Nourishing Spoon

Happy Mother's Day! Google may be the best search engine, or go to site, but it can't compare to MOM, the best "search angel" or go to person, where you get personalized, individual attention/response and pampering!   Want to know to what to wear for the party?  Call Mummy Gold purse or silver purse -- maybe the black beaded one?  Call Mummy Want to know how many cloves of garlic to put in the dahl (lentil soup)?  Call Mummy Want to know what to do when the pudding doesn't set?  Call Mummy Need to have my blouse taken in?  Call Mummy Feeling frustrated and need to speak to someone?  Call Mummy Want to share the good news with someone?  Call Mummy In the old days, I remember exchanging aerogrammes with my mother.  In today's technology savvy age, believe it or not, Speed Dial 7-- Lucky 7 -- is for Mummy!  Mummy and I have not yet reached the texting stage.  Who knows, maybe I'll text her after...

Sunday was World Laughter Day! Thanks to the Levity Project and Dr. Alex Eingorn, World Laughter Day was celebrated at Union Square, in New York's subways, Grand Central Station, 42nd Street and in front of the United Nations. Laughter was contagious in the subway cars as subway riders, laughter leaders and friends giggled, bursted out laughing and snorted away. There were "laughing escalators" and a Ho-Ho-Ha-Ha-Ha Laughter Party at Grand Central!  Check out this link to CNN's video: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-439797   Laughter Parade down 42nd Street with  Grand Marshall of Laughter, Dr. Alex Eingorn The Parade ended with a prayer for World Peace in front of the United Nations Building.

Laughter Yoga is a unique total workout which has become a worldwide phenomenon with more than 6,000 social laughter clubs in 65 countries. In Laughter Yoga one can laugh for no reason at all.  It starts out with simulated laughter, with a little childlike playfulness, which turns into a genuine and contagious laughter. The concept of Laughter Yoga is based on a scientific fact that the body cannot differentiate between fake and real laughter. One gets the same physiological and psychological benefits. Laughter Yoga has become a "hot" topic of discussion in the media.  There was a segment on the Oprah Winfrey Show; couple of weeks ago Dr. Oz did some laughter yoga on his show; and today CNN released a feature on Laughter Yoga! Please click on the link below: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/05/03/nat.world.laughter.day.cnn Laughter Yoga: * Relieves Stress * Reduces Pain * Aids Digestion * Improves Sleep * Lowers Blood Pressure * Improv...

Gluten-free Steel Cut Oats with a Yummmm Aroma and Delicious Crunch! "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper."   Adelle Davis Once that alarm goes off in the morning, some of us hit that snooze button while some of us jump out of bed and start our monotonous daily routine or RAT RACE!  Be it scrummaging for a pair of clean, matching socks or pair of pantyhose with no runs, putting on a tie, looking for the back of a favorite earring, or the car keys, while stuffing a piece of toast in our mouth and sipping hot coffee out of those new Dixie cups (that we see the commercials for), little do we realize that we are gulping down the most important meal of the day - BREAKFAST!  Breakfast is the meal you consume to break the fast that you have maintained since last night's dinner (Oops! Excuse me - midnight snack)!  Breakfast is the meal that sets the "thermostat" for your body. Hence, the saying "Eat breakfast like a king...

Super Bowl Sunday!  While most people were busy preparing delicious edibles for half-time for their Super Bowl party, I was a giving a workshop on sugar. The audience was truly amazed to see how much sugar there is in a 2-litre bottle of Pepsi!  56 tsps!!!  I doubt if anyone who attended today's workshop had soda at their Super Bowl party! When checking out nutritional labels, often times we rush and don't realize that the grams of sugar listed are for a single serving and not for the entire product.  4 gms of sugar are equal to 1 tsp of sugar.  Next time you reach for something from your pantry or refrigerator, look to see how many grams of sugar it contains.  Soon you will be a math wiz - an expert in dividing things by 4 'cause you'll want to know how many teaspoons of sugar you are consuming.  We consume approx. 150 lbs (30 five pound bags) of sugar each year!  If you want to lose weight, try becoming "refined s...

Happy, Healthy 2010!  Each new year's eve we make resolutions.  As we turn over the page in our new calendars, we try to turn over a new leaf.  We desperately try to exercise more/eat less junk food/keep our homes clean/hang up all our clothes/do the laundry at least once a week......the list goes on and on.  At the same time, we also start another chapter in our lives. What were your resolutions?  Have you been successful with them?  Tomorrow, we start the second month of the year - have you given up on any of your resolutions?  If so, why? For this new chapter in your life to be one of the best or most memorable, why not write down your goals in a notebook or diary?  Give these goals life - bring them out and put them in ink, say them out loud - let the universe know what you desire and start the drum roll, start making them a reality.  Take baby steps, one tiny step at a time to get to your destination!  Like t...

When I visited a local farm, I couldn't resist taking this photograph. The two seem to be happy with each other's company and so relaxed among the others on that lazy Sunday afternoon.  Like a swan and her companion in total bliss. Autumn brings us such a wonderful hue of colors. I admire the beauty of the shimmering golden leaves on the trees and love the warmth of the sun on my face as it peeks through. The smell of apples and cinnamon fills the air....oh, how I very much enjoy this .... Let us savor the moment and appreciate everything that passes our way.