Simone Biles, Alexandra Raisman, and Madison Kocian are just some of the young gymnasts to capture our hearts at recent Olympics. Their hard work has paid off in gold, silver, and especially health. Let’s take a look at some of the many health benefits of one of America’s most competitive sports.
Living in a coffee culture means many people miss out on the benefits of green tea, not to mention the many delicious varieties, which is understandable, if you’ve limited yourself to insipid tea inside a bag, attached to string.
America is practically a tea desert. Restaurants and cafes almost never offer freshly brewed loose tea. Grocers sell only a few varieties of green tea that’s invariably packaged as tea bags.
Be it just some pots on a ledge, a kitchen garden, a backyard or a community one – getting your hands dirty is not just good for your kitchen, pocket and diet but also for
One of the secrets to many delicious Puerto Rican dishes is a Puerto Rican sauce called Recaito and a Cuban sauce called Sofrito. Recaito is one of the main bases to many traditional Puerto Rican and Latin meals, soups, stews – you name it. There are several different variations but today I’m going to tell you about my two favorites!
Traditional Recaito
This recipe makes one quart and only takes about 15 minutes to make.
2 Medium Green Peppers
2 Medium Spanish Onions
Life is continuously unfolding before us. Many of us try very hard to direct the course of life’s trajectory, which is not necessarily a bad thing. However, no matter how much we try to control, direct and predict where life will take us we can never fully know the future. In fact, the only thing we can count on is that life will definitely present us with unexpected twists and turns; why not learn to embrace the unexpected changes and find comfort in the unknowable future?
Condiments are as much a part of our fare as the food itself. Condiments include relishes, sauces like ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise or spicy salsas from Mexico, curries from India and Sriracha, the newest of the condiments created in the United States. They accompany served dishes, are usually found on the table with salt and pepper and can be added ingredients in recipes. They are easily made in the kitchen, adding to the variety.
Hummus is a great, healthy alternative to many dips high in fat and low in nutritional value. Expensive in the store, it is far easier to make than most realize, and the beautiful aspect to making it from home is that you can create and combine as many flavors as you’d like and cater to your favorite variations! Generally what I like to do is make one large basic batch with simple spices and then separate this into several smaller batches with different variations. Spices and small flavorful additions go a long way and you create endless assortments branching from this basic recipe.
Human civilization relies heavily and increasingly on technology in almost all areas of life. We accept the technological support as the ultimate solution for all the problems of humanity (and the world) - if we go just far enough. Granted, technology makes things easier for us, even on a private plane. For example, it allows people all over the world to be connected in ways that would otherwise be impossible, and for that I am very grateful. Many things would not be possible for us without technological support. But have we not perhaps lost the big picture out of our sight?
Fear is the enemy of peace. You cannot be in a state of fear and peace at the same time; one has to make room for the other.
In our modern world, stress and fear seem to be the ruler of the day. We fear our financial security. We fear for the safety of our children as they leave for school every morning. We are afraid of violence, being alone, never having enough.
There are also the deeper fears within us. The fear of others, the fear of being defined by others, fearing connections or lack thereof and fearing life’s challenges.
