A Healthy You in 2014

We don’t use machines. We are the machine. This is the quote written on the wall where I do crossfit. Try my turnip green pesto recipe below and be a lean green fighting machine.

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. -1 Corinthians 6:19-20

In this New Year, I want to encourage you to not concentrate on weight loss but instead work on creating a healthy you.  Healthy is more than physical but also mental and spiritual as well.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. -Hebrews 12:1

The Lord is our source of strength. He is our comforter in times of need.

I feel as though I am a better me when my mind, body, and spirit are healthy.

Mind:

This year I am going to try to concentrate on being more positive. A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. -Proverbs 17:22

The devil wants to take away our joy and crush our spirits. Negativity can really consume a person. I will be a healthier me if I focus on positivity.  One way I can do this as well is be aware of others around me. Taking time to speak to a cashier at a store, barista at a coffee shop, waiter/waitress at a restaurant, etc. or simply offering a smile to help cheer up their day or offer encouragement will in turn brighten my day. I encourage you to try doing the same.

Spirit:

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things. -Philippians 4:8

My mom has always encouraged me to concentrate on whatever is pure and lovely.

Create in me a clean heart
And purify me, purify me
Create in me a clean heart
So I may worship Thee

Above are the lyrics to a Christian song that I love. It is so true too.

Body:

The Lord has given me a passion for cooking. He has also given me a desire to be healthy.

One of my go-to healthy recipes is my turnip green pesto. It is the very last recipe in my cookbook. I like to think I saved the best for last.

View the recipe in my recipe section of my website.

I love it simply on crackers or toasted slices of cornbread.

You can transform it into a meal by tossing it with shrimp and sauteed roasted red bell peppers and cherry tomatoes. serve over creamy grits