Alkalizing your life

I have been reading " The Ultimate pH Solution" by Michelle Schoffro Cook (http://www.amazon.com/) and it is very intriguing. The idea is that by bringing the pH in your body to a more alkaline level (75/25)your body will naturally fight disease. Diseases thrive in a more acidic environment and thus can not maintain themselves in an alkaline one.

I addressed this issue briefly in a much earlier post but today I wanted to share a few recipes with you. Before I get into the recipes don't forget lemon water is your best friend. It not only is a natural cleanser but is an alkaline drink. If this is too tart for you, add some stevia as a sweetener.





This recipe and many others can be found on the Energise Alkaline Diet & Natural Health Blog

http://www.energiseforlife.com/wordpress/2009/09/17/alkaline-recipe-42-stuffed-tomatoes/




Stuffed Tomatoes (alkaline style)
Serves 2

Ingredients

2 nice big tomatoes
Half a small aubergine
A large handful of fresh spinach
½ onion
1/3 of a courgette
1-2 cloves garlic
1 tbsp. cold pressed extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil
Pinch of sea salt and pepper (pref Himalayan Salt)

Directions

Firstly, preheat your oven to 160°C (325°F). Next cut the aubergine and courgette up nice and small into little chunks and roughly chop the onion and garlic. Mix in a bowl with the spinach which you can either leave whole or tear roughly. Season this and add the oil and get your hands right in there to give it a good mix up.

Next top the tomatoes and scoop out the middle bit. Chuck the middle bit in with your other mix and mix it all around nicely. Now you need to carefully stuff this all back into the tomatoes.

Once you’re convinced not another tiny bit could fit into the tomatoes, put them into a large pan with about 80ml of water and cover it with a lid. Put this into your preheated over and cook for 15-20 mins. How easy is that?!

Pretty much everything is alkaline, not overly cooked and when served with a nice big salad makes for a nice healthy, alkaline meal!



The next recipe can be found on www.balance-ph-diet.com

Avocado Salad with Wild Garlic


Ingredients for 2 persons
1 avocado
1 bunch of wild garlic
3 tomatoes
1 red pepper bell
2 tbsp. of cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
Some sea salt or organic salt to taste
1 pinch of cayenne pepper

Directions
Cut the avocado and the pepper bell first in half and then in thin slices. Chop the tomatoes in cubes and put everything in a medium-sized bowl.

Then chop the wild garlic in very fine pieces and also put it into the bowl. Pour over the olive oil, mix well and taste with salt and pepper.

Finish! Enjoy your healthy alkaline salad!

Another glorious day

I recieved an e-mail response to my last post. I haven't asked her for permission to post the entire e-mail but I will enclose a portion.

"...our burdens are NOT ours to carry...they're Gods. What a great thing to know that our burdens are to be "light" in the Lord."

To be honest with you, I was going in a different direction with my statements. However, her statement expands on what is being said wonderfully. We are told so many times to take our troubles to the alter and leave them there but inevitable we bring them back with us on the ride home from church.

For many of use, it is a constant battle to hold onto our faith and not let the shadow of doubt consume us. If we were holding on to our faith, we would have left our problem at the alter. It would not have come back home with us and we would not be sharing this burden with our love ones to help shoulder.

I will end this with a cotinuation of the previous challenge. Today, take a leap of faith with your eyes wide open, a smile on your face and a warm feeling in your heart.

Wow..what just happened here?

Somehow, I have completely and unequivocally lost my way. I have been so focused on my problems (which are many) and I have forgotten about those in pain around me. I weep for others my heart goes out to them but inevitable I (yes I) always look for a shoulder to cry on. It is absolutely ridiculous.

I have been through a lot in the past year but my friends I have survived. I'm alive. My daughter is happy,healthy, beautiful,curious and ALIVE. My husband is alive. What is there to be upset about? Do I need to wallow in self pity, doubt and despair. No, but God help me sometimes I slip. And when I do, I slip hard.

Does it take a lifetime to undo what has been done? When I was younger (and not so young), it helped me to tell others what I was going through. I would feel better knowing that someone else could feel my pain and help me through the muck. What is going on here? I think about that person and I cringe. Unfortunately, old habits die painfully and ultimately very slowly. I'm not saying we don't all need an outlet or someone to help us through our sorry but channel it in a more productive way. This is not (for lack of a better phrase) a pity party.

The losses that I've suffered are mine alone, my burden to carry and again mine alone. There will be those in your life there to help cushion your path and wipe the sweat from your brow but they can not nor should they shoulder any of this burden for you. This yolk was given to you for a reason and a lesson can be learned from each trial and every adversity.

By "slipping" the way I do, my faith in God has weakened. It would appear that the shield that surrounds us all has a flaw. This is not the case. The shield does not have the flaw, I'm just not using it.

My challenge to myself and those in need is to hold on to you faith even when things seem the darkest. Hold fast when there is nothing else but that faith. What else can you do but prevail?