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The following segment aired on The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television. Joining The Balancing Act was Chef Don McMillian to talk about a healthy cooking with Green Mountain Gringo Salsa.

The Balancing Act: We love salsa. I know a lot of “The Balancing Act” viewers out there consider yourself to be connoisseurs when it comes to the texture, the flavor, and, of course, the spiciness and freshness of it. We have one of those connoisseurs with us today, Chef Don McMillian from the Stocked Pot Cooking School, to show us what good salsa is really made of and some rocking recipes you can make with it. So, I read some disturbing news the other day that salsa can have a lot of preservatives in it. Can you tell “The Balancing Act” viewers about this?

Don: Many salsas have a large amount of preservatives in them. But our Green Mountain Gringo Salsa has none. It’s so fresh, and you can actually see the tomatoes, the onions, the jalapeños, the tomatillos. It’s all in there.

The Balancing Act: Chef Don, you can really see the difference. It seems like a pretty healthy snack.

Don: It’s a wonderful, healthy snack. But just read the label. I mean, that tells the story, “No preservatives, fat free, low salt, gluten free, and no allergens.” And you know what? It tastes good. It’s won multiple awards for taste. In fact, Women’s Day and Vegetarian Times said it’s the best-tasting salsa.

The Balancing Act: Well, my husband loves salsa. And you’ve made some incredible recipes using salsas in great ways that “The Balancing Act” viewers can incorporate it in their meals.

Don: I sure did. These recipes are so easy. We just seasoned some chicken breasts, broiled them for just a little bit, placed them with our Green Mountain Gringo Salsa, tossed it up, plated it on our Green Mountain Gringo Tortilla Strips, added a little bit of avocado, some cheese – it’s done.

The Balancing Act: My husband really likes the really spicy salsa. But I’m a little bit more of a mild girl, I admit it. Do you have different flavors?

Don: We have something for every “The Balancing Act” viewer. Check this out – we have roasted chili pepper, roasted garlic. Everyone loves garlic. Mild, medium, and for your husband, hot, yes. One of my favorite recipes is Green Mountain Gringo rice. It’s so easy. A jar of Green Mountain Gringo Salsa, a cup of rice, a little bit of chicken stock – it’s done.

The Balancing Act: That’s it? Great for working women that are on the go all the time.

Don: Another recipe is to take our Green Mountain Gringo Strips, roll them in a little plastic bag with a rolling pin, put a little bit of olive oil on some salmon, season it up with the Green Mountain Gringo Strips, put it on a plank, 350 degrees in the oven, and our sauce is the Green Mountain Gringo Salsa. Plus, it’s only 10 calories per serving.

The following segment aired on The Balancing Act’s “The Balancing Act”. Joining the show was Joe Rapisarda to discuss the power of positive thinking.

The Balancing Act: We’ve all heard about the power of positive thinking. If you think positively, good things will happen; if you think negatively, well, not so much. Your thoughts create your reality. The Balancing Act’s next guest Joe Rapisarda has written a book called “Awaken Your Power, How Your Thoughts Create Your Reality”. Joe joins The Balancing Act to talk about it. Good morning, Joe.

Joe Rapisarda: Hi, Danielle.

The Balancing Act: As I was reading the book, I have to tell you, I really was surprised to read about some of the things you went through growing up, tell me about that.

Joe Rapisarda: Growing up I had a lot of challenges. I think challenges are the things in life that allow us to grow, but, I’d have to say the biggest influence in my life has been my parents. My parents taught my brothers and I at an early age that if we think positively, positive things will happen to us, and so, we were able to use this teaching to be able to overcome any challenges we had, and also to achieve any goals that we wanted. I think this has probably been the main influence for me to be able to write a book about how our thoughts create our reality.

The Balancing Act: So what is the book about and why did you write it?

Joe Rapisarda: Well, the book, “Awaken Your Power” is about us awakening a power that each and every one of us has inside of us. It basically says that the thoughts that we think create the reality we experience, so, whatever we think about, we attract into our own lives and this is made possible by something called the universal laws.

The Balancing Act: And let’s talk a little bit more about the universal laws because I believe this wholeheartedly. These laws aren’t something that you kind of say, “and this is how it’s going to be”, right, it’s not like a legal law in that respect. These are the laws of nature and of the universe and why are they so important?

Joe Rapisarda: Well you know, the universal laws are not manmade laws, but they’re rather the universal laws of energy and they work under the premise the everything in our existence both physical and non-physical is made up of energy at its basic core, and, that means that you and I, at our most basic level, are made up of energy. We can control that energy through our thoughts, and, so, whatever we think about, we attract into our own lives. If we think about happiness, we attract that, we think about success, we attract that, so, whatever we want, we do that and so the universal laws lay down like a guideline or a set of rules for us to manage our own energy and attract what we want.

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