| Who says healthy can't be quick and easy too? | | | | cooked, you gotta think hard about how much |
| As with other skills, it's often just a matter of | | | | real value are you really getting? |
| re-training our selves and developing new healthy | | | | Buffalo or Bison, in a simple, straight over |
| habits. A simpler way to think about it is to look | | | | exchange. But with buffalo you get more, ounce |
| at what's in your cupboards right now? What do | | | | for ounce. Because buffalo is a low 3% fat, you're |
| you eat now and is there a healthier option? For | | | | not paying for that extra 12% that is wasted. |
| every 'unhealthy food, there is at least one | | | | And actually the 3% fat is necessary to maintain |
| healthy, native food to replace it with. Let's take a | | | | the moisture in cooking buffalo, there is typically |
| trip through the cupboards and see what we | | | | less than a teaspoon of fat dripping remaining |
| have on hand. | | | | from cooked buffalo, which is just enough to |
| Quick, Easy & Healthy Meals Tip #1: Replace | | | | make a decent gravy. You'll also find that buffalo |
| Yellow with Blue | | | | does not contain hormones or antibiotics that can |
| Current studies estimate that American diets | | | | raise havoc with our bodies and is higher in |
| contain 60% in corn products. That includes corn | | | | protein. |
| syrup (sweeteners), corn chips and all other types | | | | Quick, Easy, Healthy Replacement #2 : Go for the |
| of yellow corn. Yellow corn is a genetically | | | | Golds |
| modified (GM) food, which contains mostly carbs | | | | Our fast food fry favorites! Russets have |
| and sugar. Not much substance there. | | | | dominated the fast food industry and the GM |
| Blue corn provides a simple replacement for | | | | potatoe market. Deep fat fried in corn oil, it's |
| yellow corn products but contains more proteins, | | | | product that is a super vote to genetically |
| less carbs and lower glycemic value, which is good | | | | modified industry that says "keep up fat and |
| news for diabetics. You can find blue corn tortillas, | | | | happy". |
| blue corn chips (one of my absolute favs!) and | | | | Yukon Golds are a favorite among gardeners and |
| blue corn meal to make into breads, muffins and | | | | chefs and are available in most supermarkets. |
| pancakes. | | | | They are best baked or boiled, whether as baked |
| Quick, Easy & Healthy Meals Tip #2 : | | | | home fries or served up mashed with gravy. |
| Substitute Beef for Bison | | | | Simple replacements that add up to huge benefits. |
| Even at $2+ a pound for cheap hamburger, it is | | | | For our health and for the planet, native foods |
| still one the cheapest filler proteins for families. But | | | | provide superior food value and make for quick, |
| when you consider that hamburger still contains at | | | | easy and healthy meals. |
| least 15% fat that will be drained away once it's | | | | |