Yesterday was a difficult day emotionally for reasons that had nothing whatsoever to do with food. I did my morning juice, veggies and beans at lunch and more veggies with a Boca for dinner. Fine day, food wise. It was mainly other parts that sucked.
Today is a new day, and after some early morning moping around I decided to buck up and get proactive about trying some new recipes from 'Eat to Live' by Dr. Joel Fuhrman. Dr. Fuhrman's premise is summarized in his 'food equation' which is: Health = Nutrient/Calories. Your health is predicted by your nutrient intake divided by your intake of calories. Foods that have a high proportion of nutrients and low calories are generally the best choices, i.e. raw and cooked veggies, raw fruits with a bit of dried/juices for flavorings, whole grains, nuts, and seeds, and soy or nut milks. Most of his recipes feature only those items, plus unusual and interesting vinegars in homemade dressings.
Today I decided to get cooking and made a few of the recipes from his book: Bean Enchiladas, and Creamy Blueberry dressing. Neither one has any meat, dairy, or oils and both were simple to prepare and tasted delicious! I had the bean dish for lunch and will have a giant salad of spinach, romaine, cucumber, pear, walnut and blueberry with the Creamy Blueberry dressing for dinner. For dessert we found some Ranier cherries (my favorite!) at the market this week.
The Creamy Blueberry Dressing is interesting. Mine included a cup of fresh blueberries, a quarter cup of pomegranate juice, an eighth cup of raw cashews, and one and one half tablespoons of blueberry-pomegranate infused red wine vinegar. Blended up in a powerful blender, this dressing becomes a gorgeous purple color and tastes fantastic. It has the mouth-feel of an oil-based dressing without the rather empty oil calories (remember, H = N/C), instead relying on nutrient dense nuts to give the dressing body and creaminess. (For the locals, I found the vinegar at Shop-Rite, of all places!)
Give the dressing a go if you like, say, raspberry vinaigrettes!
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