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Here's a great dish for your 4th of July celebration! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Perfect for Guests If you are going to a potluck, picnic, or entertaining at home this 4th of July, this salad is sure to please your guests. Besides being delicious, it's gluten and dairy free. It's also served at room temperature so no worries about making it at the last minute or heating it up. I know the dressing has a lot of ingredients, but it really is quite easy to put together. You can also make the dressing ahead of time. Buckwheat is rich in high quality protein.It's also high in dietary fiber and is a good source of iron, manganese, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc and potassium. It also provides a good amount of B vitamins. If you are gluten intolerant, make sure the package says 100% buckwheat as some brands mix buckwheat with wheat.                 *                       ...

Cannellini Beans are spiced up with this spicy vegan and gluten-free basil and jalapeño pesto! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Why I Started Foods For Long Life 2 Million Pageviews Later How many people assume that they are going to inherit their parents illnesses? If their father had a heart attack or their mother had breast cancer, do they wait for the inevitable day for that same disease to strike them?  It's a relief to know that only a small percentage of diseases are actually unpreventable because of inherited genetic mutations - some experts put that number as low as five to ten percent. But many people don't know this and make less of an effort to change their diet, stay active, and manage stress. Health and nutrition has always been my passion and I spent a lifetime whipping up recipes that were both delicious and healthful and reading the latest literature about supplements and alternative treatments. I never pursued it formally and follo...

This new potato salad is perfect for summer BBQ's. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . My Expectations are High If you've been following my post on " How to grow your own potatoes ", you'll see that my plants are doing exceptionally well. After 6 short weeks, the plants have taken over the bed, are 3 feet tall, and have begun to flower! Since my expectations are high, I've begun to think about what I'm going to do with all of these potatoes. In the meantime, while I anxiously await the birth of my own purple and gold new potatoes, I found these adorable baby new potatoes at the market this week. I thought they would make a very colorful and delicious salad using the dill from my new herb garden. These cute little multicolored potatoes are only 1" across Dill from my garden                  *                               *       ...

Makes a great side dish for the 4th of July! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Preview my eBook, Health Begins in the Kitchen . Garden Goodies My tomatoes are starting to come in. I'm buried in zucchini. I just harvested and cured more than 40 heads of garlic and I have some lovely fresh basil too. It all ended up in this simple and super tasty casserole. I honestly think it's one of the yummiest things you can do with these ingredients. Like a Lasagna but without the Carbs and Cheese This dish is like making a lasagna but so much easier because you don't precook noodles or have 3 different cheeses to mess with. But the pesto-like sauce gives it so much flavor, it doesn't need anything else.                *                         *                            * Zucchini Tomato Casserole ...