Enjoy The Weather With A Picnic – Tips And Recipes For A Healthy Picnic

Going on a nice picnic is a great way that you can create some wonderful memories with your family. After all, there is something about the open air that just makes everything special. Forget the strawberry stains or even the ants when you are out there sharing food and fun with people you love.

The great thing is that you can enjoy some great healthy foods with a bit of planning. After all, with sealed containers, you can make about any dish portable. Some people tend to bring along high calorie foods, such as chips, for their picnic. If you want to make sure you have a healthy picnic, here are some great tips, and even a recipe you can use for a healthy picnic everyone will enjoy.

Tip #1 – Forget the Chips

Chips may be nice and crunchy, but the calories and fat can really add up fast on a picnic. Instead of taking along the chips, go with cut up veggies and fruits. They add plenty of crunch, they taste great, and they are healthy as well. It is easy to share cut up veggies and fruits on your picnic too and they will definitely add something special.

Tip #2 – Drink Healthy Drinks

You can make your picnic even more festive with a few great drinks. Avoid going with high sugar sodas while you are on the picnic. One great option is to go with seltzer that has a bit of juice for a festive drink that does not include alcohol. Boxed wines are another tasty choice – just do not drink too much. Since you will be outdoors, ensure you get plenty of water as well so you do not end up dealing with dehydration. Read the rest of this entry »

All About Cloudy Apple Juice

Cloudy apple juice is one of the hidden wonders of the world that many only stumble across by accident. There are many differences between cloudy apple juice and normal apple juice including different health benefits which I’ll be discussing soon. Best of all it packs in far more antioxidants and contains more good vitamins and minerals to keep you running fresh and feeling great all day long. However cloudy apple juice is found far less often than normal juice in most stores, why this is will be explained later in the article.

Cloudy Apple Juice is similar to the normal variety of clear apple juice found in your local supermarket in that it contains the same basic ingredients of apples blended and filtered. However one of the crucial differences is that clear apple juice is filtered twice with the second time removing all traces of pulp while cloudy apple juice is only filtered once and the pulp is left in there. This has a two fold effect, one is that this pulp is far healthier for you, containing more antioxidants and polyphenols than normal apple juice, and the 2nd effect is its far less likely to make you sick or induce diarrhea as normal apple juice. Read the rest of this entry »

Enjoy Green Smoothies on the Raw Food Diet

When you think about eating a raw food diet, what springs to mind? Lot of salads and fruit, right? All that work just chopping and chopping to have a healthy raw meal. WOW, makes me tired to think about it.

But what if I mentioned a thick, creamy smoothie? What if I said that it was made quickly and easily in the Vita-Mix Health Machine with hardly any tiresome chopping? What if I mentioned that it my smoothie was ready in only a minute or two??

Well, I recently have been trying to get more raw foods into my life. I am not 100% on the raw food diet, but I am trying to “go raw” each afternoon, instead of reaching for coffee or a can of pop. At first it was hard to break away from the usually pick-me -ups. I missed the taste and the buzz that I instantly got. But now that I am making more smoothies, I must admit that I am happier with the cool, thick and fruity taste.Green Smoothies are FANTASTIC! Read the rest of this entry »