Healthy living

This recipe has been inspired by  nuts.com , wherein I came across a variety of post-workout snacks. Being a physical therapist, I understand the importance of working out and eating healthy . A healthy balanced diet goes hand in hand with a regular exercise regime to give one a healthy body. You can read more about the exercise portion below under " tip for healthy living". Coming back to diet, it is important to eat the right kind of food at the right time.  Frequent small meals are recommended to maintain a steady blood sugar level and to prevent binge eating. It is important to make sure that every meal has some protein in it. Proteins keep us from getting hungry as it takes longer to digest. Protein is needed for growth and regeneration of the body tissues. It is also needed to build muscles. Today, I am sharing with you a recipe that would make for a great way to start the day, or used as a mid-day or a post-workout snack to refuel your day. It could also make for a hea...

I hope all of you enjoyed Sushma Mallya's Dahi Bhendi/ Bhendi Sasam last week. This week we have a very enthusiastic, health-conscious, innovative, new kid on the block ( of blogging world) Preethi Prasad from Preethi's Cuisine . She hails from Bangalore and has been residing in Singapore since 18 years. Like many of us, Preethi is a working mother. She has two boys ages 16 and 11 who love to eat! While Preethi has always cooked as a hobby, she started actively cooking and experimenting with food a couple of years ago. She then wanted to document and share her experiments in the kitchen with others. With this intent, Preethi's Cuisine was born. Her blog is turning one on  . I wish her much success! She has many healthy and innovative recipes on her blog. Do visit her blog Preethi's Cuisine for all the yummy recipes. Today, Preethi is sharing with us a delicious recipe of Quinoa & Beet Patties. Preethi says: " These yummy patties are loaded with the goodnes...

When Meatless Monday reached out to me about trying out Bean pasta from Modern Table Meals , and coming up with a nice and easy recipe, I jumped at the chance! Why? Because, a) I am an ardent champion of the Meatless Monday  campaign. I believe that they are doing a great job worldwide promoting vegetarian eating and thereby healthy eating! Vanessa Protass  is just awesome!  b) I don't eat regular pasta as I avoid gluten in my diet. Therefore I was very excited to try a gluten-free pasta! The package from Modern table came a few days later with two packs of Mixed Lentil Penne, a pack of wooden cooking spoons and a nice tote bag. I must tell you guys that I was not at all disappointed with the Mixed Lentil Penne from Modern Table Meals . It looks like regular pasta, it cooks like regular pasta and it tastes like regular pasta! No, No. It is not just me saying this. I had some friends over for dinner when I made this particular pasta dish and they couldn't tell me that it...

The month of April is extra-special! It is my birthday month! This week is my birthday-week! Guess how I am celebrating??  I am going away on a vacation next week since we are having Spring Break! Yay!! I am also celebrating my birthday by starting " the guest post series" which I have been planning for a while now! I am so happy that it is finally coming to fruition! As part of this series, you will be seeing healthy, quick and easy recipes from a variety of food bloggers: some new and some who are already established! It is going to be a nice mix! The guest post will be featured every  Friday  of the month. They will be accompanying me to many parties! It is going to be so much fun!! I am so excited!! If you are interested in writing a guest post for my blog: Su's Healthy Living, please reach out to me at  sushealthyliving@gmail.com . The criteria for the recipe is that it has to be healthy, quick and easy to make!! That's not too much to ask is it??;) I am beginni...

Diabetes Friendly Thursdays is a noble cause initiated by Sonal Gupta @ Simplyvegetarian777.com , a very versatile food blogger.  She hopped on this journey alone. Along the way, many of us joined her, some left, some remained . It has been a year already and DFT is celebrating it's first anniversary in April.  To celebrate the joy and hard work of working on DFT for an year, team DFT is  bringing a collection of Diabetes Friendly Recipes from individual contributors.  BOOKMARK this post for the future reference.                    Creating Recipes with a Cause! I am a proud DFT blogger.                                          To learn about DFT,  Read this Link !                                          ...