Sacred Heart Medical Diet

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The Sacred Heart Medical Soup Diet is a diet that has the worst name for a potentially a fad "diet." The basic structure of the diet of its focus on healthy foods and filling of the push-Dieter in a better state of health . go not only to promote a shift in the diet fruit and vegetables, but is the function of soup will keep you fully at all times. potential loss of weight in this> Food is important, but not too optimistic. Most diets can see about 10 pounds of weight loss in 7 days were involved in the program, with some loss goals has reached the highest at 17 pounds.

The focus of this diet is the heart of vegetable soup that food is at the center of each. Heavily on tomatoes, onions, celery, green beans, carrots and peppers, the soup that you eat every day in unlimited quantities keeps you feeling full andinvites you with important nutrients. The high water content of food and, of course, the soup helps to cleanse the body of toxins, heavy system with fats and proteins from yours. Fruits and vegetables are traded daily unlimited source of food rather than help to stave off boredom with the soup, and force you to participate in a maximum dose of natural nutrients, the normal diet, you can create a change in the short term.

Days 5 and 6, you can add beef againin your diet to help keep the level of protein and healthy your last day, 7 days, ended up on the brown rice at your level of no return, a refined carbohydrates. Often, you can use this diet as they want, but like everything, it is more effective with a tendency towards moderation. Overall diversity is allowed with this diet enough to hold soup in almost every fiber with boredom.

The diet works by a tendency tocleans the system and balance the load generated soup to your calorie intake. Part of the weight you lose is the accumulation of waste in the digestive tract, which is free from cleaning, and most of the weight lost comes from the kind of negative calorie soup was forced to eat during the week. At the end you are left more light, fresh and ready to start over with a clean body!

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Recipes to Warm Your Heart & Your Soul

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This time of year most of us are thinking of ways to keep warm. What could be better than recipes which come straight out of our grandmother's kitchen? Whether you are a star chef, culinary arts student, home cook or foodie your passion for delicious food most likely stems from childhood memories of grandmother's cooking. Who can forget the smells and tastes of the foods which came out of her kitchen? If you are lucky enough to have those childhood memories, you are very lucky!

Nowadays it is referred to as "comfort food" and it is just that. It is food that will comfort us and nurture us. Let's face it, at the end of our busy days all of us could use a little of both. For many it is easy to rush home from a busy day and throw something in the microwave for a quick meal to serve the family. But there is something about cooking up a pot of homemade soup and baking fresh biscuits which just can't be beat. It may take a little longer to get dinner on the table, but in the end it is worth it and your family will thank you for it. Perhaps the soup could be made on a Sunday afternoon and will be ready to eat come Monday. When the aromas of home cooking fill the air our bodies begin to relax and are soothed by it. So in a sense home cooking nourishes us in two ways: it nourishes our soul by soothing us and nourishes our bodies when it is eaten.

I don't know about you, but I love to reminisce about being in my grandmother's kitchen. Her country cooking style learned many years before as a child came second nature to her. She could whip up a pot of Vegetable Soup with Dumplings with no effort and bake a tray of Buttermilk Biscuits with her eyes closed! It was a treat to watch and of course, always a treat to eat in grandmother's kitchen! Wouldn't you love to create those kinds of memories for your own family? With that thought in mind, I want to share with you my grandmother's Vegetable Soup with Dumplings and Buttermilk Biscuits recipes. They are sure to warm your heart and your soul! Enjoy!

Vegetable Soup with Dumplings

Use a nice piece of shin meat with a marrow bone in it. Put the meat into a 4 qt. pot. Fill with water and cook until boiling. Turn down to simmer. Add all of the diced vegetables. I use everything, 2 carrots, a piece of turnip, 2 stalks celery, 1 large fresh tomato or ½ cup stewed tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 clove garlic, 1 bay leaf, 3 cloves, a few slices of cabbage leaves, some green pepper, a package of mixed frozen vegetables, 1 tablespoon salt and a dash of pepper. I also like to add 2 tablespoons barley or rice, whichever you prefer. Let it all simmer together for at least 2-3 hours. When it's done, add the dumplings.

For the dumplings: In a bowl mix 1 cup flour, a pinch of salt, 1 egg and enough water to make a stiff dough. Take a teaspoon and cut off ½ teaspoon size of dough and drop into the soup. Cook about 5 minutes until they rise and are done. Cut the meat into bite sized pieces and put back into the soup. Sprinkle a little chopped parsley on top before serving. This soup is a meal in itself.

Buttermilk Biscuits

Sift 2 cups flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 teaspoons baking powder and ½ teaspoon baking soda. Cut ½ stick (¼ cup) of butter into it with a knife or use your hands. Then add ¾ cup buttermilk. Blend into a ball. Roll out 1/2" thick. Cut into rounds using a cookie cutter or a glass. Bake at 400 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.