One Pan Pasta: Easy to make and very healthy

Hi everyone,
This week Health Tuesday I will introduce you to this awesome recipe. Make a delicious and healthy pasta in just one pan. No need to worry about cleaning up after cooking, washing many different pots and pans.
Check this one out.
For full recipe, please follow this blog Marin Mama Cooks. She is awesome ! This recipe is orginally taken from Martha Stewart Living

What you will need:

• 12 ounces linguine – I just used 3/4 of a 16-ounce box
• 12 ounces, which is about 3/4 of a pint of cherry or grape tomatoes, washed and halved
• 1 red onion, thinly sliced (about 2 cups)
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 teaspoons sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 sprigs basil, plus some extra torn leaves for garnish
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin-olive oil
• 4 1/2 cups water
• freshly shredded parmesan cheese for topping the pasta

What you have to do:

Get out a large straight-sided skillet pan and put in your pasta, tomatoes, red onion, garlic, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, basil sprigs, olive oil and pour the in the 4 1/2 cups water. Pretty easy right?  You’re truly throwing everything into the pan at the same time.  Love it!

Turn up the heat to high and bring the water to a boil.

Let the water come to a full boil.  You will see bubbles on the side of the pan at first, but wait untill you see bubbles all over the pan.  

Once your water comes to a full boil, set your timer to 9 minutes.  Stand by the stove and using tongs, lift and move the pasta around every so often so that it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.

You will notice that most of the water is evaporating and getting thicker, and everything is starting to cook down like the tomatoes and the onions.

Test the pasta at 9 minutes and it should be al dente!  Turn off the heat and give the pasta a few quick tosses. There will be some liquid at the bottom of the pan, but don’t fret, the liquid will thicken up and turn into a sauce.  Doesn’t that pasta look fantastic

Serve up the pasta in large bowls and top with some shredded Parmesan cheese and fresh basil. The basil leaves really add that extra punch of flavor, so be sure to top everyone’s pasta with a few leaves. Pair this pasta with a nice green salad or some garlic bread.

Have fun and have a healthy Tuesday :)

Are you eating the real food? This video will change your mind !!

Good morning everyone,
This Healthy Tuesday I want to talk about the truth about the food that we eat everyday.
I remember having a conversation with my uncle one time and he once told me the food is good nowsaday, they don't go bad as fast as the food we eat years ago. Little does he know, the food that goes bad less slowly is the one that is harming and weaken our immune system everyday.
Sadly, "those" kind of food is everywhere we do nowsaday. Fastfood is no longer the only bad food. The chicken you buy at the grocery store, the fruit you buy at the grocery store and maybe the milk and juice you buy at the grocery store, the potential threat is there.
Know what you buy and learn how to read the labels of your food will change your life in a whole different way and help you eat longer.
I recommend everyone to watch this video to learn how to eat right and live right. Stay healthy and stay informed !!!
Have a great Tuesday everyone :) !

Heatlthy Tuesday: Why is multivitamin an essential part of your everday life?

If you’ve ever stood paralyzed in the vitamin aisle, facing the alphabet soup of supplements, fear no more. This is Dr. Oz’s Ultimate Supplement Suggestions. Learn what to take, why your body needs it and the proper dose. Also, I will be sharing my thoughts on Dr. Oz's points as well as the products I am using and what has worked for me.


A Multivitamin
According to Dr. OZ:
A study of 3 million people revealed that less than 1% of the participants got enough essential vitamins from diet alone. That’s why you  must take a multivitamin; it also helps prevent heart disease, breast cancer and colon cancer.

Source: Dr. Oz

My thoughts on this:

It's not your fault, it's the food that we are eating !!

I totally agree and am not surprised at all when looking at the stats that only 1% of the participants got enough essential vitamins from diet alone. Growing up in a tropical country and eating the fruit and vegetables growing from our backyard, I didn't really have to deal with any sickness until I moved to Canada. During my first two years in Canada, despite the changes in weather and living conditions, I didn't get sick or experience any type of allergies....Well, not until my third year that I started to realize my immune system started to going south. Being the person I am, I decided to do a lot of research and discussion with health professional and doctors, even talking to pretty much everyone around me to learn about their experience to find out the real reason behind this. It took me quite a long time to actually realize it was primarily in the food we are eating.
Growing up eating all the organic food and vegetables from our backyard, my body was fully absorbing all the essential nutrients the best way it could. However, if you look at the food that we are eating nowsaday, you will understand why your immune system and your body is not getting the vitamins and energy they need despite the fact that you never skip a meal and try to put fruit and vegetables in your diet as much as you can. The food we eat today simply doesn't have any nutrition value at all !

Watching this video below will help you understand better about the truth about what we eat today:



So, after finding out about this fact. I started to research about the vitamins industry and brands and I felt disappointed over and over again. Even with the most finest, organic multivitamin I could find in the market out there, which is surely expensive and is only available at some special whole food organic supplements store, my stomache, my liver and my kidney would need up to 3 hours to break it down. By that time, the amount of vitamins left in the pill that my body can actually absorb is only 30% of what is listed on the packages.

What has worked for me:
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This is only my personal experience with this ISOTONIX product and I want to share with you guys.
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