everyday, and one of them is consume atleast 3 cups of green tea, I have spoken a lot about all its healing qualities. Another food I try and am usually successful at consuming everyday, is pumpkin puree. If someone would have told me I should do that a few years ago I would have asked first "why?" and then I would have said "how?". I would have thought that meant in pumpkin pie. Since this blog has forced me to be creative, I have found tons of ways to consume pumpkin puree. The easiest for me is in smooties, and that always includes green tea, so I am getting a double dose of antioxidents that way, but I have found tons of ways to cook with pumpkin. Sauces, soups, mixed into desserts. It not only adds a sweet hit, it also adds great texture and always creates a smoother, richer composition with no fat! It can even take on the flavor of whatever I am adding to it. ie, garlic for a sauce, or cinnamon for a sweet treat. Now lets talk nutrients. There are so many, so Ill just name some of the top benefits.
1 cup provides 7 g of fiber. Fiber is so important to our bodies, because it aids in eliminating waste in our body, which is so important because it cleans us of toxins that can cause disease.
vitamin A. Pumpkin provides vitamin A in the form of Beta Carotene, which is important in fighting off cell damage from free radicals, and that is important as well in keeping diseases at bay. Vitamin A is also very instrumental in keeping up eye and skin health. ( I really do believe between pumpkin and green tea I have greatly imporoved my skin)
Other nutrients include vitamin C, calcium and iron.
In my recipe today I combine vanilla pudding and pumpkin, I also added some candied walnuts(that I made the other day) to round out the nutrients, dried fruit such as raisin, dates or cranberries would work just as well, as would some granola.
1 box vanilla pudding
1 cup pumpkin
1/4 tsp cinnamon
make pudding according to instruction
add nuts, fruit, cerial if desired
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