http://feelgoodguru.com Groovin' with the woo-woo Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:26:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Beautiful on a summer table as a main course or as a tasty side, this ancient quinoa salad has it all going on: substance, crunch, flavor, beauty, and pizazz! Quinoa, a mildly nutty-flavored, nutritious, gluten-free seed, contains an almost-perfect balance of all eight essential amino acids required by our cells. It ... http://feelgoodguru.com/black-white-quinoa-salad My favorite thing about southern California is not celebrities, or the weather, nor is it surfer boys, skateboard dogs, or even Urth's sustainable shade-grown organic fair-trade coffee. No, my absolute favorite thing about southern California is the magnificent avocado. Creamy dreamy avocados that show up - miraculously ripe - ... http://feelgoodguru.com/holy-peachy-guacamole Mmmm... Drinking in the mellow goodness of summer with this thick and creamy smoothie that refreshingly fills the gap between meals - or even replaces one... I had this before a workout and was fully energized without feeling full. Cantaloupe is at its ripest and juiciest right now, and offers us ... http://feelgoodguru.com/mellow-melon-smoothie If you have a spiral slicer, your summer veggies like squash, yams, zucchini and beets, can be instantly transformed into gourmet raw angel hair "pasta." Globe zucchinis work best - they're the perfect size and shape for the slicer, and are soft, which means they're easily sliced through into beautiful ... http://feelgoodguru.com/yellow-beet-angel-hair Summertime and the livin' is easy... Nothing defines summer better than the cool, clean taste of lemonade, and nothing gourmets up your homemade lemonade easier than some fresh organic market strawberries added for a divine blend of sweet and sour. Pink lemonade? Forget about flavor crystals with artificial color and evil ... http://feelgoodguru.com/strawberry-lemonade I just watched a Penn & Teller episode of "Bullshit" discussing how old people are stripped of their dignity thanks to ongoing stereotypes like old people can't drive, old people don't have sex and old people smell bad. It's shocking to hear the younger generation perpetuate these myths and heartening ... http://feelgoodguru.com/how-to-live-to-be-100 If angels were to come to earth solely to experience the pleasure of the palate, they'd alight creek-side at Inn of the Seventh Ray, and over the next few hours of terrestrial time, would appreciate fully what it's like for humans to delight in the bodily senses of food and ... http://feelgoodguru.com/inn-of-the-seventh-ray When I'm in California, I eat at least one avocado a day. I eat avocados straight from the skin with a spoon, halved, sprinkled with a little Celtic sea salt and squeezed with a drop of lemon. I eat avocados mashed into a two-minute guacamole with some diced red onion, ... http://feelgoodguru.com/avocado-absolution Tomorrow when you get up, try counting how many products get put into or onto your body before you leave the house. Chances are good it'll be around 12. Then try counting the chemicals. It'll be in the hundreds, most of them not even tested for safety. This is the ... http://feelgoodguru.com/annies-the-story-of-cosmetics A phonecall, a cupcake, a toonie, a book, a hug, a coffee, a recommendation, an email, a secret ingredient, a bottle of wine, a compliment...this is my tally so far after 11 days of giving and yes, it feels good. Small things to give, but according to Cami Walker, author of ... http://feelgoodguru.com/gifts-that-keep-on-giving You know it well - that moment when you open the cupboards and open the fridge and there is nothing to eat. No leftovers to nibble, no packages to tear into, no veggies in the crisper waiting to be tossed into a gorgeous salad, not even an overripe banana or ... http://feelgoodguru.com/impromptu-vegan-stew In a world gone mad, it's heartening as hell to hear good news. Here at FGG we love love love people, ideas and things that make the world a better place and we live on delight and optimism, mirth and merriment, joy and jubilation. When we heard the story of ... http://feelgoodguru.com/not-born-freebut-freed Happy June! Summer's right around the corner, and along with the hot and sultry weather come cravings for fresh, whole fruits and veggies to quench your thirst and cleanse away internal cobwebs. The live food movement is growing like a weed, way beyond gag-inducing green smoothies and stringy sprouts. Raw ... http://feelgoodguru.com/anis-raw-food-essentials As of this week, I no longer have to live with the shame of never having visited New York City. Embarrassing as it is, in all my travels, NYC has just never been number 1 on the list. But then the perfect storm happened: Book Expo America, having a website ... http://feelgoodguru.com/fggs-nyc I love playing tourist in my own town. Every once in awhile on a Sunday, I pretend I'm on vacation with a couple of good friends, throw on the running shoes and go on an urban walkabout. Toronto's one of the great walking cities. It also happens to be a ... http://feelgoodguru.com/playing-tourist-in-toronto BBQ season is upon us in Toronto, and for every ten or twenty carnivores who show up at the staff picnic with their Gordon Lightfoot Burgers (mushrooms, cheese, onions) from the Healthy Butcher, there are one or two plant-powered peeps who cringe at the idea of firing up a beloved ... http://feelgoodguru.com/curried-tempeh-burgers Chilled buckwheat noodles and greens together make a wonderful salad. Add an ume-apple dressing, a ripe avocado and some toasted seeds, and you have a delish, easy-to-prepare vitamin and protein-filled 5-minute meal you'll turn to over and over again for lunch or dinner. Ume plums are powerfully medicinal. Despite their acidity, ... http://feelgoodguru.com/ume-apple-buckwheat By Kelly Sullivan Walden, dream therapist, author & hypnotherapist We've all heard about the law of attraction, affirmations, vision boards, and goal setting...yes? Well... according to the American Hypnosis Association, our conscious mind represents 12% of our mind's power while our subconscious mind represents 88%. Our conscious mind is ... http://feelgoodguru.com/dreams-to-reality "I did not own the land and I was feeling out of luck; all I had to grow my own food was my old gray pickup truck..." From the guys who brought us King Corn comes a homegrown, song-filled YouTube series and documentary, Truck Farm! Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis start ... http://feelgoodguru.com/groovy-urban-gardening OOH this big fat spinach salad from "Feel Good Fast: Spring!" was so delish I wanted to share the combo with you ~ the zing from the lemon juice and spiciness from the ginger are nicely balanced with the softness of the avocado and the sweetness of the apple. The ... http://feelgoodguru.com/oil-free-spinach-salad