| Greetings All! It has been a while since my last newsletter. I hope these fall greetings find you well and having enjoyed your summer! Thanks to many of you who sent wishes, cards, messages and prayers during the birth of our daughter. It has been a summer of change, growth and integration as a family of 4.
This time has also brought an opportunity to create new ideas, classes and ways to be of service to YOU! I hope you will enjoy this beginning and provide me with your questions, comments and suggestions for how I can serve you better in the coming months and into 2009.
Many Blessings to all of you,
Wendy 
Fall is a fabulous time for cleansing with the changing seasons. Detoxifying can bring you many benefits. Please join Wendy for this free 1/2 hour class to learn more. More classes on this topic will be offered with interest from you!
Please contact Wendy for details if you are interested in this class.
Another Upcoming Class:
Nutrition for ADD and ADHD
Diet has been shown to play a large role and can help children (and parents) with balancing symptoms, addressing troublesome behaviors and more.
Please contact Wendy for details if you are interested in this class. |
A Preview for Halloween
Consider the following ideas for your kids and fellow "trick or treat-ers":
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Fair Trade chocolates
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Chocolates that give back to environmental causes with your purchase
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Non-food items such as stickers, creepy crawlers and more.
Come learn more at Wendy's Sweetness Classes of how you can make a difference and benefit your and your children's health in the process!
Travel & Customized Classes Always Available
Have a topic of interest to you and your friends or colleagues? Wendy can customize a talk just for you. She will come to your location. Please contact Wendy with your topic/s and date suggestions. Quick Links
Find more fall recipes, a way to register and MORE. | |
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Welcome to Fall!
As the temperatures drop and the colors change, enclosed are some ideas for a cozy and cleansing fall. Keep reading to see more on Sweetness Without Sugar, Detox and Nutrtion for ADD/ADHD classes, as well as a new nutrition series for children and parents (or soon to be parents). As always, please let me know if you would like me to cover specific topics for you, your friends, colleagues and loved ones. |
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SOME UPCOMING CLASSES & EVENTS:
2 New Nutrition Class Series
at The New Body Mind Spirit
4 classes per series:
- Starting Solids/First Foods for Babies (October 10th)
- Feeding the "Picky" Eaters (October 24th) - includes Healthy Halloween tips)
- Effect of Sugar on Children (November 7th)
- Suggestions & Easy How-to's for Meals with Caregivers (November 21st)
I will be at Babies R Us on Saturday, October 11th from 11-3 answering questions for you and your friends, colleagues, clients and family.
- Nutrition for Pre-conception and Optimization for soon to be Moms AND Dads (October 2nd; please contact Wendy if you would like this re-offered)
- Nutrition for Pregnancy (October 23rd)
- Nutrition for Breastfeeding (October 30th)
- Nutrition for Post-partum (November 13th)
Sweetness Without Sugar Classes
Absorb the sweet sensations experienced seeing the Fall Foliage as you drive out to Afton to join me.
Reiki Certification Classes
- October date for a Reiki Level 1 Certification Class (at a private residence, please contact Wendy for details). IN BALTIMORE
- November 1st - Accelerated Reiki Level 1 and 2 Certification Class
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Sweetness Without Sugar Classes and Cookbooklet Update
Many of you have asked me about my upcoming cook-booklet including healthy snacks and desserts. I'm happy to report it is coming along and will be available soon. With more news about the dangers of artificial sweeteners as well as sugar and corn syrup, it will be a pleasure to offer this to you, your friends, colleagues and loved ones. The recipes included all contain alternative sweeteners and take into account balancing blood sugar, prevention of and embracing Diabetes, as well as food sensitivities and allergies! With Halloween and holiday season coming up, learn some ideas for healthy treats and new ideas for creating a healthier holiday for you, your family and neighbors! Please stay tuned for more.
As an adjunct to this booklet, I offer Sweetness Without Sugar Classes, being offered this Fall (before Halloween) on October 25th and before Thanksgiving on November 16th. For a flyer and more information, please visit my website at www.vigdorhess.com .
The movie, King Corn, which I saw recently, investigates and informs all of us about the corn industry (i.e. corn syrup). Grab a hot cup of tea or bowl of soup and enjoy! I highly recommend it! |
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Butternut Squash Soup with Ginger
This recipe is adapted from multiple sources and is yummy! It is easy to make and keeps well if you make it ahead of time for your week ahead. Serve with a salad and voila!
2 onions, chopped
2 Tbsp fresh ginger, minced
1 Tbsp coconut or olive oil
2 apples, peeled, seeded and chopped
1 butternut squash, without skin or seeds, cut into cubes*
4 cups vegetable broth
Salt and pepper, to taste
Garnish if desired
* Can slice the squash into 2 long halves and bake it face down on a cookie sheet at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes to an hour (depending upon the size of the squash). Once cooked, scoop out the seeds and add the squash without the skin to the cooked apples and broth right before blending.
Saute onions and ginger in oil, until onions are translucent.
Cook the apples and squash (unless baking as noted) in a pot with the broth.
Boil this mixture first and then simmer until both apples and squash are tender to a fork touching them.
Puree all ingredients in a blender (including the juice from the boiling pot) until smooth. Add garnish as desired.
Serves: 4 Preparation and Cooking Time: 30-40 minutes
If Baking, the squash may take up to 1 hour
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