Mushroom Stroganoff A Good Choice for Strong Bones

Vitamin D is important for calcium absorption to maintain strong bones. Try this mushroom Veg. Dish which includes nutrients such as Omega 3's, B12, Iron & Vitamin D. This is a dish for dark dreary days when Vitamin D absorption from sunshine is lacking; it's an health association for the 6th & 7th Chakras (energy centers), which also includes smiling, vision/imagination/clarity and intuition, rest concise/intelligent/universal knowledge and consciousness (presence in the moment - it is a gift)!

Ingredients
• 1-2 C. water add more as needed (instead of oil enhances health benefits)
• 1/4 C. slivered onion – to taste, not to much (Quercitin)
• 2-3 C. mushrooms – white Button, Shitake, any others (Portabellas are also good sources of Vita. D)
• 1/4 C. uncooked noodles or rice (endurance)
• 1-2 Tbs. nutritional yeast (B12)
• 1-2 Tbs. ground flax (omega 3's)
• 1-2 Tbs. turmeric (anti-inflammatory)
• 1-2 Tbs.vegetable bouillion (various vitamins)
• 1-2 Tbs. soy sauce (improves low blood pressure)
• 1-2 Tbs. flour (to thicken)
• 1/4 c. tvp (textured vegetable protein)
• 1/2-1 c. almond milk (has 45% calcium & 25% vita. D)
  ◦ 1 tbs. Miso after cooking (live cultures)
  ◦ 1 c. serve over greens (calcium & other various vitamins) or mix in green beans instead of rice or pasta

Place water to cook pasta in a pan, turn stove to high. Place slivered onions, mushrooms and pasta in pan cook pasta. Then place all other ingredients in pan, after the pasta has cooked.  Add more water or powders as needed for a consistent sauce. Voila, your meal is ready to eat whenever you are!

Rainbows

Summer has arrived, although, in Montana, there may still be a snow flurry. For now, soaking in the Vitamin D by seeking sunshine, between cloud bursts, has benefits. Fully appreciative of the weather - clear skies, cloud covered, pouring down or filled with flakes.

Blessed to adventure out alone and with friends; to journey up mountains, across streams, over downfall and wildflowers, across spring fed ponds. Making it out to enjoy road cycling, hiking, trail running, river floats and slalom boats. Street ventures of barefoot walking, track running and marathoning fulfilling sweet and sweaty summer days.

Whatever the weather, yoga has been a pot of gold under rainbows*. Any time and place during the day or night it is comforting to strengthen, balance, stretch and relax through stillness hugs, body lifts and mindful holds. Yoga works wonders anywhere; even a spring fed pond before a swim, cycle and run.

*As a child
I was told and believed
that there was a treasure
buried beneath every rainbow.

I believed it so much that
I have been unsuccessfully
chasing rainbows
most of my life.

I wonder why
no one ever told me
that the rainbow
and the treasure
were both
within me.
-Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D.