Optimum Health

Optimum Nutrition is a complete course on how to substantially improve your health and energy in six weeks.  It contains a complete book explaining, in a week-by-week format, how to make the changes necessary to return to optimum health.  There is a complete list of every food in in the grocery store and health food store that I recommend, and extensive nutrition guides. 

By following this plan, in six weeks you will have lost 20 to 35 pounds, increased your energy level and feel and look substantially better! These recipes are based on a 2000 calorie a day intake, and allow you to lose weight and gain very high energy. And they taste fabulous, even decadent!  It is impossible to meet your calorie and nutrient needs on less that 2000 calories a day.  It is not necessary to obsess about food or be hungry in order to be in perfect health and be at your ideal weight.

Optimum Nutrition Book is free, click here 

My cookbook, In The Kitchen with Millie Barnes, is an interactive cookbook, in software form, containing 780 recipes, and a 65 day meal plan. The software lets you analyze your food intake daily to make sure you are reaching your caloric and nutrient levels necessary for perfect health. This analysis shows you what percentage of your calories came from carbohydrates, fat, and protein as well as your nutrient intake (what % of your RDA for Vitamins and Minerals). 

All recipes gluten, dairy and soy free recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, oil-free salad dressings, potato and rice pasta dishes, fabulous seafood recipes, vegetable dishes and luscious desserts. Includes wheat and dairy free pizza, bread, brownies, cookies, cakes, pound cake, Creme Brûlée and pies.

 Optimum Nutrition Cookbook- $39.00 – click here to purchase

Here is a recipe from the cookbook;

Mango Tarts with Lime, Guava and Tropical Nut Crust

These luscious tarts have a crisp/chewy nut crust, sweet mango and guava filling accented with a hint of lime.

Makes 8 Tarts

1 cup macadamia nuts

2 cups grated coconut

3/4 cup organic sugar

1 cup almonds

3 large organic egg whites

1 cup apple juice

1 T. agar agar (or 1 teaspoon gelatin)

1/3 cup fresh lime juice

1 T. arrowroot

1 each mango

2 T. guava jelly

1)  Combine nuts and coconut in food processor. beat egg whites   to stiff peaks. fold into nuts.

2)  Oil tart tins with coconut oil or butter.  Place mixture into tart tins.  Bake at 350° until moderately brown.  Cool well before removing from tins.

3)  Slice mangos. then mix arrowroot and lime juice ,simmer, stirring, until arrowroot is melted.  Cool and let set ( putting it in freezer speeds this up ) then spoon into shells.

4)  Place sliced mango on top of each tart.

5) Melt the guava jelly in a small saucepan, Using a pastry brush, glaze the top of each tart.