Season's Eatings Giveaway WINNER

And the winner is....

Jennifer -- you've won the Season's Eatings holiday e-book giveaway!  Please send me your email address and I will send you your copy of Season's Eatings:  elise@healingcuisinebyelise.com.  Congratulations!

Thank you to all who participated.  I loved reading your responses!  :)

Due to the great response and some lovely viewer messages, I'd like to kick off a SALE on my holiday e-book!  I would love for all of you to be able to prepare a healthy, Maximized meal for your families this Christmas with ease.  You can now purchase Season's Eatings for just $9.99!  Learn how here.  This sale will go thru December 31.

Happy healthy holiday cooking!

Elise

Last Chance to Enter the Giveaway!!

Hi all,

Just a reminder to enter the Season's Eatings holiday e-book GIVEAWAY!  This is the last day you can enter.  Contest closes at 11:59pm CST tonight.  Be sure to check back here tomorrow at 9:00am CST to see the winner!  Good luck to all!

Here is a tasty smoothie recipe for these wintery days.  We enjoy for breakfast or an after dinner treat!  A great breakfast or snack to serve your holiday guests.

Apple Pie Smoothie
Makes 2 Servings (1 if you're really hungry :)

1 organic Granny Smith apple, cored and diced, frozen

1/2 of an organic cucumber, peeled and cut in chunks, frozen

Large handful of spinach or kale, frozen

1/2 of a large avocado

2 Tbsp raw pumpkin seeds, walnuts or pecans

1 Tbsp cinnamon (to taste)

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

1 tsp vanilla extract

10-15 drops pure liquid stevia

1 1/2 cups unsweetened organic vanilla almond milk

1 scoop vanilla or plain protein powder (Maximized Living Perfect Protein or Garden of Life Raw Meal are great options!)

Place all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth, stopping to stir and scrape sides as needed.  Consume immediately.  Who ever said you can't enjoy apple pie for breakfast?  :)

Now, don't forget to enter the giveaway!  It's easy, and you might win a free copy of Season's Eatings!

A Healthy Bite: How to Slice an Avocado

Don't forget to enter the Holiday e-Book Giveaway!  Contest closes at 11:59pm on Tuesday December 7th.  Winner will be announced Wednesday morning December 8th.  Excited to read your responses! :)

Today, we're learning how to slice an Avocado!

Support the Calumet Theatre!

Hi all!  Keep your contest enteries coming in.  Remember -- you must leave your comment at the bottom of THIS contest post to win a free copy of Season's Eatings e-book!  Emails, tweets and facebook messages will not count as an entry..but thank you for your sweet messages none the less! :)

I have a favor to ask of you.  Pepsi, Co. is hosting their most recent round of giveaways to charitable organizations, ending on December 31st.  While I don't in any way support or recommend Pepsi or any of their products, I truly don't mind them supporting people and organizations in need in our communities.  I have to ask for your votes.  I call this place my third home (after mom's and the in-laws): The Calumet Theatre.  Located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, it is a historic theatre offering a diverse selection of performances each year, from local theater groups to your big name groups and performers.  I have been performing on this stage since I was 4 years old, so it hit home to learn that they are in desperate need of a new roof.  Winters are hard that far north, and water damage is a big deal when your roof is worn out, especially when the building is over 100 years old.  So, I am asking you to help the Calumet Theatre!  Give them your votes to up them in the running for $250k.  You can vote EVERY DAY until December 31st.  And get this, you can actually vote three different ways (meaning 3 votes from you every day!): facebook account, twitter account, and texting in.  Please help!  Visit this site, or vote below!  APPRECIATE IT!! :)

Healing Cuisine's Holiday e-Book Giveaway!!

THE ANNOUNCEMENT!

The holidays are here, can you believe it??  Christmas is less than one month away and it's time to start our holiday food planning!  What family will be coming in to town?  What parties will I be attending?   Am I to host any get-togethers?  Christmas dinner -- what will we eat?  Is anyone on the Advanced Plan?  Anyone with food allergies?  What foods can I made in advance and freeze for later?  There's a lot to do!  The time to start planning is now, and I am here to help.

I have put together an e-book solely dedicated to the holidays, called Season's Eatings.  Not only is it a recipe book, but a complete menu planner taking you from appetizers to dinner to desserts.  (View recipe list here.)  All 62 recipes follow the Maximized Living Nutrition Plans, making it effortless to dine on the Advanced Plan.

After talking with a family about what they enjoyed for their Thanksgiving feast, I was shocked to hear Mom and Dad's response.  They were feeling so overwhelmed with finding Advanced Plan recipes that would feed the family and still taste good, so they gave up and fixed their usual spread of conventional holiday recipes.  Here's the clincher: the last thing you want to do is re-introduce sugar over such a stressful time of year.  This is just asking for immune system weakness, allowing sickness and disease to form in the body.  Keep yourself and your family healthy thru the holidays with a clean spread of holiday meals (Sugar-Free, Grain-Free, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, Corn-Free, Gluten-Free).  This is exactly why I created Season's Eatings holiday e-book, to help Maximized Living families have easy and satisfying holidays!!

You can purchase Season's Eatings right away via this link, but I also wanted to introduce an amazing chance to win a copy!  That's right, it's a Holiday e-Book Giveaway from Healing Cuisine by Elise!

WANT A CHANCE TO WIN?

It's simple.  There are three ways to enter.  Do so by performing or answering at least one of the following in THIS POST'S comment section.  Up your odds by performing all three!  There is no limit to your entries.  The contest will end on Tuesday night, December 7th at 11:59pm CST.  Everyone who entered will be put into a random drawing (using random.org) and one lucky winner will be announced here in a new blog post on Wednesday morning, December 8th.  Already purchased your copy?  Win another and give to a friend or family member!  Spread the love and knowledge!!  (Contest open to anyone world wide.  Winner will receive their copy of Season's Eatings e-book via email.) 

HOW TO ENTER

1.)  Tweet or Facebook a link to this blog post, then come back to let me know by commenting at the bottom of this post.

2.)  Write about this giveaway on your blog (with a link back to this post), then come back and let me know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post.

3.)  What is your favorite holiday tune?  (Mine is O Holy Night...!)

Get your entries in all this week!  Excited to see your responses!  GOOD LUCK!

Big Announcment Tomorrow!

I've got a big announcement coming at you TOMORROW morning!  (P.S.  If you are reading this in your feed reader, and it's December 1st right now, then the announcement has already been made and you better scoot on over to my website and check it out!!)

Red Lentils With Cabbage

Red Lentils With Cabbage
Makes 4 Servings

1 1/4 cups red split lentils, washed until water is clear and drained well
5 cups filtered water
1 tsp ground turmeric
5 Tbsp coconut oil
2 tsp ground cumin
4 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
1 onion, peeled and cut into fine slices
3 cups organic cabbage, finely shredded
1 hot green chili pepper, finely sliced
1 tsp sea salt
1 medium organic tomato, chopped
1/2 tsp fresh ginger root, finely grated

1.)  In a stock pot, add the lentils and filtered water and bring to a boil. Remove any scum/foam that collects at the top with a large spoon.  Cover, leaving the lid slightly ajar, turn heat down to low, and simmer gently for 75 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Watch the water, you may need to add a little extra.

2.)  Lentils should be tender.  When the lentils are cooked thru, add sea salt, the tomato, cumin, turmeric and ginger to the pot.  Stir to combine.  Cover and cook thru another 10 minutes.

3.)  Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat the coconut oil over Medium heat.  Saute the garlic, onion, cabbage and green chilies for about 10 minutes or until softened and slightly browned.  Remove from heat.

4.)  Add the cabbage mixture and any remaining oil in to the lentils.  Stir to mix and bring to a simmer.  Simmer uncovered for 2 to 3 minutes until heated through.  Ready to serve!