Lauren Creamy Curry

3-4 chicken breasts cut in pieces
1 medium diced onion
1 carrot diced or sliced
2 cloves garlic
4 T butter or coconut oil
1/4 c flour
3-4 T curry powder
1 t ground tumeric
1 t brown sugar
1 heaping tsp basil (or handful of chopped fresh)
cayenne to taste (1/2t if you want spicy)
1/4t cinnamon
1 c water
1 can coconut milk cream or half and half (or mixture of both) or substitutes when I don't have coconut milk (1. cream or 2.sour cream (3.cream cheese) add more milk or 4. water or 5. chicken broth, or 6. cashew or almond paste (blended in blender), or  7. tomato puree/pulp.
1 small can of diced tomatoes
Squeeze and lime or lemon in the pot before serving

Brown chicken in butter on medium high heat.
Add veggies and let simmer with chicken for about 2 min.
Stir in curry powder and flour- stir for about 1 min and stir in water.  When it begins to simmer stir in cream.  Now add all the remaining ingredients.  Bring to simmer, may need to turn up to high heat to begin a simmer. Let simmer 30 min, stir occasionally.

Add extra curry powder or cayenne if you like spicier.

If too thick add more milk or cream.

Serve with favorite rice, naan or fresh flour tortillas.

Chicken, Rice, and Salad

1.  In Crockpot-
1lb frozen chicken
8oz container of French Onion dip (in dairy section)


2.  In rice cooker-
4c water
2c brown rice

3.  In a salad bowl mix-
spinach or romaine
shredded red cabbage
shredded carrots
toasted pumpkin seeds (or sunflower seeds or almonds or pecans)
sesame ginger salad dressing

Scoop up rice, top with chicken, then add the salad mixture to the top!!!!  I loved it.

PS- I like to make a salad in a large glass bowl at the beginning of the week with- chopped romaine or spinach, shredded cabbage, shredded carrots, shredded broccoli or cauliflower.
Then in a separate small bowl I chop tomatoes and cucumber the just for that day to eat b/c they go bad quicker after you chop them.

Then every time for dinner or lunch I pull out the larger bowl that has all prepared salad, Grab some of that salad and put it in a separate bowl to add tomatoes, cucumbers and nuts.  Helps cut down on the time for washing, chopping, and preparing of veggies

baked potato soup

Our Best Bites

3 Tbs butter

2-3 cloves garlic, minced

1 chopped onion (sauteed)

1/2 C flour
4 1/2 C milk (low fat works great)
1 14oz can chicken broth
4 medium baking potatoes (about 2 1/2 pounds) baked*
2 C grated cheddar (or sharp cheddar) cheese, divided
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1 1/2 C  sour cream (low fat is fine), divided
1/2 C chopped green onions, divided
8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled, divided

*don’t have time to bake potatoes in the oven?  Just pierce them with a fork a few times and then pop them in the microwave.  Cook in 5 minute intervals until a knife easily pierces through them.  It usually takes 5-10 minutes.  To bake in the oven, pierce each potato with a fork and place directly on oven rack.  Bake at 375 for 45-60 minutes.

Melt butter in a stock pot over medium heat.  Add garlic and saute for 30-60 seconds until fragrant.  Add flour to pan.  Slowly add milk a little at a time while whisking constantly to eliminate lumps.   Whisk until smooth and then add chicken broth. (Now, if you get to this point and don’t have a smooth liquid.  Stop!  Save your soup by popping the mixture in the blender, then continue.)  Bring soup just to a simmer and heat until thickened, stirring often, about 5 minutes.

Once soup is thickened, turn heat down to medium-low.  Cut potatoes in half length-wise and use a spoon to scoop out potato flesh into the pot.  Use a wooden spoon to smash potatoes, breaking up large clumps.  Add 1 1/2 C grated cheese and salt and pepper and stir until cheese is melted.  Remove pan from heat and stir in 3/4 C sour cream, 1/4 C green onions, and 4 strips of the crumbled bacon.  Add additional salt and pepper to taste. Ladle into bowls and top with each serving with the remaining sour cream, onions, cheese, and bacon.

Fibroids and Cysts

1.  Adrenal, thyroid, and pituitary support

2.  Wellness Mama
It seems that optimizing selenium intake provides powerful protection against autoimmune thyroid disease, and provides tolerance of a wide range of iodine intakes.”

3.  DR Ramsey

Fibroids or cysts are indications of estrogen dominance.  which can be caused by  many things, mainly by xenoestrogens. These are xeno (alien, strange) hormones. They imitate estrogen. They are found widely in PCB’s, BPA’s (hey are found in food and beverage containers, both plastic and metal products) and Phthalates (in processed foods, plastic objects like shower curtains and toys, adhesives, detergents, shampoo and many more) and Paraben  preservative in cosmetics and food (aka- Hydroxybenzoic acid and hydroxybenzoate) .  We have all been exposed to them through breathing, eating, drinking and skin contact.

These toxins store in fat tissue and are difficult to eliminate.

Five steps to avoiding xenoestrogens:

• Avoid plastic bottles as much as possible – never freeze, warm or reuse disposable water bottles.
• If you use the microwave, never use plastic. Best is to not use the microwave.
• If you eat meat or use dairy, use from grass-fed, free-range farms.
• Use natural detergents
• Avoid paraben in skin care products.The best supplement that helps eliminate xenoestrogens from the body is DIM. 

Lastly, unload the liver. This is done by:

1. Eating as close to nature as possible
2. Drink at least half your body weight in ounces of water daily.
3. Make sure you are having at the minimum, one bowel movement daily.
4. Use castor oil massaged over liver morning and night to enhance the liver’s functioning.
5. Take 1-2 scoops of detox powder daily. Some of Dr. Ramsey’s favorites are Core Restore, Complete Detoxification and Complete Meal.

4.  Importance of Cleaning the liver- kill  microbes and parasites in the organs

5.  Cryoablation - pressurized argon gas is injected through the probe into the tumor, freezing and destroying the tissue.

6. Turmeric- turmeric and black pepper appear to stop the growth of breast tumors, Tumors do serve a function, and do it well - up to a point. They hold toxins that liver, kidneys, and intestines have not been able to adequately flush out of the system.

Massage hand where liver is- Love Liver

Acupuncture point

Lasagna Rolls

Food Network

1 can of cream of mushroom
5 cooked lasagna noodles
1/2 (16oz) bag of chopped spinach
2 eggs
salt and pepper
1/2c Parmesan cheese
mozzarella cheese
2 cups marinara sauce

5 slices of cooked bacon (or ground beef or sausage)

 450 degrees F
Pour half of the cream of mushroom on to bottom of 9x13 pan and mix in 1c of marinara sauce.

In bowl mix the other half of cream of mushroom, spinach, eggs, salt and pepper, and Parmesan.

Pour 1/4c of soupy mixture onto the edge of lasagna roll. Put mozzarella on top of soupy mixture and a slice of bacon, then roll up.

Lay the lasagna rolls seam side down, without touching on to the 9x13 pan, Pour the rest of the marinara sauce over the top and sides of the rolls.  Put remaining cheese on top of rolls.

Bake until heated through and the sauce bubbles, about 20 minutes. Uncover and bake until the cheese on top becomes golden, about 15 minutes longer

Linguine with Shrimp Scampi

Food Network

 oil
1 pound linguine
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 1/2 tablespoons good olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic (4 cloves)
1 pound large shrimp (about 16 shrimp), peeled and deveined
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1-2 T basil
1/2 lemon, zest grated
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice 
1/4 lemon, thinly sliced in half-rounds
1/4c parmesan cheese
1/8 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes

Drizzle some oil in a large pot of boiling salted water, add 1 tablespoon of salt and the linguine, and cook for 7 to 10 minutes, or according to the directions on the package.

Meanwhile, in another large (12-inch), heavy-bottomed pan, melt the butter and olive oil over medium-low heat. Add the garlic. Saute for 1 minute. Be careful, the garlic burns easily! Add the shrimp, 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt, and the pepper and saute until the shrimp have just turned pink, about 5 minutes, stirring often. Remove from the heat, add the parsley, lemon zest, lemon juice, lemon slices, and red pepper flakes. Toss to combine.

When the pasta is done, drain the cooked linguine and then put it back in the pot. Immediately add the shrimp and sauce, toss well, and serve.

10/27/15 I wanted to make it a little more creamy so i added a half of a can cream of mushroom and a little plain yogurt.

Sausage, Kale, and Noodle Soup

Saute
1 lb sausage (after cook, then put in pot of water)
1 sauted chopped onion

Boil
1 pot of water
1lb finely diced mushrooms
5 garlic cloves (1T minced garlic)
3 bay leaves
Optional (potatoes or noodles) Bought Home style Noodles or wide egg noodles (or can put diced potatoes instead)
1-2T chicken bouillon

Put in last 10min
1 1/2c chopped kale (or could use spinach)



Put everything in a pot.

Delicious!!!  So much so that when we went camping a racoon opened up our cooler and grabbed this soup container and downed it all!!!! Stinker.  True story.

Grape Crepes

100 Days of Real food

Original recipe Makes 12-15 crepes, next time double it for family of 5 to have extras or freeze the crepes.

double        original recipe
6                 3 eggs
2                 1 cup whole-wheat flour
2                 1 cup milk
1 1/4c         ¾ cup water
1/2              ¼ teaspoon salt
2                 1 tablespoon butter, melted + extra for cooking                                        

2                 1 scoop of protein powder (optional, if you add it- add a little more milk)

1. put all ingredients in blender or bowl and mix well. Let stand about 15 minutes.
2. Melt and swirl around a small pat of butter in an 8 or 10-inch frying pan over medium heat.
3. Angle pan and pour enough batter on one side to thinly and evenly cover the pan. Very quickly swirl the batter around to cover the pan in one thin layer.
4. Immediately use your cooking spatula to push down the thin edges of the crepe around the perimeter.
5. After about 1 minute (and once it is golden brown on the bottom) carefully flip it over without tearing the crepe.
6. Fry for 1 more minute on the other side (until it is golden brown as well) and then roll up each crepe. 
   Serve with 100% pure maple syrup or plain yogurt, granola, grape sauce and sometimes chloe likes to put peanut butter on them.

Grape OJ sauce-

Double       Original

4T               2T             Butter

6T               3T             Frozen condensed OJ

6T               3T             Any type of fruit juice

2c                1c             halved grapes

                                    cinnamon and/or allspice

melt 2 T butter in pan

Whisk and Add 2-3T condensed OJ

Add 2-3T water of any type of juice

Add 1c sliced grapes and let warm up 5min

Can add cinnamon or allspice

I like to zest some of the outside of 1 orange, and dice up the orange into the sauce

Or

Blueberry sauce or use blackberries instead of blue berries

Delicious!!!!