Foods Long Life

Hiking down the Gold Trail in the Brazilian rain Forest with Michael and Harry from Paraty Explorer Tours. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . We Live Not on Food Alone My blog is mostly about nutrition and the healthy recipes I create to help us all live a long and healthy life. I kicked off the year with my post on the Top 20 Foods For Health and Longevity.  But there are other things beside food that will also help enrich and extend your life. These are the things that not only feed your body but additionally feed your soul - like a dventures, dancing, music, getting close to nature, friendships, good wine, and wonderful life experiences, to name a few.  On a quest to feed our soul, last year we took an adventure to Australia and New Zealand . And we j ust kicked off 2015 with a wonderful trip to Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil.  It Takes More than Two to Tango Doug and I flew to Buenos Aires to learn the Argentine tango. After taking several pr...

Real Food Daily is a lifesaver for vegan's flying through LA. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Eating and Flying If you have food allergies or strong food preferences, getting a decent meal while traveling can be really difficult. I always end up bringing along Kind bars, nuts and fruit just so I don't starve to death. But with the demise of most free airline meals, more and more restaurants are popping up in airports. And some of them are quite good! I remember telling you how surprised I was to find Chelsea's Kitchen in the Phoenix airport last October - their Kale and Quinoa salad was so good it inspired a blog post. We flew through LA (terminal 4) on our way to Buenos Aires last month and on our way back from Rio last week. Both times I stopped at Real Food Daily. I was so happy to find a healthy, organic, non-GMO plant-based restaurant, that I could hardly wait to tell you about it.  Real Food Daily On the way there, we had breakfast. Doug got a ...

Red cabbage in 3 minutes in an Instant Pot Pressure Cooker. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . I'm Back In case you missed me, I've been traveling in South America. I'll be telling you all about my travels to Buenos Aires, Uruguay, and Brazil in the next few weeks once I've sorted out all my pictures. The local food, wine and dancing made this a very memorable trip. Happy Valentine's Day OK, I admit that cabbage isn't the most romantic food I can think of for Valentine's day but it's red and it's good for the heart (it helps lower cholesterol) so I'm going with it!  I really enjoyed my new Christmas tree this year. It's artificial (I'm allergic to the real ones) and it came with lots of pre hung LED lights . I just didn't want to take it down. So I renamed it a "celebration tree", decorated it with "heart ornaments" so that we could enjoy it for Valentines Day. Not sure how long my celebration ...