Showing posts with label Dr. Fuhrman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr. Fuhrman. Show all posts

Monday, January 23, 2012

Vegetable Stir Fry

This is something I just tried the other night. With loads of veggies in the refrigerator, this is a great way to get tons of veggies in one sitting. While I'm not a fan of asparagus, this is how I sneak it into a meal. Be careful not to overcook your veggies. Get them hot, but stop cooking while they're still crunchy to keep most of the nutrients.  Feel free to add veggies for variety!


Ingredients:
Stir Fry:
1 Tablespoon Olive oil
2 cups Sugar Snap Peas
1 cup Broccoli
1/3 cup Crushes cashews
2 chopped carrots
1 tablespoon shredded ginger/ground ginger
2 handfuls green beans
5 stalks asparagus, chopped into 1 inch sections
2 shallots, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
salt & pepper to taste
Sauce:
1 cup vegetable broth
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons Organic 100% whole grain flour*

(Prepare long grain brown rice, however much needed, to serve stir fry on top)

Keep stirring!


Sunfood raw cashews!
Directions
1.  Put olive oil into a wok. Turn stove to high.
2. Put all stir fry ingredients (excluding sauce) into wok. Cook for 5 minutes on high, constantly stirring (hence stir fry).
3. In a separate bowl, mix together vegetable broth, soy sauce, and flour*. Pour in wok.
4. Continue cooking until vegetables are hot, but crunchy, and sauce covers everything.
5. Serve on top of cooked long grain brown rice. Top with soy sauce to taste.

*If you're being very particular about flour, you can exclude this, but just know the sauce will not be as thick.  I would also use 1/2 cup of vegetable broth instead.  We almost NEVER use flour (we don't even keep bread in our house), so this is a rarity, which is why I didn't mind using it for this recipe since it's such a small amount.  We also used some tofu in this recipe because we had it left in the refrigerator.

The finished product!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Sunfood Giveaway

Goal: a desired result a person envisions, plans, and commits to achieve-- a personal desired end-point in some sort of assumed development.
Goal setting ideally involves establishing specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-targeted objectives.

If you haven't read yet, Stephanie will be embarking on a new journey towards being a runner. Her failed attempts as a child aren't stopping her, and her drive has inspired me to do a couple things at the end of this year. 2012 is only 3 months away, and as the colder weather sets in, excuses to stay warm & inside will be easier to make and over-sized, hearty, & possibly unhealthier meals will be more appealing.  Here's my challenge for you:

What three things do you want to accomplish by December 31, 2011?

They can be career related. Family related. Nutrition based. Fitness related. Literally anything you want, but I want the final result to be something that has made your life healthier. Remember, being healthy, in Strawberries & Tea standards, doesn't necessarily mean eating the right things. One of your goals can be giving yourself more "me" time during the week to keep your stress levels low. Or finding a routine sleep schedule so that your digestive system can work more properly and your efficiency levels at work skyrocket with the added energy.  Maybe it's cutting back on coffee.  Introducing more fruits & vegetables. Cooking at home more.  There are always things we could be doing better.

Let's go out of 2011 with a BANG!

So, what does Sunfood have to do with this? Well, I love Sunfood. A lot. They have been selling organic foods, raw foods, and superfoods since 1995 and have been at the forefront of bringing some of the most delicious and nutritionally packed foods to the world's attention.

They were so awesome to send us some amazing things to give you all.  Five of you can win and each will receive a 28g bag of each:
Maca PowderGoji BerriesOrganic Whole CashewsOrganic Incan Berries



What you need to do?
1. Like Strawberries & Tea's Facebook page.
2. Like Sunfood's Facebook page. (They didn't even ask me to do this. I love the articles they post on that page. They'll tell you more about nutritionally packed foods than you ever knew possible. Trust me, you'll want to read their stuff.)
3. Leave a comment with your 3 goals.  Try to be specific with your desired results.

And if you'd like, tell all your friends. Remember, 5 of you will win! And...wait for it.....

A grand prize winner will also get, in addition to the Sunfood gifts, a copy of the book that transformed my life this past February, got rid of my migraines, and helped me lose all this weight: Dr. Fuhrman's Eat to Live.



What are you waiting for?! A winner will be chosen in one week, the night of Wednesday, September 28th! You have until 5pm Wednesday to enter.

-Lacey