January 2012 - Sue's Nutrition Buzz

Improve Your Snooze And Zap Insomnia With These Foods

January 31, 2012 By Sunithi Selvaraj, RD 53 Comments

Insomnia hits most people at certain periods of their lives. According to NISD ( National Institute of Sleeping Disorders) 8 out of ten people have suffered from Insomnia at some point in time. You can develop insomnia like I did. About 10 yrs back, probably the busiest time of my life I was shuttling [...]

Stress Attack ! Try These Stress Busting Foods !

January 26, 2012 By Sunithi Selvaraj, RD 54 Comments

The Food Brain Connection: Are you stressed? Join the Stress Club! Everyone goes through some level of stress and while there are different ways of coping with it, food is one of them. When you are over whelmed with stress do you find yourself drinking too much coffee, skipping meals , forgetting water, eating [...]

Filed Under: Natural Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: Foods that trigerr stress, stress and food, stress busting foods

Crispy Golden Cauliflower Popcorn With A Hint Of Mrs Dash

January 24, 2012 By Sunithi Selvaraj, RD 64 Comments

Getting my kids to eat veggies is quite a task, but there are a couple of veggie dishes they will gobble down. This is one of them. I call this a heart healthy recipe courtesy of the monounsaturated(good for heart fats) loaded Olive oil and Mrs Dash ( salt free seasonings) . No one in my nest of four [...]

Filed Under: Heart Healthy, recipes, Simply Veggie, Vegan Tagged With: Cauliflower popcorn, heart healthy, low sodium, veggie

Zesty Mint Cilantro Cutlets with Red Potatoes #SundaySupper

January 21, 2012 By Sunithi Selvaraj, RD 44 Comments

A family favorite, I call this a lean meat cutlet because it’s made with lean meat. The great thing about this recipe is it can be used for any kind of meat whether it is ground chicken, turkey , beef, soy meat or venison. Since I have a lot of ground venison in my freezer I used some [...]