“This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.”…. Peace Pilgrim [Source: http://www.peacepilgrim.com%5D
The Way of Peace
How about a Nice Bowl of Soup?
Copyright 2014 by R.A. Robbins
Soup is something I love to make, but I seldom use a recipe. For me soup is a make it up as you go sort of thing. For the soup in the picture I used the broth and meat scraps from boiling the carcass from the Thanksgiving turkey. I added onions, carrots and celery and let it cook. Then at the end I added kale torn in small pieces and cooked noodles. For my noodles I used brown rice spaghetti broken into smaller pieces to look like the noodles in the canned soup my mom “made” when I was sick. I cooked this and added to the individual bowls of soup at serving time because gluten free noodles don’t stand up to reheating. It took a couple of times having noodles dissolve into a pot of soup for me to learn this. 🙂
What kind of soup do you like to make?
More gluten free tips and recipes are available in my new e-book The Gluten Free Good Life.
Thought for Today
“Meditation is a technique for quieting the mind, shutting down the mind chanter so that we can be still and 100% present with the now” — Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D., Meditation Expert, Author of Reflections on Meditation: A Guide for Beginners [Source: http://www.meditationforhealthpodcast.com/]
Thought for Today
Copyright 2013 by R.A. Robbins
“If you want to be an artist, you do what artists do. Artists don’t set out to create ART, they set aside some time, then they show up and get involved with the materials and tools of their medium.” — Jean Bryant [Source: Stop Improving Yourself and Start Living]
How Could Anyone Ever Tell You…
Thought for Today
Copyright 2013 by R.A. Robbins
“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.” Euripides
Thought for Today
“He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882), Address on The Method of Nature, 1841 [Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/love/%5D
Healthy Living A to Z: D is for Dessert
Don’t get too excited. I’m not going to tell you to go out and indulge in every high fat sweet treat you can find but there are healthier ways to enjoy dessert.
One of my favorite treats is fresh or frozen berries. Strawberries are natures candy. Fruit can help satisfy cravings for sugar.
Chocolate has been proven to have health benefits. We’re talking dark chocolate here — high is cacao and low in sugar. Buy the good stuff and enjoy in moderation.
I do bake, but make sweets healthier by cutting as much fat and refined sugar as possible. Be sure substitutions are healthy ones.
You might need to change what you consider a “treat.” When I was young my sugar consumption was limited because my older brother had bad teeth. For years I thought cheese was candy.
Why am I talking about dessert in a series on healthy living? I know throwing out all foods we love and enjoy attempting to get healthy is setting ourselves up for failure. Indulge in a little treat now and then. Make your desserts as healthy as possible and practice moderation.
Need ideas for a healthier Valentine’s Day Dessert?
Pure Heart Brownies and Cocoa Truffles from Shivay Delights
Greek Yogurt and Warm Berry Sauce from Gluten Free Fabulous
Do you have a healthier dessert recipe? Feel free to link to it in the comments section.
Thought for Today
“When you are up against a tough situation, the first essential is to stand up to it. Face it, think about it, study it, pray about it; then hit it and keep after it. You have within you enough force, put there by Almighty God, to overcome situations that seem overwhelming.”
— Norman Vincent Peale [Source: Use Your God-Given Power
http://www.guideposts.org/faith/bible-resources/use-your-god-given power]
Thought for Today
‘There is a saying in Vietnamese, ‘It doesn’t cost anything to have loving speech.’ We only need to choose our words carefully, and we can make other people happy. To use words mindfully, with loving kindness, is to practice generosity. We can make many people happy just by practicing loving speech.’ – Thich Nhat Hanh [Source: The Art of Communicating http://plumvillage.org/book/the-art-of-communicating/%5D
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