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Nutrition Powerhouse Recipes
by Alice Osborne
Are you making these highly-nutritious foods part of your regular eating habits?
Doing so will actually change the course of your biochemistry and stop the incremental changes in your body that lead to diseases such as type II diabetes, hypertension, cancers, obesity and Alzheimer’s.
It is so exciting to know that we can do so much to enhance our own health! And here’s the ultra cool part: there are NO negative side affects to deal with!
Breakfast Bars
 Top and bottom mixture:
½ - ¾ C apricot juice
10 C crispy rice cereal
½ - ¾ C raw honey or pure maple syrup
5 C old fashioned oats
Mix together and press half of mixture on bottom of buttered 9x13 baking dish.
Filling:
½ lb dried, diced apricots (unsulphered)
½ - 1 lb dried blueberries
2 C apricot juice
1 C raw honey
1 Tbsp arrowroot powder
1 Tsp cinnamon
½ tsp ginger
½ tsp cloves (or to taste)
Blend filling ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil, turn down heat and simmer to thicken, about 20 min. Pour over bottom mixture in 9x13 dish. Place top mixture over filling and pat to cover filling. Bake at 375 for 20-25 min. Cool then cut into bars. Store in airtight containers. These freeze well.
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Quinoa Stir-Fry
(Recipe from Alive Canadian Journal, Oct. 1991)
Quinoa’s unusually high quality protein has a nearly ideal amino acid balance. It’s also a good source of fiber, complex carbs, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and vitamins B and E.
 2 C cooked quinoa (cook like rice)
1 C sliced mushrooms
½ C celery, sliced
½ C carrot, sliced
½ C broccoli, chopped
½ C cauliflower pieces
1 red pepper, diced
1 onion, sliced
1 C fresh spinach, chopped
2 Tbsp Bragg’s Lquid Aminos
3 cloves garlic, minced
½ C sliced almonds
¼ C raw sunflower seeds
1 tsp Spike, Vegit or seasoning of your choice
Saute veggies, garlic, almonds and seeds in sesame oil until crisp-tender. Add seasoning and quinoa. Stir until heated through. Serve immediately.
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Spinach and Broccoli Bake
1 C cooked brown rice
2 C mashed tofu or low-fat cottage cheese
1 package raw baby spinach or 1 box frozen, steamed and patted dry
2 C steamed diced broccoli
2 green peppers, chopped
2 C grated jack cheese
1½ tsp seal salt
Dash cayenne pepper
½ tsp powdered garlic
1 C sliced almonds
Combine all ingredients, place in 9 x 13 baking dish, top with grated cheese, then almonds. Bake at 350 for 30-45 min.
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