Bhakti Bowl: Raw Fruit, Nuts, Seeds and Herbs

Bhakti means devotion, and starting your day with fresh, raw fruits, nuts, seeds and herbs is an act of devotion and service to your temple, your body.  Protein in the hemp hearts and nuts combines with vitamin and mineral dense fruits, antioxidant rich spices and herbs to create a true power breakfast

Shown: fresh pineapple, mango, papaya, apricot, strawberry, coconut, macadamia nut, walnut, tarragon.  Pictured above includes
a generous sprinkle of hemp hearts for added protein

How to Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease

A presentation by Terry Shintani, M.D.

Fact - The major cause of death in America is cardiovascular disease. 
Fact - Nearly all cardiovascular disease is preventable. 

It is no longer necessary to suffer from a progressively deteriorating vascular system characterized by angina, heart attacks, heart failure, and premature death. In this presentation preventive medicine physician Terry Shintani will show you how to not only prevent heart disease but to actually reverse it.

Terry Shintani, M.D., M.P.H., J.D. is the author of the Eat More, Weigh Less Diet, The Hawaii Diet, and The Good Carbohydrate Revolution. He${q}s been featured in Newsweek, on CNN and CBS News, on ABC national radio, and on Dateline NBC. He received his master${q}s degree in nutrition from Harvard University and his medical and law degrees from the University of Hawaii. He is Board certified in preventative medicine and is the Associate Chair of Alternative & Complementary Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Visit his website: http://www.webhealthforyou.com/

Presented by the Vegetarian society of Hawaii
The Vegetarian Society of Hawaii is a not-for-profit volunteer organization founded in 1990 to promote human health, animal rights, and protection of the environment by means of vegetarian education. It's among the largest vegetarian/vegan societies in the nation.

Los Angeles Personal Chef, Om May-June Menu 2012

May/June 2012

 One Dish Meals

Brown Rice Bliss:  short grain brown rice, broccoli, edamame, baby bok

choy, purple and gold carrots, mung bean sprouts in lightly spiced peanut-ginger sauce.

Quinoa Pasilla Nirvana: gold quinoa,  purple potatoes, black turtle beans, pasilla, spinach, pumpkin seed

Curry My Soul:   Madras curried root vegetables, brown basmati and Om made mango chutney

Om Soups

Pair with Om Focaccia or a salad for a complete meal

Harira: Chickpea, Lentil and veggie soup

Red lentil with spring greens and fresh herbs in kombu broth

Spring Vegetable Minestrone

Om Sides, Salads & Snacks

 Beans are slow cooked with kombu and herbs to add minerals and aid digestion

(R) Dino Kale salad................................................16 oz

(R) Om Moroccan Raw Carrot salad (carrots, apples, nuts, spices, fresh/dried fruits).................................................16oz

(R) Tarragon Chicken Free Salad ..........................16 oz...

French Potato Salad (mayo free, fresh tarragon, dill, basil, parsley, evoo) ..........................16 oz...

Om sprouted multigrain focaccia with herbs, red onion and fennel

(R)Om fresh pico de gallo................................   16oz

Chickpea hummus................................   16oz

Om Apple Butter....(with flu fighting star anise).......8oz

Om Breakfast/ Brunch

Om multi grain hot cereal with flax, nuts, fruit.....16oz ...spectacular with Om fruit butter