5 Vegetables That Help Dissolve Belly Fat

Doesn’t matter what age you are, everyone wants a smaller belly or at least a flat tummy.  And it seems like with every bite of your favorite foods, we get further and further away from that goal.  But that just means, some other foods need to start being our favorites.  Like these foods that actually help shed off that midsection of yours.  Here’s our top five:
1. Cauliflower According to experts, it’s the fiber in cauliflower that’s going to help you trim your stomach fat. A 1-cup serving of cooked cauliflower has 3 grams of fiber. Adding more fiber to your diet helps you lose weight, says Harvard Health Publications, and reduces your risk of heart disease and diabetes, two risk factors of excess belly fat. It’s not only the fiber in the cauliflower that’s good for belly fat. It’s low in calories, which can help reduce your calorie intake for overall weight loss, including your belly. A 1-cup serving of cooked cauliflower has 28 calories, 0.5 gram of fat, 5 grams of carbs and 1 gram of protein. 2. Squash There are two types of squash, summer squash and winter squash. Both offer specific advantages. Summer squash is good for weight loss because it is the lower of the two in calories. Spaghetti squash is a type of summer squash that is a particularly good diet food. One cup of spaghetti squash has only 42 calories and contains moderate amounts of potassium and vitamin A. It also has 2.2 grams of dietary fiber that can help curb your appetite.
3. Celery
Celery is what is known as a negative calorie food. It contains less calories in terms of nutrition than it actually takes to digest- hence the term “negative calorie food”. In other words, you can actually eat this to lose weight. In addition to being negative calorie, it is high in vitamin C, calcium and is best enjoyed raw. Enjoying fresh celery juice before a meal can even help you lose weight and burn belly fat eating it, as it is said will actually end up burning calories for you.
4. Broccoli When it comes to losing belly fat, non-starchy vegetables are superior to starchy vegetables like potatoes because non-starchy vegetables have a lower energy density than starchy vegetables. Cooked broccoli has 0.3 calories per gram and a baked red potato has 0.9 calories per gram and fewer calories per serving, with 27 calories for a cup of cooked broccoli versus 154 calories for a medium, baked red potato. If you top your potatoes with sour cream or mash them with butter, your belly fat might be here to stay.
5. Cabbage Cabbage is one of those vegetables that has an indirect tie in to belly fat. While it doesn’t burn and help shed belly fat like the other veggies, it does help with one crucial thing: bowel movements. That’s right, cabbage can be used as a natural laxative to keep your body on a regular bowel movement schedule getting rid of extra unwanted weight and waste.






http://blackdoctor.org/495034/5-vegetables-that-help-dissolve-belly-fat/

Loaded Sweet Potato (Healthy)

By: Stacy Kennedy, MPH, RD, CSO, LDN; Reboot Nutritionist

Potatoes are one of my all time, absolute, most favorite foods! What’s my guilty pleasure and number one food craving? It’s potato in almost any form. I’d pass on chocolate for a serving of salty sweet potato fries any day. And while these carb-filled gems are often seen as sabotage for health goals and likened to sugar-sweetened beverages, rest assured, they’re better for you than you may think. In fact, both white potatoes and sweet potatoes have merit; read more here in The Battle of Potatoes.
This week I decided to take a spin on a classic appetizer, loaded potatoes. While traditionally these are filled with added oils, fatty cheese, sour cream, processed meats and other nutrition no-nos, I went “Reboot-style” on mine for a fresh and healthy take that doesn’t compromise flavor or pleasure one bit!
There are substitutions and options listed below for all types of veggie-lovers. And for those who aren’t big veggie fans, this is a great way to get more of the good stuff into your diet.
Sweet potatoes are loaded with nutrients, like antioxidant-based vitamin A, beta-carotene and other carotenoids credited with helping reduce cancer risk, preserving vision with age and keeping the immune system strong. Sweet potatoes are also an excellent source of fiber with 4 grams in one medium, baked sweet potato with skin–that’s about 15% of your daily needs. Electrolytes like potassium, magnesium, calcium and sodium can also be found in this veggie.
Load up your sweet potato with more plant-based goodness. I topped mine to make it just right for “Taco-Tuesday,” with black beans, red pepper, salsa, tomato, onions, garlic, avocado and fresh herbs. Feel free to swap in other types of beans, nuts/seeds, veggies and herbs of your choice for any flavor or flair. If you include dairy in your diet, a pinch of cheese from a clean source is a nice touch but measure out to keep it to about 1 ounce per potato. Salsa is a great low-calorie, nutrient-rich swap for sour cream. And don’t be alarmed by the size of the potato in the picture… it is organic and did feed my entire family of 4.

Ingredients:

• 1 medium sweet potato
• ½ cup cooked black beans
• ½ red pepper, diced
• ½ red onion, diced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tbsp scallions, chopped
• 2 large kale leaves, chopped
• ½ avocado, diced
• ½ tomato, diced
• ¼ cup salsa
• ½ tsp cumin
• ½ tsp chipotle powder
• Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (200 degrees C)
2. Wash sweet potato and stab with a fork once or twice
3. When oven is hot, place sweet potato, whole, on rack to bake for about an hour, until soft in the middle
4. While sweet potato is cooking, wash and chop other veggies well. Drain and rinse black beans from BPA-free can or use ones that you soaked and cooked from dry
5. Once potato is cooked, cut in half and let cool a bit
6. Mix beans, tomato, pepper, onion together in a bowl and add spices, stirring to coat veggies
7. Top potato with beans and veggie mixture
8. Garnish with scallions and salsa. Top with diced avocado

Substitutions:

Sweet potato: Yam, white potato
Black beans: lentils, chick peas, pinto or other beans
Red pepper: green/orange/yellow pepper, eggplant, mushrooms
Onion: leeks
Scallion: leeks
Chipotle Spice: cayenne pepper or cracked red pepper flakes
Avocado: parsley
Salsa: Another type of salsa like verde or mango, hot sauce, cashew cream
Kale: spinach, Swiss chard
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour
Total time: 75 minutes
Servings: 2 

http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/loaded-stuffed-sweet-potatoes/

Onion



Onions are a crucial ingredient in almost any delicious meal. But you might not know that they have some great health benefits, too, and not just when it comes to nutrition! This wonderful bulb can actually be used as a highly versatile natural remedy. Take a look



1. Burns

Simply cut an onion in half and hold it on the burn until the pain goes away. The juices act as an immediate pain reliever, and the onion’s natural antiseptic properties can prevent scarring and reduce the risk of infection.

2. Insect Bites

Applying raw onion to a bug bite will help draw out the poison and reduce pain and swelling.

3. Earache

Place an onion core in the ear canal overnight, and it will soften the wax buildup and alleviate the pain. (it really works!)

4. Fever

Burning up? Place onion slices in your socks while you sleep! Strange as

5. Detox

Since onions absorb bacteria, leaving cut onions around the house can help prevent the flu and other virus-borne illnesses from spreading. it sounds, this has been known to help break a fever overnight.

http://boredomtherapy.com/remedies-using-onions/?shr=true

Cucumbers

Salt

Spreading Salt Around The House. Here’s Why It’s So Incredible!

Salt is such a precious commodity that in ancient times it was used to pay workers. The word salary, is in fact derived from the ration of salt a worker would be given.…

See Why She Spreads Salt Around The House

Salt is such a precious commodity that in ancient times it was used to pay workers. The word salary, is in fact derived from the ration of salt a worker would be given. Then as now, salt is used to liven the taste of food and for many other necessary things. Here are ten ways to use salt around the home:


1.To Clean Chopping Boards A handful or so of coarse salt mixed with the juice of half a lemon is just the thing to scrub a chopping board with to clean and disinfect it.
2. To Polish Brass
To remove an especially stubborn tarnish from brass, use a paste of salt and vinegar. Again, a half a lemon dipped in salt and used as a rub is also good. Rinse with tepid water, and buff dry with a clean, white, lint-free cloth.
3. To Clean Burnt Cookware
If cookware burns, wet the burned area on the pot or pan, apply some salt, and let it stand for about 10 minutes. Then, scrub and rinse. Another way is to fill the pot with water and a handful of salt and let it soak overnight. After the pot or pan has soaked, turn the burner on beneath it and bring the salt water to a boil. This should get rid of the burn marks. Then, wash the pot or pan out. Repeat the process if necessary.
4. To Extinguish Stove Fires
If a pot or pan catches fire on top of the stove, turn off the burner, and extinguish the fire with handfuls of salt or baking soda. Never use sugar, baking powder or flour.
5. To Melt Ice On Walks
Throw rock salt on a path before the expected snow or sleet falls. This will keep the ice from sticking to the surface of the path, especially if it’s made of concrete.
6. To Remove Coffee or Tea Stains
To remove coffee or tea stains from a ceramic cup or mug, scrub it with a salt or a paste of half salt and half white vinegar. Water rings in vases can also be removed by rubbing them with salt. If the vase has a narrow neck and the inside is had to reach, fill it with a strong saline solution and shake it. Then, wash.

positivemed.com|By Anastasia



Balsamic Honey Salmon'n Veggies

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Balsamic Honey Salmon 'n Veggies

Entire recipe: 332 calories, 9.5g fat (2.5g sat fat), 379mg sodium, 35.5g carbs, 3.5g fiber, 30g sugars, 26g protein -- PointsPlus® value 8* -- SmartPoints™ value 10*

Yummy gourmet taste without all that time spent on gourmet cooking. Mega impressive; minimal effort!

Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes

Ingredients:
3 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp. honey
1 cup red bell pepper cut into 1-inch chunks
1 cup sugar snap peas
One 4-oz. raw skinless salmon filet
Seasonings: salt and black pepper

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lay a large piece of heavy-duty foil on a baking sheet and spray with nonstick spray.

In a medium bowl, whisk vinegar with honey until uniform.

Lay veggies on the center of the foil. Season salmon with 1/8 tsp. each salt and black pepper, and place over the veggies. Drizzle with vinegar mixture.

Cover with another large piece of foil. Fold together and seal all four edges of the foil pieces, forming a well-sealed packet.

Bake for 20 minutes, or until fish is cooked through and veggies are tender.

Cut packet to release steam before opening entirely.

MAKES 1 SERVING



Homemade Fabric softener

Eva Boese Peters

March 1, 2015 ·

 

Make your own!
What you will need:
2 cups of your favorite scented conditioner
3 cups of white vinegar
6 cups of water hot...
A container to mix the ingredients and hold the softener in

Mix all ingredients together. You can use a pitcher to mix them all together and then just pour it into an empty container.
It takes a minute of stirring, but do it until no more conditioner clumps. Don't shake it.
Use 1/4 cup per load and it works great!
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