Eggplant Casserole Whole Food Recipe

April 28, 2010 By 1 Comment

Eggplant Casserole Healthy Whole Food Recipe
(can be adapted to a Gluten-Free Diet, excellent Vegetarian recipe)

Eggplant Casserole Healthy Vegetarian Recipe

Eggplant Casserole Healthy Vegetarian Recipe

Ingredients:

3 eggplant, peeled and thinly sliced
2 eggs
4 cups bread crumbs (make your own from whole grain bread or from gluten-free bread)
6 cups spaghetti sauce, divided
1 package (16 ounce) low fat mozzarella cheese, shredded and divided
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1/2 teaspoon dried basil


Instructions:
Also see Diana Walker’s Raw Food Health Benefits

  1. Place eggs into small bowl and beat.
  2. Place multi-grain bread crumbs in a separate bowl. (use gluten-free bread if you are on a gluten-free diet)
  3. Take sliced eggplant and dip into egg, coating completely.
  4. Place slices in bread crumbs covering entire slice.
  5. Place slices on cookie sheet being sure not to layer slices.
  6. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 7 minutes then flip slices and continue baking for 5 minutes more.
  7. Remove eggplant from oven.
  8. In a large oven safe-dish spread enough spaghetti sauce to cover bottom of pan.
  9. Put eggplant slices in a single layer over sauce.
  10. Cover with cheeses. Continue to layer until all the sauce and eggplant have been used.
  11. Sprinkle basil over top of casserole.
  12. Return to oven and bake 30 minutes or until browned.

Wishing you Freedom from Junk Food Cravings!
Diana Walker, Cravings Coach

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Cucumbers Curb Sugar Cravings

October 12, 2009 By 7 Comments

Curb Sugar Cravings with Cucumbers

Very interesting point about how to curb cravings. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge. Cucumbers can be used  for quick healthy snacks.

As Diana Walker, Cravings Coach – If you can utilize more healthy whole foods in your diet, I know that you can curb cravings for sugar and curb cravings for junk food.

The Amazing Cucumber – I personally love cucumbers.  I remember having “cucumber sandwiches” – well, little tiny rounds of cucumber on delicate bread – in London England – when I lived there in my 20s.  I felt so elegant!


I would suggest being sure to purchase organic cucumbers, if possible.  Eat them as they are or use in whole food recipes. Cucumbers could help to stop sugar cravings and junk food cravings.

  1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.
  2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber.  Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.
  3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower?  Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.
  4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds?  Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long.  The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.
  5. Stressed out and don’t have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa?  Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.
  6. Looking for a ‘green’ way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel?  Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won’t leave streaks and won’t harm your fingers or fingernails while you clean.

Wishing you Vibrant Health and Freedom from Cravings!

Diana Walker, Cravings Coach,

Author, Craving Secrets book

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Dandelion Root Health Liver Cleanse

March 22, 2009 By 9 Comments

Dandelion Root Liver CleanseDandelion Root Liver Cleanse

I’ve just completed a spring cleaning on my apartment – well, I am moving apartments, and in the process I cleaned out and gave away a lot of unnecessary items.  It feels so wonderful to “lighten up” and simplify.

We can do that for our bodies too.

Dandelion Root – Food for the Liver

Dandelion Root is known as a food for the liver, and is very high in calcium and other nutrients.  Some herbal texts mention dandelion’s ability to aid skin problems, detoxify poisons and toxic waste in the body, and act as a tonic to the stomach.  Dandelion is a natural source of protein, and is very high in Vitamins A, B, C, and E.  It is rich in potassium, calcium, and natural sodium, with some phosphorus and iron.

Some benefits noted by herbalists include:

* Clears toxins
* Cleans the liver
* Promotes urination
* Beneficial for arthritic conditions
*  Gentle, mild, natural Antibiotic
*  Inhibits bacteria and fungi
*  One of the most Detoxifying herbs
*  Beneficial for skin problems such as acne, eczema and psoriasis

Louise Tenney writes in Today’s Herbs:  The liver is our personal food storage.  Starches are stored in the liver, and changed to glycogen and released as the body needs energy-building material.  Fats are stored in the liver as well as proteins, where they are changed into amino acids.  White blood cells are manufactured in the liver to destroy germs and poisons, which come from the intestines.  The liver is responsible for the substance that causes blood to clot.  The liver also detoxifies.  It renders harmless the toxic end-products of the digestion process.  When the liver is working properly, it has the task of eliminating toxic metals.  When the liver is in trouble, it puts strain and congestion on all the glands, muscles, joints and the body structure.  Dandelion strengthens the liver with its easily assimilated minerals concentrated in the roots of the plant.

Why should we Cleanse the Liver?

The liver is the largest organ in the human body.  It is extremely complex. The liver performs over 500 functions in the body – can you imagine if you had to perform 500 functions?  That is high demand on our poor liver!  Here are just some of the functions the liver performs:

1.  Purifies the blood
2.  Manufactures and secretes bile
3.  Stores 20% to 30% of your body’s blood
4.  Detoxifies – turns toxic materials into non-toxic material
5.  Creates, metabolizes, and stores Hormones
6.  Metabolizes Fat – affects triglycerides, cholesterol, blood and body fat levels
7.  Metabolizes Nutrients for Life: proteins, fats, carbohydrates

Signs of a Sluggish Liver

1.  Allergies
2. Chemical Sensitivie
3.  Constipation
4.  Obesity
5.  PMS (Pre-menstrual syndrome)

Dandelion Root Liver Cleanse and Detox Recipe

Start slowly, with 1 capsule a day, and work up.
Cleansing & Detox Recipe — Dandelion Root Recipe for Liver Cleanse,  Spring Cleaning  the body or for Body Cleaning any time:  Open 2-3 capsules Dandelion Root, mix in 8 ounces warm or hot water.  Drink 3-4 cups per day.

Or, just swallow the capsules with water or Sunrider Calli Tea or Sunrider Fortune Delight.

Diana Walker, Cravings Coach
CEO, Diana’s Healthy Lifestyles

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