Chunky Tomato Soup

Very tasty and satisfying!

Ingredients

• 4 large Tomatoes (chopped)
• 1 medium Onion (sliced)
• 1 cup Asparagus (chopped)
• 3 cups Water (or vegetable broth)
• 1/2 cup Tomato paste (optional)
• Sea salt
• 1 tsp Cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp dry Basil
• 1 tsp Thyme
• 1 tsp Honey
• 1 Tbs Olive oil
• 1 Tbs *Fufu flour (mix with 1Tbs water)

*If you can't find fufu flour, unbleached flour will work

Directions

Cook asparagus for 10 minutes and set aside

Heat pan with olive oil. Add onions. Cook until caramelized. Add tomatoes, water, tomato paste, sea salt, cayenne pepper, basil, thyme and honey. Let cook for 30 minutes or until soup reduces and thickens, then add fufu mix. Add cooked asparagus to soup. Serve and enjoy.

Some Health Benefits

Asparagus are known to be a good source of fiber and protein. They are also known to   strengthen bones, regulate blood sugar levels and help fight certain forms of cancer.

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"Good Food"

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A good diet is always within reach. But making the switch to healthy eating might seem difficult at first. When we decide to eat healthy to shed unhealthy pounds; when blood test results say we have diabetes, and we turn to healthy sugars to balance our blood sugar levels; or when we cut out the sweets and unhealthy salts and fats, we know good eating is within our reach. 

Why then is it that many don't stick to the diet program? True, it's got to do with will power. It's also about finding tasty, familiar substitutes. But effective change must be natural. Some experts tell us to sip on diet pop, eat nicely-packaged diet foods, and pop diet pills - it's really no surprise when people fall off their diet plans while finding "good food." 

You know whether it's really good or not when it doesn't keep you anxiously watching the scale. We are swamped with numbers, terms and expensive programs. There are catchy-named dieting plans that sometimes confuse our efforts when we could focus and cut out unhealthy sugars completely for example. And for substitutes, there are always healthy alternatives you may creatively put together based on available recipes.  

That's when we're defining good food with health improvement in mind. That's when we are saying "good" with a little more meaning. Good diet must be as immunity-boosting, cleansing and nutritious as it should taste good. 

Bean Burger

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This sandwich is very satisfying. Even a meat lover would have to agree!

Ingredients

Serving size: 9

• 3 cups of cooked Pink beans
• 1 large Onion(chopped)
• 1 Green pepper(chopped)
• 1/3 cup cooked Brown rice
• 1 tsp Garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp Chili powder
• 1/2 tsp Onion powder
• 1/2 tsp Cumin
• 1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper
• 1/2 Thyme
• 1/2 Basil
• 1 Flax seed egg
• Sea salt to taste
• 3 Tbs Wheat flour
• 4 Tbs of Olive oil( or any oil of your choice)
• 1 sliced Avocado
• Baby Spinach
• Vegan Mayonnaise
• Sliced Tomatoes
• Wheat Bread

Directions

In a large bowl add beans and mash together using the back of a fork. Add onion, green pepper, brown rice, ½ tsp garlic powder chili powder, cayenne pepper, thyme, basil, flax seed egg substitute and sea salt, Mix well. Pour wheat flour with 1/2 tsp garlic powder and 1/2 tsp onion powder onto a plate and mix. Heat pan with olive oil. Use an ice cream scooper into wheat flour mixer and coat completely. Once coated, shape bean mix into the shape of a pattie and add to olive oil. Be careful while handling pattie - it will be very soft. Cook pattie for 3 minutes on both side or until golden brown. Drain on a paper towel and assemble sandwich with wheat bread, sliced tomatoes, baby spinach, avocado and vegan mayonnaise.

Some Health Benefits

Beans support blood, heart and cell health. They are a source of protein and fiber. It is useful in weight loss. 

Avocados also help balance the body's weight. They support blood, brain, heart, liver, kidney, skin, hair and immune system health. They boost good cholesterol and helps repair swollen and damaged cells. Avocados are known to help correct premenstrual syndrome and some other hormonal imbalances.

Spinach is good for eye, blood, heart, brain, bone and cell health. It helps repair damaged cells, It also helps in digestion and counters constipation.

Tomatoes nourish the skin and support eye, heart, blood and kidney health.

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The "Miracle" Berry

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Miracle Berries*

The "Miracle" berry (click the Miracle Fruit red banners on the right) might surprise you. It makes some sour foods taste sweet. 

For black people, this miracle isn't so mysterious. It is a health-supporting fruit from West Africa. Interest in the berry has grown over the past decade.

You put the little red berry on your tongue and eat the flesh for about thirty seconds. Anything you eat immediately after that tastes sweet. 

This makes it an excellent healthy sweetener.

It is known to help people undergoing chemotherapy or countering diabetes and other sugar-related diseases to healthily sweeten and enjoy food.

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