24 OCTOBER 2022 Plant - based Wellness Owner of YouCare- SelfCare, a private wellness practice specializing in plant-based lifestyle and disease prevention. youcare-selfcare.com BY MIRIAM HAHN October is a great month to get organized for the holiday months ahead. Cleaning out the pantry is a good place to start. I encourage people to minimize processed foods as much as possible and go for products with five or fewer ingredients. Start reading the ingredients on food labels and try to eliminate any products that have ingredients you can’t pronounce, as well as these offenders: Artificial colors: These will be labeled as Blue #1, Blue #2, Green #3, Red #3, Red #40, and Yellow #5. Added sugar: Look for dextrose, fructose, glucose, lactose, maltose, sucrose, dextrin, maltodextrin, and high fructose corn syrup. Artificial sweeteners: Sucralose, aspartame and saccharin. Also, my Half-Day Wellness Retreat is happening on October 22 – learn new recipes and wellness secrets with lots of snacks! Festive meals for the fall Instant Pot Pumpkin Pasta SERVES: 6 Easy Mediterranean Salad SERVES: 4 1. Add the oil to the Instant Pot and turn on the sauté setting. 2. Add the onion and garlic and cook for five minutes, stirring frequently. 3. Leaving the sauté setting on, add the broth, pumpkin puree, coconut milk, miso paste, tomato sauce, nutritional yeast, salt, sage, thyme, and pepper. 4. Stir well to combine. Add pasta and stir again. 5. Cancel the sauté setting and put the lid on the Instant Pot, making sure the nozzle is set to “sealing.” Select “pressure cook” and set the time to five minutes. 6. When time is up, carefully switch the nozzle on the lid to “venting.” 7. Stand back as a lot of steam will shoot out of the top of the lid. 8. Top with fresh parsley if desired. 1. In a large bowl, mix the beans, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, parsley, olives, dill, basil, and sun-dried tomatoes. 2. Whisk together the dressing and toss together. Ingredients Dressing Directions Ingredients Directions • 1 tbsp. avocado oil • 6 cloves garlic, minced • ½ red onion, chopped • 1 cup broth • 1 cup pumpkin puree • 1 cup coconut milk • 1 ½ tbsp. white miso paste • ¼ cup tomato sauce • ¼ cup nutritional yeast • 1 tsp. sage • 1 tsp. thyme • ¼ tsp. pepper • 1 cup pasta • 1 tsp. coarse salt + more for serving • 2 cans garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained • 4 Roma tomatoes, chopped • 1 English cucumber, diced • ¼ red onion, sliced • 1 cup Italian parsley, chopped • ½ cup Kalamata olives, halved • ¼ cup fresh dill, chopped • ¼ cup fresh basil, chopped • ¼ cup sun-dried tomatoes (the type in a jar) • 3 tbsp. olive oil • 1 tbsp. Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar • Juice of one lime • Juice of one lemon • 1 tsp. pink salt • ½ tsp. oregano • ½ tsp. garlic granules • ½ tsp. pepper Banana Ghosts & Cutie Pumpkins SERVES: 12 1. Peel the bananas and cut in half. 2. Now with the pointy side up, press two mini chocolate chips in for the eyes. 3. Peel Clementine oranges. 4. Trim your celery into about ¼” thick x 1” stems. 5. Set aside some single leaves that have a stem. 6. Now insert the celery stem and celery leaf, and enjoy! Directions • 6 large bananas (bright yellow and no brown spots) • 24 mini chocolate chips • 12 Clementine oranges (or tangerines) • 1 stalk celery with celery leaves Ingredients Christ Lutheran School Preschool - Grade 8 • www.clsphx.org LC-MS 3901 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix | www.cclphoenix.org www.cclphoenix.org www.cclphoenix.org | (602) 955-4830 LOVE GROW SERVE IN-PERSON WORSHIP Traditional Worship Traditional Worship 8:00am/10:45am Contemporary Worship Contemporary Worship 8:30am/10:30am Teaching Service Teaching Service 9:30am ONLINE WORSHIP Sunday @ 8:am/10:30am Sunday @ 8:am/10:30am Sunday @ 8:am/10:30am FB Live or CHRISTCHURCHPHX.ONLINE.CHURCH CHRISTCHURCHPHX.ONLINE.CHURCH CHRISTCHURCHPHX.ONLINE.CHURCH Serving the Arcadia area since 1958 | D O G S | CATS | B I R DS | EXOTI C S | MEDI CAL • DENTAL • SU RG ERY • BOARDI NG • G ROOMI NG • O B EDI EN C E TRAI N I NG BOOK YOUR HOLIDAY BOARDING TODAY!! Member Since 1959 4855 E Thomas Rd, Phoenix AZ 85018 | ingleside.com HOSPITAL 602-840-3446 | GROOMING 602-952-1754 Grooming OPEN Tues - Sat To ensure the safety of our clients & staff, we are performing curbside assistance. BRIAN A. SERBIN, DVM • MOLLY R. KLEIN, DVM • COURTNEY PARKER, DVM • KARISSA SCIACCA, DVM

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