The God Diet - If God Made It, You Can Eat It! lol! : ) THE Friendliest, Happiest Diet, Evah'! #TheGodDiet #PotatoChips!

The God Diet 

 If God Made It, You Can Eat It! lol! : ) THE Friendliest, Happiest Diet, Evah'! 

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Apple Crumble Diet 

Okay, so I've thought of this for years and years, but sometimes I'm really struck by how incredible our Universe is, how amazingly intricate and phenomenal our world is, the sheer beauty and symmetry of nature....

Take these apples (please! haha! Jus' reminds me of that old 'Take my wife....please! lol!)

Anyway, when I slice the apples in half - or, in thirds, today, even easier! lol! But when I slice an apple in half, I am blown away by the design - a Grand Design,if you will... it's gorgeous, and I am soo blown away by seeds, and seed dispersal... (make me think of a man who really gets around - bah'hahahaha! Or seeds on a tree - whatevs... we're all just seeds, sprouted out! I looove that!

You, Me and an Apple Seed!

You, Me, and an Apple Tree!

We All Come From a Seed - You, Me, an Apple and a Tree!

Anyway, I've been singing that all morning - lol! Life in my head - haha!

I just took the Apple Crumble out the oven - smells amazing in here - yum! If I could just get everyone to give this little Apple Crumble a try, think how much happier and healthier our whole world would be! 

So here's what makes me call it The God Diet - I really believe that if it grows naturally, it's good for you. It was designed for you to eat - and be healthy, soooo, why not work with what comes naturally, whenever and wherever you can, right? 

Oatmeal is one of my favorite things - add it where you can, see if that will make you feel good - if you have any reaction, skip that, try something else, but generally speaking, Oatmeal and Grains are very good for you - there are really only a handful of people who can't manage grains, that seems like more of a media thing, right now - but if it works for you, Oatmeal is very Heart Healthy, great for 'cleaning out your system' - err... you know what I mean! lol! But Oatmeal will act like a little broom, sweeping out your system, cleaning it all up - is amazing! Thanks, God! I love it!

Yum, Thanks, God, for all the great veggies! This is my favorite #MacaroniSalad 

You get soo excited, when you get a bite with a little macaroni, and a whole lot o' da Veggies!

Yum, Macaroni Salad!

Well,  have a ton o' delicious and easy to make recipes on my blog - and on my site, but I can't seem to access my website - so frustrating - it's live and online, over 1.7 million visits, but there's something that is blocking me from getting onto my site from this computer, for me to work on it, so, my blog is my focus, right now.... sooo.... hm, have to figure that out, fo' sho'!

Anyhoooo, you can scroll through all the pics on my Blog, find whatever delicious recipe you're looking for... you'll love them all, I love anything that's delicious and pretty easy and fast to make, AND, super-healthy! : )

Bottom line, try to minimize artificial ingredients, where you can (not to be nutty about it, some artificial ingredients are deeelicious! haha!), and try to add lots of yummy fruits and veggies, wherever you can - Yum! Thanks, God! Good Job!! : )

Yum, look what I just thought of having - was soo good! 

Cucumbers and Taco Meat - Simple and Delicious!

So here's how I happened to think of this new flavor combo - years ago, at a Queen's Alumni Party in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, they had these most delicious little hors d'oeuvres (hor-derves, if you will - I have another li'l joke, but it just goes downhill fro here, sooo.... hopefully, you're already making that joke, in yer own head - haha!) (Did you know the literal French meaning of hors d'oeuvres is 'outside the work' - or, and this is all me, now - not the main course - or maybe it is?? haha! Whatevs, just say, Something Delicious, a lovely little bite of something good! 

Anyway, they had a slice of Cucumber, a few drops of Hot Sauce, and a lovely fresh Shrimp - yum! 

Taco Meat - yum!

It was soo good, so, tonight I happened to think of a new way I can freeze the extra Taco Meat, that I make all at once, I get the giant package of Ground Meat (mince, if you're British - lol!), cook it all in the big pot, with a ton of Taco Seasoning - 8 tablespoons, maybe? I dunno, I pour it in... spicy is yummy! lol! 

So I was standing in the kitchen, my son had already added some Taco Meat to the left over Lasagna - which was delicious - I did that,last night - yum! 

 Yum! Taco Spaghetti! Try it, you'll love it!

So my son had already eaten, and normally I would just make a batch of Taco Spaghetti, or regular Tacos, but we were all out of cheddar cheese, lettuce, salsa, tomatoes (I'm still waiting for them to grow, sooo, they'll be ready in just a few short months, and I'll have to eat something else between now and then - haha!)

Anyway, I'm standing in the kitchen, trying to think of something to have with the Taco Meat, and thought of this - and it was sooo good - yum! Light, delicious, did I already say light? haha! So good! 

I just heated up the Taco Meat, put that in the center of the plate, then sliced the cucumber to put around the meat - all very lovely, then used the cucumber slices like little nacho chips - which would also have been delicious, just not as super-healthy! lol! Cucumber - it's Nacho usual chip - haha! I know, I'm sorry! haha! But it is good! Deelish! 

Now I think I'm gonna add everything to little cucumber slices! lol! And perfect for a KETO or Paleo Diet, in case you're trying that out... : )

Well, here's something funny - this is the biggest plate of the Real Baked Potato Chips that I could get - the second they were ready, they were gone - dat make'a me happy! 

And they all cooked at different times - I flipped them a bunch of times, to make them really crisp - yum!

So, they're just very thinly sliced potatoes - this was three potatoes - left over from our Thanksgiving Dinner - we don't eat potatoes very often, so, usually they grow their own legs, then I plant them out on the balcony - you can just pop potatoes in any soil, you'll have beautiful vines in no time, plus, new potatoes! Yay! 

I'm gonna look up all the Health Benefits of Potatoes, since, really, it's all the frying and additives that you would want to avoid, for potato chips, not the actual potato - with a li'l Olive Oil and Salt : )

Here you go! But, you already knew there were lots of Health Benefits of Potatoes, right? That's what makes them soo delicious! 

"... food ranking system qualified potatoes as a very good source of vitamin B6 and a good source of potassium, copper, vitamin C, manganese, phosphorus, niacin, dietary fiber, and pantothenic acid. Potatoes also contain a variety of phytonutrients that have antioxidant activity."

 My son heated up some already cooked and frozen Taco Meat, and he added a li'l Salsa to that - this is the amount of meat I had... 

 And how much for the boy - lol! And hardly any chips left, by the time I got over to his place - hahaha! That's a VERY good sign of something delicious! lol! 

 See how some of them cook faster than the others? Just take them off the cookie sheet as they're ready... and flip them before you pop them back in - yum!

 I just lightly covered the 'chips' with a little Oil - I used Olive Oil, but you could use any oil, or no oil - up to you, baby! 

See how they're translucent? I tried to let them sit for a second, make them even crispier, but they were sooo delicious, as soon as I took each batch out the oven, they were gone - lol! Yum! 

I gave them a little bit of Salt on them when they came out the oven, too - soooo good! : )

Grapes are from God, right? lol! ; )

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 Yum! : ) And useful? Maybe! 

CABBAGE LEAF Cure? Maaybe... : )

What about Cabbage Leaves? If you, God Forbid, had any sort of tumor on the outside of your body, wouldn't it be worth a shot to put a cabbage leaf over it, see if it would shrink the tumor, at all? It works for Nursing Mothers - is amazing how quickly and effectively a Cabbage Leaf works to remove a lump, from milk build up - sometimes that happens when you're nursing, and I think it happened to me after I had weaned my second baby... can't really remember the time frame, now, but I do remember the lump, how painful it was, and applying the cabbage leaf, BAM! All gone - like a little miracle cure, right there, and it just occurred to me, just now, what if that Cabbage Leaf Cure were to extend itself to other things, like a tumor? Worth a try, for sure : )

SO, I was just thinking, could Cabbage Leaves draw out any impurities in your body? Maybe?

What about fat cells? Could Cabbage Leaves Shrink Fat Cells? Why not, right, if it works the same way... anyone feel like doing a little experimenting? You KNOW I'm'a gonna try it - and then have a nice salad with the rest of the cabbage and turnip? haha!

And what about Turnips?? lol! 
And then, when I think of Cabbage, I think of my Mother, and how much she loooves cabbage and turnip - all cooked, but I like them much better, raw... especially Raw Turnip - in little strips, or chunks - is surprisingly yummy - worth a try, for sure, if you've never tried it! So, of course, I immediately Googled, Health Benefits of Turnip, and wouldn't you know it, there's Cabbage, right there, too! lol! I was super-surprised to read about the health benefits of the turnip leaves, though - I'd never even heard that they were edible, sooo... you know, whatever you think will add health benefits to your life, is inexpensive, won't interact negatively with any medications - your pharmacist can tell you that, too, but I would think most fruits and veggies are safe enough... but you remember that whole thing with Grapefruit, which I looove... so, you know your body, best.... To Your Very Best Health! : )

  Look who else loves Turnips?? Michelle Obama! Thanks, First Lady Michelle Obama!! You're the best!! 

 Turnip for What?? haha! I loove these pics! Haha! Get on the Veggie Train to Healthsville? hahaha! Makes me laugh! (And healthy! lol!) 

Coleslaw with Walnuts - that's my favourite way to eat cabbage... just a liiitttle bit of mayonnaise, mix it in really well with your coleslaw mix, I use a LOT of pepper, and a little salt to taste, and a lot of Walnuts - yum! Is light and delicious, and super-healthy for your body! Yippee! 

 Yum, Brussel Sprouts - a much better way to cook them than boiling them - although, that's good, too - but this is my favorite way to cook Brussel Sprouts, now, and it 'holds in' all the nutrients, where boiling them (to a slow death? haha! Nooo... boil them if you want to boil them! lol!) - crazy-delicious, and really, Brussel Sprouts are just likte teensy tiny little cabbages, right? And I'm thinking you could slice down your cabbage, cook it the same way, would be delicious : ) 

 You can use butter, margarine (okay, you got me, I only use margarine for baking, butter only for veggies - lol! Or Olive Oil, or a little combo of Olive Oil and Turkey 'juice', turkey drippings, if you will... you know, when the turkey comes out the oven, the 'gravy' that's in the pan - that has an amazing flavor, and is delicious in with the Brussel Sprouts, and then the Turkey Gravy that you really make, at the table, on your Brussel Sprouts - yum!

 Turkey Recipe - How to Make THE Easiest Turkey, ever! : )

 Yum! Deeelish, right? You'll looove your Brussel Sprouts, pan-fried, sauteed like this - so good! 

Fighting cancer from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/284815.php

Since the 1980s, consuming high amounts of cruciferous vegetables like turnips, cauliflower and cabbage have been associated with a lower risk of cancer. More recently, researchers have been able to pinpoint that the sulforaphane compound that gives cruciferous vegetables their bitter bite is also what gives them their cancer-fighting power.

Promising results in studies testing sulforaphane's ability to delay or impede cancer have been seen with multiple types of cancers including melanoma, esophageal, prostate and pancreatic. Sulforaphane-containing foods could potentially be an integral part of cancer treatment in the future.¹

Affirmations For Health (and Wealth?? lol!) I loove Louise Hay, and firmly believe in affirmations, and have been doing Louise's affirmations for just over a year, now, and love, love, love them. Louise Hay changed my life, and she can change yours, to. There's tremendous healing power in prayer and affirmations, sending healing thoughts and healing light, through your body, and sending it to others, too. try it all - it's all worth a try, right? : )

To Healthy Living! 

Look for Louise L. Hays, You Can Heal Your Life - brilliant - you'll love it - and you CAN heal your life! I think you could also look for You Can Heal Your Body - pretty sure that's in there, too - but it's all about healing yourself, mind, body and spirit - a good approach to wellness : )

Canadian Maple Syrup : )

Ooh, I just tried Toasted English Muffins with #MapleSyrup #Yum! #SoEasy! Give it a wee try! Usually, I have a Toasted English Muffin in a "McMuffin" egg and cheese sandwich, or with natural Honey, right? But then, I thought, hmm, would this Syrup be any good on mah' Toasted English Muffin? And it was! So delicious, and super-easy! Yum! 

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 You know this made me laugh! hahaha!

 Oh, man, what great memories, all the times taking a horse-drawn wagon through the Trees in the Spring, in Ontario,Canada, and then you end up at the Sugar shack, sit down for some delicious pancakes and fresh Maple Syrup - yum! So much fun! : )

 So, I've been spending the whole evening (okay, now it's night time - after midnight - I just finished reading a bunch of articles, some on the up and up, some slightly questionable, a couple highly questionable...so, here's what I was checking out - I watched a video earlier, this evening, about DCA, dichloroacetate (crap, I wrote it down, now canny read my own writing - hmmm!! Will go check it, make sure I have the spelling correct...).  Anyway, my good friend, Steve, posted the video on Facebook (Facebook is NOT my friend, right now, on account of a horrible thing that happened on it in the fall, and every time I go on it to make sure nothing horrible and disgusting hasn't happened - not really a good reason for going on stupi fb, but I've got sooo many contacts on fb, that it makes it difficult to just delete my fb account... will wait and see, but if that horrendous this - some grooooosss creep in the middle east attached my name to a gross picture - was THE worst thing to deal with...)

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Anyway, I digress... has never happened to me, before... lol!  So when I was reading all these articles on DCA, which is a potential drug for curing cancer (or perhaps some sorts of cancers?  Didn't get enough information on that...), and is a very cheap drug, and an old drug that can't be patented, from what I gather, so that means, essentially, that big pharmacy would make very little profit on it, if they were to conduct the research and development necessary to bring it to market, expressly as a cure for cancer.  The research has been done at the University of Edmonton, in Alberta, Canada (Dr. Evangelos Michelakis), in Florida, and some other universities, but it looks like most, if not all, of the research has taken place in the universities.  Soo, a lot of money is required to continue the Research and Development for DCA, so I hope the Canadian government, or the US gov't, or ANY gov't, any very lovely philanthropist, any university or even the big pharmaceutical companies or other companies could open their wallets for more research... is interesting, to be sure.

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Broccoli Soup - Yum! 

But here's an interesting thing - while I was poking around online, I found a lot of information about the connection between baking soda and curing cancer.  Sounds like a bit of a stretch, but if you've read my site, www.buildyourownhouse.ca, you'll know my great love of baking soda! lol!  That stuff rocks!  You can use it for a million things - it's great!  But to cure cancer??  Who knows??  But I DO know that if, God Forbid,  were ever facing anything like that, I would try anything, I'm sure of it. I am a home remedy girl, always have been, believe that good health is a great preventative medicine (you know I love that Broccoli Soup!! lol!), along with a nice healthy body... it's all good, and then you look good, too!  lol!

More Broccoli Soup - I love it!

So here's what I read about - I would be a bit reluctant to try this... hmmm, would have to really think about this, but apparently you can put about a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in a big glass of water, 12 - 16 oz.  That's a lot of water.  And I guess you can add Maple Syrup (we're Canadian, so no shortage of Maple Syrup in our fridge, at any time of the year! hahaha!), or Molasses (I'd have to go buy this, since I never did get around to making Gingerbread Cookies for Christmas! lol!), but these products are very inexpensive, would be easy to add into your diet, should you be so inclined.  Apparently, the sugar in the molasses or maple syrup (I'm guessing you'd add that to some heated water, too, like a tea, I'm thinking) (or just have waffles or pancakes?? lol!) goes to the cancer, and the baking soda is going to go in and clean the cells??

Oh, and this might help with heartburn, too, or so they suggested... I've never had heartburn, but it sounds like it hurts, so I think I would give this a try, just in case it worked... but, again, research all of this before you take a big swig o' baking soda water!

Hmmm... if you're thinking of trying this, for Goodness Sake research this yourself, I'm just saying that I find this very interesting, and it seems relatively harmless to try, just in case it works on any level...  but I wonder if it would work for anything else??  I am endlessly surprised that we haven't found a full cure for a virus - seems crazy, in this day and age.  Unless we have, and I don't know about it, yet?  Let me know, if you've got secret information - unless everyone knows it, and I'm the last to know! lol! But would this work with a virus??  If it can target the baddie cells, cause them to remove themselves from your system?  Any chance this could be effective in weight loss??  Hahaha!  I always want to know THAT!! Maybe just drinking all that water would do the trick!! I drink tea all day - wonder if I should try this baking soda and water thing? I'm already having maple syrup in the mornings I can't resist joining my son in his daily waffles with maple syrup! lol!  (But, usually, I have me fave Raisin Bran, then have my fave porridge later in the day...pretty healthy : )

Okay, just wanted to put this out there... see what you think, see if you've tried it, if you know of any health risks from ingesting baking soda.... hmmm, will really think about this before I try it.  It's supposed to balance out your alkaline level, your ph Balance, I think (makes me think of my shampoo! lol!) - but I'm pretty sure our bodies are really good at self-regulating all our levels of everything that keeps us going... but, still, something to think about, right??

Oh, and remember to breathe deeply, whenever you think of it, not just when you're exercising or meditating - or when you're really mad, trying to calm yourself down! lol!  Seems like when you add more oxygen to your system, that's a good thing - well, you know you canny hurt yourself with bigger breaths! (makes me think of a terrible joke, but you're prolly already thinking of it, too! lol!)

So, just as a wee follow-up, I was doing some more research on drinking Baking Soda (a 1/4 tsp. in a very big glass of water - although, a lot of the research suggests it's okay to use a tsp per large glass of water - I would err on the side of caution, though - try it, first, see how your body reacts... but, I did read a pretty good article, that you might like to see, too... http://www.md-health.com/Drinking-Baking-Soda.html.  Is definitely worth looking in to, and I see that drinking a glass of water with a little baking soda is a good cure for the common cold, and perhaps the flu, too?  I think I would try that... and a good way to improve performance in elite athletes?  I've never heard that, before... interesting, right?  Hmmm... food, and drink, for thought : )

To Your Good Health!  Ailsa : )
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  Oooh, I'm looving the gorgeous HSN Dress Wendy Williams is wearing, today - and every day! lol! I loove me some Wendy Williams, and I loove, her dresses! Wendy Williams has an amazing HSN Collection! Yay!! : )

 Sooo pretty!! And the dress is nice, too - haha! These dress styles are very flattering on everyone who loves a great dress! : )

And I watch The Wendy Williams Show on KCPQ - I'm in Victoria, BC, Canada, but I think KCPQ is out of Seattle - I'll go check that out! lol! (Yep - just checked it - KCPQ is out of Seattle : )