Everyone has the desire to look beautiful and attractive. Many have successfully been able to maintain their appearance and there must have been a secret recipe to this beauty. Food is a very essential part of our life that adds to a lot of things in our body. Our food habit makes us fit and also look beautiful. But did we ever think that what kind of food adds a lot to our beauty and good look.
It is a well-known fact that the less food has been processed, the more sound it is nutritionally. So why process at all? Why not trust the Creator of human life with food as well? Why not recognize the laws of nature instead of looking for a way to go against them? To process food is an arrogant notion - we seem to be saying that God's menu needs improvement.
Human beings cannot create life and yet we assume that we can manufacture better foodstuffs. The only food fit for human beings is raw plant food from God's table such as fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. But we replace this ample and nutritious diet with the oil and other cooking stuffs that can otherwise prove to be not nutritious.
By cooking our food we are killing nutrients that keep us alive and healthy. Cooking removes the goodness of food. Fresh fruits and vegetables have a life force that is carried by enzymes, the biochemical catalysts that constitute the difference between life and death.
Nature's plan calls for food to deliver its own enzymes to assist the body with its digestion. Cooked food depletes the body's own enzyme reserve and curtails its rejuvenating power that has to keep you healthy, youthful and beautiful. So it is usually prescribed nowadays that to avoid cooking or too much of cooking as it takes away the nutrition from your body. Boiling of vegetables can also be affective and healthy on your beauty.
The raw vegetables has been inspirational in that they all cure health problems and make you look sleek and young. Recipes like sprouting, juices, salads and dressings, living soups, appetizers, entrees, snacks, cookies, pies, cakes, shakes and smoothies. Try lusty, luxurious lasange, pizza, meatless meatballs or satisfy a sweet tooth with macadamia cheesecake, chocolate sheet cake or blueberry pie. This all adds to your beauty and is also a powerhouse of preserving your beauty.
Here is one such recipe where you can avoid the use of oil and cooking but have a noice dish of raw vegetables and keep yourself fit and fine and also make you look beautiful.
Raw Veggies & Hummus Platter (Chickpea and Garlic Spread)
Its always fun to eat the raw vegetables and make recipes not dip it in the oil to improve oneself look beautiful. Instead of dipping the veggies in the usual ranch dressing, try a dip with an ethnic twist -- hummus.
Ingredients:
- 15-ounce can garbanzo beans (about 1 1/2 cups drained)
- 1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic
- 3 tablespoons low-fat plain yogurt (add more if desired)
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
- 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup tahini paste (sesame butter, made from ground sesame seeds)
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley
- 4 green onions, finely chopped, the white and part of the green
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped red bell pepper
- Pepper to taste
- 2 cups broccoli florets (raw, or lightly cooked then cooled)
- 2 cups cauliflower florets (raw or lightly cooked then cooled)
- 2 cups green beans (lightly cooked and cooled)
- In a colander, drain and rinse the garbanzo beans. Place them in a food processor. Add the garlic, yogurt, salt if desired, lemon juice, tahini, and parsley.
- Pulse mixture in the food processor, scraping sides often with the spatula, until smooth. Stir in green onions and red bell pepper, and spoon into serving bowl.
- Make a platter by setting the bowl of hummus in the center of a large plate. Surround the bowl with the assorted vegetables
