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12 Steps to Whole Foods

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CHAPTER 11<br />

Creating Delicious<br />

<strong>Whole</strong>-Food Treats<br />

Your Goal:<br />

This is our most-fun step yet, replacing processed-food treats in your diet with more nourishing ones<br />

made with whole foods. The goal is <strong>to</strong> enjoy!<br />

What You’ll Need:<br />

You need nothing new this month, although you may want <strong>to</strong> have some higher-nutrition, unrefined<br />

sweeteners on hand: agave nectar, stevia, molasses, and raw coconut palm sugar (see Appendix A for<br />

explanation of bad and good sweeteners). This is also your chance <strong>to</strong> eat chocolate! So, get some raw<br />

chocolate powder or at least less expensive (but not as nutritious) non-alkalized, unsweetened cocoa<br />

powder.<br />

This is an exciting month of experimenting with treats you will enjoy that are easy <strong>to</strong> make, provide<br />

good variety, and are nourishing as well as delicious (such as the peanut butter cookies below; see<br />

page 309). The GreenSmoothieGirl cookie mixes are great neighbor, teacher, and coworker gifts for<br />

the holidays, so you’re not contributing <strong>to</strong> your friends being ill in the winter. All of these recipes can<br />

help you get through the winter holiday season without processed junk food and the resulting lowered<br />

resistance <strong>to</strong> viral bugs. And, an occasional treat will help you not feel “deprived” while staying on<br />

your path <strong>to</strong> good health. I like <strong>to</strong> keep some nutritious cookies or candies in my freezer for any<br />

occasion calling for a treat.<br />

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