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Savory Tahini Sauce
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients:
1/2 cup tahini
1/4 cup water
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons tamari
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1-2 cloves of garlic, minced
pinch of cayenne (to your taste)
Directions:
1. In a bowl briskly whisk together the tahini and water until combined. It will look separated at first: just keep whisking!
2. Add remaining ingredients and whisk until combined.
3. Adjust flavors to your taste. Add additional water if you want it thinner.
4. Serve over grains and greens.
Note: Tahini sauce keeps refrigerated for up to one week.
Avocado Dip
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients:
1 large peeled and pitted avocado
2/3 cup plain yogurt, goat yogurt or soy yogurt
1 diced tomato
dash or two of cayenne pepper
sea salt and black pepper
Directions:
1. Mash avocado with a fork until very smooth.
2. Add yogurt, tomato, cayenne. Blend until smooth. This may be done in a food processor, in a blender or with a fork.
3. Add sea salt and fresh black pepper to taste.
4. Serve chilled with mixed raw vegetables.
Note: Best made a maximum of 1 hour before serving.
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| Upcoming Events |
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Celiac Disease/Gluten Intolerance Lecture &
Health Food Store Tour
If you are living gluten-free, pat yourself on the back. It is certainly not an easy feat, but for more and more people it is a medically necessaryway of life. If you have Celiac disease, gluten intolerance or sensitivity, you must take this class. Learn basic menu planning, cooking and food shopping skills. Enjoy being around like minded people who are also dealing with living gluten-free. Receive great tips on local GF restaurants, health food stores and more! This lecture will be followed by a gluten-free health food store tour!
Date: April 15th, 2008
Location: Wild By Nature, Huntington NY
Time: Lecture- 6:30-7:30PM
Health Food Store Tour: 7:30-8:30PM
Contact Us or Wild By Nature to RSVP
 Spring Clean your Body!
Every year, in honor of the glorious spring season, my mother would vigorously tear apart our home and clean every square inch of it. By the time she was done, the house would stink of liquid pine and shine from every angle. Sadly, most of us spend more time cleaning our homes than our precious bodies. Believe it or not, your body could use a spring cleaning as well- from the inside out! Join us to learn a simply way to detoxify your body without fasting and confusing drinks and potions. In a method developed by the world renowned Dr. Elson Haas, discover how to cleanse your body safely and naturally using the SNACC program.
Date: May 7th 2008
Location: Wild By Nature
Huntington, NY
Time: 7-8PM
Top 5 Tips for Eating for Energy
Stressed and tired? Feel like your body battery is always in need of recharging? Are you finding yourself constantly trying to find the stamina to make it through the day? Suffer from Chronic Fatigue or Epstein-Barr Virus? If you are searching for a solution to your Lack of Energy Battle, this class is defiantly for you! We will be exploring foods that pump up our energy and commodities that can zap your energy as well. We will also cover eating healthy at home and on the go.
Date: June 10th, 2008
Location: Wild By Nature
Huntington, NY
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Greetings!
Happy & Healthy is celebrating a new addition to our family! I know many of you have been patiently waiting for this. My email box keeps flooding with questions..."Are you okay?" and "Did the baby come yet?" are most popular right now! LOL!
Jayden Michael Moeljadi was born on his due date (smart baby!) February 27th at 1:11AM. Thanks to Deb, my hypnobirthing instructor (who I have the privilege of working with in my practice) Regina, my doula and my partner Bayu, Baby was born naturally, without drugs. Jayden is happy and healthy at 7lbs 10oz, 21 inches long. It was a magnificent experience. If anyone wants to have a special and magical birth, you owe it to yourself to contact my colleagues. They are truly the best in their fields, by far! Without their support, I doubt I would have had the same experience! Here are some pictures!
This newsletter will be short and sweet, as you can imagine, I am adjusting to Mommyhood and Baby is keeping me VERY busy!
FYI, I will return back to the office on April 1st.
We have moved to our new location! 195 West Hills Rd Huntington, NY 11746 is the new address! The new office is beautiful! Can't wait for all of you to see it! |
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| Get Slow |
 As A New Mom, this Article is SO Appropriate!
This article is a MUST READ! Who doesn't feel like there aren't enough hours in the day? We rush through the day, running here and there, and end up exhausted. Somehow these days full of duties, obligations, and busyness have begun to build up and become our lives. We spend our time doing things we don't really want to do, yet feel we should. We've come to believe that being productive and crossing things off our to-do list is the ultimate goal.
The truth is, life on Earth is a brief gift, and our time is too precious to be used like this. If we want our lives to be balanced and healthy, we need to lessen our load and increase our down time. This means planning less in a day, prioritizing those things that make our hearts sing and de-prioritizing those things that are not imperative.
If we must accomplish many things each day, we can still change the quality with which we do things. How can we transmute that sprint for the train into something delicious, instead of the usual gripping and tightening experience? Where can we find ease in the midst of stress? How can we cultivate the art of going slowly?
Take a few moments before you climb out of bed in the morning to remember your dreams and to think about what you want from the day.Leave your watch on the bedside table. Take the scenic route. Sit for a moment with your eyes closed when you start your computer. Check email only twice a day. Don't pack your schedule so tightly that there's no time for a short walk. Light candles before you start to cook dinner. Add one moment here and there for slowness; it can be done simply and will have a profound effect on your well-being.
Adapted from an article by Marco Visscher & Jay Walljasper, Ode Magazine, Issue #15, www.odemagazine.com
If you or a loved one are looking to learn to treat yourself well, learn self care techniques and become healthier, Happy & Healthy's 6 Month programs are the perfect choice for your wellness needs!
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| Food Focus |
 Oils and Fats
Not all oils and fats are created equal. Heavily processed, hydrogenated, "trans" fats and oils that are used in prepared, packaged foods can be extremely damaging to the body. However, fats and oils from whole foods and other high-quality sources can steady our metabolism, keep hormone levels even, nourish our skin, hair and nails and provide lubrication to keep the body functioning fluidly. Our bodies also need fat for insulation and to protect and hold our organs in place.
A healthy percentage of high-quality fat in a meal satisfies and leaves feelings of energy, fulfillment and warmth. When there are excess fats and oils in the diet, especially heavily processed fats, symptoms can include weight gain, skin breakouts, high blood pressure, liver strain and an overall feeling of mental, physical and emotional heaviness. Signs of insufficient high-quality fats are brittle hair and nails, dry skin, hunger after meals and feeling cold.
There are many sources of healthy fats and oils. For sautéing and baking, try butter, ghee (clarified butter) or coconut oil, because they do not break down when used at high temperatures. When sautéing and stovetop cooking at moderate temperatures, try organic extra virgin olive oil. Oils like flaxseed, sesame, toasted sesame, walnut and pumpkin seed are best used unheated in sauces or dressings on top of salads, veggies or grains. Other healthy fats are found in whole nuts and seeds and in their butters like almond butter or tahini. Whole foods such as avocados, olives and coconuts are great sources of healthy fat, along with wild salmon and omega-3 and omega-6 organic eggs. Experiment with these healthy fat sources and see which agree with you and leave you satisfied.
When selecting oils, buy the highest quality organic products you can afford, since cooking oils are the backbone of so many dishes. Good words to look for on the label are organic, first-pressed, cold-pressed, extra-virgin and unrefined. Words to avoid are expeller-pressed, refined and solvent extracted.
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As always, I leave you with a quote from our featued article. Take Care!
There is more to life than increasing its speed. -Gandhi
Sincerely,
Christie Korth, CHC, AADP
Happy & Healthy Wellness |
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