recipes – Page 4 – Fran Sussman Holistic Services

Have You Picked Your Tea Today?

When my kids were little, they used to earn summer money by picking and drying red clover to sell to my clients for $1 a bag. Those days are long gone, but you can pick it yourself if you have access to a yard or field where it grows wild.

Gluten-Free Baking no longer means deprived or tasteless

Gluten-Free Baked Goods Full of Flavor – NYTimes.com. On the other hand, please remember that the kind of treats discussed here are, well, treats. Not a daily part of a healthy diet. My blog is full of recipes for tasty goodies that are both healthy and delicious, and don’t have to be used quite soContinue reading “Gluten-Free Baking no longer means deprived or tasteless”

It’s HOT! My 2 new favorite hot-weather treats

How did we go from months of snow to monsoons to blistering heat? It’s been hovering around 90 here for two days now (that’s 32.2 for you Celsius folks) so I had to come up with some fun, healthy and cooling new treats for us all. They are both so simple, too. 1. Coconut WaterContinue reading “It’s HOT! My 2 new favorite hot-weather treats”

No Secret: When You Eat Well, You Feel Well

After almost 20 years of clinical practice, I depend more and more on nutrition, rather than supplements, to help people lose weight, address symptoms and get healthy.

Raw and Vegan Pesto with Stinging Nettles Leaves Recipe | Elanas Pantry

Yay! Something new to do with nettles, one of my favorite wild plants. And she is a wild one, so be careful how you handle her! I usually make infusions with nettle, and of course, in my office, it is a great support for allergy season, particularly combined with quercitin and other bioflavanoids. YouContinue reading “Raw and Vegan Pesto with Stinging Nettles Leaves Recipe | Elanas Pantry”

Focus on (Super)Foods

Synthetic supplements are just a guess at what nutrients in foods are healthy and healing, and they’re not always in a form your body recognizes. Instead of ending up with an expensive toilet flush, try adding these nutrient-dense superfoods to your menu.

Making Popcorn A Healthy Snack

We love popcorn, but it doesn’t really deserve its rep as a diet food. How can we make it a healthy, balanced snack? Follow my recipe, of course!

Sinfully delicious yet virtuously healthy BROWNIES

Can brownies be both virtuously healthy and sinfully delicious? These are!

Winter Strawberry Gelato – Recipes for Health – NYTimes.com

I’m going to try this with coconut milk and xylitol, of course. I’ll let you know how it turns out! Winter Strawberry Gelato – Recipes for Health – NYTimes.com.

Mark Bittmans Customizable Soups – NYTimes.com

Once again, this is why I’m a Mark Bittman fan. His recipes are healthy, simple, satisfying, and anyone can use them. I’m going to take his advice and pin this one to the fridge. Mark Bittmans Customizable Soups – NYTimes.com. You can find many of his recipes online, but if you like having it allContinue reading “Mark Bittmans Customizable Soups – NYTimes.com”