Tuna & Tomato Salad With Sunflower Seeds

My garden is slowing down. September marks the time to clean-up the garden and get ready to setup the fall/winter garden. I'm planting beets, carrots, radishes, spinach and chard from seed this weekend. Next week I'll pick up some broccoli, cauliflower and lettuce starts to plant in the garden.

Meanwhile I'm still harvesting yummy cherry tomatoes. And they're available from the farmer's markets and grocery stores. Besides popping those beauties right in your mouth, save a few for this easy recipe. It includes ingredients you likely have on hand.

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Mercury-Free Dentistry Awareness Week, August 19 - 25, 2012

Great info-graphic to bring attention to the dangers of mercury dental fillings courtesy of Mercola.com.

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Sleep! Can't Live Without It

Photo credit: wallpaperfreehd.com

Problem
We live in a fast-paced world, filled with technology that consumes us and projects that drive us. Our desire to get the most out of every day pushes us to compromise on a very important aspect of health—sleep.

Thinking you can get by on a few hours of sleep, you push ahead and grab the coffee or energy drink to prop yourself up. It becomes such an ingrained pattern, you fool yourself into thinking you can do this. Who needs sleep?

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Three Bean Salad

My green beans are producing enough for a meal every day. Unfortunately those lengthy legumes are hard to spot amongst like-colored foliage. Plus foraging through the greenery, my arms get a bit chafed from the leaves. Lots of veggies have nasty little prickles on them that can scratch and poke at you.

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How to Live a Healthy Life Podcast

A few months ago I was interviewed by Kamala Appel for her Reasons for Being Healthy project. The project seeks to find and tell the story of everyday folks achieving extraordinary results in their health.

Ms. Appel's interview covers the roots of my passion for health, my challenge with the discovery of genetic colon cancer and my extraordinary results with a cancer-fighting diet.

What motivates me to be healthy:

• Staying alive
• Family support system
• Taking measures that fit my capacity

I think you'll find this a valuable 20-minute listen:

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Sweet Cucumber & Feta Salad

Don't you just love summertime? The weather is warm (although maybe too hot in some places) and it's good to sit outside in the late afternoon, download your week with your favorite listener and enjoy something light to eat. There's nothing better than a cool, crisp salad to nourish the body and revitalize the soul.

I love cucumbers, their crunch and delicate flavor take on the delicious essence of a tangy dressing. Balsamic. lemon. Lime.

Some people don't like cucumbers. Too bitter. Some even have issues with the green, tubular powerhouse of nutrients.

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Wisdom Wednesday

Tip:
Take a hiatus from Social Media. Life is more important. Sunshine is good. Touching friends lives in the flesh is better.

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Wisdom Wednesday

Tip:
Suppress your appetite with an alkalizing drink of water with fresh lemon juice before your meal. You'll eat less.

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Summer Squash & Quinoa Salad

There I was faced with the dilemma of preparing something to take to our monthly neighborhood potluck and wine tasting. Of course, I don't drink any alcohol, but I always want to bring something healthy to add to the food table.

I decided to make something up using the beautiful squash and cucumber I'm harvesting from the garden. If it turned out good, I'd share it with you. After putting the salad together, I took pictures and figured there would be some left over from the get together and I could take one more picture that showed more of the squash, cucumber and quinoa. Well... everyone loved it and ate it all up. So what you see is what you get for photos.

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