Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Happy Foody

Lately, I've been craving sweets like this little crispy treat above. And check out the foil wrapped Lindt chocolate on the right of the tea cup! Yum. Almost too pretty to eat.

Almost.

But these days I'm trying to eat more healthfully. Even my husband has gotten on board lately, asking for extra fruit and vegetables and cutting back on soda and chips. I know in my heart of hearts that eating good food makes me feel good. I know that eating foods full of sugar/fat/salt don't make me feel so hot. So if I know all that, why is it still so hard to eat good foods?

If you've been wondering that same thing, I have the perfect Web site to share with you: Happy Foody. This girl is a true inspiration to me on many levels, but one of the best things about her site is that she makes you absolutely crave crunchy fresh vegetables and sweet, wholesome fruits as though they were cake and candy. Her photos are amazing and she includes some fabulous recipes.

PLUS she's super environmentally friendly. You can learn more about her and her family's recent trip across country in a veggie-oil RV here.

Very inspiring.

Here's a delicious recipe from Dr. Weil's site that I just tried out today.

This makes a perfect snack or dessert when you have a sweet tooth and is nice and healthy.

Cocoa-Banana Frozen Dessert

4 bananas--quite ripe
2 Tbl. cocoa powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 Tbl. real maple syrup

Whiz together the bananas and cocoa powder in blender or food processor. Add vanilla and maple syrup and process until very smooth. Transfer into custard cups and cover. Freeze a few hours until set.

Delicious!

2 comments:

Peggy Frezon said...

Hi Joy, thanks for the recipe. I am a novice at healthy eating and I've got to tell you, for me it's really difficult to change habits ingrained for decades. I have high cholesterol, and I just discovered OJ with plant sterols. Do you have any info on this?

ChicChick said...

I know how hard it is to change ingrained habits, Peggy. I have never heard of plant sterols, though I have heard of some other good natural ways to reduce cholesterol--oatmeal, and I think Red Rice Yeast. Here's a link I found on the sterols:

http://altmedicine.about.com/od/highcholesterol/a/highcholesterol.htm

It also has some other information about naturally lowering one's cholesterol.

Good luck!