Family Dinner

It is super rare that we as a family actually get to sit down and eat dinner together. But tonight we were all in the same place so we feasted on delicious local veggies and beef =). The menu included spicy garlic kale (my fav veggie!), Soft Yam Chips, Sage and Oregano Omega packed meat balls, Ginger Coconut Carrots.

This meal was packed with omega 3 fatty acids in that the meatballs were loaded with organic beef which is high in omegas, sprouted flax seed, and omega eggs. It also had tons of Vitamin A, beta Carotene, and Vitamin C in the carrots and yams. The Kale brought it all together with iron, calcium, and vitamin D.

***Note because I can't help but snack while I cook I ate like 10 meatballs while I was cooking this so I only put 2 on my plate for dinner but I would recommend a higher meat ratio on your plate =) ***

Omega Meat Balls:

-1lb Organic Local Lean Ground Beef (98% lean)

-1 omega egg

-1/4 c sprouted ground flax seed

-1/4 cup diced sage and oregano

-1/4 tsp pink himalayan sea salt

-1/4 c diced white onion

-tsp fresh cracked pepper

mix all ingredients together in a bowl - spoon out a tbsp of meat ball mix and roll between hands into a ball - place in a frying pan - add tbsp water and 1/2 tbsp ghee - saute until done (I eat them medium rare)

Ginger Coconut Carrots

-one bunch of small carrots

-1/2 tbsp crushed ginger

-1/2 tbsp coconut oil

take off the green tops off of the carrots and steam until easily punctured by knife

saute in coconut oil and ginger just until evenly coated and thats all - do not need to cook further

Spicy Garlic Kale

-tbsp garlic

-tsp ghee

-2 tbsp water

-1/4 tsp pink salt

-1/2 tsp cracked red pepper

-1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

-diced habanero pepper

-1 bunch kale - leaves torn into small sections off of shaft

-saute ghee, ginger and spices until melted and garlic is lightly cooked - add kale and water and cook until leaves are wilted, then saute until coated with seasoning.

YAMS!!!!

-3 medium sized yams

-tbsp garlic olive oil

-tbsp garlic

-pink salt

slice yams into "chips" and bathe in olive oil, garlic, and salt. Bake at 400 deg. F for 45 min or until crisp at edges and soft in center. ( I prepared these first and started baking them and then cooked all other items while these were baking)

Sweet Digestion

This juice will get your belly ready for anything

-2 cups

papaya diced

-1/2 cup fresh pressed apple juice

-1/2 cup spring water

blend together and enjoy 30 min before your next meal

(This is me pressing the apples in a citrus press...well that was all we had - worth a good laugh)

Chicken and Beets

What I love about beets:

-you can use the entire vegetable; the root and leaf - in fact the leaf and the beet are equally nutritious

-Beets are high in folic acid, potassium, calcium and antioxidants; betacyanin, which is what gives beets their rich red color.

-Beet greens are high in Vit K, A; beta carotene and lutein

-they are sweet and therefor can be paired with sweet or savory sauces.

Here is part of my lunch which was ginger, lemon, dill beets on a bed of beet greens

Ingredients and directions:

-1 stock of beets (separate the green tops and the root bulb - wash, peal the leaves into small sections and throw in a pan, cut the base and top off the root and place in a steamer and steam until easily pierced with a fork)

-tsp crushed ginger, tbsp fresh and separated dill (this means you pull apart the dill into smaller pieces), the juice of one lemon (mix together)

-dice 1/4th of an onion and saute in a pinch of himalayan sea salt, fresh cracked pepper, tsp ghee until translucent and then add beet greens - cover until beet greens are wilted.

-When beet roots are steamed and "soft" slice and bathe in ginger sauce and then place on top of greens.

we enjoyed this on the side of rosemary garlic chicken breast

-place 2 chicken breasts in a glass baking pan - drizzle garlic olive oil, a tsp of garlic, tbsp of diced white onion, pinch of himalayan sea salt, pinch of cayenne pepper, and a tbsp of diced fresh rosemary, add a tbsp of water to the glass pan and cover in aluminum foil

-bake at 350 degrees (ours were large and took about 30 min to bake) until cooked all the way through - until you get the feel for this you just need to cut into them to check for pink or poke with a meat thermometer (should read 170 deg f).

Kayla's Power Juice

This is my sister Kayla and me on our walk to the lake

Ingredients:

-1 fresh pomegranate (separate seeds in a bowl of water - break apart the pom in a bowl of water until all the seeds are separated from the white membrane - remove all floating material and save seeds by draining water.)

-2 ripe Persimmons - remove seeds and slice

-1 cup water

blend all ingredients together and enjoy! if you want it more like juice and less like a smoothie because it is thick as is - add more water and strain through cheese cloth to remove all the pomegranate seeds (these add fiber to the drink if you eat them)

Cookies an Cream smoothie

This is a powerhouse recovery smoothie that I recommend at any time of day.

Ingredients

-whey to go - vanilla whey (unsweetened) 2 scoops

-1 scoop sprouted ground flax seed

-1 cup unsweetened almond milk (recipe to be posted soon)

-1/8th cup cocao nibs

-1tbsp coconut oil

-1 cup water or ice (ice if you want it thick, water if you want it thin and chunky)

blend all ingredients together and then slurp

Greens and Eggs

Super simple, delicious, and full of flavor. A twist of green eggs to greens and eggs.

Ingredients:

-small head of broccoli

-3 rainbow chard leaves

-chopped garlic

-7 fresh basil leaves

-fresh chives (tbsp)

-tbsp Ghee

-tsp raw goat cheddar cheese

-2 organic omega 3 eggs

-1/2 tsp himalayan sea salt

- chop broccoli into florets and lightly steam while you dice garlic, chives, basil - saute herbs and salt with Ghee in a frying pan. Chop chard into small slivers and add to pan and saute until wilted - put on plate. Put broccoli on plate and dust with raw cheddar. Fry 2 eggs in remaining ghee and spice left in pan and then place on greens on plate.

Enjoy every bite =)