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Easy Real Food Meal #2

January 5, 2015 by Kristie 13 Comments

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Step by Step Real Food 2

Real food can help you lose weight and feel great.  And not just for a little while like alot of diets.  Real food is the answer to help you stay healthy and trim.  Need some proof?  Read my post Food as Medicine for Incurable Conditions or Crystal’s Weight Loss Story.   Real food also tastes awesome and is satisfying.  It doesn’t leave you hungry.  Here is a super easy real food meal.  It feeds about 4 people. You will need 2 small acorn squash, a frozen vegetable like broccoli, and some turkey burger.  Most turkey burger from the grocery store is not very healthy.  I would recommend something like the Nature’s Place turkey burger from Food Lion.  It does not contain antibiotics.  For more information on why antibiotics in meat can be dangerous read this article from Consumer Reports.

Ground Turkey with Acorn Squash and Frozen Vegetable
 
1. Wash two small acorn squash.  Cut the squash in half and scoop out the seeds with a spoon (a large eating spoon works great).  Place face down in a baking pan with some water (about half an inch).  Bake at 400 degrees for 40-45 minutes until you can easily pierce the skin with a fork and the flesh is tender.  Here is a picture of the squash after it was taken out of the oven.

2. Cook your frozen vegetable in water (I have directions for that in this post).  3. Melt 2 Tablespoons of coconut oil in a skillet.  Add turkey burger (1 pound or a little more if your family needs it).  Cover the skillet.  Check on it occasionally to scoop off the cooked turkey juice and to chop it up.  When it looks browned and has no pink left it is done-like this:

4. Remove turkey burger from pan.   Add two Tablespoons of coconut oil to the pan.  Scoop out the acorn squash and put it in the pan that the turkey burger was in.  It will have browned places in the pan that will help to flavor the acorn squash.  Yum!  Cook the squash on medium heat for a few minutes.  Move the squash around with a spatula to keep it from sticking and to mix in the drippings from the turkey and the coconut oil.  Add 1 Tbsp of dried chives and mix around for a little longer.

Salt your food to taste.  Real Salt is very healthy and I always use enough to make my food taste good.  Serve your yummy real food meal!  🙂

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Disclaimer:  This post is not medical advice.  You should consult your health practitioner before making changes in your diet or supplements.  I am not a doctor or medical professional.

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Finding Your Perfect Diet-Part 6

December 29, 2014 by Kristie 10 Comments

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Are grains healthy

This is the sixth article in the Finding Your Perfect Diet series.  I am breaking down each food group to help you find the perfect diet for you.  Up to this point we have covered fats, meats, and fruits and vegetables.  The right fats and meats are important for everyone.  Fruits and vegetables are important for everyone also, however certain ones need to be excluded for certain health conditions.  (For most people though fruits and vegetables are safe).  Now we come to grains and legumes.

Grains include:

  • Wheat (bread, noodles, crackers, cookies, cereal etc.)
  • Corn (tortillas, cereal, popcorn)
  • Oatmeal
  • Rice
  • Millet
  • Sorghum
  • Barley
  • Spelt
  • Triticale
  • Teff

Legumes include:

  • Chickpeas
  • Lentils
  • Peanuts
  • Soybeans
  • Black eyed peas
  • Black beans
  • Lima beans
  • Navy beans
  • Pinto beans
  • All beans except green beans

Grains and Legumes Might Be Very Healthy for You

If you want to simply lose weight and you don’t have any other health problems than you can probably eat grains and legumes.  Although to lose weight and to be healthy you need to cook them the real food way.  It is also good to soak them overnight in some water and something acidic, and then cook them the next morning-like this recipe. Or this recipe.  White rice is a safe grain for a lot people and it is very easy to make.  I explain how to make it here.

If you have been struggling with weight gain, fatigue, insomnia, cold hands and feet and just no energy than grains could be really helpful for you.  Because these symptoms can be caused by a struggling thyroid or adrenals.  Grains can be helpful to nourish the adrenals, and can sometimes help a struggling thyroid (if you have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis than grains will probably not be right for you until you work on reversing autoimmunity with a diet like autoimmune paleo.  More information on the paleo diet is below.)

For someone who needs help with their thyroid or adrenals grains can even help raise body temperature.  When body temperature raises it shows that metabolism has been raised which can make weight loss effortless.  But, if you are dealing with more serious problems like any listed in the next few paragraphs than you may need to do a grain free healing diet first.  If you don’t heal from the other problems first it is unlikely that you will be able to maintain a healthy weight.

Grains and Legumes Might Keep You Sick

If you are dealing with Chron’s disease, ulcerative colitis, IBD, SIBO, rheumatoid arthritis, depression, or post infectious ibs (like my niece Faith), than you may be greatly helped by the SCD diet.  My niece went from being a very sick little girl to feeling wonderful with the help of the SCD diet.  On the SCD diet grains are not permitted and the only legumes permitted are navy beans, lima beans and lentils.  The SCD diet is basically healthy meats, fats, fruits and vegetables (all the foods that have been covered in this series so far).

The SCD diet includes saturated fats (examples here).  Saturated fat is especially important for healing digestion.  And bad digestion affects everything.  My niece Faith developed cavities, insomnia, and depression symptoms during the time that she was sick.  Because she healed from her ibs with a very nourishing healing diet she will be spared from years of health problems.

Another diet that is very close to the SCD diet is the GAPS diet.  In fact the GAPS diet was based on the SCD diet.  The GAPS diet has helped to reverse cases of autism as well as many other diseases.   Many health problems get better or disappear on the GAPS diet.  There is a list here of improvements seen by people on the GAPS diet.   See my article here for some specific examples of serious health problems reversed by the GAPS diet.

The SCD diet and GAPS diets are healing diets.  They are meant to be temporary.  During the healing phase it would be very important to avoid all grains and most legumes (this means no store bought cereal, crackers, bread, noodles etc).  This means that if you had a craving for bread you could eat breads made from almond flour or coconut flour-like these on my GAPS bread pinterest board.

Another diet that is very healing is the Paleo diet.  It is similar to the SCD and GAPS diets.  The Paleo diet has helped to reverse (or put into remission) multiple diseases including Multiple Sclerosis, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, and Rheumatoid Arthritis.  The Paleo diet does not allow any grains or legumes.  Many recipes are similar to the GAPS or SCD diet.   An average Paleo meal would be steak, sweet potato and broccoli.  A snack might be fruit and nuts.  Muffins or tortillas could be made from flours like almond flour, coconut flour, tapioca flour or arrowroot flour-like these easy tortillas.

Are Grains and Legumes Good For You?

The bottom line is that grains and legumes are good if you are healthy.  Or if you are struggling with some hormonal imbalances like adrenal fatigue or simple hypothyroidism (not Hashimoto’s or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) than grains and legumes can really be helpful.

If, however, you have been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s, IBS, IBD, Multiple Sclerosis, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ulcerative Colitis, Depression, or other serious disorders-than it is likely that you need to heal before grains or legumes would be healthy for you.  In fact, if you do have any of these disorders they are likely to get worse without dietary intervention.  The good news is that if you need a healing diet and you commit to it than you will very likely lengthen your life and definitely improve your quality of life.  Grains and legumes can help you stay well or keep you sick.  It really depends on what health problem you are facing!

Want to know more about “Finding Your Perfect Diet”?  The rest of the series is here.

Disclaimer: This post is not medical advice. You should consult your health practitioner before making changes in your diet or supplements. I am not a doctor or medical professional.

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Cold Kicker Chicken Soup (Low Histamine too!) With Printable Recipe Card

June 10, 2014 by Kristie 10 Comments

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Cold Kicker Chicken Soup
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When my daughter woke up with a cold, I knew that today would be a day for chicken soup!  I came up with one that is based on another immune boosting soup from a newspaper article years ago, but mine is also low histamine.  The cayenne pepper is the only ingredient that sometimes causes problems for people with histamine intolerance.  Black or white pepper could be used in its place, but cayenne clears the sinuses better!

 
First I made a pot of low histamine broth.  I put a whole chicken in water and waited till it came to a simmer. I skimmed off the foam, and then just let the chicken simmer until it was done.  I didn’t let it cook for a really long time, because I didn’t want the histamine level to be too high.  Take the chicken out of the pot and let cool.  Remove meat from bones.
 

I then chopped up celery and sauteed it in coconut oil.  When it was tender I added the chicken broth, chicken, cubed butternut squash, chopped garlic, cayenne pepper.  Later I added some dried chives. (I would recommend using a large chicken or adding extra chicken for extra protein.  The butternut squash I used was medium to large.)Everyone gave it a thumbs up!

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Filed Under: GAPS, Low Histamine, Low Oxalate, Paleo, Recipes

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