PEA SOUP & PIZZA FOR PERSONAL & GLOBAL HEALTH

Could you ever imagine that a pot of slow simmering pea soup and a few crisp slices of pizza could save your health and that of the planet?  Well, let’s give it a whirl.

Start with a bag of dry split peas, 8 cups of water, a bay leaf, a little salt, and a teaspoon of dry mustard. Then simmer on low in a large soup pot for ½ hour while chopping 2 onions, 5 garlic cloves, 3 carrots, 3 stalks of celery and preparing 1 thin sliced potato.  Add to the peas in the pot and continue simmering until tender (1-3 hours).  Add more water to desired thickness, add 4 tablespoons red wine vinegar, a tablespoon low sodium soy sauce, and a squirt of SRIRACHI sauce for kick.

For the pizza, place 1 or 2 whole grain pita rounds/person on a baking sheet.  Spread oil-free tomato sauce on each round and add pre-cooked veggies of your choice. We like onions, peppers, garlic, mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach topped with oregano, pepper flakes and nutritional yeast. Bake for 15 minutes at 375.

Now let the healing begin…just taste the delicious flavors of vegetables, legumes, whole grains and spices.  Know that these foods are nourishing, satisfying and healing.  As you eat and enjoy, your immune system is strengthened and your body is protected from weight gain, heart disease, diabetes, some cancers and a whole host of other health problems. By avoiding meat and dairy, you avoid foods that increase cholesterol and blood pressure, cause rapid cell growth and lay the ground work for chronic disease.

Not only do meat and dairy foods take a toll on human health, our demand for them causes unspeakable animal suffering and appalling destruction of earth’s natural resources.  THE FACTS pictured below from COWSPIRACY are a grim reminder that our current food choices are having dire consequences.  Another choice can make all the difference. Why not start with PEA SOUP & PIZZA?