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Sprouting Buckwheat Groats & Recipe For Sprouted Buckwheat Cereal

Nuts, seeds, legumes and grains are great additions to a plant based diet, but the natural agents that protect these nutritional powerhouses from germinating during storage, also prevent them...

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Roasted Garlic Healing Soup

When we think of healthy foods we often don’t consider garlic but this little pungent guy can certainly pack a nutritional punch! Historically, garlic was used as a powerful,...

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Roasted Pumpkin Seed Hummus

Growing up, I never gave pumpkin seeds much thought. To me they were the seeds discarded when we carved our pumpkins at Halloween. After carving our pumpkins, we’d clean...

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Apple Pie Smoothie

I love my smoothies, and in fact I often make a protein enriched banana oatmeal smoothie for breakfast almost every day. I also try to create a super green...

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Roasted Cauliflower Curry Soup

Soup is so good for the soul, especially during our long Michigan winters or beautiful late Michigan fall weather. My family knows we have transitioned into fall mode once...

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Naturally Sweetened Banana Bread

I tend to bake at least twice a week while we are in Italy, and lately I have been experimenting with a natural sweetener, date paste. This sweetener adds...

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Recovery Nutrition For Athletes

When we think of sports nutrition it is common to talk about what to eat before practices and games.  What we rarely think about or talk about is what...

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Black Bean Sweet Potato Chili

When the thermostat dips with the arrival of fall, I begin to crave a big, warm bowl of soup chock full of healthy ingredients. I make a lot of...