Allergies Suck!!

Inflammation is to blame. Allergies is our body's defense mechanism against foreign objects. Our immune system rushes to protect. Inflammation is the effect. One could subside the symptoms by allowing the body to reduce the urgency of defense. Tell it to take a step back with these methods:

• Increase Quercetin (Antioxidant). It helps to prevent release of histamine which causesinflammation. 

 Find it in Apples (with skin on), Berries, Red grapes, Red Onions, capers and black tea.

• Dose of Carotenoids - eliminates inflammation in airways.

Find it in Apricots, Carrots, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Spinach, Kale, Butternut Squash, Collard greens.

• Omega-3 Fatty acids. Helps reduce production of inflammatory chemicals in body.

Find in Fish / Fish Oil capsules, Flax Seed, Walnuts

• During Flareups reduce intake of egg yolks, red meat & shellfish which are high in arachidonic acid, which may be associated with hay fever allergies.

Base-ically Nuts!

Mini Nut Crackers with Spicy Chicken & Tomato Topping

Nuts are a wonderful addition to foods, when in search of a healthy diet. Fiber full - nuts can clean your digestive system, help in losing weight & add plenty of nutrients to the body

To prepare this recipe, you'll need a Handful each ofwalnuts, almonds, pinenuts, coconut powder, and driedfigs. A tablespoon of Kalonji and 2 tablespoons of Flax seed all mixed together and ground into a powder. 


I added some turmeric to the mix and a drop or 2 of water. Now u have a dough like paste. 

Flatten in to crackers and bake until golden.




The crackers taste wonderful as is! Very similar to a nut filled granola bar. You can add a little bit of natural sweetener and you've got yourself a nut filled cookie. I didn't find the need for sugar (maybe because I added dried figs to the mix, which probably gave it it sweetness.)  You can change the recipe to your liking, add more of what you like, or eliminate what you don't like. Plus there are plenty of other nuts that weren't included here, that you can include if you like.




Or you can add any toppings you'd like. 

Here I have stir fried chicken, with fresh tomatoes, fresh purple cabbage and fresh hot peppers. My spices for the chicken consisted of cayenne of course, and Cajun spices.

Wild Purple & Yellow Breakfast

  
Today I woke up with the thought of making breakfast. Initial thought was eggs, but I needed more oomph to the dish. Not having an idea as to what's in the fridge, I opened it to notice some boiled beets, & boiled quinoa.  I felt like I needed more ingredients, so I opened the vegetable drawer to find some yams and orange bell peppers.  All ingredients out of the fridge, now I needed to figure out what to make.



Ingredient List:

Eggs - Quinoa - Beets - Wild Rice - Flax Seed - Raw Almonds - Yam - Orange Bell Peppers - Garlic - Cayenne - Black Pepper - Olive Oil    AND    Blackberries 


Wild Purple Quinoa  
I decided to mix the quinoa with the beets and add some fibre to it. I boiled some wild rice, and also ground flax seed and ground raw almond nuts. 

Yam & Pepper Medley 
For this, I chopped the yam and peppers, (boiled the yams) and then quickly stir fried the with some cayenne and black pepper & garlic. I had accidentally made too much wild rice for the quinoa, so I used the rest here.

Egg
Simple easy sunny side up egg, with a sprinkle of cayenne, blackpepper and salt.

Blackberry Beet juice
to top this all off I made a juice to drink later on as a mini snack. I say snack, because along with the beets and blackberries & orange juice, I added ground flax seed and ground raw almonds. These provide you with the nutrients, without altering the taste of the juice. Please note NO SUGAR was added. Blackberries alone give the sweet taste, and Beets are usually a source of sugar.. so don't add the sugar if you don't need it.