{"id":9842,"date":"2014-05-01T01:10:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T06:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=10183"},"modified":"2014-05-08T16:05:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T21:05:10","slug":"nelland-living-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2014\/05\/01\/nelland-living-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelland Living"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eating Plan For Beltane<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

It has been a habit of mine to make eating plans for each Sabbat. It just makes life so much easier. This is my newest plan for the next six weeks or so, until Litha draws near. <\/span><\/p>\n

I am a lazy cook, and dread each minute spent in the kitchen. But dining out or on conveniece food is not an option, they just don\u00b4t provide the same freshness and nutrition as home made food does. So there is no way around cooking, but there are shortcuts! This Beltane I try to skip all the fuzz in the kitchen, but still eat lean and healthy. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Nell1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

A breakfast:<\/b>\u00a0rice cakes topped with super easy, healthy, raw chocolate spread.<\/p>\n

The recipe:<\/p>\n

1 banana, mashed<\/p>\n

1 tsp dark cocoa powder<\/p>\n

Mix and spread over rice cakes.<\/p>\n

(Not quite the real thing, but a great substitute.\u00a0\u00a0=)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The dynamic duo<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

For each meal I now choose only two ingredients (and as ingredients I count foods that I can eat a stomach full of, so for example mustard would not do ). <\/span><\/p>\n

Two foods does not sound like much, but the amount is unlimited, and the variety is great when chosen different foods for each meal. Most often we eat the same stuff over and over anyway, so I actually predict this will <\/span>increase<\/span><\/span> the variety in my diet. <\/span><\/p>\n

The dynamic duo in a nutshell: grains and raw veggies. <\/span><\/p>\n

Examples of grains\/starches<\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

fresh veggie juice<\/span><\/p>\n

cucumber sticks <\/span><\/p>\n

wholegrain rice<\/span><\/p>\n

oven baked potato wedges<\/span><\/p>\n

corn<\/span><\/p>\n

oatmeal<\/span><\/p>\n

quinoa<\/span><\/p>\n

wholegrain spelt bread <\/span><\/p>\n

wholegrain, low sugar, breakfast cereal <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Nell2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wild drink:<\/b><\/p>\n

A handful of stinging nettle<\/p>\n

1 Granny Smith apple<\/p>\n

\u00bd inch piece fresh ginger<\/p>\n

water<\/p>\n

Blend in a high-speed blender. Add enough water to make 2 cups.<\/p>\n

Examples of proteins<\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

peas<\/span><\/p>\n

tofu<\/span><\/p>\n

lentils<\/span><\/p>\n

chickpeas<\/span><\/p>\n

textured vegetable protein<\/span><\/p>\n

butter beans<\/span><\/p>\n

All the above can be mixed and matched freely, and eaten when and how much desired. That\u00b4s when you can rely on the wisdom of your body, it\u00b4s intuition. I believe that as long as healthy foods, low in sugar, salt, and fat, are eaten, your body will tell you when it has had enough. You will not desire more than is needed. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is easier for me to surf through the day with super healthy foods, when I know that in the evening I can have one decadent dessert. That is chocolate. No matter how much I have tried, I have not yet found an equally satisfying substitute. I figure it is better to a smaller amount of store-bought chocolate than chow down substitutes by the gallon\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Nell3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

An example of a day\u00b4s food choices<\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Breakfast: 2 cups green tea with soymilk + rice cakes with banana<\/span><\/p>\n

Lunch: 2 cups wild green drink + rice + mushrooms<\/span><\/p>\n

Afternoon: 2 cups green tea with soymilk + wholegrain bread + cucumber<\/span><\/p>\n

Evening: 2 oz. favorite chocolate<\/span><\/p>\n

This plan uses whole, fresh, almost all vegan, foods to enable high nutrition. I reserve all my sugar for the evening, when I enjoy the dessert of the day. It is difficult to keep the daily amount of sugar below the recommended (WHO: under an ounce \/25 grams), but with that in mind, I indulge in my chocolate. Besides, healthy food requires unhealthy desserts to keep yin and yang in balance! =)<\/span><\/p>\n

Happy and healthy Belatane!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eating Plan For Beltane It has been a habit of mine to make eating plans for each Sabbat. It just makes life so much easier. This is my newest plan for the next six weeks or so, until Litha draws near. I am a lazy cook, and dread each minute spent in the kitchen. But dining out or on conveniece food is not an option, they just don\u00b4t provide the same freshness and nutrition as home made food does. So there is no way around cooking, but there are shortcuts! This Beltane I try to skip all the fuzz in the kitchen, but still eat lean and healthy.   A breakfast:\u00a0rice cakes topped with super easy, healthy, raw chocolate spread. The recipe: 1 banana, mashed 1 tsp dark cocoa powder Mix and spread over rice cakes. (Not quite the real thing, but a great substitute.\u00a0\u00a0=)     The dynamic duo For each meal I now choose only two ingredients (and as ingredients I count foods that I can eat a stomach full of, so for example mustard would not do ). Two foods does not sound like much, but the amount is unlimited, and the variety is great when chosen different foods for each meal. Most often we eat the same stuff over and over anyway, so I actually predict this will increase the variety in my diet. The dynamic duo in a nutshell: grains and raw veggies. Examples of grains\/starches: fresh veggie juice cucumber sticks wholegrain rice oven baked potato wedges corn oatmeal quinoa wholegrain spelt bread wholegrain, low sugar, breakfast cereal Wild drink: A handful of stinging nettle 1 Granny Smith apple \u00bd inch piece fresh ginger water Blend in a high-speed blender. Add enough water to make 2 cups. Examples of proteins: peas tofu lentils chickpeas textured vegetable protein butter beans All the above can be mixed and matched freely, and eaten when and how much desired. That\u00b4s when you can rely on the wisdom of your body, it\u00b4s intuition. I believe that as long as healthy foods, low in sugar, salt, and fat, are eaten, your body will tell you when it has had enough. You will not desire more than is needed. It is easier for me to surf through the day with super healthy foods, when I know that in the evening I can have one decadent dessert. That is chocolate. No matter how much I have tried, I have not yet found an equally satisfying substitute. I figure it is better to a smaller amount of store-bought chocolate than chow down substitutes by the gallon\u2026 An example of a day\u00b4s food choices: Breakfast: 2 cups green tea with soymilk + rice cakes with banana Lunch: 2 cups wild green drink + rice + mushrooms Afternoon: 2 cups green tea with soymilk + wholegrain bread + cucumber Evening: 2 oz. favorite chocolate This plan uses whole, fresh, almost all vegan, foods to enable high nutrition. I reserve all my sugar for the evening, when I enjoy the dessert of the day. It is difficult to keep the daily amount of sugar below the recommended (WHO: under an ounce \/25 grams), but with that in mind, I indulge in my chocolate. Besides, healthy food requires unhealthy desserts to keep yin and yang in balance! =) Happy and healthy Belatane!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/193"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}