Apologies for the recipe’s name, but the seven year old insisted, as he wolfed down an experimental portion of this super-easy, truly nutritious dessert!
It takes just minutes to make and is packed with superfood treats.
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Super Speedy Spinach Sauce
Sometimes it’s handy to whip up a raw food sauce, whether it’s for dipping or for coating other ingredients. And here’s one that we love. It takes just a few minutes and it’s really versatile, as well as super-nutritious and tasty.
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Is The Traditional Food Pyramid Upside Down?
Do you remember that old food pyramid diagram, from back in our school days? Having just gone veggie, when I was 11, I distinctly remember my teacher getting stressed over where I was ‘going to get protein from’! I remember that carbs, whole wheat and grains, dairy, meat and fats featured very heavily, at the base of the pyramid. Then, twenty or so years ago, Monsieur Atkins pretty much ripped carbs out, altogether.
The thing is – and I’m curious about whether you have felt this way, too – I have always felt lousy when I eat according to the traditional food pyramid. In fact, I have ignored it for a very long time. So I was delighted when I stumbled across the ‘Raw Food Pyramid’ from Vegan Raw Diet. It answers the question, “What should I eat on a raw food diet?” Are you curious?
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How To Deal With Difficult Emotions In Under 5 Minutes
We all know have those moments where a difficult emotion comes up for us. Sometimes it can seem to hang around for hours – or even days. But what most of us don’t realise is that we have a choice over how we experience our emotions. And, rather than being a passive victim to them, there are simple techniques we can use, to gently release them and then deal with the root cause. And it can be done in under five minutes.
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How Falling In Love With Your Monkey Mind Can Be The Key To Inner Peace
One of the common challenges students face, when trying to silently observe their thoughts, as part of a meditation or mindfulness practice, is that their monkey mind plays games.
Our thoughts are running in the background, practically all of the time. They’re chattering, passing judgement, analysing, debating, reviewing, nagging, reminding and doing a thousand other things, while we carry on with our day. Sometimes the simple action of stopping our ‘busy-ness’ to become the observer of our thoughts can seem overwhelming.
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3 Essential Steps To Make That New Habit Stick
We all know the scenario – we desperately want to make changes but, no matter how hard we try, we find ourself slipping back to our old habits. What’s going on with this? Why does it all go wrong? How come it’s so hard to create a new habit?
Discover the 3 essential steps to make a new habit stick, along with the single reason why we usually fail.
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