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Food for Healing Holiday Edition

12/16/2014

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Monthly “Food for Healing” meetings are designed to help cancer survivors, and others stay motivated to eat well and learn new healthy eating habits to last a lifetime.  Open to EVERYONE and FREE of charge.  Food for Healing is presented by Cheryl LeCroy of Creativejuicesconsulting.com in partnership with Wind River Cancer Wellness Retreats & Programs .  
                    Huge thanks to Wind River for supporting over 24 events in 2014!!! 

We were 16 strong for our last "Food for Healing" of 2014.  Together, we shared an amazing healthy meal of traditional holiday favorites infused with super foods 
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Tasting Menu


Shiitake Pesto Pizza
Shiitake Gravy
Cauliflower Puree
Cranberry Persimmon Sauce
Sweet Potato/Pumpkin mini muffins
Persimmon Avocado Salad
Cranberry Persimmon Smoothie
Black Bean Ultra Fit brownies

Merry Christmas Vegetable Tree
Starfruit/Kiwi infused water
Assorted hot tea

With support from Dahl Farms 

My partner in crime or should I say partner in health was Laura Dahl of Dahl Farms. Laura prepared the stuffing & gravy LOADED with healing shiitake mushrooms picked fresh from her shiitake logs in Easley SC.  She also delighted our taste buds with cranberry persimmon sauce, persimmon avocado salad and sweet potato muffins. 

Laura had a holiday gift for each guest of her "Superfood Seasoning" made with freshly dried shiitake and oyster mushrooms.

Shiitake and other Asian mushrooms are a staple in a cancer fighting kitchen and we explored ways to use the "Superfood Seasoning"  in everyday cooking.  


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Eating healthy for the holiday season can be as simple as changing traditional recipes to include superfood substitutions.   Our simple pureed cauliflower can pass for mashed potatoes loaded with cream and butter and the shiitake stuffing can become a new holiday tradition. 

The keys to healthy holiday eating are:

Enjoy sparingly the rich calorie-packed favorites
Take your own healthy dish to a holiday party
Load up on veggies and fresh foods.  

You can find my healthy food substitution handout with more healthy holiday eating and ALL these holiday recipes here.  And THANK YOU to Karen McKay for making the YUMMY black bean brownies and sharing the recipe.  

Happiest and Healthiest Holiday to you!!!!
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