WARM CARROT TOP SALAD

by Dr. William Li

• 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil

• ½ medium onion, diced

• 2 cloves of garlic, minced

Serving Size: 4

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Prep Time: 15 minutes

• ½ tsp. ground cumin

• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

• 1 cup shiitake mushrooms caps and stems, thinly sliced

• ½ tsp. sea salt

• ½ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes, optional

Preparation:

• 1 bunch carrot tops, tender leaves chopped into 1-2 inch lengths; discard tough stems

• Grated zest of one lemon

• Black pepper to taste

Arrange the carrot tops in a large serving bowl or platter and set aside. Heat extra virgin olive oil in a sauté pan over medium high heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until translucent, fragrant, and lightly golden brown, about 2-3 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook until soft, about 3-5 minutes longer. Add the sea salt, crushed red pepper, if using, and ground cumin. Add the tomatoes and sauté until softened. Pour cooked vegetable mixture over carrot tops and toss to combine and wilt leaves. Season with salt, freshly ground black pepper, lemon zest, and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Serve immediately.

In his first groundbreaking book, Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself, Dr. William Li gives us the science and strategy of using food to boost the natural defense systems in the body.

“The answer to doing a better job at preventing disease is in food,” he tells us. “Drug treatments alone cannot keep us healthy.”

Eat to Beat Disease is the big reveal; it’s everything you want to know about how your body responds to food and how your body can heal itself. And with prolific passion and mastery of the science of food, Dr Li continues the conversation and reveals more discoveries for weight loss, health, and longevity in his latest book, Eat to Beat Your Diet

Bringing us in a new direction with his science of eating well, Dr. Li delivers the knowledge to make better decisions about what to eat every day for better health..

Considering his expertise, people are always asking Dr. Li the burning question, “What do you eat?”

Dr. Li describes his approach as a food approach, meaning he eats lots of food. He values and loves food, enjoys his meals, and has a healthy relationship with food, all of it.

His preference is what he refers to as a MediterAsian diet, a fusion of Mediterranean and Asian foods. Lush with whole foods, and because of the plentiful coastal regions, there is an abundance of healthy seafood options in the MediterAsian cuisines, creating a palate for optimal health. Even more, these regions are well known for their Blue Zones, areas of the world where people live longer, age better, and are overall healthier.

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by Jane Ubell-Meyer of Bedside Reading

The holidays are a time when we usually spend time with our loved ones. I want to remind you that you can also choose to spend time with yourself. Reading is a wonderful way to heal the soul, the brain, and the body. Our book recommendations this season offer opportunities to take care of your dreams, make deeper soulful connections, or simply escape into amazing stories. It’s always your choice. Happy holidays!

Mary Whitcombe

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A Deeper Connection

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Conflict is something that many people shy away from or avoid altogether. Others are ready for battle at the first sign of conflict and immediately begin strategizing their approach to victory. No matter the approach, the outcome is usually the same--a disconnect. The real loss is often the relationships. This is a guide to transforming how you think about conflict, yourself, and your approach to life. This book provides lasting transformation that can fix many of the problems you encounter in your relationships. This book details a system for approaching and resolving conflict with ease.

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The Stark Beauty Of Last Things

BY CÉLINE KEATING

Clancy, orphaned as a child, finds the healing and home he's always longed for when he discovers a connection to the natural beauty of Montauk and the woman who fights to preserve it. When outsider Clancy inherits an unexpected legacy –the power to decide the fate of Montauk’s last parcel of undeveloped land – it causes ripples throughout the community. When Clancy comes under suspicion for arson, it further complicates his efforts to navigate competing agendas for the best uses of the land and to find the healing, love, and home he has always longed for.

In Pursuit Of Radio Mom

BY TERRY CRYLEN

How does the emotionally abandoned daughter of an emotionally abandoned mother learn to support her own child in a healthy way? In Pursuit of Radio Mom, through its bookending of motherhood, is a clinical psychologist’s journey about longing for the embrace of a mother who cannot reach back and how one generation––both wittingly and unwittingly––impacts the next. As a book that also makes transparent the process of psychotherapy, the memoir’s message is this: the excavation of pain clears space within the mind and heart and affords the growth of new insight. It overturns fear and makes acceptance and forgiveness possible.

The House That Cheese Built By Miguel Leal

Miguel Leal came to the U.S. penniless as a teenager, speaking almost no English; he literally slept in the boiler room of a Wisconsin cheese factory for months before he was caught. Through hard work, grit, and ingenuity, Leal would go on to launch his own business. He is widely credited with introducing Mexican cheeses to the U.S. market and grew his company to a multimillion-dollar success story that defined an industry. Yet, like many successful entrepreneurs, Leal’s great successes were matched by personal failures: the end of a marriage, trouble with law enforcement, and the deeply felt sense that there must be something more to life than great wealth.