And almonds are used a lot in Italian cooking, so I would like to share with you this recipe by Maria Liberati, Celebrity Chef and award winning author I interviewed on “Feel and Look Fabulous with Irina”, radio show for women. We were talking about Italian gourmet recipes, healthy spring cooking  from an Italian menu, and Passover and Easter recipes.

If you are you gluten intolerant or have a gluten allergy, here is one of many Italian dessert recipes from Maria’s blog, it is very delicious and gluten free recipe.

Almond Passover Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

6 eggs

1 cup white sugar

1 cup finely chopped almonds

2 teaspoons of maraschino liqueur

juice of one fresh lemon

Directions:

With an electric mixer, blend sugar with egg yolks till well blended, then add in first the chopped almonds and then liqueur and lemon juice.  In separate bowl, whip egg whites till firm with a pinch of salt. With a wooden spoon, blend in the egg whites to the egg yolk mixture, gently. When blended in, place batter in pan lined with parchment paper. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven and let cool and serve.

Happy Passover!

Bon Appetit!

For more great recipes get your copy of The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays & Special Occasions by Maria Liberati voted Best Italian Cuisine Book in America by Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

Click to listen to our interview with Maria Liberati about healthy spring cooking Mediterranean way.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Coach

Do you consider yourself a happy person? What if I tell you that you can add more joy and pleasure into your life just by practicing mindful eating?

How long does it take you to eat your breakfast or lunch? When was the last time you enjoyed your food while chewing properly? Our eating habits are our choices, and they can tell a lot about the person. To choose joy of eating, pleasure from food at least three times a day is a choice. To make our choice a healthy habit will take time and practice.

In order to have more joy and pleasure and less anger, frustration and anxiety in our lives we need to practice attentive eating at least once a day. It will help us reduce stress, speed up our metabolism and absorb more nutrients which is very beneficial for natural weight loss/weight management and overall health.

I would like to share with you the extract from the book The Yoga of Eating by Charles Eisenstein.

Tips to Practice Attentive Eating and Stress Relief Techniques for Natural Weight Loss

• Slow down your eating. Even you are absorbed in good times and conversations, reserve a tiny part of your awareness to see that each bite is fully chewed and swallowed before the next one enters your mouth.
• Before all meals. Observe a moment of silence or say a prayer of grace. This is actually a very powerful practice, and it takes less than a minute.
• Every day take one meal, perhaps breakfast, in silence , without the distraction of a newspaper or television. Devote that meal to just eating. Or if this too difficult, devote just five minutes of one meal.
• At every meal, let the first bite you take from every dish be with perfect attentiveness.
• During lulls in the conversation, or when someone is dominating the conversation you are not interested in, take the chance to patiently experience the pleasure of each mouthful.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Counselor and Coach

Let us take a break for taking care of ourselves. Are you ready for  some”ME” time with a rainbow swirl meditation to relax, refocus, feel sexy, confident and sensual?

This imagery meditation with Diva Mama Tonya will help you get more energy as well as get into better mood and balance your body and all your seven chakras. If you decide to practice this imagery meditation in the evening, it might be your sleep remedy and stress relief tool.

Imagery Meditation as a Sleep Remedy and Energy Booster

Click to listen to our discussion with Tonya K. Freeman, The Wide Awake Feminine Liberator on Destiny Dance, Shift to Bliss, and Self -Love for Your State of Being.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Coach

What type of food do you eat before 3:00pm – 4:00pm? Studies show that we all should eat  breakfast and a have healthy snacks thru out the day, not only for energy and memory boost, but also for managing your weight.

To lose weight, we can include healthy protein snacks in our diet to boost our metabolism and balance our blood sugar. The lower our blood sugar – the lower our insulin level will be. Because insulin causes our body to store fat around midsection, eating healthy and regular snacks thru the day will lower your insulin level to good steady state, which will help keep your tummy in shape!

Here is a really easy recipe you can use as a heart healthy midday snack:

Keep Your Tummy in Shape Yogurt-Banana Midday Snack Weight Loss Recipe

• 1 banana, sliced
• 1 cup Greek yogurt

Mix all ingredients and enjoy in the morning for breakfast or as a healthy midday snack.

* yogurt contains protein for losing weight;

* banana is rich in potassium to keep our blood pressure under control and fight blood clots for a healthy and happy heart.

Bon Appetit!

Breathe, smile and be happy.

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Counselor and Coach