Archive for February, 2010
Holly Rigsby on Kids’ Nutrition Part 2
Posted by: | CommentsI don’t know how this woman packs in so much information in 2-1/2 minutes, but she does. Check out Part 2. To learn more about Holly got to GetFitandYummy.com.
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Holly Rigsby on getting kids to eat healthy Part 1
Posted by: | CommentsLast weekend I returned from an amazing IYCA conference. I couldn’t let the opportunity pass me by to snag super fit mom, Holly Rigsby of FitYummyMummy.com, and ask her what she recommends to encourage healthy eating for kids.
Holly had no notice about this, yet she spouted amazing tips for every parent, especially those with picky eaters.
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Stay tuned for Part 2 of my interview with Holly.
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Guru Granola Recipe
Posted by: | CommentsRecently, I enjoyed roasting up some granola and other cereal for my kids. It’s really quite simple and I made a few large batches. If you want to avoid the expense, the lack of ingredient control and enjoy a rewarding and healthy accomplishment, then try this quick recipe:
Guru Granola
There are many ways to jazz this up with dried fruits, nut butters, nuts, cinnamon & chopped apple, cocao nibs, you name it. You can jimmy it up in your own way – there is no “perfect” way to do this. For the record, I almost never make anything the same way twice. I experiment like crazy with recipes and I’m not always specific with measurements when I cook at home. This is as close estimation of measurements.
6 Cups Organic Rolled Oats (usually you can by for .90/pound or less in bulk at a local health food store)
1/4 Cup Organic Flax Seed Meal (Flax seed meal is the most easily digestible form of flax seed. If you buy it whole, just grind up in a coffee grinder.)
1/4 Cup Organic Shredded Coconut
1/4 Cup Sunflower Seeds
1/4 Cup Cocoa Powder
1/2 Cup Raw Honey + 1/2 to 3/4 Cup Hot Water (If you don’t have raw honey, don’t sweat it. You can use conventional honey, stevia powder-just mix 6Tbs or so in with dry ingredients, agave nectar or water from soaked medjoul dates)
2 Tblsp. Grapeseed Oil or Coconut Oil melted
A smattering of mini-chocolate chips. (1/4 cup max.)
Preheat your oven on to 350 degrees. (If you have a convection setting, then turn it onto that and you can double your recipe to make extra for the week!) With butter or oil, grease a large 13″x9″ glass pan.
Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the honey, water and oil. Then add the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until well blended. Scoop the mixture into the greased pan, add chocolate chips and bake in oven for 25 minutes or until suitably golden/brown. Be sure to stir at the halfway point. When done, cool completely and store for later.
Let me know how you it turns out for you and what changes you made.
The Guru Omelet
Posted by: | CommentsIngredients:
* One whole pastured chicken egg (or at least organic/free-range) -I get my eggs locally from an old-fashioned chicken farm.
* 5-6 egg whites from cheap egg source (Look, pretty much all the toxins will be in the yolk/fat tissue, so you can skimp and buy the cheap eggs to use for the whites, which have the proteins, right?)
* 1/2 cup of chopped veggies of your choice (I tend to keep chopped onion and bell peppers on hand for this purpose. Sometimes I’ll add chopped kale, collards (for calcium & phytonutrients) or even dehydrated wakame (seaweed) for iodine, which helps support thyroid function (the seaweed addition is salty and quite a different flavor, so prepare yourself for a shock)
* 1/2 oz. of organic cheese of your choice -You can add organic Parmasean, Romano, feta, raw goat’s cheese or any cheese of your choice. Keep it organic, if not raw, so as to prevent the ingestion of the recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH).
Here’s what you do:
Lightly brush olive oil onto a small frying pan. Place over medium-low heat. Then begin to crack your whole egg and 5-6 egg whites onto the pan. Break the yolk (for quicker cooking) with a spatula and cover with a lid. Gather your veggies together and sprinkle them atop the egg and cover again.
You don’t even need to turn your egg over as long as you keep it covered the heat will convect to the top and cook it through. You’ll know when it’s finished because the yolk will be fully opaque.
Here’s another version with the dried wakame on top, onions & raw goat cheese.
Here is another version with the dried wakame (seaweed), chopped onion & goat cheese. It’s only for the daring, hippy-types! Care to join my club?
Let your Guru Omelet cool on a dish and serve after a few minutes. Enjoy and tell me how you like it. What would you do differently?
This is the version with seaweed. Check my 1/1/09 post to view a video with Swiss chard in its place.
Oh yes, nutritional profile: 244 calories, 11 grams fat, 6g carbohydrates, 28g protein, <1g fiber
Want more fiber and polyunsaturated fats (Omega-3 EFAs)? Add 2 Tablespoons of organic flaxseed meal to your eggs and you’ll boost the nutrition to: 319 calories, 17g fat, 30g protein, 4g fiber
