Oh, another amazing thing I learned in the early part of this year is the benefit of eating one egg a day, and word is, it's the yolks people! Yes, there was recently a CBC radio piece about this, how the craze in the 80s about cholesterol in eggs being bad for you has been detrimental to health in North America.
Cholesterol is the main component of the myelin sheaths on your nerves, and the seratonin in your brain, so if you are suffering nervous or depression problems, try adding an egg a day... it might beat medication!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Sneaky nutrition...
So alot has happened in the past few months since I last posted. First, I RE-discovered how much the smoothies are helping us... by lapsing in making them for a few weeks. Suddenly behaviours I had all but forgotten started to return. The kids started arguing with me and each other noticeably more!
So I decided I need to improve our nutrient sources in everything else we eat so that we don't rely so heavily on the smoothie.
Here's what I have tried so far...
1) Added Udo's Oil (with DHA) to peanut butter (1 tsp oil to 2 Tbsp peanut butter) and made peanut butter and jelly sandwich with it. They didn't even notice the oil (he he, jubilant sneaky mom laugh)!
2)Tried grinding wakame with my herb grinder and adding it to soup, it was a huge hit! Going to start adding it to more soups, sauces and any dish I can for the extra nutrients, EFAs and minerals
Here is the soup recipe
2-3 large soup bones
salt, pepper & thyme
1 Tbsp cooking oil
1/2 chopped onion
1 chopped yellow, red or orange pepper
2-3 cloves garlic
6-8 chopped mushrooms
2 large chopped carrots
2 cups natural chicken, beef or lamb stock
1/4 cup red wine
4 cups water
1-2 bay leaves
3-4 sticks wakame, rinsed and ground in herb grinder (1-2 Tbsp)
1) Sprinkle soup bones with salt, pepper and thyme and brown them in a fry pan with a little oil.
2) Saute onion, pepper, garlic and mushrooms in a small amount of oil
3) Combine prepared bones, onion mixture and remaining ingredients above in a large pot, bring to a boil, and simmer covered on low for 2-3 hours
4) One hour before serving, add remaining ingredients below and simmer uncovered for the hour before serving:
1/2 cup orzo or brown rice
1 can chick peas, black beans or mixed canned beans
Frozen edamame, peas, corn
(Side note, never fry with olive oil or any other high quality EFA oil such as flax oil! Olive oil, when heated to frying heat breaks down and releases free radicals. As with all high quality EFA oils they should be consumed cold, or added to the dish at the end of cooking for their best benefit to the health)
I also started thinking, what if whole groups of kids could get these omega oils every day?!
I started researching and discovered a school in the UK who had run a trial with amazing results. (Check out http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/parenting/organic-oil-that-turned-adhd-children-into-superstudents-1077637.html). So I resolved to try and get a trial going in our school division. Working on that and will keep you posted!
So I decided I need to improve our nutrient sources in everything else we eat so that we don't rely so heavily on the smoothie.
Here's what I have tried so far...
1) Added Udo's Oil (with DHA) to peanut butter (1 tsp oil to 2 Tbsp peanut butter) and made peanut butter and jelly sandwich with it. They didn't even notice the oil (he he, jubilant sneaky mom laugh)!
2)Tried grinding wakame with my herb grinder and adding it to soup, it was a huge hit! Going to start adding it to more soups, sauces and any dish I can for the extra nutrients, EFAs and minerals
Here is the soup recipe
2-3 large soup bones
salt, pepper & thyme
1 Tbsp cooking oil
1/2 chopped onion
1 chopped yellow, red or orange pepper
2-3 cloves garlic
6-8 chopped mushrooms
2 large chopped carrots
2 cups natural chicken, beef or lamb stock
1/4 cup red wine
4 cups water
1-2 bay leaves
3-4 sticks wakame, rinsed and ground in herb grinder (1-2 Tbsp)
1) Sprinkle soup bones with salt, pepper and thyme and brown them in a fry pan with a little oil.
2) Saute onion, pepper, garlic and mushrooms in a small amount of oil
3) Combine prepared bones, onion mixture and remaining ingredients above in a large pot, bring to a boil, and simmer covered on low for 2-3 hours
4) One hour before serving, add remaining ingredients below and simmer uncovered for the hour before serving:
1/2 cup orzo or brown rice
1 can chick peas, black beans or mixed canned beans
Frozen edamame, peas, corn
(Side note, never fry with olive oil or any other high quality EFA oil such as flax oil! Olive oil, when heated to frying heat breaks down and releases free radicals. As with all high quality EFA oils they should be consumed cold, or added to the dish at the end of cooking for their best benefit to the health)
I also started thinking, what if whole groups of kids could get these omega oils every day?!
I started researching and discovered a school in the UK who had run a trial with amazing results. (Check out http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/parenting/organic-oil-that-turned-adhd-children-into-superstudents-1077637.html). So I resolved to try and get a trial going in our school division. Working on that and will keep you posted!
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