Fun Stuff
Recipes
Creamsicle Orange Juice
Mix Healthy Habits Vanilla Liqui-Sweet with your favorite orange
juice. It adds 0 calories and 0 carbohydrates while creating a delightful twist
on an already delicious morning treat.
Cafe Mocha
Mix Healthy Habits Cafe Caralluma with water or coffee (iced or hot)
to create a delicious and rich cafe mocha beverage that is perfect for
controlling your appetite and cravings.
Delicious High Fiber Baking
Replace 20-25% of white flour with Healthy Habits Organic Coconut
Flour to create a high fiber healthy treat. Coconut flour is high in fiber, low
in carbohydrates and completely gluten free, making it ideal for those who have
wheat or gluten allergies and those who wish to reduce their carbohydrate
intake. You will be amazed at what a few small changes in your diet can do to
the way you look and feel.
Great Tasting Weight Management
Our Health-Lite shake is delicious on its own. For some variety and an
even better tasting treat, mix your favorite fresh or frozen fruit with it.
Bananas and strawberries is a popular combination. If you are a fan of the
old-fashioned chocolate malt, try mixing Healthy Habits Organic Chocolate Syrup
or our Cafe Caralluma with Health-Lite. WOW!
Antioxidant Ice Cubes
Mix some Healthy Habits Green Tea Concentrate Extract with water. Make
it about twice as strong as you would to drink. Fill an ice cube tray with the
strong mixture and freeze overnight. The next time you want to enjoy your
Healthy Habits Peach or Kiwi Berry Green Tea, pop 4 or 5 Green Tea ice cubes in
your glass and add cold water. As the cubes melt, it flavors your beverage and
keeps it chilled.
Fudge Recipe
1/2 cup Raw Chocolate Powder
1/2 cup Organic Coconut Oil
1/2 cup of Raw Honey
Mix all ingredients in a pan (warm slightly if necessary).
Press into a 5x5 inch container. Chill, cut into squares and serve.
Optional ingredients: chopped walnuts or coconut.
Rice Cake Snack
Spread 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of Organic Nut Butter or Peanut Butter on a rice cake
and spread about 1/2 teaspoon of Organic Raw Chocolate Syrup on top of the nut
butter layer.
Fruit and Nut Cookies
These are delicious if you have a dehydrator.
8 bananas
1 cup dates
2 cups walnuts
Use very ripe bananas. Look for the ones with brown spots in the peel if
possible. Pit the dates, soak them overnight in 2 cups of filtered water, and
drain. Soak the walnuts overnight in 4 cups of filtered water, and drain.
Chop the nuts and dates. Mash bananas. Combines the ingredients. Drop by heaping
tablespoons on dehydrator sheets and flatten with the back of the spoon.
Dehydrate overnight at 100 degrees. The next day you will have a chewy bite size
cookie. Serve warm out of the dehydrator or store in a covered container in the
fridge.
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Easy Ways To Increase Fitness
- Take the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator. This is a simple
and effective way to get some unexpected exercise.
- Park further away from the building! You will experience a few more steps
and your car will get a few less door dings!
- Stretch! Take a few minutes a day for stretching. Remember to hold your
stretches; don't bounce or rock.
- Breathe! Proper breathing is overlooked. Pay attention to your breathing
rate. Inhale and exhale at 4 counts each. Inhale: 1, 2, 3, 4 Exhale: 1, 2, 3, 4.
This is great way to relax while exercising your breathing muscles.
- Choose activities that you enjoy. If you're not a treadmill person, don't
force yourself on a treadmill. Ride a bike. Take a hike. Do what you like to do.
- Increase your exercise slowly. Rome wasn't built in a day. Fitness does not
happen overnight or by exercising for only a few days. Stick with it and
increase your time spent exercising on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. When you
notice that your routine becomes easier to complete, it's time to step it up a
notch. Listen to your body, it knows best!
- Consistency is the key! Whatever you do for exercise, stay with it. The
results will come. Expect to feel better, sleep better and have more energy
during the day. In most cases these types of results will happen before the
physical appearance results you are looking for take place. Don’t give up.
Exercise should be part of healthy lifestyle rather than just something you do
for an occasion like a family or class reunion or wedding.
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Amazing Black Bean Brownies
Recipe courtesy of Ania Catalano
(Author of Baking with Agave Nectar)
Makes 45 2 inch brownies. Gluten Free
"Without exception, this was the most sought-after recipe at my
restaurant and bakery. You would never believe these incredibly fudgey
brownies are made with beans but no flour. The beans provide great body
and fiber without a bean taste. Keep the brownies in the refrigerator.
They will slice much better if refrigerated several hours or overnight.
Find natural coffee substitute at natural food store."
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1 cup unsalted butter or non-hydrogenated butter substitute
2 cups soft cooked black beans, drained well
1 cups walnuts, chopped
1 tbl. Vanilla extract
¼ cup natural coffee substitute
¼ tsp. sea salt
4 large eggs
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line an 11 by 18in pan with parchment
paper and lightly oil.
Melt the chocolate and butter in a glass bowl in the microwave for 1-½
to 2 minutes on high. Stir with a spoon to melt the chocolate
completely. Place the beans, ½ cup of the walnuts, the vanilla extract,
and a couple of spoonfuls of the melted chocolate mixture into the bowl
of a food processor. Blend about 2 minutes, or until smooth. The batter
should be thick and the beans smooth. Set aside.
In a large bowl, mix together the remaining ½ cup walnuts, remaining
chocolate mixture, coffee substitute, and salt. Mix well and set aside.
In a separate bowl, with an electric mixer beat the eggs until light and
creamy, about 1 minute. Add the
Agave Nectar and beat well. Set aside.
Add the bean/chocolate mixture to the coffee/chocolate mixture. Stir
until blended well. Add the egg mixture reserving about ½ cup. Mix
well. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Using an electric mixer,
beat the remaining ½ cup egg mixture until light and fluffy. Drizzle
over the brownie batter. Use a wooden toothpick to pull the egg mixture
through the batter, creating a marbled effect.
Bake for 30-40 minutes, until the brownies are set. Let cool in the pan
completely before cutting into squares. (They will be soft until
refrigerated).
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Recipe courtesy of Anne Astle from her book:
Everyday Agave
Pumpkin Bread with Cinnamon Butter
Yields 2 medium loaves
3-½ cups whole wheat flour
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
½ tsp ground cloves
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
15 oz canned pumpkin (unsweetened)
¾ cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
Cinnamon Butter (see recipe below)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. In a medium bowl combine dry ingredients. Set aside.
In a large bowl beat together pumpkin, Agave, oil, eggs, and vanilla.
Slowly mix in dry ingredients.
3. Pour battered into prepared pans.
4. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until knife comes out clean.
5. Allow bread to cool in pans before removing.
6. Slice and serve with cinnamon butter.
Cinnamon Butter
Yields 1-¾ cup
1 cup butter (softened)
1/3 cup Light Agave
2 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp cinnamon extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
1. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl.
2. Beat with an electric mixer on high.
3. Place in container with a lid. Store in refrigerator.
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