FIRST, let's get down and dirty with prebiotics vs. probiotics. THEN, enjoy a healthy, comforting chili recipe high in prebiotic resistant starch. Did you know that about 90% of the cells that make up your body reside in your digestive tract? That’s right! According to The Journal of Nutrition about 90% of the cells in our body are gut bacteria and the other 10% are human cells (1). That’s about 100 trillion (good) bacteria swimming … [Read more...]
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Candied Yams and Plantains
I can't stop thinking about this dish. I've been craving it since it was gobbled up. I served this as an alternative to traditional candied yams at Thanksgiving this year. This dish will NOT be exclusively served for Thanksgiving my house! I can't wait to make it again. Have you cooked with plantains before?? I love them for their variety and nutrition. Variety because I get bored always eating the same 'ol thing. Don't you?? Think of … [Read more...]
Grilled Pizza Brava
Grilling pizza. Wow, what an addition of flavor to pizza I can't describe. You've GOT to try this. Because I was making pizza dough by hand for the first time, I watched this very helpful video from Food Network. If you're uneasy about making your own dough this will be very helpful and put you at ease! I used the same method in the video. What I liked the most was that I could do it all by hand! I didn't need a mixer. The video doesn't … [Read more...]
Should you be among those avoiding gluten?
Gluten, gluten, gluten! Such a hot topic these days. I thought it would be a good idea to address the gluten issue. This post should help you to understand what gluten is, what types of adverse reactions people can have to it, and what testing for adverse gluten reactions looks like. Hopefully by the end of it, you will have a better idea as to whether or not you should be among the growing group of people who go gluten-free! Simply … [Read more...]
Spicy Kale Caesar with Chicken and Candied Pepitas
You guys. I cannot tell you how much I love this recipe. Caesar salad with kale. Plus candied nuts. Plus hot sauce. Plus chicken. I hope the pictures are conveying the deliciousness or I'm going to have to keep inventing words like deliciousness to describe it. I think I'm loving on it so much because it has everything: salty, sweet, spicy. Crunch and creaminess. Hot and cold. Fresh and cooked. It hits so many notes in one bite. … [Read more...]
Could cooking rice differently be our answer to obesity?
Articles were published yesterday across many news platforms sharing the latest research where scientists figured out a simple way to cook rice that dramatically cut the calories. (Here's a link to one of them.) Their basic idea is that if you cook rice with a little coconut oil (or any medium-chain triglyceride [MCT] oil) then cool it down, it forms resistant starches. Resistant starches are not normally the type of carbohydrate found in … [Read more...]