Well fall is knocking at our door! I thought it would be fun to just have some simple tips for eating clean in the fall. It seems like the pumpkin spice lattes come out along side the pumpkin pie and its all over from there. Just remember, you don't have to eat it!
Tips:
Replace white flour with Oat flour. How you say? Buy Oat flour OR do what I do, and grind up regular oatmeal in the coffee grinder or in a bullet. Some sort of fine grinding machine. Grind oats to a fine flour! The oat flour is great and has been what I have been using in breads as well as muffins, pancakes, and cobblers.
Use RAW sugar or pure cane sugar over brown sugar and refined sugars. It is so easy to just buy the white sugar to go in baked goods or even coffee, but RAW unprocessed sugar is better then the white. Please Read --> http://www.naturalorganiclifestyle.com/unrefined-raw-sugar.html
Use applesauce in place of oil. It works and it is great!
Use dark chocolate when baking. Adding dark chocolate M&M's to cookies is a great alternative to milk chocolate chips.
Right now is a great time to get grapes! Grapes are an amazing healthy sweet snack and they are in season. I get mine at seven oaks for .79 a lb. That's a steal. Load up on these, rinse and throw them in the fridge and pull a handful out when you need a sweet treat!
Other 'in season' produce: Summer squash, corn, cucumbers, beets, tomato, peppers, melons, potatoes, pears, apples.
Keep chopped veggies on hand so if you feel the need to snack you can grab something that is ready. I keep some dip or hummus always in the fridge so I can eat a cucumber as a snack with some dip and when I'm done, I feel satisfied.
Making soups is a great idea right now. I made potato and Kale soup for dinner last night and it was great!
Another great tip is to buy the in season produce for cheap and invest in some freezer bags and wash, cut, and freeze fresh produce now, so you can enjoy the harvest all year long. I have a freezer full of Peaches, corn, and blackberries and I am looking to do some applesauce, peppers, and freeze tomato sauce. Please take advantage of your local farms now, while you can get it for such a great deal! It just takes small steps to keep a healthy you.
If you have yet to watch Forks over knives, please do so! It is a documentary that you can view on netflix or rent. It may change your life.
Here are a few recipes from their site!
Blessings,
Dani
http://www.forksoverknives.com/baked-french-fries-ketchup/
http://www.forksoverknives.com/vegan-thanksgiving-recipes-2/
