We all have issues

It's true - we all have issues! We all have something we are 'working' on - or want to change and be better. Sometimes we think other people are perfect, or other people have better lives, when the truth is we all suffer with some issue. It's called being human! When I was stuck in a vicious cycle of binge eating on junk food - I thought I was the only person in the world who did this kind of thing! I thought this because for 5 years no one knewI was suffering! I kept it to myself, I thought others would think I was weird and not understand why I was addicted to junk foods. I feared being judged. As soon as I shared my story a huge weight lifted off my shoulders, I started this blog and then discovered many people wrote to me who also had issues. To know other people had issues was a relief to me. I thought 'why am I not perfect?' 'why is this happening to me and not others' and 'If I could be someone else I would have a better life.' Now I realize I don't want anyone else's life - I want my life - and I want to work on myself to be the best me I can be, and the healthiest me I can be! When we compare ourself to others we can get stuck thinking they are better because they have less issues - but you don't know what that person is really dealing with unless you have a deep honest conversation with them!

I wanted to write this blog to inspire myself and you to not feel bad about our issues. We should not feel guilty, or that we are wrong, or be in shame at all. We should know we are where we are at, and that we are learning and growing with the process.

Really Rome was not built in a day, and pretty sure the Taj Mahal took 22 years to build. Transformation is a process! Foundation building takes time! 

Here is some inspiration for us as we deal with our issues:

:) 

Love Liana 

Book launch in 7 months! :) talk about issues lol kidding ! ;) 

Whole30 Recipe // Spinach and Steak Salad Topped with Lime Juice

Lunch today is spinach steak salad with artichoke hearts, black olives, avocado, roasted pine nuts with lime juice! 

Sauteé your steak on medium heat until it is cooked to your desired taste. Top spinach, fresh avocado, black olives and artichokes with steak, sprinkle with roasted pine nuts and the juice of a lime. Yummo!

Whole30 SWYPO Recipe // Banana Coconut Pancakes with Blueberry Lemon Coconut Cream Sauce

Whole30 calls these kind of recipes "sex with your pants on" aka #swypo - basically all ingredients are Whole30 compliant but together they make something so sweet and a little overindulgent you probably shouldn't eat much, it's LDS conference weekend though and we eat good food! I'm staying strong and turned down the homemade cinnamon rolls and made this instead! 

Recipe: 

Banana coconut pancakes (3 eggs, 1 ripe banana, 1/4 c coconut flour mixed together with a fork and cooked in pancake shape, stove top over medium heat with coconut oil).

Blueberry lemon coconut cream sauce (blend 1/2 c blueberries, 1/2 c coconut milk, juice from one lemon blended all up together).

Top with fresh bananas and blueberries.

Foods for healing kidney issues

There can be a lot of opinions for healing kidney problems. From the research I have done, the trend shows that a natural diet like the earth diet prevents and improves all health conditions. Science shows as soon as we put nutrition into our body, that our immune system is somewhat strengthened. I believe the body intuitively knows how to heal itself, provided it is energized with proper nourishment. Every person is different and each healing is unique. 

To heal kidney problems specifically, focus on anti-inflammatory foods like Cauliflower, Garlic, Onions, Apples, Cranberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Strawberries, Cherries, Red Grapes, Olive Oil, Fish, Cabbage, Cucumbers, Parsley, Cilantro and Kidney Beans!

Here are some recipes you may like specifically for kidney:

Berry Blast Smoothie: http://www.theearthdiet.org/3/post/2012/11/berry-blast-smoothie.html

5-ingredient Detox Salad: 

http://www.theearthdiet.org/28/post/2013/12/5-minute-detox-green-salad.html

Bean Burgers: (Use Kidney beans) 

http://www.theearthdiet.org/28/post/2013/12/bean-burger-on-a-bun-vegan.html

I also have a new recipe for Caulfilower Popcorn which is in the new book!

This blog was inspired to Camille for asking! 

205 days to book launch!

Love Liana :) ! 

Gratitude to cause health - write down 50 things you are grateful for

Dr Bruce Lipton is just one of the scientists and doctors who agree that when we are in a space of gratitude, our bodies are much healthier, as the cells are bathed in positivity. This morning I woke up in a bit of a funk, and didn't feel good. I don't like staying in this space for too long, so I want to get out of it! I had a green juice, and made a cashew cheesecake with a cherry twist! Doing those certainly made me feel better. So now I want to enhance it with writing a list of 50 things I am grateful for, perhaps the first 50 that come to mind.

1. I am warm and making green tea. 

2. I am going to hike in nature this afternoon! 

3. I get to feel peaceful and energized in nature! 

4. Soon it is summer and it will be so so so delightfully hot! And steaming hopefully! 

5. I am grateful for the hot tubs I had this week and I appreciate relaxing and getting so much goodness into my body!

6. I'm grateful for the 2 saunas I had the past week which really relaxed me totally 

7. I am grateful that I can find peace in any moment by reconnecting and remembering 

8. I am grateful for the cherry smoothie with cacao and almond butter ohhh my favorite yum!!! 

9. I am grateful to be in a clean and comfortable and loving home 

10. I am grateful that if people judge me I can always just give them love back 

11. I am grateful for lessons that taught me not to do that again!!! Haha!!! 

12. I am grateful for the sun 

13. I am grateful for technology and the way we can make foods with it!!! 

14. I am so so grateful for this beautiful earth for growing and nurturing so much!!!! 

15. I am grateful to be moving forward constantly 

16. I am grateful for the birds and the butterfly's and dragonflies!

17. I am grateful to move and exercise my body!

18. I am so grateful for music! 

19. I am so grateful for the loving awesome people who live on earth! 

20. I am so grateful I can always choose love, if feels so much better than fear! 

21. I am grateful for fear as it teaches me what love is!

22. I am grateful for faith in a heaven 

23. I am grateful for the crystal blue waters 

24. I am grateful for the white white sands!

25. I am grateful for my shower! 

26. I am grateful for the dishes and for the stars! 

27. I am grateful to be standing in the sun right now!

28. I am grateful it's my birthday next week and ill get to eat party food chocolate!!! 

29. I am excited about making chocolate Easter eggs!!!! :) !!!! 

30. I am excited to wear overalls in summer!

31. I am grateful that I am safe 

31. I am grateful I've written 31 of these haha!!!! Ok 19 more! 

32. I am grateful that I am feeling better 

33. I am grateful that I am healthy 

34. I am grateful that I can always reconnect whenever I choose !!!!

35. I am grateful that love exists as an option! Haha!

36. I am grateful that I am healing 

37. I am grateful that I am becoming more and more me 

38. I am grateful to see certain people again!!! :) 

39. I am grateful to be pain free 

40. I am grateful to be relaxed and getting more relaxed haha!

41. I am grateful for energy to do what I need to do 

42. I am grateful for multi tasking haha!

43. I am grateful for puppies!

43. I am grateful for lemon! And ginger!

44. I am grateful I can be at home and be at ease no matter what or who is around me 

45. I am grateful for the source of energy that connects all of us! 

46. I am grateful if anyone ever judges me I still be at peace and at ease and I can always come back to love 

47. I am grateful that we all have great things to look forward to!

48. I am grateful for the healthy ones! 

49. I am grateful for my friends and for you reading this! :) ! 

50. I am grateful to rather be here than not.

I just noticed I did an extra one - two 31's! haha! More gratitude is better than less.

(I'm also holding my phone parallel to my eyes so I don't get lines on my neck! At certain times while writing the list I went back to "habit behaviors" and held my phone down. And then soon remembered my new pose") 

Beautiful part of earth! :) 

Since writing those 50 things I now feel reconnected! Sweet! Well more reconnected! Now going to nature to get even more connected and to energize! :) 

Love Liana :) ! 

Book launch is in 206 days! :) 

I will post the recipe of the day on the website this evening! :) !!!! :) ! :) !!!! 

As John Lennon plays in the background!!!! "you may say I'm a dreamer but not the only one."... And the world will be as one!" 

And all the food will be organic!!! 

Haha! :) 

Peace, love and healthy food! :) 

Balanced. 

Tomorrow I have a Big Brunch planned! A variety of food! Excited to share photos and recipes with you tomorrow! Tomorrow catering for all types of eaters!!! :) aged 27 to 64! 

So try writing down 50 things your grateful for, for health!!! :) !!! 

Whole30 Recipe // Spinach and Sweet Potato Turkey Burgers

Mix 1 lb ground turkey, 1 c crumbled bacon, 1 minced sweet potato and 1 c spinach minced (minced in a food processor) for these amazing burgers! Grill or cook stove top, put on top of more spinach and sweet potato topped with guac & cherry tomatoes with a side of roasted asparagus.

Whole30 Recipe // Capocallo Wrapped Asparagus

Capocallo wrapped asparagus. I started crying at the grocery store today, I'm not a Whole30 rookie this is my 3rd full round but today was ROUGH -last night I went to a work dinner and passed on the chips & salsa and all you can drink diet coke fest. This morning I took my kids for donuts and didn't have any, we took the kids out for movies and treats tonight and I didn't have any and I've had an incredibly stressful day. I just really wanted a diet coke and cadbury eggs because I thought it would make me feel better. But it doesn't, it never does and I just have to get over the fact that I will probably be fighting these food addictions my whole life. I need to be stronger than that and solve these issues I seem to only fix with food. I held strong but I'm hoping for some umph tomorrow because I'm feeling burned out. 

Is it too late to say April Fool's!!! Haha!!!

I love April fools day and playing funny jokes. Well joke. I like to play one main joke for the day. Actually I planned my joke for like 8 months! This was it: To post a recipe using ridiculous GMO toxic crazy chemical ingredients and pretend it is a real recipe! Haha!!! So it did that! And I just realized I forgot to ever say April Fools! So im saying it now! Haha! It was funny watching the comments with this recipe:

Serve on donuts hahah!!!!

So April fools!!!

Love ya all!!! 

- rhymes totally rhymes. 

Book launch in 7 months! Just want to have fun with it! So many delicious recipes to celebrate! 

Love Liana