Jersey Lettuce in December
This time of the year the lettuce in our garden patch has a leathery feel and robust flavor. We keep thinning the curly, red and romaine lettuce varieties. They appear as a long row of eye catching mini bouquets. The unusually mild temperatures in Central New Jersey, keep the harvest plentiful. All signs of morning frost dissipates once the sun's raise peaks above the horizon. The garden is still well stocked with fresh collards, carrots, …
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Kale – Not Just a Fall Lawn Ornament!
Its Fall! Well, even a touch of winter has descended upon us easterners. With the doom and gloom of ice storms, snapped power lines and snow my garden kale is holding it's own. It will continue to sprout out tender leaves all winter long. Lucky for us! Kale is really the king of calcium for good reason and it has a multitude of health benefits shared by its cruciferous plant kingdom cousins. Then its back into the kitchen to prepare one …
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Kitchen Conversations: Garden Zucchini & Plum Tomatoes
This month's recipe features Garden Zucchini & Plum Tomatoes. This is a great way to get kids into the kitchen. When they see your enthusiasm around preparing meals with fresh ingredients from the garden patch, chances are greater they will take part in expanding their own food palette. My eleven year old decided to make me my favorite living energy dish one evening. See her creation above. Mariselle was not ready to surrender the dish …
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A Word on Raw Diets
I know many of you may still feel raw is not palatable You may be surprised by the delicious taste fresh garden herbs lend to the flavorings of a fresh dish as well as the energy you'll have when you try some raw meals in your daily meal plan. So what is raw? A raw food diet is a diet based on unprocessed and uncooked plant foods, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, sprouts, seeds, nuts, grains, beans, sun-dried fruit, and seaweed. Heating …
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Kitchen Conversations: Cucumbers
Follow me into the Sacred Space of our Kitchens. This month's topic is the Amazingly Cool Cucumber. 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. Cucumbers contain enough sugar and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body looses through warm weather and …
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Your Healthy Vision – Simply Juicing your Way!
Juicing has become such a buzz word lately. I am often asked about juice fasts, cleansing and juicing basics. Personally I feel juicing has got to be simple and kept to 2 or 3 ingredients when starting out. Give your palette a chance to truly taste the combination's. My first favorite juice I introduce in my wellness workshops has been "green lemonade." We juice a cucumber, apple, lemon and a slice of ginger. Simple and …
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About Marie
Hello and Welcome! I’m Marie, your Health and Wellness Coach.
My search for improved health, free from chronic illness began over 22 years ago when our family was gifted with many challenges to our health.
Our “gifts” became my passion to seek alternatives to health because we vowed our children would not experience a childhood full of chronic health issues that kept them on the …
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Living Raw & Vegan Lifestyle- Workshop and Lunch
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