In This Issue:

What's New at Healthy Green Lifestyle?
Featured Recipe: Kitcharee
Featured Book: The Healthy Urban Kitchen
Featured Company: The Hudson Valley Seed Library
Featured Deals

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What's New at Healthy Green Lifestyle?

I am trying out a new format for the newsletter. I had trouble with the last issue's mailing- it went out three times and I apologize for the "glitch". As always, I welcome your feedback about the newsletter or anything else on my site!

There are a bunch of new articles and recipes at Healthy Green Lifestyle. To highlight just a few: raw food diet review, raised bed gardening kits, raw chocolate almond milk and ceviche made with sustainable seafood.

I started a new feature on my home page; it's the "recipe of the week" which you'll find in the right sidebar.

I spent a lot of time expanding and improving upon my information about the healthiest fish- for some reason, this is the most popular page on my site!

Please remember that I welcome your input to the site. You can submit your favorite healthy recipe, green living tip, a home remedy that works for you and/or some organic gardening inspiration. You can also send me recipes intended for a healthy recipe makeover, if you'd like.

Please contribute your ideas- it's fun, easy, and free and you'll get your very own page at Healthy Green Lifestyle!

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Featured Recipe: Kitcharee

In the last issue of the newsletter, I wrote about using raw foods to detox and cleanse the body. Raw foods are not the only way to detox, though- kitcharee soup gives you another good option.

Kitcharee is a stew made from rice cooked in abundant quantities of water or broth. It originates from the Ayurvedic healing tradition, which places a heavy emphasis on the therapeutic powers of foods. It is very similar to "congee", a type of rice porridge or gruel that is eaten in China and many other Asian countries. Like congee (and chicken soup for many Americans), kitcharee is considered comfort food for those who are tired or ill, and it aids in detoxification due to its easy digestibility.

In addition to the rice, kitcharee typically contains protein-rich mung beans, nutrient-dense greens and root vegetables, and an abundance of herbs and spices that enhance digestion and help with the elimination of toxins.

Kitcharee is especially appropriate for cleansing, and can be eaten as the sole source of nutrition during a "spring detox" mini-fast. There are many recipes for kitcharee. Here is one of my favorites. If you would like your kitcharee to be very "soupy", you may add more water and cook it for even longer. You may also increase the liquid and cook your kitcharee in a crockpot overnight for a delicious and healthy breakfast treat.

Kitcharee

Ingredients:

1 cup of split yellow mung beans
1 cup brown rice or basmati rice
6 cups water
1 Tb. coconut oil or ghee
1 Tb. ginger, grated
2 parsnips, diced
1 cup daikon radish, diced
6 inch piece of burdock root, peeled and chopped
1 bunch of kale, chopped fine
1 tsp. cumin seeds
1/2 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp. coriander
1 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
Himalayan salt and pepper to taste
Fresh chopped cilantro for garnish

Directions:

Rinse mung beans and rice in cold water. Place in a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer. Heat oil or ghee in a large skillet. Add onions, garlic, ginger and spices and saute for a few minutes. Add water if necessary to prevent the spices from burning. Add to the rice and beans, and then add the rest of the vegetables. Simmer for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beans and vegetables are soft.

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Featured eBook: The Healthy Urban Kitchen

I purchased this eBook recently and I really love it. If you're looking for awesome in-depth holistic nutrition info and lots of great recipes, check out The Healthy Urban Kitchen!

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Featured Company:

My husband and I are in the process of building a large organic garden (I'll post more about this on the site soon) and I just cannot wait to get my plants in! I was really excited to find out about a great resource for local heirloom seeds: The Hudson Valley Seed Library. I became a member and ordered a variety of seeds including salad greens (these can go right into the ground soon), several different tomato varieties (these I'll start inside), and pumpkins and squash (these will be planted in the garden in a month or two for fall harvest). The seeds are packed beautifully (some of them come in gorgeous artist-designed packages) and I can't wait to grow them!

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