Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Chipotle Black Bean & Sweet Potato Stew

I love trying new recipes...especially fast, easy and nutritarian ones.

I googled Chipotle Black Bean & Sweet Potato Stew after reading an article regarding male vegans or "hegans". I found this one that wasn't too complicated and was easily modified to fit into my whole food, plant based way of eating without added oil or salt.

All I did differently was I used no oil and water sauteed the onion instead. I also did not add salt.

It was so fast and easy and I love how the sweet potato balances the subtle yet spicy taste of the chipotle.

You HAVE to try this recipe no matter what your typical fare is. Trust me...it's great. I think it would be a wonderful filling for burritos too!

I'm pretty sure that those who resist healthy cooking would like this.

I've been eating it for lunch over a bunch of kale or steamed broccoli but some brown rice would be great too.

Let me know if you try it and whether or not you liked it as much as I did.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

I love success stories

I find success stories so inspiring because they provide examples of real people who have been there/done that.

Here are two of my favourite success stories for both Eat to Live for Health and T-Tapp

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Charlotte is so inspiring because she has 12 kids, homeschools and still found the time to put herself first. I had the pleasure of being her room-mate at a T-Tapp retreat when she was in the midst of her transformation and it has been amazing to follow her progress. She shatters the excuse "I don't have time to exercise". If Charlotte could do it in as little as 15 minutes a day then anyone can!

I had the pleasure of meeting Emily last year. What a wonderful adventure to meet her and Dr. Fuhrman. Not only has she transformed into a radiant and vibrant woman but she is helping to spread the message of good health through eating a whole food, plant based diet like me...hooray for nutritarian living. One thing that is really inspiring is that Emily was faced with very difficult times in her journey and she chose to continue rather than throw her arms up in the air and giving up. Life is hard--healthy living helps you cope.

I hope you find both success stories as inspiring as I do.

Let me know how I can help you become the next success story. Click here to contact me and let's get the party started!