GFY-N! Transitions - Week 4

Greetings from Me and My House,

In Genesis 1:29 God prescribes His provision for man to eat. "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat [food]." This is week 4 in our 7 Week, 7 Steps to a Good for You-Naturally! Lifestyle of Eating. This week we will be including the 4th of God's Original 4 Food Groups.

For Step 1 we started eating a fresh, raw vegetable salad at the beginning of each lunch and supper. For Step 2 we began eating fresh, raw fruits for or before breakfast. For Step 3 we began adding fresh raw sprouted seeds to (or as) our veggie salads. For Step 4 we will add fresh, raw nuts.

Do you immeditately think of the non-nut when you hear "nuts"? Many people's favorite nut is the peanut, which is not a nut, but rather a legume, that we generally eat as a nut. For our Step 4, we want to add true nuts.

Almonds are the King of nuts. They are very high in nutritional value (the most nutrient dense of all nuts), mild tasting, and very versatile. You can even make a great tasting "milk" from them, and a super nut butter. Walnuts are good "brain food". Pecans, filberts/hazelnuts, and macadamias are excellent choices too. Cashews aren't as good of a choice nutritionally, but do make good nut butter and "milk" also.

You may have to go to the health food store to find raw nuts, as your regular grocery store most likely doesn't have them. Usually you find them already shelled. Find a store that has good fresh nuts that aren't going rancid. Stale nuts will turn you off from fresh, raw nuts.

Nuts too can be added to our salads if we choose, remember those options I gave you with our Good for You-Naturally! salad suggestions on Week 1? Or we can just eat them by the handful as snacks. We can also grind many of them into a nut butter - which is super as a dip or spread for fresh veggies.

Try to find a variety, and add a handful or more daily of fresh, raw nuts to your Good for You-Naturally! Lifestyle of Eating.

Oh, and if you didn't add in those "other" seeds last week, raw sunflower, sesame, pumpkin, flax, etc., you should add them in now - either by the handful or on your salads.

"O taste a see that the Lord is good." Psalm 34:8
For Me & My House,
At Jesus' feet,
Lisa