Wanna get on your way to being Slim, Calm, and Sexy? Here is your grocery list for the Slim Calm Sexy Diet Three Day Cleanse…order the book today, hit the grocery store this week, and by the time the book arrives you will be all set!!

Produce

• 2 Grapefruit
• 6 cups greens of your choice or green juice
• 1 avocado
• 2 red cabbages
• 2 green cabbages
• 3 cucumbers

 Eggs

• 9 DHA-fortified eggs

 Nuts, Nut Butters, and Seeds

• 6 tablespoons sunflower seeds or 1/3 cup almonds
• ¾ cup almonds (for Slim Slaw)

 Meat and Seafood

• 24 ounces lean protein of your choice (such as sliced turkey, shrimp, and fish)

 Condiments and Teas

• Green Tea (enough for 6 servings)
• Cinnamon
• Dijon Mustard
• Rice Vinegar

Wanna get on your way to being Slim, Calm, and Sexy? Here is your grocery list for the Slim Calm Sexy Diet Three Day Cleanse…order the book today, hit the grocery store this week, and by the time the book arrives you will be all set!!

Produce

• 2 Grapefruit
• 6 cups greens of your choice or green juice
• 1 avocado
• 2 red cabbages
• 2 green cabbages
• 3 cucumbers

 Eggs

• 9 DHA-fortified eggs

 Nuts, Nut Butters, and Seeds

• 6 tablespoons sunflower seeds or 1/3 cup almonds
• ¾ cup almonds (for Slim Slaw)

 Meat and Seafood

• 24 ounces lean protein of your choice (such as sliced turkey, shrimp, and fish)

 Condiments and Teas

• Green Tea (enough for 6 servings)
• Cinnamon
• Dijon Mustard
• Rice Vinegar

It’s April Fool’s day and we are all often fooled… by food! While browsing aisles in the grocery store, it is so easy to be deceived by names like “Skinny” or “Lite”. To help us outsmart these manufacturers, every other week Keri selects a food product that appears healthy upon first glance and breaks it down for in her column “Too Good To Be Food?” on Thatsfit.com. She evaluates the product ingredient by ingredient to get to the bottom of whether or not this food is actually as healthy as it sounds. Check out these products and you will be one step ahead of those food industry pranksters!

Are these foods too good to be food?

Garden Lites Zucchini Portabella
Cocoa Roast Almonds
Dannon Greek Yogurt
Snyder’s EatSmart Naturals Veggie Garden Crisps
Dark Chocolate Pomegranate VitaTops

To celebrate the advent of spring, the Hindu and Sikh faiths partake in a festival called Holi. Holi is a festival of colors, a time for people to rejoice and take in all the new life spring brings. For Holi, people paint their faces and bodies with powdered colors to dance and be merry, celebrating life and love. Research has shown that dancing with others can lower your levels of stress hormones and enhance your feel-good-hormone, serotonin. Put on your brightest colors and dance away!

NLT: Besides rejoicing through dance, people drink Thandai, a traditional beverage made of nuts and spices. Add a dash of cardomum, fennel seeds, pepper and some poppy seeds to almond milk and drink up! This festive Holi drink is delicious and packed with all the healthy benefits of nuts and spices, with no added sugar or salt. Yet another reason to celebrate!

Ingredients:
1 ½ cups old-fashioned oats
½ cup quinoa, rinsed and dried
¼ cup chopped almonds
2 teaspoons cinnamon
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon agave syrup
½ cup dried cranberries

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Mix the oats, quinoa, nuts, and cinnamon in a large bowl and set aside.
3. Combine the applesauce, agave syrup and vanilla extract in small saucepan over low heat until heated through.
4. Pour applesauce mixture into reserved oat mixture. Stir evenly to coat.
5. Bake 30 to 40 minutes, stirring halfway through.
6. Remove from oven and stir in cranberries.
7. Let cool completely on baking sheet. Divide and serve over 6 oz fat-free plain yogurt.

Makes 4 servings

Why we love this recipe:
This is the perfect breakfast recipe that not only tastes great; it will leave you with a sense of satiety –helping you feel full and happy all morning long!

Well, where do we begin? For starters, this yummy granola uses quinoa – one of my fave grains that’s not only high in protein, but the protein it supplies is a complete protein, meaning it includes all nine essential amino acids that are key players in the development of bone and muscle strength. Quinoa is a very good source of manganese and copper, two minerals that act as antioxidants, protecting us from free radical damage.

The recipe also calls for almonds, which are high in monounsaturated fats to help lower cholesterol and improve cardiovascular health. Additionally, the vitamin E found in almonds gives you an added antioxidant boost, to help reduce the risk of heart disease.

Topping off the list of healthy ingredients that will make your mouth water is cinnamon… Just the smell of this heavenly spice is enough to curb fatigue, ease frustration, and increase alertness. Even better, recent research shows that consumption of cinnamon may inhibit the progression of certain types of Alzheimer’s cells.

Sounds delish, doesn’t it?! Enjoy!