Not Wealthy But Healthy: apple-Asian pear sauce

This blog will help you towards healthier lifestyle choices!

I owned a State Approved K-6 for over 20 years and when it closed, I was devastated. However, I decided to make lemonade out of lemons and so I thought: I went to school for 40 years (one class at a time) and I have a PhD, I'll just look for a better job.

And, I did.....look that is, the "finding" part eluded me. I was 60 years old, never got sick and could outwork almost anyone half my age but, as I was looking for a job, it was NOT looking for me!

In the first two years after my school's closure, I applied for over 450 jobs (everything from Starbucks, to Admin Assistant to jewelry sales) and had no luck.

Finally a friend asked why I was counting the jobs and I realized I was focusing on what was NOT happening instead of what might happen so I quit counting, but not applying.

In order to survive, I sold my house and lived off the proceeds while I continued applying. I lived extremely frugally because I knew that the money would not last forever.

Over the years, I have continued to live frugally and apply for jobs. However, there truly is ageism in America today and I have been unsuccessful in getting a "real" job.

What I have been successful at is cobbling together a life by working at my many part time jobs! Currently, I have 2 jobs each day (subbing in the Auburn School District and tutoring at Sylvan Learning Centers). And I do other jobs occasionally such as Real Estate Broker, Author, and Editor.

Because I am a Health Coach, my passion is helping people be healthier.
Over the years, I've learned much about how to be healthy even if I wasn't wealthy so I decided to share my expertise with you! I will bring you tips, recipes, and many ideas on how to choose a healthy lifestyle, even if you are eating out of the local Food Bank and/or don't have much money to pay for gym memberships!

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Pink Applesauce

One of my friends gave me some yellow delicious apples, another gave me some Asian pears and I had some cranberry juice on hand. Put them all together and voila! A yummy hot applesauce! Yellow delicious apples (however many you have) Asian pears (however many you want) Cranberry juice - small amount First, wash the fruit with Fruit and Vegetable Rinse. Cut up the apples into small chunks. You can leave in the seeds if you have a VitaMix, it will be extra fiber for your body and you can't taste it. Fill up the Vita Mix about 3/4 of the way with the apple chunks. Fill the rest of the way with cut up Asian pears. Put in about 1/2 cup cranberry juice (I use the unsweetened kind). Blend until well blended. It can be eaten raw or heated in a crockpot. Sprinkle cinnamon on it. if you like. It can be reheated or frozen and reheated.