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Pureed Sweet Peas

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Taken from the world’s healthiest foods at www.whfoods.org

This is a unique way to enjoy green peas that makes a great substitute for mashed potatoes and provides you with extra flavor and nutrition at the same time. And one serving contains 53% of the daily value (DV) for thiamin, 47% DV for vitamin C and 47% DV for vitamin E. Enjoy!

Prep and Cook Time: 15-20 minutes

Ingredients:

8 oz frozen peas
1 medium onion chopped
2 medium cloves garlic, chopped
1 + 2 TBS chicken or vegetable broth
2 TBS sunflower seeds
1 TBS minced fresh herbs such as mint, basil, chervil, or parsley depending on what you are serving peas with
salt and white pepper to taste

Directions:

Chop onions and garlic and let sit for 5 minutes to help bring out their health-promoting properties.
Heat 1 TBS broth in a 10 inch stainless steel skillet. Healthy Sauté onion in broth over medium heat for 4 minutes stirring frequently, until translucent. Add garlic and sauté for another minute.
Add 2 TBS broth, peas, herb and cook until tender, about 3 more minutes. Puree in blender with sunflower seeds, season with salt, pepper and serve.Serves 2

Healthy Cooking Tips:

Make sure you blend peas well, stopping the blender ( I use a Vita-Mix) periodically to scrape the sides with a rubber spatula. You want the sunflower seeds to get well ground. They add a lot of body to the puree of peas. You want them to be nice and smooth.

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All About Fiber

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Mix together:

1/3 Wheat bran
1/3 Oat bran
1/3 Rice bran

Sprinkle on salads, vegetables, add to smoothies. Great way to get your fiber and keep your cholesterol low.

I keep mine in a shaker bottle (like the ones you see for parmesan cheese, etc) It works great and you can keep it on the table.

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I believe that it’s essential in today’s world to become knowledgeable about nutrition. As we see more and more diseases, we are finding that many, if not all, can be related to lifestyle and diet. Does that mean you can prevent all diseases by what you eat or the way you live – No! What it does mean is that we each have the opportunity to improve our life and the health we experience by engaging in a lifestyle that aids our bodies to flourish.
After studying nutrition for more than 7 years, I have learned an enormous amount and find that with ongoing research it’s necessary to never stop studying. I feel it will be helpful to me to consolidate some of the tidbits I have picked up in one and place and hopefully it will help you, the reader, as well.
I will be talking about nutrition in general as well as a few healthy recipes, mostly snacks – yes isn’t that the thing that gets most of us in trouble – the potato chips, pop, cookies, etc. between meals?