Winter is rolling in and this sounds like the perfect meal for a cold day.
Crockpot Lentil Soup Recipe
Ingredients:
6 cups vegetable stock
1 ½ cups green lentils, washed and sorted
4 cups kale, finely chopped
5 carrots, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 small can tomato paste
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp oregano
Handful of cheese, grated
Lemon juice
Salt and pepper
A lot of people have been asking me about the health benefits of chia seeds and how to incorporate them into your daily life. I was offered a product to sample for review so it’s perfect timing to share the info with you.
Health Warrior sent me their new 100 calorie peanut butter chocolate chia bar samples to taste. Heath warrior is a premium chia seed company and Nick Morris, co-founder of the company says, “We created Health Warrior because we experienced first-hand the health and fitness benefits of the chia seed and wanted to share our discovery with the world.”
Shout out to all of you who hail from the UK and Ireland (and there are quite a few of you!), I have found your one stop shop for high quality healthy living products. Leading retailer Holland and Barrett has it all. Awesome health food shop section along with a wide variety of vitamins and nutritional supplements, beauty, hair care, fitness, relaxation, household items and some personal favorites.
Today, Friday Sept. 30th (2011) is Hug a Vegetarian Day. Did you know that by choosing to go meat free it will save the lives of about 100 animals per year?
Sure makes me want to send some hugs to a few awesome vegetarian bloggers I follow on a regular basis.
Hugs go to these awesome ladies:
Here is a guest post for you today with some awesome arugula recipe ideas. I always just saw arugula as a base for a salad but look at the options. I can’t wait to try #8! Sounds delicious.
Nine Fresh Ways to Use Arugula:
Please help me welcome Bob to the blog today. He is guest posting and sharing with us some awesome superfood smoothie recipes.
Five Superfood Smoothies That Boost Your Health
What is a “superfood”?
Legally, there is no definition. But the generally accepted definition of a superfood is a food with a high phytonutrient content that contains healthy ingredients in higher than normal quantities. Most are high in antioxidants, vitamins, dietary fiber, and anthocyanins.
