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

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Do you like cabbage? If you want to eat healthy with the seasons,  now is the right time to try some recipes for cabbage soup.

Cabbage is rich in cancer-fighting nutrients, including Vitamin C, fiber, and two phytochemicals that can help cleanse your body of cancer producing substances, get rid of extra estrogen, and flush  fat.

Studies show that women who include cabbage in their diet can reduce their risk of breast cancer by up to 45%.

Cabbage has the unique ability to nourish and relax the spleen, pancreas and stomach..

Cancer Fighting Cabbage Soup Recipe

• I pound green cabbage, diced
• 1 onion chopped
• 2 medium carrots chopped
• 6 cups water
• 3 tbsp barley miso
• Parsley to garnish
• 1 tbsp dried basil
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• sea salt and black pepper to taste

Sautee onions and carrots in olive oil for in a soup pot for 3 minutes, add cabbage, salt and basil and sauté for 3- 4 minutes. Add water, bring to boil and simmer until vegetables are soft – for about 20-25 minutes.

Use a little bit of broth to dissolve the miso, and stir back into soup. Simmer uncovered for 3- 4 minutes. Add parsley just before the serving.

Healthy Cabbage Recipe with Lentils and Arame Sea Weed

• 4 cups shredded cabbage
• ½ cup dried Arame sea weed
• ½ cup cooked lentils
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 3-4 tbsp olive oil
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• 1/8 tsp Cayenne pepper
• 1-2 cloves of garlic minced
• sea salt to taste

Soak Arame sea weed in some water for 5 minutes. Sautee onion in olive oil for 4-5 minutes, add cabbage, salt, tomato paste, Arame sea weed and sautee for 20 -25 min until cabbage is ready. Add stir in lentils, turmeric, red pepper, mix thoroughly and serve. You can also eat it cold.

Bon Appetit!

Let us eat cabbage smart if we want to feel and look fabulous all year around, shall we?

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Coach and Counselor

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If you don’t have time for exercises or it is too hot to do some walking or jogging outside, try a home workout.

How to Turn Household Tasks into a Fun Home Workout

Here are some healthy weight loss tips and exercise shortcuts to burn calories  while doing some boring work around the house. If you don’t like home cleaning but want to manage your weight, it may be time to reconsider some of your habits and add some fun to your daily routine.

1. Cleaning counters can help you burn more than 100 calories in 30 minutes. Start stretching and bending during this activity to detox your body from toxins and get more flexible. Detoxing the kitchen is number one step to a healthy weight loss detox.

2. Just cooking will help you burn 85 calories in 30 minutes. Try to dance around the kitchen and you will have an aerobic session in the kitchen. 

3. Singing or dancing while vacuuming will help you not only manage your weight but also beat seasonal depression, anxiety and moodiness. Don’t forget to breathe, smile and have some water in between.

4. A boring washing dishes activity will help you burn 78 calories in 30 minutes. Combine it with a short washing dishes meditation to relax, reduce stress and lower your blood pressure.

5. In order to have a guilt free dessert, take some time for mopping the floor in the kitchen and burn at least 119 calories in 30 minutes. Be creative and add some dancing moves or yoga stretches and you will earn extra calorie free dessert.

6. Don’t forget about old fashionable dusting if you want to burn at least 80 calories in 30 minutes. Dusting with music will help you not only to lose some weight but also act as a healthy weight loss detox that can reduce risk of getting asthma and allergies.

7. Making beds will help you burn more than 110 calories in 30 minutes. Add some lifting and bending and you don’t need to go the gym.

8. Scrubbing the bath , one of unpleasant home cleaning tasks, might help you burn around 200 calories in 30 minutes. Add some music to make your experience more enjoyable. Don’t forget about green cleaning chemical in order to avoid harmful toxins.

Click to listen to our discussion with Diet and Weight Loss Coach Sandra Ahten on How to Create Your Own Diet Plan

Breathe, smile and keep moving.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health and Nutrition Counselor and Coach

How to Turn Household Tasks into a Fun Home Workout

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

We can always use some “Me” time to relax and refocus during the day. Right?

Try a short break for a cup of hot tea to slow down, get more energy and feel better?

You can call it a tea meditation or pretend that you are at a royal tea party and indulge in a piece of guilt free dessert.

Studies show that just the process of drinking tea is a powerful stress remedy technique. It will lower your blood pressure, reduce anxiety, balance hormones.

So let’s enjoy some Tea Time!

And don’t forget that each type of tea comes with its own extra benefits.

Drink up! Its Tea Time for Natural Weight Loss, Detox and Anti-Aging

• Green Tea helps us enhance our immune system and fight cancer.
• Black Tea reduces high cholesterol levels.
• White Tea is considered to be an anti-aging remedy.
• Oolong Tea has fat-blocking antioxidants.
• Herbal Teas can help us get more energy, better sleep, and be used for detox.

“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.” - Thich Nat Hahn

So, what will your favorite tea for your tea party?

Breathe, smile and be happy.

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Coach and Counselor

Tea Time Remedies for Natural Weight Loss, Detox and Anti-Aging

Are you ready for three homemade recipes made with cooling, fat-dissolving and green leafy vegetables. 

You can use these fantastic recipes to improve your kidney functions, for weight loss, detox your intestines and circulatory system, lower blood cholesterol and high blood pressure, and glowing skin.

Watercress with Almonds and Grapefruit Salad Recipe

• 2 cups watercress
• 1 cup radishes, sliced
• ½ silvered almonds or pumpkin seeds or pine nuts
• 1 cup red grapefruit membrane discarded
• ½ avocado sliced
• 1/2 cup Detox Turmeric Dressing

Mix watercress with radishes, grapefruit and avocado in large bowl. Add Detox Turmeric Dressing and toss gently. Season to taste with salt and pepper I f needed.

Swiss Chard with Zucchini and Shitake Mushrooms Salad Recipe

• 1 bunch of Swiss Chard chopped
• 1 zucchini sliced
• 1/2 cup green onions chopped
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 cup shitake mushrooms
• 4 tbsp olive oil

Sauté mushrooms in olive oil for 5 minutes, add garlic, Swiss Chard, zucchini and saute covered for 5 more minutes. Add onions and serve.

Arugula, Summer Squash and Blackberry Salad Recipe

• 2 cups Arugula
• 1 summer squash sliced 2 tomatoes sliced
• 1 red onion sliced
• 1 cup blackberries
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
• ½ tbsp fresh ginger, grated
• ½ bunch cilantro, chopped
• 1 cup blue cheese or goat cheese sliced
• 2 tbsp organic apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp olive oil (you can use Detox Turmeric Dressing instead of apple cider vinegar and olive oil)

Mix all ingredients, top with blue cheese (or goat cheese), season with salt and pepper and serve.

Bon Appetit!

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Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Coach and Counselor

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