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AvoGuaco Part 2 - Uses & Health Benefits

August 20, 2018 in Nourished Recipes, Nourished Body

Hello again! Last week, Peter and I (Arianne) took over the Living Wellness blog and shared our favorite recipe, AvoGuaco. We wanted to share some of our favorite ways to use this recipe as a side dish or a main dish.

Before we move into the various different ways you can use this wonderful mix, let’s talk about some of the health benefits that come from the ingredients in this living food mixture!

We’ll start with the most important ingredient in this recipe… Avocados! The health benefits from an avocado alone could arguably deem this the healthiest food of all time in my opinion. To name a few of the benefits that this nutrient-dense, superfood has inside of its shell: aids in digestion, skin, dental and hair care; it's anti-inflammatory; health fats help you stay full and many more (source). My favorite part of eating avocados is the satiety factor. You might be wondering what satiety is? To be satiated means that your body is satisfied with the nutrients it has received helping you feel full or not hungry.

AvoGuaco Recipe Part I

August 12, 2018 in Nourished Recipes, Nourished Body

Thanks for stopping by! My name is Arianne Lind. My Fiancé Peter and I are absolutely honored to share one of our favorite recipes with you on the Living Wellness blog.

Peter and I both became Living Wellness Facilitators in February of 2018, but we’ve been following the amazing life tips of Living Wellness for over two years!

After completing the Living Wellness Facilitator Training, we discovered profound ways to enhance our lives even more. Being a part of the Living Wellness community has fully inspired Peter and I to launch our own business. We are very small and in the beginning stages of creating the entity that we now call SimplyyElevated.

We are passionate about educating on food awareness, having a healthy lifestyle, and teaching people how to cook! This includes taking recipes that are traditionally not so healthy, such as pizza and brownies, and making them better by using healthful ingredients. One of our long-term visions involves having a meal service ready and available to the public.

Veggies You Never Thought You'd Love: Sautéed Swiss Chard + Caramelized Onions

July 25, 2018 in Nourished Recipes

I absolutely love heading to our local farmer's market this time of year. Strolling down the aisles looking at the rainbow colors of produce just fills me with awe for God's creation.

This week we purchased a bunch of kale, Swiss chard, spring onions, and basket of green beans for under $10! Our local farmer's market also encourages kids to make healthy food choices by giving them a $2 token for any produce (fruit or veggie) at the market. I love seeing my son getting excited to pick out "his" veggie at the market and then proudly carry it in "his" bag :)

As I've mentioned in the other posts in this series (type in "Veggies You Never Thought You'd Love" into the search bar to read them all), eating fresh veggies have not always been something I enjoyed. In fact, I detested them! Over the course of many years, through the journey of learning that eating is not just about satisfying hunger but nourishing my body with the fuel it needs, I have come to love these veggies. With this series, I hope to encourage you to branch out and try a new veggie or two and share the experience with your kiddos or friends.

This week, I'm excited to share with you my favorite summer time veggie dish: Sauteed Swiss Chard + Caramelized Onions.

Bite by Bite: Finding Food Freedom -- Kale Chips Recipe

April 29, 2018 in Nourished Home, Nourished Recipes

This picture makes a momma heart proud. It’s a picture of progress. It’s a picture of healing. It’s a picture of food freedom.

Although you may just see a toddler’s plate for a mid-afternoon snack, what I see is tiny taste buds that have shifted sloooowly with tons of love and guidance. Not just talking about my son’s taste buds but mine. Yes he went through the typical toddler picky phase but his started to go deeper than that. I couldn’t see it at first because I was blinding by the ease of serving him what I knew he’d eat. I saw it after I slammed the fridge door frustrated that I had served him the same meal 2x that day not counting how many times that week. I saw it as I watched the meltdown at the table when daddy offered a bite of carrot. I saw it when I looked in the mirror.

You see this plate is really a mirror. He eats what I eat, that is, what I eat now. Food and I go way back.

Veggies You Never Thought You'd Love: Sweet Potato Fries

February 04, 2018 in Nourished Recipes, Nourished Body

Healthy eating has not always been something on my priority list nor was it something I was always willing to do. If I were to show my current diet to my 8-year-old self who often refused to eat anything except Campbell's Chunky Soup and Dinty Moore Stew (not making this up!), my 8-year-old probably would have fainted. When I look at the changes I've made, whether by choice or by medical-necessity, I'm quite proud of how far I've come.

One area though that I continue to struggle with and consequently see my toddler son struggle with being adventurous is veggies. Choose any color of the rainbow and there are a multitude of veggies with amazing nutritional value. I know how amazing broccoli is with it's calcium and vitamin C, Brussels sprouts with their manganese and vitamin B's, and sweet potato with it's vitamin A. I know how amazing veggies are for you, but that isn't always enough to challenge my palate to take a bite. As a former picker-eater and mother of a picker-eater, AND lover of honoring my body with nourishing foods, I'm excited to share with you a series of recipes I've developed over the years that have become a hit in our family and helped us to eat more veggies.

I'd also like to share with you a simple tip each post in this series how to help your kiddos (or yourself) becoming more adventurous with their eating!