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Butternut Squash Cookies

admin — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:52:06 +0000

Beta carotene has long been indicated for healthy eyes and healthy skin. Why not get a sweet dose of it this season with these cookies? The tart orange drizzle exists in tasty counterpoint to these tasty and fluffy carrot and butternut squash cookie below. Sweet enough to be a cookie, but a great option to sneak in an extra dose of vegetables. They have long been my favorite. In the spring, I use fresh carrots, in the fall, I like to employ the sweetness of squashes.

In the recipe below, feel free to use butternut squash, carrots, acorn squash or pumpkin flesh interchangeably. The nutritional contents attached are for the recipe as it is written.

Compared to most snacks, the nutritional content of this recipe is much higher in potassium, Vitamin A, Manganese and Selenium than your traditional cookies, not to mention a reasonable dosage of the Vitamin Bs. Still, they are snacks, not a main meal. This is one recipe that I haven’t added a scoop or two of protein powder to.

Happy cooking. Good health and healthy skin.

Ingredients

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1 cup powdered sugar
3 Tablespoons orange juice

Directions

Bake 350 for 15 mins. Drop dough using two teaspoons. Makes 120 2 inch cookies.

Bake at 350 deg for 15 mins.
Let cool on racks.
Mix powdered sugar with orange juice, 1 Tablespoon at a time — approximately 3 to create a tart drizzle

Number of Servings: 120

Bath Bombs are Here!

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:08:47 +0000

They are cute, good for your skin, and muuuuuch better for the environment than bubble baths. No cancer-causing, bubble enhancing chemicals here, just pure goodness: essential oils for relaxing, olive oil for moisturizing. The citric acid and baking soda soften the water of the bath while adding the fizz. I love them for what they do to my skin, my son loves them for the bombing, fizzing action.

Special Valentine’s Day packaging. Three bath bombs shaped and wrapped like truffles in a carryout container. Your sweetheart will thank you. Luxurious and 0 calories!

Sea Salt

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:53:16 +0000

Sea Salt

Do you know there is a chemical difference between your table salt (NaCl) and sea salt (KCl)? Both are chemically identified as salts and both use the anion chloride. However, table salt, mined from the earth is a compound of sodium and chloride, whereas sea salt, won from sea water, is a compound of potassium and chloride. So, what’s the advantage?

In regards to the skin and the products we combine with the salt, the primary advantage for your skin is the minerals that are left in the salt when processing sea salt, but do not exist in table salt. Unrefined sea salt contain 98.0 % and up to 2.0% other minerals: Epsom salts and other magnesium salts, calcium salts, potassium salts, manganese salts, phosphorus salts, iodine salts, over 100 minerals composed of 80 chemical elements. The composition of crystal of ocean salt is so complicated that no laboratory in the world can produce it from its basic 80 chemical elements.

Epsom salt is primarily a magnesium sulfate. Research shows that magnesium effectively transderms (can enter the body through the skin). Magnesium has been shown to reduce muscle soreness and spasms. You probably knew from your mother or grandmother that soaking in epsom salts made you feel better when your muscles were sore, but now there’s science to show how and why.

Cite:

Magnesium Website Online Library