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“Eat Slow or Die Fast” with Dr. Bruce MacFarland (1923-2010)

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Last week I was privileged to celebrate the life of a great friend, father, and a pioneer and leader in the nutrition and holistic health fields, Dr. Bruce MacFarland.

We were invited to bring a favorite food to share, which in my case, that day, because I was pushed for time, would have been chips and salsa, picked up at Costco. But as I thought about all the things I’d learned from Bruce over the five years I’ve known him including his infamous “Eat slow or die fast,” and “Don’t cross your legs or risk varicose veins,” I realized I wanted to do something to honor his health conscious ways (well, except for Kopp’s Custard in Milwaukee, but who can resist that!) so I decided to make homemade hummus with sliced carrot sticks.

I got out one of my favorite (and beautiful to look at) recipe books “The Raw Goumet” and made the Hummus recipe, which is good, but still kind of bland. I wondered what I could do to spice it up and asked the Ethers, “What would Bruce add?”

Beets and chili paste. Outrageous and creative just like him. So that’s what I added and named it in honor of him: “Dr MacFarland’s Flu-Fighting, All Natural, Homemade Beet-Kickin’ Hummus Recipe. And surprise, surprise… it’s really tasty, with a just the perfect amount of irreverent Bruce-like kick, and a beautiful shade of raspberry, (which is why I created the small poster, attached with tape and chopsticks to the bowl, so people wouldn’t think it was a sweet mousse).

2 c. garbanzo beans
1 c. fresh beets
½ c. water
2-4 Tbs. garlic
¼ c. lemon juice
½ c. parsley
½ c. Tahini
2-4 Tbs. olive oil
1 tsp. chili paste
½ tsp. cayenne
¼ – ½ tsp. salt

Cut beet into halves. Dice ½ cup and set aside.

Add remaining ½ c. beets into Cuisinart and mix with garbanzo beans, water, parsley, and olive oil until paste forms.

Add garlic, lemon juice, Tahini, chili paste, cayenne, and salt (all to taste) and mix until absorbed.

Fold in remaining half cup of diced beets.

Chill and serve with vegetable slices.

Eat and chew slowly with legs uncrossed and send a blessing to The Good Doctor for helping you stay healthy.

Thank you Daddy-O.

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My intention as a trained Mindful Self-Compassion teacher and coach is to help you reconnect to your wise, loving, intuitive self, follow your creative calling, and experience and share your creative gifts with the world. 

I bring 30 years of experience as an international inspirational speaker specializing in communications and stress management and over a decade in Marketing Consultancy. I am the author of "My Mother, My Friend," and "Living with Enthusiasm" and a contributing author to five best-selling "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books and "A Woman's Way to Success in Business." I have been featured in numerous national publications and broadcasts and have spoken on more than 1500 stages around the world. 

I believe there is a path to create the life you want and achieve your goals and dreams - at any age, at any stage. It is my honor and joy to help women find their creative calling and put their dreams at the forefront of their lives.


My intention as a trained Mindful Self-Compassion teacher and coach is to help you reconnect to your wise, loving, intuitive self, follow your creative calling, and experience and share your creative gifts with the world. 

I bring 30 years of experience as an international inspirational speaker specializing in communications and stress management and over a decade in Marketing Consultancy. I am the author of "My Mother, My Friend," and "Living with Enthusiasm" and a contributing author to five best-selling "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books and "A Woman's Way to Success in Business."

I have been featured in numerous national publications and broadcasts and have spoken on more than 1500 stages around the world, sharing how to stay inspired, enthusiastic, and healthy in changing times.

I believe there is a path to create the life you want and achieve your goals and dreams - at any age, at any stage. It is my honor and joy to help women find their creative calling and put their dreams at the forefront of their lives.


I would love to help you bring your creative spirit to life.

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Mary is Director of Communications for the Center for Mindful Self Compassion and is a MSC Trained Teacher, Coach, Meditation Guide and Retreat Leader based in San Diego, California. You can find Mary creating artful photography and leading walking meditation groups on the beaches of Torrey Pines Reserve.

Mary's career experience includes over a decade working as a marketing consultant with business, government, nonprofit, and community organizations to create and complete mission-driven collaborative projects and events, and a 30-year career traveling internationally as a communication and stress management speaker and author. 

Working with latest research on stress, positive psychology, and brain/mindset learning into practical and powerful lifestyle strategies, Mary inspires people to make conscious choices and take inspired action in the midst of challenge and change, believing that all dreams are possible.

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