Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Nutrition Packed Winter Foods


Nutrition Packed Winter Foods


Fantastic and different twist on roasted butternut squash! The sweetness from the honey compliments nicely with the salty miso. 
Found this recipe on www.feastingathome.com the only modification: roasted my own head of garlic rather than using black fermented garlic and changed the quantities of some ingredients. 

Ingredients 
  • 1 medium butternut squash
  • 4-6 roasted garlic cloves 
  • 2 Tbs of Organic Miso Paste
  • 1 Tbs of Ontario honey 
  • 3 Tbs of olive oil 
  • sprinkling of salt and pepper
  • fresh cilantro for garnish
Direction

Heat oven to 425F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Leave skin on, but remove seeds from butternut squash and slice into long wedges.
Place squash, skin side down, on baking sheet

In a bowl place roasted garlic cloves and mash them to a paste consistency. 
Add miso, honey, salt, pepper and oil and stir until combined. 
Using a basting brush, paint the squash with miso mixture

Bake for approximately 1 hour, or until squash is fork tender. 
Serve with fresh chopped cilantro. 

Roasting Garlic 
Heat oven to 425F 
Chop the tip off the entire head of garlic and place root side down in a small cast iron ramekin 
Drizzel with oil, cover and place in oven for approximately 30-45 min. 
Once fragrant and soft to the touch remove and let cool.
Nutrition Facts
Servings 2.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 278
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 20 g31 %
Saturated Fat 3 g14 %
Monounsaturated Fat 15 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg0 %
Sodium 579 mg24 %
Potassium 258 mg7 %
Total Carbohydrate 20 g7 %
Dietary Fiber 1 g6 %
Sugars 10 g
Protein 1 g2 %
Vitamin A151 %
Vitamin C25 %
Calcium4 %
Iron3 %
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.









Recipe reference : http://www.dollyandoatmeal.com
Modification ; in addition used fresh fennel sliced and roasted with carrots. Used large rainbow carrots, not baby carrots as recipe indicates
This salad can be served warm or at room temperature. 

Ingredients 
  • 3 tsp fennel seeds
  • 2 bunches of rainbow carrots (or 3/4 of a bag of carrots) 
  • 1 large shallot
  • Small fennel bulb, or half of a large fennel bulb
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 1 Fuji apple (cored)
  • salt and pepper
  • juice of 1/2 a blood orange
  • 1 tbs sesame seed oil (optional)
  • Fresh cilantro or parsley as garnish 
Direction

Heat oven to 375F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside. 

Using a small cast iron frying pan, heat fennel seeds for 4 minutes, or until lightly browned and fragment. Remove from heat and let cool. 

Slice carrots, fennel bulb and shallots and place on baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with roasted fennel seeds. 

Bake for 25 min or until lightly browned. Once finished set aside to cool to the touch. 

Thinly slice apple and combine in a bowl with roasted vegetables. Add chopped parsley, drizzle with sesame seed oil and orange juice. Toss until mixed and serve cold or at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts
Servings 4.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 140
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 6 g9 %
Saturated Fat 1 g3 %
Monounsaturated Fat 1 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg0 %
Sodium 157 mg7 %
Potassium 291 mg8 %
Total Carbohydrate 21 g7 %
Dietary Fiber 6 g25 %
Sugars 12 g
Protein 3 g5 %
Vitamin A107 %
Vitamin C33 %
Calcium8 %
Iron8 %
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.




recipe from www.saltandlavender.com. Added additional beet, additional lemon juice

Ingredients
  • 2 small beets
  • 1 can of organic chickpeas, rinsed and drained.
  • juice of 1 lemon 
  • 2 Tbs of tahini 
  • 1/2 cup of olive oil
  • salt and pepper 
  • fresh cliantro as garnish
Direction
Head oven to 450F

Wash beets and remove leaves and trim the stem to approximately 1 inch (leave the tail on the end to maintain moisture while roasting

Place beets in oven safe dish and cover. 

Cook for 45 min or until fork tender. 

In a food processor:
Combine chickpeas, lemon, tahini and blend until smooth. 
Slowly add oil while blending. 
Chop cooked and cooled beets into food processor and mix until smooth.
Sprinkle in salt and pepper to taste. 

Plate and drizzle with olive oil and fresh cilantro.
Nutrition Facts
Servings 4.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 704
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 58 g90 %
Saturated Fat 9 g43 %
Monounsaturated Fat 20 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg0 %
Sodium 225 mg9 %
Potassium 134 mg4 %
Total Carbohydrate 31 g10 %
Dietary Fiber 11 g46 %
Sugars 4 g
Protein 18 g36 %
Vitamin A2 %
Vitamin C23 %
Calcium1 %
Iron8 %
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.


Ingredients 
  • 1 large spaghetti squash
  • 1 pound ground lamb
  • 3 cloves of garlic, minced 
  • 3 roma tomatoes , diced
  • 1 Tbs tomato paste
  • 2 shallots, diced
  • 5 kalamata olives , pitted and chopped
  • 4 sun-dried tomatoes , chopped
  • 2 Tbs olive oil 
  • salt pepper, to taste. 
  • 2 tsp cumin
  • 2 tsp paprika 
  • 1 Tbs olive oil or coconut oil for cooking
  • Fresh parsley for garnish 
Directions
Heat oven to 425F. 
Slice spaghetti squash in half and remove seeds. 
Drizzle squash with olive oil and 2 minced cloves (1 per half)
Place skin side down in oven and bake for 30 min or until squash can be scrapped out with fork 

Oil cast iron pan with 1 Tbs of olive oil or coconut oil and heat over medium high heat. 
Place lamb in pan and cook for 5 min until browned. Add salt, pepper, cumin and paprika. 
Decrease heat to medium and add shallots, roma tomatoes, olives, 1 minced garlic clove, sun-dried tomatoes and cook until onions translucent and meat is cooked through. 
Mash up roma tomatoes and add tomato paste. 
Stir to combine and spoon onto plated spaghetti squash. 
Garnish with fresh parsley
Nutrition Facts
Servings 4.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 458
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 38 g59 %
Saturated Fat 13 g65 %
Monounsaturated Fat 19 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 4 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 83 mg28 %
Sodium 221 mg9 %
Potassium 572 mg16 %
Total Carbohydrate 7 g2 %
Dietary Fiber 2 g8 %
Sugars 3 g
Protein 21 g41 %
Vitamin A48 %
Vitamin C60 %
Calcium6 %
Iron25 %
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.

Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Chatting with "The Bone Collector"

Bone Broth 101


This week on Wellness Wednesday we had the pleasure of chatting with Jill Weaver owner of Stock Exchange Bone Broth a Waterloo based company that makes small batch, artisan bone broth. She was also recently featured in Edible Toronto!

To learn more about: How Jill got started; how she produces her product; and what sets her product apart; Be sure to give the video about a watch and hear her tell you all in her own words!

We've all heard it when we are feeling under the weather- get some
rest and a bowl of chicken soup to feel better. But the question is, is the whole chicken soup thing just an old wives' tale or is there actually some validity? Well, a group out of The University of Nebraska wondered the same thing, so they took a look at the effects of chicken soup and why it would be beneficial to upper respiratory tract infections (coughs, colds and flus). They found that:

"Chicken soup significantly inhibited neutrophil migration and did so in a concentration-dependent manner. The activity was present in a non-particulate component of the chicken soup. All of the vegetables present in the soup and the chicken individually had inhibitory activity, although only the chicken lacked cytotoxic activity. Interestingly, the complete soup also lacked cytotoxic activity. Commercial soups varied greatly in their inhibitory activity. The present study,therefore, suggests that chicken soup may contain a number of substances with beneficial medicinal activity. A mild anti-inflammatory effect could be one mechanism by which the soup could result in the mitigation of symptomatic upper respiratory tract infections."

Regardless of whether you are actually feeling under the weather or not, a good dose of bone broth can relay a load of health benefits in addition to the anti-inflammatory effects. Bone Broth provides:

Protein

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)

  • GAGs are a group of carbohydrates including hyaluronic acid, chrondroitin and glucosamine.
  • Glucosamine supports joint health, flexibility and comfort.
  • Hyaluronic acid is found throughout connective tissue, skin and neural tissues and promotes healthy aging, cell rejuvenation and skin firmness.
  • Chrondroitin supports healthy inflammation response as well as cardiovascular health, bone health, skin health and healthy cholesterol levels.

Bone Marrow

  • Bone marrow is actually considered an organ meat which means it is incredibly nutritious.
  • Bone marrow is also immune rich and can provide immune factors.

Minerals

  • Bone broth is also a source of calcium, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus.
Ready to give bone broth a try? You can find it here in KW at multiple locations,

Enjoy by the mug:

  • Marbles Uptown Restaurant
  • Smile Tiger Coffee Roasters
  • The Bauer Butcher at Vincenzo's Cafe Counter
  • PURE Juice Bar and Kitchen
Find the containers (sold frozen):
  • Dana Shortt Gourmet and Gifts
  • Brady's Meat and Deli
  • Chelsea Market
  • Public Market
  • Goodness Me
  • Vincenzo's
  • The Sustainable Market
  • Legacy Greens
  • Healthaholics
  • Healthy Butcher
  • Vibrant Farms
  • Pfenning's Organics and More


Disclaimer: The information contained in these topics is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, it is provided for educational purposes only. This information shouldn’t take the place of seeing a Naturopathic Doctor or your primary care provider for individualized health recommendations.