Natural Nutrition
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Restful Sleep Herbal Tea
This herbal tea mixture is great not only for helping to calm you for a restful night’s sleep, but it also helps with nervous tension.
Healthy Breakfast Bagel
This bagel sandwich will help you get an early start on your daily vegetable or fruit servings.
Spiced Mashed Turnips
A healthier twist on an old family favorite recipe. Rutabagas can also be used in place of turnips.
Turnips
5 or 6 good-sized turnips (or 1 large rutabaga), peeled and cut into chunks
½- to 1-inch piece of fresh ginger root, diced or shredded
Honey to taste
Soy milk (or regular milk or other alternative)
Cinnamon to taste
Boil the turnips and [...]
Spicy Vegetarian Chili Soup
This is a lower calorie version of traditional chili. For an extra spicier soup, add chili powder and/or hot peppers and increase the amount used on the other spices. Other veggies or soy crumbles can be added also to bulk it up, and ground beef or turkey can be added for the meat eaters.
Serves 8
1 [...]
Summertime Vegetable Soup
This is a great light soup for summer – it can be eaten hot or cold. It is also fairly low in calories, depending on what ingredients are added. Cooking time varies as to what is added also. Seasonal variations are listed at the end of the recipe.
1 Tb olive oil (or any oil of [...]
Strawberry Leaf Tea
In my area, strawberries, both wild and home/farm grown, are at their peak. We all know the sweet red fruit well,
Strawberry Plant
and all the pies and shortcakes made with it. But did you know the leaves are edible also and can be used to make herbal tea?
Strawberry plant leaves can be harvested all summer. It [...]
