Tuna Salad Lettuce Wraps

I've been making this great salad for over a year and love it. It's quick and yummy. It would be a great addition to your Easter Sunday brunch buffet.

Here are a few more dishes to add to your Easter Sunday brunch buffet:

• Strawberry Pecan Oven-Baked French Toast
• Edamame, Millet and Cabbage Salad

A cautionary note: The tuna you use for this salad should be a quality and brand you can trust for minimal mercury. That means the fish used are smaller than usual, thus containing less of a mercury load. Here are several brands offering lower-mercury canned albacore, using smaller fish sustainably caught off the West Coast:

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Wisdom Wednesday

Tip:
"He who gives must never remember; he who receives must never forget." Blasio, pastor in Kenya

~ Knowing Yourself,  Knowing God by Cecil Murphey

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5 Foods for Liver Cleansing

It's time for spring cleaning! The weather is warming and buds are bursting. Do you feel like cleaning out the house and getting the winter dust and cobwebs out of your house?

How about a spring cleaning for your body? Here are five healthy foods to cleanse your body. Each has properties that fortify and cleanse the liver. Since your liver is a critical organ that performs many essential functions in the body, such as eliminating toxins, make sure its in top working condition.

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Lentil Soup with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta

I surveyed the recipes I've posted and see I could use a few more soups. So here's another great and easy soup recipe with lots of nourishing ingredients. A bit-o-green from spinach for St. Patrick's Day is a bonus.

This soup is easy, but you do have to plan for time to have the lentils soften. Start the soup in the early afternoon and let it cook while you do other things. You can also put the ingredients in the slow cooker in the morning on low and add the spinach and lemon juice a half-hour before you plan to serve it.

Use what ever curry you like for this soup, but I used Baagan Immunity Booster Spices. You can order them online or get them at the restaurant in Roseville, CA.

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What is Real Food?

Just because a food product says its real or natural means nothing. In fact, I am suspect that it is far from real.

Case in point. I've just returned from a road trip with my hubby to visit a number of friends. Being a foodie, I can feel comfortable in anyone's kitchen making breakfast, lunch or dinner. In the three kitchens I maneuvered about these past 10 days, I found three jars of Best Foods Mayonnaise.

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Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts & Red Beans

Do you have family that do not like brussels sprouts? Maybe that's you. Who me? In my house that's my husband. I love brussels sprouts, so I'm always looking for a recipe that would show off the greatness of this miniature cabbage. So how about a recipe that throws in another veggie that some are not fond of... like cauliflower.

This delicious side dish can be served as a main dish and is best served right away. You can prepare the dish through Step 4 ahead of time. Remove the dish from the heat and let sit for up to an hour, then reheat and proceed with Step 5.

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Tortilla Quinoa Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing

We went to my brother's to watch the Super Bowl and I brought Tortilla Quinoa Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing. I put it together with several modifications from the original recipe. But after eating it that Sunday, I made a few more changes and voila—the salad is perfect! My hubby brought the salad to his Tuesday meeting pot luck and it was a hit!

Tortilla Quinoa Salad w/Cilantro Lime Dressing

From Inspired by Cooking with Quinoa

Yield 6 - 8 servings

Category Salad

Cuisine Vegan

Ingredients

6 corn tortillas

olive oil spray

5 oz pkg organic spring mix

2 C cooked quinoa

1 15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed

12-15 grape or cherry tomatoes, quartered

2-3 green onions, thinly sliced

1 avocado, pittted, peeled and diced

Dressing:

1/4 C fresh lime juice

1 Tbsp maple syrup

1/2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar

1 clove garlic, minced

1 Tbsp finely chopped cilantro

1/4 C extra virgin olive oil

1/4 tsp sea salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut tortillas in half and then into 1/4 inch strips. Place on baking sheet and spray with olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Bake about 10 minutes, turning half-way through.

2. In a large bowl, combine lettuce, quinoa, black beans, tomatoes, onions and avacado.

3. Prepare dressing by adding all ingredients into a small food processor or blender. Process until smooth.

4. Toss salad with dressing and top with tortilla strips.

If you don't have a small blender or food processor to make the dressing, you can use a whisk as long as the cilantro and garlic are finely chopped.

Try this salad and tell me what you think. Would you add jalapeno to this recipe?

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Genetic Roulette: A Must-See Movie

I watched the film Genetic Roulette this week and became even more concerned, even horrified, about the effects of genetically modified organisms (GMO) on the health of Americans and some unsuspecting countries.

The movie was released shortly before California citizens voted on the mandatory labeling of foods that contain GMO ingredients. When the proposition qualified for the November ballot as Prop 37, support for it ran about 70%. However, Monsanto and other organizations that created and benefit from GMOs entered the fray and contributed huge resources to defeat the measure. Opponents scared consumers into thinking food costs would increase measurably based on the assertion that re-labeling added too much cost to the manufacturers.

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Wisdom Wednesday

Tip:
Have you made some changes in your diet this year that includes what you think are health foods? Take another look. Read the labels. You may find them not healthy at all. In fact, FAKE health food.

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