Cypress Cove Publishing Recipe Blog

As you may know, not fueling up with the right
nutrients can affect how well your body performs
and your overall fitness benefits.  Even though
healthy eating is important, there are myths that
hinder your performance if you listen to them.

Below, you’ll find some myth busters on healthy
eating.

1.  Working out on an empty stomach.
If you hear a rumbling noise in your stomach, the
rumbling is trying to tell you something.  Without
listening to them, you are forcing your body to
run without any fuel.  Before you exercise or do
any physical activity, always eat a light snack
such as an apple.

2.  Relying on energy bars and drinks.
Although they are fine every once in a while, they
don’t deliver the antioxidants you need to prevent
cancer.  Fruits and vegetables are your best bets,
as they are loaded in vitamins, minerals, fluid,
and fiber.

3.  Skipping breakfast.
Skipping breakfast is never a good idea, as breakfast starts the day.  Your body needs fuel as soon as possible, and without it, you’ll be hungry throughout the day.

4.  Low carb diets.
Your body needs carbohydrates for your muscles and the storing of energy.

5.  Eating what you want.
Eating healthy and exercising doesn’t give you an all access pass to eat anything you want.  Everyone needs the same nutrients whether they exercise or not, as well as fruits and vegetables.

6.  Not enough calories
Although losing weight involves calories, losing it too quickly is never safe.  What you should do, is aim for 1 – 2 pounds a week.  Always make sure that you are getting enough calories to keep your
body operating smoothly.  If you start dropping weight too fast, eat a bit more food.

7.  Skip soda and alcohol.
Water, milk, and juice is the best to drink for active people.  You should drink often, and not require on thirst to be an indicator.  By the time you get thirsty, your body is already running a
bit too low.

Changing how you eat is always a great step towards healthy eating and it will affect how your body performs.  The healthier you eat, you better you’ll feel.  No matter how old you may be, healthy
eating is something you should strive for.  Once you give it a chance, you’ll see in no time at all just how much it can change your life – for the better.

One of the most popular meals in our Rice Cooker Cookbook is Blackeyed Pea and Sausage Jambalaya. It is a meal that at the time we made this video only cost $8.50 for the ingredients and it makes enough food to feed the entire family.

For those of you not familiar with the Rice Cooker, it is a simple way to cook several different meals and many times the meals can be made in 3o minutes or less.  There are over 60 meals in our cookbook to choose from.  You can purchase our Rice Cooker Meals book here.

Down-Home Cajun Cooking Favorites takes you into the kitchens of some of south Louisiana’s best home cooks. It features 140 of the most popular dishes from Cajun country, carefully selected to give a well-rounded sampling of the flavors of the region. It is a collection of classic recipes from moms and dads, aunts and uncles, ma-moms and pa-pops from the south Louisiana region called Acadiana, or Cajun Country. These popular recipes were contributed by down-home folks who are tremendous cooks in their own right, who learned how to cook these dishes passed down from generation to generation. You’ll find Boudin and Cracklins, Boiled Crawfish and Crawfish Etouffee, Stuffed Shrimp, Tasso, Candied Yams, Corn Maque Choux, Smothered Okra & Tomatoes, Stuffed Baked Eggplant or Mirlitons, Bouillabaisse, Chicken & Sausage Gumbo, as well as a variety of sauce piquantes, fricassees, stews, casseroles, appetizers, desserts, dressings, breads, and breakfast dishes like couche-couche and pain perdu. Written in clear, easy-to-follow steps, these mouth-watering dishes are waiting for you and your family. Go ahead, try them, and you, too, will cook like a Cajun!