July 31, 2013

Oxtail Soup

Oxtail SoupOxtail soup is a classic fall/winter dish because it is hearty and savory.

Serve with roasted root vegetables or riced cauliflower for a healthier grain-free meal!

Serves:  8

Prep time:  15 minutes

Cook time: 5 hours

Ingredients

  • 2lb oxtails
  • 1 large onion (diced)
  • 2 tablespoons beef tallow or duck fat
  • 8 cups cold, filtered water or homemade broth
  • 1-1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 bunch fresh parsley (chopped)
  • 1 large carrot (peeled and diced)
  • 3 ribs celery (diced)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 cup tomato pulp
  • 2 teaspoons fresh thyme

Directions

Brown the onions and oxtails on all sides in the fat, about 1-2 minutes per side on medium-high heat in a Dutch oven.

Add in water and salt. Simmer uncovered for 4-1/2 hours.

Add in remaining ingredients. Cook for an additional 30 minutes. Season to taste and serve.

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July 30, 2013

Amaranth Porridge

Amaranth Porridge This easy-to-make amaranth porridge for breakfast uses an often-overlooked gluten-free grain with a nutty flavor.

Serves:  4

Cook time:  30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup amaranth (soaked overnight, rinsed and drained)
  • 2-1/2 cups cold, filtered water
  • 1 cup berries
  • 4 tablespoons raw, local honey
  • 4 tablespoons walnut oil
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (I prefer Ceylon cinnamon)
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt

Directions

Place amaranth and water in a 2 quart pot with a lid. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and simmer for between 20 and 30 minutes or until liquid has been absorbed. Stir in remaining ingredients and serve.

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July 30, 2013

Turkey Congee

Turkey Congee This turkey congee recipe makes a creamy, salty, thick porridge that is a traditional Chinese breakfast as well as a tasty gluten-free dish.

You can also serve it for lunch or dinner, and it’s a great use of leftover rice and/or turkey.

You could also substitute chicken for the turkey.

Serves:  6

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 9 cups cold, filtered water or homemade broth
  • 1 cup uncooked long-grain brown rice
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • 1lb fresh turkey wing
  • 1/2″ fresh ginger
  • scallions, white and green parts (chopped (optional))
  • fresh parsley (minced (optional))
  • tamari soy sauce or coconut aminos (optional)
  • fresh ginger (julienned (optional))

Directions

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large Dutch oven and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cover, reduce heat and cook 1-1/2 hours or until soup has a creamy consistency, stirring occasionally.

Discard ginger chunk. Remove turkey from soup; place on a cutting board or work surface. Cool 10 minutes. Remove meat from bones; save bones for making broth at a later time. Chop meat into bite-sized pieces and stir meat into soup. Garnish with scallions, parsley, julienne-cut ginger and tamari, if desired.

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July 25, 2013

German Chocolate Gluten Free Dairy Free Egg Free Cake

German Chocolate Gluten Free Dairy Free Egg Free Cake This German Chocolate gluten free dairy free egg free cake is not too sweet yet delicious! It’s completely vegan and perfect for birthdays.

For those who have never tried a gluten free cake before, the texture is a little gummier than a typical cake because of the xanthan gum, but you won’t even care!

Serves:  16

Prep time:  45 minutes

Cook time:  30 minutes

Ingredients

Frosting:

  • 14oz coconut milk
  • 2 teaspoons agar powder
  • 2 pinches sea salt
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened, shredded coconut
  • 2 tablespoons cashew butter

Cake:

  • 3/4 cups sorghum flour
  • 3/4 cups tapioca starch
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder (sifted)
  • 1 cup coconut sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1-1/2 cup almond milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon raw apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup flax eggs ((1 tablespoon ground flax seeds mixed with 3 tablespoons water))
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil (melted + more for greasing pan)
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Directions

Frosting:

Prepare the frosting first: Combine the coconut milk and agar in a small saucepan. Allow to sit for 10 minutes. Place on stove over medium-high heat, whisk continuously until agar is completely dissolved, about 15 minutes. You may have to lower the heat if mixture gets too “bloopy” (big bubbles). Once dissolved, whisk in salt, maple syrup, vanilla and shredded coconut and season to taste. Place in freezer for 20 minutes. Once firm, break into pieces and process with cashew butter until smooth. Refrigerate until needed.

Cake:

Grease 8″ cake pan with coconut oil. Preheat oven to 350F.

Place the sorghum flour, tapioca starch, cocoa powder, coconut sugar, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum and sea salt in a medium bowl. Whisk well to combine.

Mix the almond milk, cider vinegar, flax eggs, melted coconut oil and vanilla extract in a separate, smaller bowl.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Whisk together all ingredients until thoroughly combined and the batter is smooth and thick.

Pour batter into cake pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Allow cake to cool, frost the cake, serve and enjoy!

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July 17, 2013

Top 10 Reasons Why Fresh Food Is Best

Top 10 Reasons Why Fresh Is Best

Eat like your grandma did, and your health will improve!

  1. Fresh food tastes best: I think we’ve gotten away from knowing what real, fresh food tastes like. Chef Jamie Oliver is famous for going into schools and asking children to name the vegetables he holds up. Very few can correctly identify them because they never eat them!
  2. “The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison” (quote by Ann Wigmore): If we have to detoxify from the processed food that we eat, then our bodies are not able to properly detoxify. Eating whole, fresh foods made from scratch ensures high nutrient levels.
  3. Our “food” isn’t food if it’s packed with artificial colors, flavors, preservatives and long chemical names: “The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children” is a book that shows us how food additives contribute to declining mental health. Your brain and your child’s brain are starved for nutrition, and they’re not getting it if your “food” comes with a long list of chemicals in the ingredients.
  4. Artificial colors, flavors and preservatives can cause ADHD symptoms: The Feingold diet for ADHD shows how all of those pretty blues, yellows, reds and other colors in our kids’ fun foods can cause spaciness or hyperactivity, especially in children. Artificial flavors and preservatives, especially BHA and BHT, do the same. Food isn’t fresh if it’s got these ingredients in it.
  5. Canned foods have high levels of endocrine-disrupting BPA, BPS and phthalates: That plastic lining on the inside of your canned food is doing more harm to your health than you think, as it can lead to hypothyroidism and gunk up your cells’ mitochondrial dysfunction. Plus, the food is definitely not fresh!
  6. Even frozen food isn’t fresh: The late Dr. Annemarie Colbin, author and founder of The Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City, said that freezing fruits and vegetables ruptures the cell walls of the plants, thereby reducing the nutritional value of the food.
  7. You can add love to your food when you cook it: Have you ever noticed how much better food tastes when it’s homemade or made by your mom? Some people think it’s love that makes the food taste better.
  8. Processed food contains more sugar and/or high-fructose corn syrup: Robert Lustig teaches how harmful sugar is to our health. I know you’ve read that statement before, but did you know that sugar is the most inflammatory food there is AND it feeds cancer?
  9. Processed food typically contains unhealthy canola, soy and other harmful vegetable oils: I know you’re scratching your head at this one. It took me a while to wrap my head around it, especially because many “healthy food” magazines tout the benefits of canola and other vegetable oils. The Weston A. Price Foundation shows us how the extreme processing of these oils leads to rancid oils containing high amounts of inflammatory free radicals. Grandma didn’t eat these oils, and neither does my family!
  10. Fresh food has more nutrients: Compared to “healthy” fast food alternatives, fresh, homemade food has more nutrients plus the love you put into it!

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July 8, 2013

Do You Have a Zinc Deficiency?

Do You Have a Zinc Deficiency?Here’s a fun way to test for a zinc deficiency, which is common in many people, especially those with compromised immune systems:  do a zinc challenge.

It’s very easy to do:  buy some Zinc Challenge, put a little in a cup, swish it in your mouth, then spit it out.  It will taste different depending on your zinc status.

People with a zinc deficiency commonly have either a poor sense or a hyper-sensitive sense of taste and smell, and they won’t be able to taste the zinc sulfate monohydrate that’s in Zinc Challenge.

Those with sufficient zinc will notice that it tastes like old eggs and will want to spit it out immediately.  In my experience, most people think it tastes like water.

Be sure not to tell anyone ahead of time (especially kids) what kind of tastes to expect!

 

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July 6, 2013

Pine Nut Cheese Recipe

 Pine Nut Cheese RecipeHere’s a delicious, dairy-free, raw, vegan nut cheese recipe. You could substitute other nuts for pine nuts, as pine nuts are somewhat expensive.

Serves:  1 cup

Prep time:  10 minutes

Cook time:  45 minutes

Source:  Culinary Farmacy

Ingredient

  • 1 cup pine nuts (soaked overnight, rinsed and drained)
  • 1 head garlic
  • 2-3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 heaping tablespoon sweet white miso
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400F. Cut the flower end of the garlic head off, and wrap it in tinfoil after drizzling in olive oil. The garlic will take 40-45 minutes to roast. Once the garlic is done, let it cool.

Remove the garlic paste and add with all other ingredients to a food processor. Blend the ingredients together until very smooth and creamy.

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July 5, 2013

LENTIL SALAD WITH CILANTRO AND LIME

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July 1, 2013

I’M NOW OFFERING KLAIRE LABS PROBIOTICS AND PROTHERA SUPPLEMENTS

Klaire Labs probiotic_groupI’d like to let everyone know that I am now offering my clients world-class probiotics from Klaire Labs and supplements from their parent company, ProThera.

Klaire Labs’ probiotics are a known and trusted entity, especially in the autism-recovery world, and the application of their probiotics extends far beyond autism to those with allergies, asthma, ADHD, OCD, SPD and other autoimmune, digestive and neurological disorders.

The ProThera line includes minerals, vitamins, fatty acids and supplements designed to improve the function of the immune system, liver and adrenals, as well as antioxidants, amino acids and enzymes.  They even carry non-denatured whey protein!

To learn more about how I can help improve your symptoms of these conditions, you can read more about me here.

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June 25, 2013

Epidemic Answers Announces Collaboration with Developmental Delay Resources to Raise Awareness about Recovery of Children from Autism, ADHD, Developmental Delays, Allergies, Asthma and More

EA_logoWEST SIMSBURY, Conn., June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Epidemic Answers, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization at www.epidemicanswers.org dedicated to educating the public about the epidemics of chronic illness and helping parents find healing solutions, is joining forces with Developmental Delay Resources (www.devdelay.org), the only educational resource for families dealing with developmental delays that integrates the full spectrum of treatments and therapeutic modalities from diet interventions to biomedical protocols, physical therapies and everything in between.

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130625/CG37989)

Epidemic Answers (EA) and Developmental Delay Resources (DDR) are combining efforts to raise awareness about the record number of children being diagnosed with chronic health conditions and developmental delays.  The rates of autism are now 1 in 50 children and 1 in 31 boys.  The rate of asthma is 1 in 8 children, and the rate of ADHD is 1 in 10 children.

Both EA and DDR are dedicated to educating parents about the environmental factors that contribute to these conditions.  Beyond that, both organizations subscribe to the belief children can recover from these conditions.

“The fundamental belief that ties our two organizations together is the belief that children can get better,” said Beth Lambert, Executive Director of Epidemic Answers.  “Both EA and DDR want the public to know that there are answers for their children and that personalized application of therapeutic, healing and recovery solutions can bring children closer to reaching their full potential.”

DDR’s Executive Director, Patricia Lemer, will be joining the EA Board of Directors, bringing forty years of experience to advise and help guide the future of Epidemic Answers.

DDR will be supporting Epidemic Answers’ latest project aimed at raising awareness:  The Canary Kids Film Project.  For this project, Epidemic Answers will be supporting seven children with a diagnosis (such as autism, ADHD, allergies, or asthma) and providing them with free healing and recovery services for eighteen months.  These children’s recovery journeys will then be documented and made into a feature length film to be directed and produced by award-winning film maker Mary Mazzio.

The children in the program will be involved in a clinical study being run by Dr. Martha Herbert, MD, PhD, pediatric neurologist and professor of neurology from Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Herbert will be tracking the children’s progress over the course of the program by collecting biomedical data.  The program and film are being entirely funded through donations and grants.  To learn more about and view the trailer of The Canary Kids Film Project, or to make a donation, please visit:  www.epidemicanswers.org/canary-kids.

Epidemic Answers will manage the collaboration between DDR and EA.  DDR members are welcomed to join the EA community by visiting www.EpidemicAnswers.org and signing up for the newsletter.

Epidemic Answers was founded in 2009 by two moms, Beth Lambert (author of “A Compromised Generation:  The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America’s Children”) and Michelle Tortora.  Through a variety of healing modalities (including diet, supplements, energy medicine, homeopathy, and others), both Beth and Michelle have recovered their children from chronic illnesses including autism, sensory processing disorder, Lyme disease, allergies and more.  Epidemic Answers is dedicated to educating the public about the epidemic of chronic illness affecting the current generation of children and providing prevention and healing solutions for parents, caregivers and future parents.

To view this video on YouTube, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjXFDDELLRI

Media Contact: Maria Rickert Hong, Media Director, Epidemic Answers, (860) 217-0111, [email protected]

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