Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Week 1 of organic veggie basket

So i went to pick up our first basket of veggies.We got some garlic scapes, romaine lettuce, radishes and kale







Grilled prosciutto wrapped chicken stuffed with cheddar cheese and basil

2 chicken breasts
4 slices of proscutto
2 slices of cheddar cheese
basil leaves

make a small slit in the chicken and stuff with cheese and basil then wrap with proscutto and cook on the bbq for 6 minutes per side on medium high or until done. super easy and yummy ! I didn't even put oil as the proscutto has a bit of fat and it crisped up nicely.

I served this with sauteed mushrooms and garlic scapes ( never cooked with scapes before but they are a cross between and onion and garlic flavor ... very tasty )I used my romaine lettuce and made a little salad with strawberries, onions and balsamic vinegar as the vinaigrette






Strawberry walnut almond flour muffins

2.5 cups of Almond flour
3 large eggs
1/4 cup of honey
1/2 tsp of baking powder
1/4 cup of melted coconut oil
1tbsp of vanilla
1 cup of chopped strawberries
1/2 cup of walnuts


Preheat oven at 300 degrees. prepare muffin tins with liners. Mix all ingredients (except strawberries and walnuts) until smooth. Fold the strawberries and nuts in. 
Bake for 30-40 minutes
  



Tuesday, June 26, 2012

new beginings

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting with an Internal medicine specialist; I finally was able to get a few answers and possible solutions to the ongoing problem that is my body and not feeling 100% all the time.

I have been struggling with hypothyroid for years and have never been able to regulate the right levels of T4 in my system. Never felt well, I sometimes felt better than some days but never 100% and could not figure out. Yesterday this doctor spent close to 2 hours talking with me and listening to everything from birth till now. Seriously, how many docs can you say take the time to really listen and that really wants to find what's going on and help you without just pushing drugs. We changed my thyroid medication to something more natural and that's not all, with everything that I told him he was able to determine that I suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome and Adrenal fatigue syndrome. This is good news in some ways as now that we know about this we can address it. I'm going the natural route for now taking natural supplements as with the prednisone problems I'm now afraid of prescription drugs. I went for a whole bunch of hormonal blood tests to check out what's going on more accurately. This all explains the way I have been feeling and if we get it under control I am confident that things will be 100 times better then now!

Here is a ginger carrot soup I made for us with some crispy prosciutto:


Ginger Carrot soup

Serves 4 to 5

1 medium onion, chopped
1 tablespoon (15 mL) olive oil
8 good-size carrrots, peeled and sliced into 1/2-inch (1 cm) coins
1 medium potato, cubed
1 to 2 tablespoons (15 to 30 mL) freshly grated ginger
5 cups (1.25 L) vegetable broth, chicken broth or water ( I used water)
Salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste

In a soup or stock pot, sauté onion in olive oil until translucent. Do not brown. Add carrots and and potato and stir briefly. Add ginger, broth or water, and bring to boil. Turn heat down to medium-low, cover partly, and cook until vegetables are tender, 20 or 25 minutes.
Remove from heat, cool slightly and purée all or part of the soup (depending on how smooth you like it) in a blender or food processor, or with a hand-held blender.
Make ahead, if you like, and refrigerate, then reheat just before serving. Recipe doubles easily and freezes well.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

I'm alive

I'm still alive but I had to put Paleo on hold for a few weeks. I had a really bad reaction to those meds i spoke about in an earlier post, prednasone. I have gone to my family doc, clinics and then finally the ER and looks like i have dyspepsia which is Severe acid reflux. It was to a point where I felt nausea all the time and even threw up lots so i'm on a bland diet of rice and boiled bland chicken. I made myself some ginger cookies ( that are paleo) and help a lot. but i've tried to add food to my diet and with no luck it makes me throw up and then i start back to zero in the healing process. It's been 3 weeks on this chicken and rice diet I have lost weight, have no energy and just am all around irritated ... my poor man has had to put up with my mood swings and hasn't run away yet ...  I'm on meds for the acid and it's helping but i'm extra careful. I had to quit coffee which was soo ahrd and is still hard as I love the taste and smell of coffee and the caffein of course ...

I'm miserable, but I guess it could be worst. I've had to go to a few parties now and bring my own chicken and rice .. i'm just sick of being sick :( if i could add variety that would be great but so far it's been an epic fail :(

so this is my story... and this is why i have been MIA but I will be back with a vengance ..

I started reasearching coconut oil and how it's a huge benefit to our bodies and started taking 1 tbsp of it today. I might up that daily, but i'm doing baby steps. Apparently it heals so many things and makes your skin and hair healthier too ! have to figure out a better way of taking it as i just ate it straight up from the jar and it wasn't to good felt like i was eating a table spoon of lard !




i went back to the gym yesterday and it felt good to be back ... Like I said i didn't gain any weight which I was worried about eating the rice but i'm eating so little that it hasn't harmed me. I can't wait to go back to eating more paleo. I'm looking up new workout programs. I need a change :)