Maria Rickert Hong June 6, 2013

Chia Breakfast Pudding

My fellow IIN health coach, Elisa Haggerty, has developed this blood-sugar friendly chia breakfast pudding that’s GAPS, SCD and Paleo-legal.

Serves: 1

Prep time: 5 minutes

Source: Culinary Farmacy

Ingredients

1 cup almond milk, coconut milk or hemp milk
1 tablespoon coconut oil or ghee
1 pinch dried stevia
1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon maca (optional)
4 tablespoons chia seeds (or more, if you want a thicker porridge)
3/4 cups blueberries or other berries
ground cinnamon (to taste (I prefer Ceylon cinnamon))
2 tablespoons local bee pollen

Directions

Place the first 5 ingredients in a blender and blend for 30 seconds. Pour the milk mixture into your breakfast or “on the go” bowl. Add in the chia seeds and stir. Let it sit for at least 30 minutes so that it really thickens up and becomes gelatinous.

Stir and add in berries and spice of choice, such as cinnamon and nutmeg. Optional: for an extra protein/omega 3 boosts, toss some bee pollen and hemp seeds on top!

Ingredients

2 cups nuts of choice (soaked overnight, dehydrated and chopped)
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons coconut oil (melted)
1 large pasture-raised egg

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F.

Place flour and salt in a food processor and pulse briefly. Add coconut oil and egg and pulse until mixture forms a ball.

Press dough into a 9-inch pie plate. Bake for 8-12 minutes.

Ingredients

2 cups almond flour
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil or coconut oil
3 large pasture-raised eggs

Directions

Mix ingredients into a ball. Flatten into a circle on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350F for 10-15 minutes, or until golden brown.

Ingredients

1/2 cup coconut flour
1/4 cup ground chia seeds
1/4 cup coconut oil
3/4 cups boiled, filtered water
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
1/8 teaspoon granulated garlic
1/2 teaspoon fresh rosemary (minced)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375F.

Using a whisk or fork, mix the dry ingredients in a bowl until well incorporated. Add the coconut oil into the bowl. Add the hot water a little at a time, stirring as you add it in. (This will melt the coconut oil.)

Mix well with a spoon, stirring and mashing out any lumps that might still exist. Once you have a uniform dough in a ball, place it on your silpat or unbleached parchment-paper lined tray and roll out. Keep rolling your dough until it is as thin as you can get it without seeing through or tearing it. Feel free to move pieces of dough around and press it in- the dough is forgiving and easy to “cut and paste.” Slice into squares with a pizza cutter.

Bake for approximately 20 minutes, depending on your oven.

Ingredients

1 lb ground, grass-fed beef
1/2 lb ground bison
3-1/2 oz shiitake mushrooms (roughly chopped)
2 large beefsteak tomatoes (large dice)
1 medium yellow onion (diced)
2 stalks celery (chopped)
1 large carrot (peeled and coarsely chopped)
2 teaspoons coconut aminos
6oz tomato paste
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
1 head cauliflower (chopped)
4 large parsnips (peeled and coarsely chopped)
3 tablespoons pastured ghee
sea salt (to taste)
freshly ground black pepper (to taste)

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium pot with a steamer basket, steam cauliflower and parsnips until fork tender.

While that is cooking, add onion, celery, carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes, coconut aminos, thyme, salt and pepper to a large skillet with 1 tablespoon of ghee. Cook on medium until onions are translucent and veggies are tender. Add ground meat and tomato paste.

Cook stovetop mixture on medium until meat is cooked. Simmer for 10 minutes to allow juice to boil off.

In a baking dish (smaller if you like thicker layers or larger is you like thinner layers), spoon in meat mixture.

Mash cauliflower and parsnips with remaining ghee. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Spread cauliflower mixture over the meat mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Let rest for 20 minutes. Serve.

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Maria Rickert Hong April 22, 2013

Cauliflower Pizza Crust

Here’s a great way to get more veggies into your diet! This gluten-free, cauliflower pizza crust is GAPS, SCD and Paleo legal.

Serves: 4

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes

Source: Food Loves Writing

Ingredients

2 cups cauliflower crumbles (about one small cauliflower or half of a really big one)
1/4 large onion (chopped)
3 cloves garlic (minced)
1 cup almond flour
2 large pasture-raised eggs
sea salt (to taste)
freshly ground black pepper (to taste)

Directions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

Combine cauliflower with onion and garlic in a food processor* and pulse until crumbly, being careful not to over-mix (you don’t want it to become a paste). Then stir this mixture together with garlic, almond meal, and eggs, and a couple good cracks of salt and pepper. If it seems too dry, you can add a little water; if it seems too wet, add more almond meal (between another 1/4 and 1/2 cup).

Form into pizza crusts and bake them alone for 20 minutes. Top with desired toppings and bake for another 10 minutes.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons ghee or coconut oil
freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
4 tablespoons SCD yogurt or coconut milk (if you want a dairy-free version, use coconut milk)
2 medium ripe avocados
4 medium zucchini (shredded with a julienne peeler)
sea salt (to taste)
1 medium freshly squeezed lemon juice

Directions

Heat the oil in a saute’ pan over medium heat. Add the zucchini and saute’ for 3-4 minutes, until zucchini has softened. Stir often.

While zucchini is cooking, use a fork to mash up the avocado with the yogurt/mayo/coconut milk, salt, pepper, and lemon juice. It should resemble a smooth guacamole. Turn off the heat and toss the sauce in the sauteed zucchini to warm the sauce. Serve immediately.

Ingredients

2 medium cucumbers (peeled and sliced into thin rounds)
4 pinches sea salt
1/2 cup dried wakame
1 large orange (zested and juiced)
1/2 cup fresh cilantro (minced)
1/4 cup scallions (chopped)
6 tablespoons raw apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons coconut aminos
2 tablespoons raw, local honey

Directions

Place cucumbers and sea salt in a medium bowl. Rub the salt into the cucumbers until water starts to be released. Place a large plate on cucumbers; add a small weighted object on top of plate. Let “press” for 20 minutes.

Soak the wakame in a small bowl with enough water to cover for 10 minutes. Remove seaweed and chop roughly. Discard soaking water.

Place the pressed cucumbers, wakame, orange zest, cilantro and scallions into a bowl. Mix well.

In a small separate bowl, add the vinegar, orange juice, coconut aminos and honey. Stir well. Pour into seaweed salad. Stir well. Cover and marinate in refrigerator for 1/2 hour.

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Maria Rickert Hong February 6, 2013

Ginger Cilantro Seaweed Salad

Serves: 4

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 15 minutes

Source: The Whole Truth Eating and Recipe Guide

This ginger cilantro seaweed salad is a tasty way to get sea and other vegetables into your diet.

Ingredients

1 cup filtered water
2-3 large carrots (peeled and cut into thin strips)
1/2 head cauliflower (cut into small florets)
1/4 cup arame or hiziki (soaked)
1 large red bell pepper (deseeded and diced)
2″ piece of ginger (peeled and sliced thin)
1/4 bunch fresh cilantro (rinsed and chopped)
1/2 cup pine nuts (soaked overnight, rinsed and drained, then dehydrated)
2 tablespoons coconut aminos
1 clove garlic (peeled and minced)
2 tablespoons sweet white miso
1/3 cup toasted sesame oil
1/2-1 cup filtered water

Directions

Bring 1c. water to a boil and blanch carrots for 2-3 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain in a colander. Repeat blanching with cauliflower for 3-4 minutes and drain in a colander.

Add seaweed to the blanching water, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Drain seaweed and combine in a mixing bowl with carrots, cauliflower and diced red pepper.

For the dressing:

Combine ginger, cilantro, pine nuts, coconut aminos, garlic, miso and sesame oil in a food processor. Slowly add water to achieve desired consistency.

Coat vegetables with dressing and serve.

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