Hello there! This blog has been too quiet!
I am still looking forward to the Hummus class in the evening!
If you care to know what I have been up to lately you can always go to my blog
The chicken coop unless you are one of my neighbors and you see me working on a project .
I have started a sourdough starter if anyone care to read about it.
Hope to hear from more people soon!\
Cheers
Silvina
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Recipe blogs
There are a ton of bloggers out there who can be an amazing resource for recipes and ideas. I am kind of weird. I look at recipes as ideas and guidelines rather than a set way of doing things. I will often follow a recipe first then I tend to use it lightly, unless it is absolutely perfect to me. Also when I cook, I tend to throw some of this, add a pinch of that, etc. The exception to that rule is when it comes to baking. Then I follow the instructions, but even then I look for substitutions if I don't like one of the ingredients or don't have it. For those people who follow every step exactly as written, I can be a bit irritating.
Anyway, I got off track! :) This weekend, one of my co-workers introduced me to a great blog that is put together by an experienced registered dietitian, Diet Dessert N Dogs. One thing I have found, is there are several RDs who seriously study and implement plant-based eating...or strongly lean that way. This lady has a TON of recipes in several different categories that look amazing! Her website is:
http://www.dietdessertndogs.com/recipes/recipe-index/
Enjoy!
Jeanne
Anyway, I got off track! :) This weekend, one of my co-workers introduced me to a great blog that is put together by an experienced registered dietitian, Diet Dessert N Dogs. One thing I have found, is there are several RDs who seriously study and implement plant-based eating...or strongly lean that way. This lady has a TON of recipes in several different categories that look amazing! Her website is:
http://www.dietdessertndogs.com/recipes/recipe-index/
Enjoy!
Jeanne
Monday, February 18, 2013
The Power of a Song
This last holiday season, my sweet Mom introduced me to a Josh Groban song. Lately as I have been striving for total health, I find that I listen to it a lot and every time I get that sweet feeling inside that tells me that I am listening to truth. As I try to internalize the words that is matched with beautiful music I feel myself able to rise above the day to day grind.So thank you Josh Groban for this song. I want to share the lyrics and encourage you to listen to...I even have a link for you to click on to make it easy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeGJi11_HBI
Enjoy!
Thankfulby Josh Groban
Some days we forget to look around usSome days we can't see the joy that surrounds usSo caught up inside ourselvesWe take when we should give
So for tonight we pray forWhat we know can beAnd on this day we hope forWhat we still can't see
It's up to us to be the changeAnd even though we all can still do moreThere's so much to be thankful for
Look beyond ourselves, there's so much sorrowIt's way too late to say, “I'll cry tomorrow”Each of us must find our truthWe're so long overdue
So for tonight we pray forWhat we know can beAnd every day we hope forWhat we still can't see
It's up to us to be the changeAnd even though we all can still do moreThere's so much to be thankful for
Even with our differencesThere is a place we're all connectedEach of us can find each others love
So for tonight we pray forWhat we know can beAnd on this day we hope for What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the changeAnd even though this world needs so much moreThere's so much to be thankful for
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeGJi11_HBI
Enjoy!
Thankfulby Josh Groban
Some days we forget to look around usSome days we can't see the joy that surrounds usSo caught up inside ourselvesWe take when we should give
So for tonight we pray forWhat we know can beAnd on this day we hope forWhat we still can't see
It's up to us to be the changeAnd even though we all can still do moreThere's so much to be thankful for
Look beyond ourselves, there's so much sorrowIt's way too late to say, “I'll cry tomorrow”Each of us must find our truthWe're so long overdue
So for tonight we pray forWhat we know can beAnd every day we hope forWhat we still can't see
It's up to us to be the changeAnd even though we all can still do moreThere's so much to be thankful for
Even with our differencesThere is a place we're all connectedEach of us can find each others love
So for tonight we pray forWhat we know can beAnd on this day we hope for What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the changeAnd even though this world needs so much moreThere's so much to be thankful for
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Week 1
This was Week 1 of Marathon training for me! I have an 18 week training program that I plan on following religiously from Hal Higdon's website. This will be my very first full marathon. I have done 3 half marathons and feel it is time to try the big one.
I can't tell you how ready I am for spring temperatures, road conditions and early morning daylight. Saturday was a nice day and it is a good reminder that spring is around the corner.
Every week I have a long run that progressively gets longer. My very first long run was 6 miles long. My day for that is Friday. This Friday I had a busy day planned and so I ran it at 5 am at the Orem Recreation Center. By the end of that 36 laps I was developing OCD and becoming somewhat delusional. I am someone who hates to run on tracks and can't run on treadmills, but I love running outside.
Week one down, 17 to go! :)
I can't tell you how ready I am for spring temperatures, road conditions and early morning daylight. Saturday was a nice day and it is a good reminder that spring is around the corner.
Every week I have a long run that progressively gets longer. My very first long run was 6 miles long. My day for that is Friday. This Friday I had a busy day planned and so I ran it at 5 am at the Orem Recreation Center. By the end of that 36 laps I was developing OCD and becoming somewhat delusional. I am someone who hates to run on tracks and can't run on treadmills, but I love running outside.
Week one down, 17 to go! :)
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Oh how I love my Lapacho Extract
So it has been a bad week for us , Brandon has been home for 2 days now, with a sore throat and a cough and Brenna just got picked up from school with a tummy ache and started throwing up as she got here.
Ahhh the fun times of mommyhood... lucky for me, I have my loved Lapacho Extract I use for pretty much everything.
For people who don't know much abour herbs, the Lapacho tree, mostly known here as Pau d'arco ("bow stick" in Portuguese), is a tree that grows in some countries in South America, one of those countries being mine, Argentina. The bark of this tree has certain properties that can be used to treat a great variety of illnesses.
When I was little my dad used to drink big mugs of Lapacho tea. My dad has got to be one of the healthiest people I know.
Very anti doctor himself , he helped his immune system by drinking a mug of tea a day, he had a great variety of herbs stored in the cupboard and a strong smell emanated everytime I opened it up to peek in there.
Of course being a child I thought herbal teas were yucky, but I grew to understand their properties and how to use them myself to help me with my health problems.
I am so very thankful to my dad for that knowledge. Everytime I tell him I give my kids Lapacho extract I can picture him beaming.
So it has been a Lapacho Extract week here and let's hope they are all better in a couple of days.
Here is a good article on Pau D'Arco, if you care to read it
Pau D'Arco
For those interested, I usually buy all my herbal stuff at
www.presentmoment.com
since they carry all my cleansing tea mixes I use and such.
Hoping for a healthier week ahead.
Check out what I just got in the mail!! I have a busy reading week ahead of me .
Cheers!
Silvina @ The Chicken Coop Blog
Monday, February 11, 2013
More than just physical
As I am studying different things I am so overwhelmed, and not in a bad way. I am in awe at the amazing body's we have been given, and the multitude of ways we have of taking care of ourselves.
One thing that is new to me, but is probably old news to many of you, is that taking care of our health is more than taking care of our bodies. Our spirits are directly tied to our bodies and need to be cared for as well.
Last week I tried something new. I had someone who has been trained and certified to release negative emotions work with me. (This lady happens to live in our ward and does an AMAZING job) It was a very healing, emotional, and even a spiritual experience. I wasn't even aware that I was carrying such a heavy burden until we started the process. I thought that I had worked things out when in fact I had just compartmentalized things and was still carrying that particular burden around. Since having had that experience, I feel so much lighter, happier and filled with light and love. I don't feel things dragging me down, and am less likely to be pessimistic. I am able to interact so much easier with certain people who have been hard to be around. This is something I would recommend to anyone who is open to an emotional healing.
This experience taught me an important lesson about the importance of forgiveness. When we harbor bad feelings, there is a very real and physical reaction. We are hurting our spirits. We have been told so many times in scriptures and by our prophets to forgive those who trespass against us. I have learned just how much I have a hard time letting go. I definitely need to work harder at letting go, and it is not something that I can do alone. I need to turn to my Father in Heaven for help.
Jeanne Call
One thing that is new to me, but is probably old news to many of you, is that taking care of our health is more than taking care of our bodies. Our spirits are directly tied to our bodies and need to be cared for as well.
Last week I tried something new. I had someone who has been trained and certified to release negative emotions work with me. (This lady happens to live in our ward and does an AMAZING job) It was a very healing, emotional, and even a spiritual experience. I wasn't even aware that I was carrying such a heavy burden until we started the process. I thought that I had worked things out when in fact I had just compartmentalized things and was still carrying that particular burden around. Since having had that experience, I feel so much lighter, happier and filled with light and love. I don't feel things dragging me down, and am less likely to be pessimistic. I am able to interact so much easier with certain people who have been hard to be around. This is something I would recommend to anyone who is open to an emotional healing.
This experience taught me an important lesson about the importance of forgiveness. When we harbor bad feelings, there is a very real and physical reaction. We are hurting our spirits. We have been told so many times in scriptures and by our prophets to forgive those who trespass against us. I have learned just how much I have a hard time letting go. I definitely need to work harder at letting go, and it is not something that I can do alone. I need to turn to my Father in Heaven for help.
Jeanne Call
Sleeping at the right time.
On my quest to health this past year, I realized that eating a plant based diet wasn't the only thing to achieve good health and prevent disease.
There are many other aspects of life we tend to ignore that are just as important.
One of them being sleep. Now coming from a latin country I had never in my life gone to bed before midnight and much less acquire 8 hours of sound sleep.
I am a firm believer that our bodies are syncronized with the earth and the time zones with live in ( thanks dad). And when we eat out of season foods, eat late or stay up until midnight, it affects us a lot. But I was too busy to follow this belief.
This theory, was confirmed by one of the Andreas Moritz books I read. He explained that melatonin, the sleep hormone we release when it is dark, is essential to our health, aging and stress levels.
He said that if we go to bed around 9:30 or 10:00 when our melatonin levels get higher, we will indeed fall asleep faster and easier ( hello insomniacs!) than if we ignored these gentle promptings we get when the hormone starts to peak.
Now I had to put this to the test because like every child, I did not believe my dad and like I said before, I had never gone to bed that early, not even when I had to be at work by 5:00 AM.
I started going to bed at 9:45 or so, and it worked!! I fell asleep in about 10 minutes and the next day I was a new person. I kept doing this and it kept working like a charm.
Much to my amazement, I feel better than I did my entire life of sleep craziness.
I don't know about the antiaging, but I guess we will see.
Mind you, if you go to sleep at this time you will wake when the earth wakes (dawn) and your body will keep it's syncronized pace with the earth. Ayurvedic medicine refer to these as Vata, Pitta and Kapha times of the day. Here is a nice article about it, if you care to read it.
Vata, Pitta, Kapha times of day
Now I know there are people who work at night like my husband and I wondered how will they get this special sleep?
Well, doing some research I found an article by Doctor Mercola ( alternative physician) and he says that if you sleep in a completely dark room, melatonin will be released and benefit the person the same way. Here is the article .
Melatonin Natural Hormone
Anyway, I just thought I would share this important fact I discovered on my quest to health.
Cheers!
Silvina
www.thechickencoopblog.blogspot.com
There are many other aspects of life we tend to ignore that are just as important.
One of them being sleep. Now coming from a latin country I had never in my life gone to bed before midnight and much less acquire 8 hours of sound sleep.
I am a firm believer that our bodies are syncronized with the earth and the time zones with live in ( thanks dad). And when we eat out of season foods, eat late or stay up until midnight, it affects us a lot. But I was too busy to follow this belief.
This theory, was confirmed by one of the Andreas Moritz books I read. He explained that melatonin, the sleep hormone we release when it is dark, is essential to our health, aging and stress levels.
He said that if we go to bed around 9:30 or 10:00 when our melatonin levels get higher, we will indeed fall asleep faster and easier ( hello insomniacs!) than if we ignored these gentle promptings we get when the hormone starts to peak.
Now I had to put this to the test because like every child, I did not believe my dad and like I said before, I had never gone to bed that early, not even when I had to be at work by 5:00 AM.
I started going to bed at 9:45 or so, and it worked!! I fell asleep in about 10 minutes and the next day I was a new person. I kept doing this and it kept working like a charm.
Much to my amazement, I feel better than I did my entire life of sleep craziness.
I don't know about the antiaging, but I guess we will see.
Mind you, if you go to sleep at this time you will wake when the earth wakes (dawn) and your body will keep it's syncronized pace with the earth. Ayurvedic medicine refer to these as Vata, Pitta and Kapha times of the day. Here is a nice article about it, if you care to read it.
Vata, Pitta, Kapha times of day
Now I know there are people who work at night like my husband and I wondered how will they get this special sleep?
Well, doing some research I found an article by Doctor Mercola ( alternative physician) and he says that if you sleep in a completely dark room, melatonin will be released and benefit the person the same way. Here is the article .
Melatonin Natural Hormone
Anyway, I just thought I would share this important fact I discovered on my quest to health.
Cheers!
Silvina
www.thechickencoopblog.blogspot.com
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