Congratulations for stepping up and making a commitment to eat healthy for the next three weeks! Motivation for doing the group for the first, second, third, even forth time for some, is to keep learning and being empowered to be our best and live our best lives!
Suffering is a good motivator for change but feeling good is an even better motivator for continued change and growth in personal empowerment! My intention for this group is: Educate as to how food makes us sick and how it can keep us healthy.
Empower group members to make goals and reach them.
Offer the group an opportunity to see how a group can add support and be an opportunity to support others to be seen, to be heard, and to be cared for.
To bring the invitation for you to bring your spiritual values into your life with food and others.
We will share recipes and food ideas with one another on the blog and everyone will add tasty new cooking ideas to keep them motivated to incorporate whole food into a lifestyle.
Soup that we enjoyed this first evening:
- 6 cups cubed squash ( organic, cleaned and cubed… Costco)
- 1 head cauliflower
- 1 red onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 head Kale
- 2 cups mushrooms
- 3 boxes Carrot Ginger Soup
Put Squash in a bowl and toss liberally with olive oil. Spread on baking sheet and cook 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Cut Cauliflower into small like sized pieces. Toss liberally with olive oil. Spread on baking sheet and cook 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile… in large soup pan saute chopped onion and garlic in 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add mushrooms and saute for another 5 minutes or so. Add boxed soup and keep warming. Once hot add roasted vegetables and chopped kale. Add seasoning to taste: red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, lemon pepper, etc. ( any other combination of vegetables can be use such as zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, cabbage, green onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes)
Soups are often good to make enough for a few meals. Heat the portion needed for each meal separately to keep vegetables from overcooking.
Baked Apples:
8 large apples: peel, pare and cube. Toss liberally with coconut oil. Spread on baking sheet and sprinkle with pumpkin pie spice. Bake 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Enjoy warm or cooled.