This versatile recipe from Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn’s “The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook” serves 8 and came from Chef Martin Oswald, owner of the Pyramid Bistro in Aspen, Colorado. He is known as the rock star of vegan cooking. You can vary the recipe by substituting the veggies below with any bean, lentil, greens […]
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Indian Pilau Rice
This recipe serves 4, and was inspired by our friend, Mridula Baljekar, award winning author of 30 Indian cookbooks. Here are the ingredients: 225g/8oz/1 cup of basmati rice 60ml/4 tbsp of oil substitute using bay leaves below as spice of choice 25g/1 oz cashew nuts 25g/1 oz seedless raisins 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom 2.5cm/1 in […]
Our Secret Weapon
None of what we have achieved would have been possible had we not been introduced to Juice Plus®. We began taking it in 2007 and noticed a difference immediately. We were so happy with our results that the next year we became a partner to learn how to best spread the message of good health […]
Recipe Substitutes
When we decided to go vegan, I thought it would be easy to modify recipes to fit our needs. I soon realized that oil, eggs and butter are the backbone of most recipes. So off I went to research substitutes for these ingredients. I have to say, I had to try a variety of suggestions […]
Life update
As they say, life goes on, but with the disruption from the flood and other obstacles along the way (not all bad), we’ve been neglecting this site for too long. Apologies for taking so long to get back to the site, but we do plan to start to put some regular posts up that we […]
Windsor
As I write this, I am sitting in Windsor, England, just down the street from Windsor Castle. In fact, I am back in the house we rented on the trip when we discovered the “problem,” almost exactly two years ago. I had been feeling very out of breath when walking up Peascod Street toward the […]
Health Test
The diet is working! Within only a few short weeks of starting, I saw my blood pressure coming down to an average of 120/70. In November I had a complete set of labs, and I have to say that the results were just short of unbelievable! My total cholesterol was down to 147, and in […]
How We are Doing
Suddenly we find ourselves at the end of June, having started this journey in October, so it is a good time to tally up what has happened so far. So is the diet working? Absolutely! As of this morning, I have managed to lose almost 37 pounds since we began the diet. My blood pressure […]
Eating Out on the Diet
We love to travel and do so quite often, so we were a little nervous about how to make the diet work on a trip. Our recent trip to Cleveland was a perfect test case to see how things would work out. First, the breakfasts: Most hotels now offer complimentary breakfast, usually a breakfast bar […]
A Visit with Dr. Esslestyn
Every player needs a good coach, and the same is true when embarking on such a great lifestyle change. I had some questions a few months back and sent an email to Dr. Esselstyn in hopes he might ask a member of staff to respond on his behalf. To my great surprise, a few days […]