VEGGIE FLATBREAD

Gluten Free VEGGIE FLATBREAD

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 425F

Lightly spot spray a cookie sheet (with sides)

Line with parchment paper

Precook:  1 small yellow onion that is diced finely
1/2 cup green pepper diced finely
1/2 cup red pepper diced finely
Saute veggies in dry non-stick skillet until just wilted

Let cool while you mix up the batter

Dry ingredients:
3/4 cup blanched almond flour
3/4 cup ground golden flax meal
1 tsp Rumford baking powder
1 tsp Real Salt organic garlic salt
1 Tbsp Braggs organic sprinkle (24 herbs & spices seasoning)

Wet ingredients:
3 large organic eggs
3 Tbsp. Spectrum Safflower oil
1/2 cup purified water

In mixing bowl, mix dry ingredients together and blend well.
In separate bowl, break eggs and whisk, add oil and water and whisk again.
Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix very well.
Pour batter onto prepared pan and spread evenly onto parchment lined pan.

Bake 18 minutes until cooked through and lightly browned.  Let cool and cut into small squares.

This bread is delicious with a veggie/avocado salad for lunch or served with soups and stews!

Dairy Free Joy!

Oh. my. GOODNESS!!!   New Dairy Free JOY!

I just have to tell you about the newest dairy free "milks" that have just arrived at HealthStyles Market!  Two new additions...Flax "Milk" and Sunflower "Milk".

Good Karma Flax Milk is just like you guessed....made out of cold pressed flax oil! It is lactose and dairy free...gluten free....soy free! Each 8 oz serving has 1200mg of Omega 3 plus 345 mg of Omega 6 and 385mg of Omega 9 -  and yet is only 25 calories!

Its as rich in calcium as diary milk and is also kosher, vegan and non-GMO!  Your child will never know that they are getting the benefits of flax oil right in their serving of "milk"!   But the best part?  It is rich and creamy and tastes wonderful!  We have both the original and the unsweetened versions available in our nondairy refrigerated section!  

Want to know more?  Check out their website: http://www.goodkarmafoods.com/

The second new option is Sunrich Naturals Sunflower Beverage and it is made from sunflower seeds!   It also is diary free...gluten free...soy free! One 8 oz serving is 45 calories and contains 50% RDA of Vitamin E and 20% RDA of Folic Acid!

It is shelf stable and we are stocking all three options, the original or unsweetened or vanilla.  It too is rich and creamy and just delicious!  An added convenience is not having to refrigerate it until opened.  If you want to know more, their website is:  http://www.sunrich.com/

EIther one of these new beverages are the perfect base for your morning smoothies or to pour over your favorite cereal or to cook with in any recipe calling for dairy!

How do I describe them to you?  To me, its almost like the Flax milk is similar to Coconut milk and the Sunflower milk is similar to Almond milk.  

For years, I have used Rice Milk as the dairy substitute in my kitchen and it always seemed like a very weak skim milk to me.  Having grown up in Minnesota, I was never a big skim milk fan and I liked cream way too much!  I LOVE these new choices....they are so much richer and creamier and it helps me to feel like I am not missing the dairy at all!

Perhaps you are thinking that you have no interest or need for a dairy substitute?

Let me give you some "food for thought" - as quoted from a book we offer in our Customer Checkout Library called "Go Dairy Free" by Alisa Marie Fleming.

First of all, I LOVE her book!  Its the BEST guide and cookbook for milk allergies, lactose intolerance and casein free living that I have ever seen!  All under one cover!  We also have her book for sale in our book department.

Quoting from page 21 she lists the most common symptoms of milk allergy as:

SKIN:
Itchy Red Rash
Eczema
Hives
"Shiners" of Black Eyes
Aphthous Ulcers (Canker Sores)
Swelling of Lips, Mouth, Tongue, Face, or Throat
DIGESTIVE:
Abdominal Pain
Abdominal Cramps
Abdominal Bloating
Diarrhea
Gas/Flatulence
Nausea 
Vomiting
RESPIRATORY:
Runny Nose/Congestion
Sneezing
Watery Eyes
Itchy Eyes
Coughing
Wheezing
Shortness of Breath
Recurrent "Colds"
Recurrent Ear Infections
Sinusitis
Behavioral:
Fatigue
Migraine Headaches
Hyperactivity (ADHD)
Irritability
Night Waking
Anxiety
Sore Muscles and Joints


Alisa has a beyond fantastic website and blog at: ghttp://www.godairyfree.org/
She offers everything you need to join the dairy free lifestyle and still enjoy life!

With just one or two of these symptoms, your life can become a daily challenge of suffering and really....is it worth it to you?  Really?

We, at HealthStyles Market are stocking a very large variety of dairy free food options like milks, cheeses, yogurts, kefirs, sour cream, cream cheese, butter substitutes,  ice creams, frozen treats,  pudding cups, chocolate bars, chocolate chips and more!

We are here to help YOU in whatever way we can - so stop in our store and allow us to serve YOU with positively outstanding personalized service!

See you soon!
Arlys

WELCOME!

Welcome to my blog!

 I am the owner of HealthStyles Market, a real "brick & morter" store (as they say in our industry)!  We are located in Gillette, Wyoming - the northeast corner of the state and it is a great place to be in business!  The most wonderful people live and work in this community and eventually, the ones who are interested and committed to learning how to improve their health, find their way into my store!

As a company, we are dedicated to providing our customers with "positively outstanding personalized service"....which we aim to do for each individual who walks in our store doors!  But I would like to share with you that it is really a privelege to provide that kind of service.  Every day, our customers trust us with their concerns, questions and stories and we get to share with them in  their health journey - a privelege indeed!

On this blog, I would like to share with you - health information, tips, recipes, research and answers to some of the varied questions that we get asked all in a days work.  A place to centrally locate what I have tried to carry around in my memory through these past years  and information that I have tried to store in my blue "subject" file folder drawer, along with all of the new health information we learn about daily  as we do research to answer all of those customer questions!

So please join me on this blog as we share these miles together on the journey of health!

See you soon!