Food

10 Favorite Immune Boosters for Rest and Recovery

10 Favorite Immune Boosters for Rest and Recovery

How do you dodge a cold? “Oh, I just take this mushroom supplement when I feel a tickle in my throat and I don’t get sick.” Wow, that would be amazing! Everybody’s got their go-to illness prevention and remedy strategy. Echinachea, zinc, vitamin C, etc. Whether these are placebo effect or real, most of the time - they can’t hurt.

I realized this week that my favorite immune system related remedies are not just to avoid and get away from being sick, but also about enjoyment, rest and self-care.

Heart Centered Conscious Nutrition with Heather Fleming, BS, CNC

Heather shares nutritious freedom and joy with us during this upbeat and encouraging interview.

Increase your energy and diminish heaviness. Heather’s approach to eating is centered around body wisdom and intuition. She enlightens us to a path of letting go of perfection when eating and talks about nourishing the connection between the right and left brain. We discuss letting go of fear and balancing the body and the brain. It’s truly a heart to heart chat about eating!

Pad Kee Mao at home

Pad Kee Mao at home

"I should try something new, I always order the same thai food."  That's how Karl introduced me to one of my favorite thai dishes back when we first started dating.  New relationships, new food...  Variety is the spice of life.  Literally.  Pad Kee Mao, otherwise known as Drunken Noodles or Spicy Noodles is one of my go-to thai dishes.  

Learn how to make it at home!

Are you storing fat or burning it?

Are you storing fat or burning it?

It's natural to store fat for winter.  Living up here in Montana has made that even more clear to me, with all of the animals that hibernate in this part of the country.  If you've been watching the news, you know that some of the bears came out of hibernation early.  

Are you ready to come out of hibernation mode?

Chicken Poaching

I made a few soups this year that required a poached chicken (only because I wanted the chicken to have that shredded texture).One was Chicken Tortilla Soup and the other Chicken Rice Soup.Poaching is also good for making Enchiladas, Chicken Tacos or even just chicken sandwiches.It keeps the chicken full of moisture & flavor as well as making it easier to chew.

Delicious Avocado Orange Salsa!!

Mix these ingredients together and add them to Salmon, Chicken, Eggs or whatever else you like! 

Eat it with chips...Tell me what else you come up with!!!

Avocado Orange Salsa

2 Oranges, sectioned & cut in bite size pieces
1 Avocado, diced
2 TBSP finely chopped red onion
2 TBSP finely chopped red bell pepper
1 TBSP chives
1 TBSP fresh lime juice
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1 orange squeezed to juice or 1/4 cup OJ

Added to salmon