Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Sweet Chipotle carrot fries

Absolutely love sweet potato Chipotle fries! Man, I had a craving for them last night! So I made the same thing but with carrots! To my surprise they tasted exactly like sweet Chipotle fries! Only the texture was different because it was carrots and not potatoes .
  it tastes amazing it's super easy!
I took about six to eight carrots and slice into little sticks, about the shape of fries.
I tossed them in olive oil with a good sprinkle of Mrs.Dash Chipotle Southwest seasoning, a good sprinkle of cinnamon, and salt & pepper to taste. The last thing I did before I popped it into the oven is I put a couple pats of butter on top.
I then placed the carrots onto a cookie sheet and bake them at 400 degrees for about 25 minutes or until crisp and golden brown.

They will come out super sweet with the kick of heat!
-Happy Tuesday!

Monday, April 29, 2013

Avocado pudding

Who doesn't like chocolate pudding? No one!
We make a great chocolate pudding thats not only amazingly tasty but healthy for you too. So healthy you can eat it for breakfast! What ? that's crazy! But its true!
Ingredients are
1 ripe avocado
honey to taste
A tablespoon of coconut oil
A sprinkle of vanilla extract
A tablespoon of bone broth ( optional)
Cocoa powder as little or as much as you like!
Just enough coconut milk how to make it smooth.

Place all ingredients into a blender or food processor except for the coconut milk. When you turn on the blender or food processor add the coconut milk until it reaches a  consistency that you enjoy.
And there you have it folks!

The beginning

"This is going to be a complete failure!" I say over myself.
But I'm tired! I'm really ,really tired! Tired of a constant struggle between wanting so much more of a whole  life for my family and the hustle and bustle of our culture. It's a tough world out there! A world in which we suffer physically and psychologically. 
This blog is going to be a journal. A chronological input of the improvements, my frustrations, and hard work that's going to go into this diet  lifestyle.

Niko will be turning six next year. I can hardly believe it that he is 5 years old. It's been a hard 5 years not only for him having developmental delays and sensory processing disorder but, me too with the history of depression. However, I am healed of my depression, I feel it lurking within me waiting to attack at any moment of weakness. Top of that, our family has a history in digestive disorders!  It would be silly and almost unethical , neglect if you will to continue allowing my family to ingest the foods that our society claims to be safe. Clearly they are harming us.   Not only harming but they're damaging us!
So after the research that I've completed , is that the GAPS diet is the best way for my family to get some healing.
We have been on full gaps for about 3 weeks as I complete the book. And I can already tell you I'm seeing major improvements and my son. And not only improvement in him, but I'm actually able to see which foods disrupt our internal self.

I really hope that this blog is is a reminder of what good things to come. I hope it can accurately describe the changes that I'm seeing. I hope its used for constant encouragement to me at times where is really hard. 
And of course, I'll post the recipes with reviews on how my family like them.
I hope everyone will stay with me on this journey. Don't have expectations of post everyday because Lord knows I don't have the time to do that! But ,I will try is often as I can!
 I feel like this is a new beginning for a family. I feel like God is really called me to serve in my kitchen right now and I'm looking forward to what comes out of it...on plates and in my family.
Happy Monday y'all!