Buy your oatmeal and flax in BULK with me!!! HURRY!

ALRIGHT ALL MY HEALTHY CLEAN EATERS OUT THERE!!! 

LISTEN UP!!!

I just received a very exciting letter from Apricot Press, (the company who publishes my cookbooks!)  They have jumped on the healthy bandwagon and are now buying and selling healthy delicious food in bulk for an AMAZING PRICE!

They are placing an order on Thursday Dec. 20th and have been kind enough to make a little space in there shipping truck for us!  They are allowing em Heath and Fitness to order these great foods for next to nothing and any of my Healthy friends out there can place an order through me as well.  Read the letter from apricot press blow and let be know ASAP if you'd like to order anything (I'm ordering a truckload for myself!).  YOU WON'T GET A BETTER PRICE ANYWHERE!

Among others, 2 of my FAVORITE FOODS that they are offering are, flax and Oatmeal.  Below are 2 AMAZING RECIPES that include these 2 SUPER FOODS!!!  

Order your food today, and then make the recipes.... simple!

email me at

erin.andon@gmail.com

with your order. :)

Dear friends:

Many of you are aware that we, at Apricot Press, have begun to put healthy food items on our display racks along with our healthy eating cookbooks.  We are now buying grains, nuts, dried fruits and vegetables directly from producers and in large quantities. We think that many of our friends and acquaintances can benefit from buying these healthy, simple foods in bulk with us.

If you would like to be notified whenever we are making a bulk commodity buy, please send us your e-mail address.  We will then e-mail you the details of what we are buying and what your cost will be, how it is packaged, etc.  Then, if you want to buy any of these foods with us, we can add your order to ours and we will both save money.

Also, if you have friends, neighbors, or family members who you think might be interested in buying these healthy, simple bulk food with us, please forward this e-mail to them.

In these uncertain times, if we work together we can save some money, increase our security, prepare for a rainy day, and by regularly using these simple, healthy foods in our daily diet, improve our health.

This next week, we will be buying rolled oats, sunflower seeds, dried grapes, (raisins), and golden flax seed.  Details are listed below.  When we buy other items, we will notify you as well.

Rolled oats: 2lb. Clear-plastic containers $2.47ea.

Raw sunflower seeds: 2lb clear-plastic containers $4.18 ea.

Dried grapes (raisins): 2lb clear-plastic containers $5.91 ea.

Golden flax seed: 2lb clear-plastic containers $2.99 ea.

Add $1.50 per container shipping

No added sugar, fat, salt, caffeine.

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 20, 2012

FYI:  Simple rolled oats are a staple in many healthy diets.  They are filled with calcium, fiber, protein,vitamins, minerals, and micronutrients.  I eat some every day.  Often I prefer mine uncooked (1/3 cup=100 calories) sometimes by filling a cup and sipping on them as a snack, sometimes with raisins or crasins mixed in, and sometimes with almond milk in a bowl.  Unless you are gluten intolerant, you should consider including oats as a staple in your healthy eating strategy.  And they will store for a very long time, making storage and rotation simple.

Since this is our first ever experiment with joint buying, we want to get a valid test and will include a free healthy cookbook on orders over $30.00.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Wayne Allred

Apricot Farms

books@apricotpress.com

435-623-1929

Zucchini flax Cheese Wedges

(recipe adapted from "joe & Sue")
*** If you're on an "em Health & Fitness Meal Plan"  Don't be afraid of these little gems!  The cheese counts as your healthy fat!  Just be sure to only have them for 1 of your 6 meals! :)   

Only 3 ingredients to, cheesy heaven.

Zucchini Cheese Wedges

Ingredients

1 large zucchini

2 eggs

2 cups low fat/fat free shredded cheese of your choice
 1 Tbsp ground flax seed

Sprinkle of seasoning salt (if desired)

Directions.

Preheat oven to 450. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Draw 6 - 8 inch circles on the parchment paper and then flip paper over.

Cut ends from zucchini. Shred. Mix with egg, cheese, and flax until well combined.

Pat mixture firmly and evenly into the 6 circles.

Bake at 450 for about 12 minutes. Loosen and gently flip the circles over. Bake for another 5 - 10 minutes - until cheese is nice and crispy.  (Hint - I rotated the cookie sheets from front to back and then top to bottom every 5 minutes to ensure even cooking.)

Remove from oven and sprinkle lightly with seasoning salt (if using) then cut each circle into 6 wedges.

Let cool completely on wire racks for 6 - 8 hours. You want them to air dry for a bit.

Let them completely cool and air dry before storing them.

To store - keep loosely in a bag or plastic container in the fridge. Best used within a week of preparation.

A hint for flipping - if you loosen it from the parchment paper with your flipper and it feels like it is separating then just put it back in the oven for another minute or two and then try again. It should hold together quite well to be able to flip. 

 the nutritional info for approximately 1/3-ish of the recipe (so, 2 circles) is - 150 calories, 1 carb, 1 fibre, 10.5 protein, 13 fat. (but this can very depending on the cheese you use)

OATMEAL CUSTARD

*** for those of you on an EM meal plan, enjoy this amazing oatmeal custard for ANY MEAL!  You could even have it more than once!  It's perfect for meal #1 or for a bedtime snack (meal #6)... UM, or for both! :)

2 cups COOKED oatmeal...

1 1/2 cups fat free cottage cheese

2 large eggs-real eggs work better than substitute

1 cup almond or flax milk

6 tbsp stevia

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp cardamom

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp almond extract

1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder...optional

preheat oven to 325 F degrees

coat 2 Qt baking dish with non stick spray

in a large mixing bowl, blend oatmeal, cottage cheese, eggs, milk, stevia, cinnamon, cardamom, and extracts in an electric mixer until smooth.

pour batter into prepared dish and bake for approx.1 hour...mine takes about 1 hr 5-10 minutes in a square glass pyrex in a regular oven.

serve warm, room temp or even cold for on the go...

NOTE...ovens are different and so are baking dishes, so i suggest you check it after 45 minutes and keep an eye on the first one.

nutritional info (approx.)

9 servings made with protein powder and Zsweet

cal...95

protein...6

carbs...16

fiber...5

fat...1