Category: Vegetables

Vegetable are vitamin and mineral powder house.  Getting more vegetables in your diet can be the best way to crowd out refined carbohydrates and increasing satiation and nutrient density.

Vegetables

Sea Vegetables – the forgotten vegetables

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Have you ever tried sea vegetables before?

Think of nori rolls – the thin green outer wrap is a sea vegetable.

They are super healthy and can be added to any savoury dish including salads, stews, soups etc…

With a rich salty taste these wonders from the ocean are high in minerals – close to the mineral contents of human blood.

They contain high amounts of calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, sodium, iron and iodine making them fabulous chelating agents (have the ability to remove heavy metals from our body.)

As an added bonus they are a great source of phytochemicals and have a balancing effect on the thyroid.

So what else are they good for:

  • Help protect sensitive from the sun
  • Help improve blood circulation in the scalp
  • Help the immune system
  • Has an alkaline effect on the body

My favs are Dulse flakes, Nori flakes and rolls and Wakame flakes.

So, add some sea veggies to your diet today!

Let food be thy medicine and medicine by thy food…. Hippocrates.

Side dishes, Vegetables

Spaghetti Squash

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Have you ever tried Spaghetti Squash?

When cooked it does actually look like spaghetti. So cool! And delicious too.

To Cook:

Cut it in half, rub over a little ghee, season and bake it in the oven for 45 mins – 1 hour at 180 deg. Scoop out the strands of flesh and use as desired and freeze the rest in portion sizes for added convenience.

It is so versatile. It can be used wherever you would normally use pasta. Soups, pasta dishes, omelettes – possibilities are endless.

They are in season now (April) and nature does this for a reason. They have fabulous antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties providing us with an immune boost in readiness for the flu season.

Get it into ya!