When it’s bone-cold outside, this body-warming one-pot dish will be welcome at your dinner table! This stealth vegetable-packed ragu is loaded with immune-boosting vitamins and minerals. The parsnip and carrot impart a delicious sweetness, kind of like a “meaty” carrot cake! It’s both savory and sweet, wonderfully spiced and leaves you feeling sated and satisfied. […]
Simple Roast Chicken with Garlic Chive Rub
Chicken, specifically pasture-raised chicken, is an excellent choice of hormone-balancing protein. It is also an excellent source of thyroid-supporting B vitamins (all B vitamins) and thyroid-supporting selenium; it is a good source of other minerals, including zinc, phosphorus, magnesium and iron. Personally, I am not obsessed about cooking a “perfect” roast chicken with brown, crisped […]
Carb-licious Comfort Food: Apple Butternut Squash Soup
Turn around cravings for processed white carbs—bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, baked goods—by incorporating more starchy orange carbs, like this naturally sweet and satisfying apple butternut squash soup. This smart carb combination marries immune-boosting butternut squash, apples and parsley. The good news: making this soup yourself requires very little “cooking” skills. Yes, you’ll do some prep […]
Creamy Carb Comfort: Cauliflower Mashed “Potatoes”
If you’re weaning yourself off of “white foods”, like bread, pasta, rice and potatoes—starchy foods that raise blood sugar and can contribute to weight gain—you’ll be happy to know that there is one white food that you can enjoy with virtual abandon: cauliflower mashed “potatoes”. Truth? There are no potatoes in this mash—just cauliflower. But, […]