How To.........

Lemon water is great in the mornings to detox your liver....

Make more meals at home, in order to control the types of food you eat...........

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BEETS

Beets' Support of Detoxification

The betalin pigments present in beets have repeatedly been shown to support activity in our body's Phase 2 detoxification process. Phase 2 is the metabolic step that our cells use to hook activated, unwanted toxic substances up with small nutrient groups. This "hook up" process effectively neutralizes the toxins and makes them sufficiently water-soluble for excretion in the urine. One critical "hook up" process during Phase 2 involves an enzyme family called the glutathione-S-transferase family (GSTs). GSTs hook toxins up with glutathione for neutralization and excretion from the body. The betalains found in beet have been shown to trigger GST activity, and to aid in the elimination of toxins that require glutathione for excretion. If you are a person who thinks about exposure to toxins and wants to give your body as much detox support as possible, beets are a food that belongs in your diet.
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Nutrition Tips

Make a new healthy recipe each week

Cooking more meals at home is a good way to lay a strong foundation for a lifetime of healthy eating and weight management. But if you're not accustomed to cooking much, the idea of doing it regularly can be overwhelming! So start small with just one recipe. Find a healthy recipe this week in a cookbook or online and try it out! You may be surprised at how tasty—and easy—cooking at home can be. Over time, gradually add more new recipes to your routine as you have the time. Before you know it, you'll be a healthy home chef!
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Sage?

How many of you have noticed the shortage of "sage" at the local grocery stores?  It was the same last year around this holiday, and now I find it missing on the shelves again this year.  What are we to use for seasoning in our dressing/stuffing?  Thanksgiving is the one holiday that we use plenty of sage.  I inquired about it and the clerk told me that when she ordered, there was none in the warehouse.  WTF is going on?  I suppose that I will have to go and buy a flowering sage bush at my local home and garden store, plant it and grow my own.  That way, if it don't die I will have plenty of fresh sage each year.

Eggs?

Eggs in their finest forms........

Strawberry Sorbet

1/2 c boiling water
1/2 c sugar
4 c fresh/frozen strawberries, sliced
2 T orange juice
1 T grated lemon rind
1 T lemon juice
Garnish: fresh mint sprigs

Combine boiling water, sugar in lg. bowl, stir till sugar is dissolved, let cool.  Stir in strawberries, and the next 3 ingreds.  Press into a 13X0X2in. pan, freeze till almost fire, spoon into lg. bowl, beat on med. speed till smooth, return to pan, freeze till firm, serve at room temp.  10-15 min. garnish if desired.
Yields 4 cups

Shrimp Spread

1 (8oz) pkg. cream cheese soften
1 (4oz) can shrimp, drained & chopped
6 olives chopped
2 T fine onion chopped
2 T mayo
1 t lemon juice
1/4 t  Worcestershire sauce
1/4 t hot sauce
1/4 t garlic powder

Combine all ingreds. spread on bread or crackers for that summer outing.

Pork Chops

Good old smothered pork chops......yummy.

Pork & Beans

Yummy...grew up on these things......American staple!

OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, soften
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 lg egg
2 cups oats
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350*F
In large bowl, mix sugar & butter until blended.  Beat in vanilla & egg till light & fluffy.  Mix in oats, flour and baking soda; stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
Drop tablespoonfuls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
Bake 9-11 mins. or till golden brown.  Cool slightly and remove from sheet to wire rack.  When cookies are cool, store in airtight container.