Author: thewholeruth

I am on a search for truth about food, healing, and the holistic approach to life. I blog about my curiosities and my whole self, which tends to be anything that's not cool to bring up at parties: gardening, periods, mental illness, poverty, injury, sex therapy, codependence, healthy eating, poop, avocado tree hoarding, feelings in general, and honesty. I haven’t actually blogged about periods yet, but I do always bring it up at parties.

That Feels Delicious #3: Dad’s Basil Polenta

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• Breakfast: 8oz Green TJs juice, splash o organic TJs apple juice, 1/4 org cucumber, 1 large banana, 6 org baby carrots, 20 raw hazelnuts, water

Swim: 18 doggy paddle laps, paddle board scissor kicks & V legs out & in, tread water, limp from shallow to deep 4 times

• Lunch: Daddy’s Basil Polenta aka Tuesta Polenta (the basil plant is named after my friend Jose Tuesta)…

Boil water, add cornmeal (3 to 1), turn heat to low, whisk for 1 min, then stir constantly & evenly w/ a spoon, for up to 20 min, until congealy/ more gets pulled by spoon as you stir. Add salt & fresh basil. Optional: olive oil or butter. Pour into casserole dish with lid & put in fridge to cool.

Lunch was a cube of polenta with Daddy’s beans & his mushroom marinara.

• Snack: 5 org baby carrots, 4 slices org cucumber, 4 slices org Roma tomato, homemade hummus…

1 can chickpeas (chickpeas, water, salt 380 mg), 1 org garlic clove, fresh squeezed lemon juice, tbsp tahini, fresh ground peppercorns & sea salt, dash of cayenne, tsp olive oil, blended with potato masher

I forgot to write down dinner…

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That Feels Delicious #2: Quinoa Caprese

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Swimming is coming along swimmingly 🙂

• Breakfast: 8 oz green juice, banana, 1/4 organic avocado, 5 organic baby carrots, 14 raw hazelnuts, water, big ol’ handful of ORGANIC KALE! MMMmm! (Dad bought some without me asking! Yay Daddy!!!)

17 laps doggy paddling, scissor kicks & V kicks on the blue floaty thing, Russians in the deep end holding onto & facing the wall, standing on right leg: arabesques, Peake & out to the side, kick front, then limped walking around, squats on side of pool.

• Lunch: Daddy’s Chili Beans, 1/4 org avocado, 1 thick slice beefsteak tomato, bit o minced shallot, cracked black peppere, 1 basil leaf off Jose Tuesta, sprinkle of turmeric, big ol’ handful of ORGANIC KALE! MMMmm!, all wrapped in Alejandro brand flour tortilla

24 oz. Brita water

• Snack: 12 oz. peach juice & 2 slices organic polenta

• Dinner: organic quinoa, tomato cubes, org garlic glove, shallot, 1/4 org avocado, big ol’ handful of ORGANIC KALE! MMMmm!, cracked black pepper, sea salt, TJs pasta seasoning, org turmeric spice, fresh squeezed lemon juice, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, 2 basil leaves off Jose T.

• Snack: Peanut butter cookie Larabar, 16 oz. Brita water

• 2 Cold Eeze cherry zinc lozenges (zincum gluconicum 2x, corn syrup, glycerine, natural flavors, sucrose)

That Feels Delicious #1: Peachy Keen… wa

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I decided to write down what I eat from time to time, to share and also to remember. But today is an odd day to start because my meals are total misrepresentations of my “norm.” I’ve never had what I ate for breakfast & dinner before. And I had a chicken burrito on a flour tortilla which I may not have had since 2001? Nonetheless, my yummy meals today…

• Breakfast:
Creamy, filling, yummy despite the garlic Smoothie made of:
1/2 an organic avocado
Big banana
2 stalks celery
Maybe twenty hazelnuts
4 organic baby carrots
Organic garlic clove
Cup of green TJs juice (has spirulina, broccoli, chorella, & a bunch of other stuff like nectarines)
1/2 cup TJs peach juice (100%)
1/2 cup TJs cranberry grape juice (100%)

Had at least an hour of sun
After my swim: 24oz Brita water

• Lunch:
Organic chicken drumstick, baked with turmeric, TJs pastry seasonings (onion, garlic, lemon peel, basil, paprika, fennel, ginger, lemon oil, black pepper, thyme) organic oregano, rosemary, cayenne, peach juice

Shredded in an Alejandro tortilla hot off the olive oiled comal, with fresh tomato, shallot, organic avocado, a leaf off the basil plant, 1/2 organic garlic glove, fresh cracked pepper, seasoned rice vinegar

Water: 24oz

• Snack:
Apple pie Larabar

• Dinner:
Dad’s Peachy Keen…wa
GET IT? 🙂
3 tablespoons maple syrup reduced with TJs peach juice (which has apple, grape, & other stuff)
1 peach sliced & warmed in sauce
Drizzled over quinoa
Topped with walnuts
TASTY!!!

Stories from Aunt Ruth

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There are so many things I’m excited to share on this site! Here a few ideas that I’m eager to write about, as something I can look forward to, and hopefully you will too :)… Continue reading “Stories from Aunt Ruth” →

Research Reminder #10 Read “You Can Heal Your Life”

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I was talking to a friend yesterday about his passion for the book he is currently reading, You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay. Seeing as that is what I’m trying to do, I am very appreciative of the suggestion.

We got around to talking about destiny and free will and I felt like I was finally able to articulate how I feel about the two.

I think they are one in the same and we are walking in both through our lives. I think that we have a destiny and I think we have the free will to follow our heart and if we truly listen to our hearts, they will let us make the choices that lead us to our destiny.

I think I was supposed to get hurt so I could leave certain negative situations I was too weak to walk away from and because I knew there were answers I wanted to find about nutrition and health and if I hadn’t been pushed to find them, I would have ignored a piece of myself that is very real. I’ve learned so many other things since getting hurt that are invaluable. I’m still learning and even when I’m better, I’ll be learning. Each day is adventure! The days can seem negative or positive, but I think all the decisions I make lead me toward something so much bigger than I am, something beautiful, and so they, in turn, are party of the beauty as well.

A Delicious Mistake

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Tonight I made a super yummy dinner by accident!

 

I had prepped a salad in advance because I’m staying with some friends and it’s easier to eat in a way that makes my body happy if I have veggies ready for salad, or to toss into scrambled eggs, or rice, or whateves. Then I can still hang out with my friends, instead of bringing whole food and chopping the whole time :).

All tossed together in the salad was organic:

  • spinach
  • cucumbers
  • red bell peppers
  • carrots
  • broccoli
  • thinly sliced zucchini
  • avocado
  • fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • olive oil
  • a little bit of raw apple cider vinegar
  • thyme spice
  • dill weed spice
  • freshly ground black pepper

I’m here visiting friends in Burbank to be part of my first Seder Passover Dinner! Continue reading “A Delicious Mistake” →

Nutritionist Says Avoid Soy Unless It Is Fermented

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To Soy or Not to Soy?

by Tracie Hittman, MS www.itsyourplate.com 608-213-2021

Article from Dustin Maher’s Fitness website

Can you believe that as a nutritional consultant, I actually warn my clients about the potential heath dangers that the consumption of soy can cause?

You may be thinking to yourself, “What the heck? The media tells me that if I include a lot of soy into my diet, I will decrease the risks of cancer (especially breast and colon) and also reduce my chances of getting heart disease.”  Those sound like positive claims, right?  This is where the controversy begins: To soy or not to soy?

If you really read your food product and supplement labels, you will quickly discover that soy is everywhere.  Some examples of soy derivatives that you can run across while reading labels arehydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP), vegetable protein concentrate, vegetable oil, MSG (monosodium glutamate), soy protein isolate, soy lecithin, TVP (textured vegetable proteins) and, the most prominent of all, soy oil.  Other popular soy products include: soy milk, soy yogurt, soy cheese, soy protein powders, soy baby formula, tofu, soy sauce, vegetarian burgers and meat alternatives.  According to the media and some health experts, this would be a good thing, but I would encourage you to think again! Continue reading “Nutritionist Says Avoid Soy Unless It Is Fermented” →