Creating Healthy Holiday Food

Creating healthy holiday food by nancy addison, Organic Healthy Life

Even though it is a little harder these days, we have long held the tradition of sharing a meal with family and friends during the holidays. However, many of our holiday foods often involve a number of rich, savory foods, creamy dips and fried foods. These foods taste good, but they don’t always make our […]

Holiday Chocolate Cake Recipe

Holiday Chocolate Cake Recipe, by Nancy Addison, organic healthy life

This month is my birthday! My mother always made this special cake for our birthdays and other celebrations. She baked it in a large cookie sheet with a 1-inch side. It’s like a big brownie with icing. Mom used white refined flour and white sugar for this recipe, but it’s just as great using the […]

Blueberry Mango Torte Recipe – Raw, Gluten-free, Vegan & Health Benefits

Blueberry Mango torte recipe, raw, gluten-free, vegan, by nancy Addison, organic healthy life

This is one of my favorite recipes! In the hot summer, I find it cool and refreshing! This recipe is vegan, gluten-free, and raw, so the health benefits are numerous. I like this recipe so much, I made a YouTube video for this recipe. Click here to view the video. This recipe calls for mango, […]

Easy Corn Chowder Recipe – Gluten Free, Raw, Vegan

Easy Corn Chowder Recipe - Gluten Free, Raw, Vegan, organic healthy life, by nancy addison

This is an easy, refreshing, and delicious soup that is great for summer! It can accompany a main dish, a sandwich, or a salad. I highly recommend purchasing certified organic corn, because of the danger of the non-organic Bt toxin in GMO corn. Insect-resistant crops include corn, potatoes, soy, and cotton. Due to genetic modifications, […]

Waldorf Salad With Homemade Mayonnaise Recipes

Waldorf Salad With Homemade Mayonnaise Recipes, by Nancy Addison, Organic Healthy Life

I grew up enjoying Waldorf Salad with my family. It always reminds me of my mother. It was one of her favorites. My mother would lovingly make this salad for many of our Sunday dinners. In honor of Mother’s Day that is coming up next week. I thought I would share this recipe with you. […]

Greek Salad Recipe – Gluten-free

plate of food, to dine outside, Let's get healthy retreat, with Nancy addison, nutritionist, chef, holistic health, organic healthy life

Traditional Greek salad is also known as Xoriatiki. An authentic Greek salad features tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, olives, feta, oregano, and extra-virgin olive oil. These ingredients are an easy and delicious way to add important vitamins and minerals, as well as necessary fiber, to your diet. Greek salads are low in calories and nutrient-dense. They […]

Chocolate Candy Bark Recipe With Nuts And Fruit – Gluten-free

Chocolate Candy Bark Recipe With Nuts And Fruit - Gluten-free, by Nancy Addison, organic Healthy life

I recently returned from Costa Rica, where cacao is grown, and I brought back some organic cacao and some organic raw, sprouted nuts. I decided to make some dark chocolate candy bark with them to celebrate Valentine’s Day. This is easy to do, and my daughter and I thought it turned out absolutely scrumptious. I […]

Gingerbread Cookies – Two Recipes – Gluten & Gluten-free

Gingerbread Cookies - Two Recipes - Gluten & Gluten-free, by vegetarian chef, nancy addison, orgnaic healthy life

My mother decorated a gingerbread house a few years ago and she said it was so much fun! (That is her in the photo above and she was around 90 at the time.) It sat in her living room throughout the holidays and she was so proud of it. Whether we make gingerbread cookies to […]

Healthier Holiday Foods

Healthier Holiday food, nancy addison, organic healthy life

Even though it is a little harder these days, we have long held the tradition of sharing a meal with family and friends during the holidays. However, many of our holiday foods often involve a number of rich, savory foods, creamy dips and fried foods. These foods taste good, but they don’t always make our […]

Baked Butternut Squash Recipe – Gluten Free

Butternut Squash Recipe, gluten free, Nancy Addison, organic healthy life

This is a delicious dish to have in the fall or winter months. This recipe makes enough for 4 servings. Ingredients 1 small butternut squash, peeled and cut into cubes 1 tbsp plus 1tsp pure coconut oil 1½ tsp Ceylon Cinnamon 1 tsp unrefined mineral-rich salt 1 medium red onion 1 medium zucchini 2 garlic […]