Are you trying to beat your sugar cravings?  Why not try one of these recipes; they can help you balance your hormones, boost your energy, or with weight loss and detox.

Healthy Detox Ginger Carrot Breakfast Cookies

Ginger promotes circulation, stimulates lymphatic flow, and can help detox the body.

The taste of carrots help fight your sugar cravings as well as improve your eyesight, lower cholesterol and prevent heart attack and stroke.

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup rolled oats
• ½ cup oat flour
• ¼ cup brown rice or barley flour
• 2 cups cooked millet
• 1 and ½ tbsp olive oil
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• 1tsp. vanilla
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
• ½ cup water

Directions:

Lightly roasted oats and flour by stirring over medium heat in skillet, until toasty smelling but not browned. Mix all ingredients and add just enough water for a moist, (not mushy). Shape into cookies on an oiled baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 min.

adopted from the Self-healing Cookbook by Kristina Turner

Tasty Fennel and Orange Detox Salad

Fennel stimulates the liver, improves fat digestion, and contains essential oils that can help get rid of excess fluid and thus weight.

Orange is rich in vitamin C and can help boost your immune system.  You can also lift your mood by using the zest of the oranges.

Onions can cleanse and detox your liver and skin; they also have antiseptic properties.

Ingredients:

• 2 oranges, sliced
• 1 bulb fennel, sliced
• 1 red onion sliced into rings
• juice of 1 orange
• 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• zest of 1 orange
• mint or parsley to garnish

Directions:

Place a layer of oranges, then a layer of fennel and then a layer of onions. Mix orange juice with apple cider vinegar and drizzle over the salad. Add orange zest and mint or parsley to garnish.

Beet and Apple Juice Detox Recipe

Try this delicious detox juice recipe to feel and look fabulous.

Beets stimulate the liver and can help to detox and cleanse the digestive system and blood.

Apple adds sweetness and fiber which can helps to detox your body.

Spinach contains antioxidants that can fight free radicals to helps boost your immune system.

Ingredients:

• 1 medium beet
• 1 large apple
• 1 carrot
• 1 cup fresh spinach leaves

Directions:

Place all the ingredients in the juicer or blender and process. If you wish, you can dilute with filtered water to taste.

Bon Appetit!

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Coach and Relationship Expert

3 Weight Loss Detox Recipes to Feel and Look Fabulous

Are you ready to keep your body toxin free? Then you may want to start by by including more  detox herbs and cleansing spices in your recipes.

For a super simple detox diet, incorporate the cleansing spices, such as Turmeric, Cumin, Coriander, Cayenne, Ginger, Fenugreek, and Clove. Here are some reasons why.

• Turmeric – contains the flavonoid curcumin, which is known to have anti-inflammatory properties. It helps detoxify the liver, cleanse the blood.
• Cumin – contains oils that are effective in helping to detoxify the liver and aid digestion
• Coriander- contains oils that are effective in helping to detoxify the liver and aid digestion
• Oregano – liver and gallbladder cleanser
• Rosemary – colon cleanser, may help reduce levels of the carcinogenic heterocyclic amines
• Fennel – colon and liver cleanser
• Fenugreek – cleanses the stomach, bowels, kidneys and respiratory tract of excess mucus
• Clove – parasite cleanser
• Ginger- stimulates circulation, relieves congestion
• Cayenne – blood and tissue purifier

Are you ready to use these spices to make some super healthy simple detox recipes to help you detox your body and feel and look fabulous?

Dip / Dressing Detox Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp plain yogurt
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• 1/5 (or less) cayenne pepper
• 1 tbs almond butter
• kelp with sea salt to taste

Directions:

Mix all ingredients thoroughly. You can use it as a dressing for salads, as a dip, with fish, meat, etc.

Curry Detox Recipe

• 2 tbs turmeric
• 2 tbs cumin
• 2 tbs coriander
• 1 tbs ginger powder
• 1 tbs pepper
• 2 tsp cardamom
• 2 tsp mace
• 1 tsp mustard seed
• 1 tsp cloves
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Mix well and place in airtight container.

Bon Appetit!

P.S. find more easy detox tips and recipes in the e-Book “Detox – 101 – Super Simple Detox, The Ultimate Guide for Beginners.”

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health and Nutrition Coach

NaturalCounselorBlog.com

Two Super Healthy and Simple Detox Recipes with Cleansing Spices

Are you ready to detox?  Why not go natural and detox with herbs?

Some herbs you may want to add to your diet are: as red clover, garlic, echinacea, dandelion root, yellow dock root, burdock root, milk thistle, parsley, cilantro, peppermint, licorice, and flax.

The combination of vitamins, minerals and special chemical compounds in these herbs make for a perfect super simple detox.  Here is a list of some of detox herbs and their benefits.

• Red clover – blood cleanser
• Garlic- blood cleanser, natural antibiotic
• Echinacea – lymph cleanser, antimicrobial
• Dandelion root – liver and blood cleanser, diuretic, filters toxins
• Yellow dock root- skin, blood and liver cleanser
• Burdock root – skin and blood cleanser, diuretic, antibacterial
• Milk thistle – liver cleanser
• Parsley leaf – diuretic, flushes kidneys, breath freshener
• Cilantro -helps in the chelation of heavy metals such as mercury and lead
• Peppermint - skin cleanser
• Licorice – colon cleanser
• Flax seeds - colon cleanser
• Oregano – liver and gallbladder cleanser
• Rosemary - colon cleanser, may help reduce levels of the carcinogenic heterocyclic amines

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Simple and Natural Detox Cleansing Salad Recipe with Herbs

Ingredients:

• 1 small burdock root, thinly sliced(you can find it in Whole Foods or any Health Store)
• 1 cup dandelion greens, rinsed and dried
• 2 tbsp prunes chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1 tbsp parsley chopped or 
• 1tbsp cilantro chopped
• 2 tbsp sesame seeds or sunflower seeds or pine nuts

For the Dressing:

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp plain yogurt
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• 1/5 (or less) cayenne pepper
• salt to taste

Directions:

Mix all ingredients thoroughly, add the dressing and serve.

Bon Appetit!

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Coach and Relationship Expert

NaturalCounselorBlog.com

Natural Detox Cleansing Salad Recipe with Herbs

Happy and Healthy New Year to You and Your Family!

Are you ready to start this New Year with healthy winter breakfast? We, women after forty, must have breakfast in order to have enough energy and to keep our hormones in balance.

Do you like to have cooked or raw oatmeal with fruits and nuts for breakfast? We need oatmeal to feel and look fabulous at any age.

Oatmeal is rich in fiber, which can help with constipation,  high blood pressure, and natural weight loss and detox. It is also rich in Manganese, a trace mineral we need to keep our bones strong, our blood sugar under control and thyroid (responsible for our hormonal balance) healthy.

New Year Oatmeal Pancakes Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup oats
• 1 cup whole grain flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1.5 cups kefir
• 2 eggs (preferably organic and from free-range birds)
• olive oil for the pan
• 2 tbsp raw honey or blackstrap molasses
• Maple syrup
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• fresh fruits (apples, bananas, blueberries, persimmon, raisins, prunes, etc).
• sour cream

Directions:

Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl and add kefir and raw honey or blackstrap molasses. Stir thoroughly. Cook as regular pancakes. Serve with the fresh fruits and sour cream on top.

Bon Appetit!

Learn more about eBook “Detox-101,Super Simple Detox-The Ultimate Detox Guide for Beginners”

Breathe, smile and be happy.

Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health and Nutrition Coach and Counselor

Happy New Year with a Healthy Oatmeal Pancakes Winter Breakfast Recipe

In every season it is important to pay attention to the words detox, fruits, vegetables, and the “dirty dozen.”. Let me explain why it is so important to pay attention to your detox options and the list of fruits and vegetables that have the highest level of pesticides. and why sometimes even healthy foods can make you sick.

For example, we may make a resolution to try to incorporate more vegetables and fruits into our diet, but a couple of weeks or months later we feel worse than we are supposed to, so we go back to our old eating habits.

Does that sound familiar? The worst part is that most of the time you feel guilty, see yourself as a failure and blame yourself for your excuses. True? Well, don’t!

We may feel obligated to start eating more fruits and vegetables, because we know from TV, books, media, etc. they are very important for us to stay healthy. But do you know that all fruits and vegetables are treated with pesticides, even those that are organic.

Unfortunately, the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink contain dangerous chemicals and toxins. Everything is full of toxins nowadays, and when I say everything I mean literally everything: the make-up you apply on your face, lipstick for your lips, tooth paste for your teeth, soap for your hands, detergent for your clothes, shall I continue? Did you know that while using the shower for 10 minutes, the chemical in the water penetrates through your skin into your blood?

As for fruits and vegetables, some of them we can eat in large quantities and be happy about it, but for others it is better to avoid  them because even if they are organic, they can do more harm than good for our health.

Have in mind that organic produce doesn’t mean pesticide free. Organically grown fruits and vegetables are grown in better soil and have less pesticide.

So as you can see, it is very important to know which fruits and vegetables make up the dirty dozen. Since celery, strawberries, apples absorb pesticides easily, we have to think twice before buying them even if they are organic. If you really have to buy from the list of the dirty dozen, you can buy organic only in smaller amounts, you can buy local (if you know that the farm is small and they care about their produce), or you don’t buy at all.

Below are the rankings of the “dirtiest” fruits and vegetables based on an Environmental Working Group Survey.

These fruits and vegetables you should buy only USDA certified organic (i.e. the “dirty dozen”):

1. Peaches  100
2. Apples  93
3. Bell Pepper-  83
4. Celery – 82
5. Nectarines – 81
6. Strawberries – 80
7. Cherries – 73
8. Kale – 69
9. Lettuce – 67
10. Grapes – if imported from outside U.S. – 66
11. Carrot – 63
12. Pear – 63

Now that you have learned about the “Dirty Dozen,” read about the clean fifteen fruits and vegetables you don’t have to buy  organic, because they don’t retain or absorb pesticides easily (but you still have to wash them).

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health Coach and Counselor

NaturalCounselorBlog

Why Carrots, Apples and Strawberries Can Be Dangerous for Your Health

If we want to lose weight, or at least manage our weight and detox our body naturally, we may need to purge  our kitchen  of  foods that might make us super sick.

If we detox our kitchen, we will help ourselves avoid foods that can cause cravings and weight gain. For natural weight loss, detox your kitchen by staying away from the junk food you  indulge in every time you are under stress, bored or during emotional crisis.

Five Steps to Detox Your Kitchen

1. Start reading labels in order to find foods with hidden sugar and sugar and caloric overload foods.

2.. Get rid of all refined grains and sugar-packed breakfast cereals you like to have for breakfast.

3. Get rid of junk foods, fast foods, processed foods, salad dressings, luncheon meats, canned fruits, canned soups, cheese dips, white flour bread you like to have for lunch.

4. Get rid of crackers, corn/potato chips, chewing gum, jellies and jams, fruit yogurts, fruit juices, frozen deserts (ice cream, sorbets) you like to have as snacks.

5. Go through your refrigerator and cupboards and throw away all fatty foods.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health and Nutrition Counselor and Relationship Coach

Five Easy Steps to Detox Your Kitchen