Preserved Lemon Dressing
Here is yet another way to use preserved lemons in your cooking. As a reminder, I shared with you here how to make preserved lemons. They are wonderful for adding in more probiotics for gut health. The fermentation process
Roasted Radish and Seaweed Salad
This simple recipe is a wonderful way to use healing foods to help reverse estrogen dominance. Cruciferous vegetables are rich in diindolylmethane (DIM) which help to block estradiol (E2). Found in radishes, cabbage, broccoli, kale, brussels, sprouts, cauliflower, and bok
Marinated Turnip Salad
Turnips aren’t the first thing you think of when thinking about salad ingredients. But marinating them makes all the difference! Regular turnips are used here but if you can get baby ones –go for it! Nestled on a bed of
Bitter Greens with Sauteed Mushrooms
Bitter greens make a delicious fall or winter salad – especially when tossed with a warm dressing that softens the greens and mellows their bite. Earthy, meaty wild mushrooms, sweet shallots, garlic, sherry vinegar and good olive oil combine to
Spiced Honey Glazed Roasted Root Vegetables
One of the best things about fall is root vegetables – and one of the best ways to enjoy them is to roast them! This recipe for spiced honey glaze roasted root vegetables serves them tossed with a luscious glaze
Gluten-Free Buckwheat Bread
When you embark on the journey of dietary changes to rebalance your hormones, giving up gluten can be one of the toughest changes (but also most rewarding). I don’t blame you – bread offers comfort and convenience only few other
Roasted Beet and Carrot Salad with Herbs: To Boost Progesterone and Metabolize Estrogen
Not only is this salad delicious, colorful, seasonal, and perfect on a sunny evening for two – it’s also good for you. The combination of beet and carrot is used to help women metabolize aggressive estrogen and boost the production
Quick Sauerkraut Salad
I love this quick on-the-go salad as it literally requires not much more than placing a few delicious and healing ingredients in one bowl. This is often my go-to quick dinner or lunch. You can have it over a
Arugula and Salmon Sashimi Salad
This is one of the most delightful salads you will ever make in less than 15 minutes. This is a very common salad (which has many variations) in Japan. In lieu of the traditionally-used rice vinegar, I used lemon
Thai Pomelo Shrimp Salad
Whenever I go to Thailand, food is the highlight of my trip. I’m not a beach person (I much prefer mountains and lakes), so sampling food and getting lost in the countless food markets is my favorite pastime there.
Zucchini and Anchovy Quick Salad
You know how easy it is to reach out for just about anything when you are on the run, have little to no time and an empty fridge. Sounds familiar? Here is another recipe to show you that throwing a
Seaweed Cucumber Salad
Hijiki is known to be rich in dietary fiber and minerals such as calcium, iron and magnesium. Wakame has been used by TSM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)for blood purification, intestinal strength, skin, hair, reproductive organs and menstrual regularity. More than anything else: they
Salmon Avocado Dip
OMG, this is soooo good. Opinionated smoked salmon meets plain but glowing avocado, then comes the world-traveled dill. Call it a party. Salmon Avocado Dip Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 4 mins Total time 14 mins
Roasted Baby Tomatoes Over Kale Bed
Kale is a nutritional powerhouse; it contains 45 different flavonoids which give you antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits which help you avoid chronic inflammation and oxidative stress. Kale also plays a big role in the detoxification of the body. It has cholesterol-lowering benefits
Morning Quinoa Stir Fry
I’m on a quest to convert you to savory breakfasts. Interestingly, most world cuisines start the day with little to no sugar. Somehow, with the marketing of the new “nutrition experts” in the form of cereal makers, we now have
Fermented Vegetable Medley – Thyroid Diet Food
Probiotic-rich thyroid diet food This probiotic-rich thyroid diet food will bring you an abundance of fermented vegetables and a wonderful beverage to drink; nutritionally potent and full of beneficial bacteria to repair your digestive track. A great addition to meats
Baby Arugula Meets Baby Tomatoes
Arugula is a nutritional powerhouse, containing significant folate (folic acid) and calcium. In fact, it has more than eight times as much of this bone-building mineral as iceberg lettuce. Arugula is a cruciferous vegetable member, so go easy (no more
Arugula with Smoked Fish
Here is another tasty, quick salad you can throw together in the matter of minutes, whether as lunch or a quick dinner. Smoked fish keeps well in the fridge for a week (or longer, just look at the expiry date)
A Collection of Gluten-Free and Paleo-Friendly Thanksgiving Recipes Everyone Will Love
I reached out to a number of friends who are chefs, food bloggers, and doctors (yes, some cook!) who I admire and who keep their recipes clean and free of gluten, dairy (although some use butter), corn, excessive sugar, and processed foods. Many recipes
Creamy Prebiotic Potato Salad
This recipe is packed with highly healing foods. To start with, cold potatoes are high in resistant starch which is a prebiotic, or food for the good bacteria. Resistant starch helps the beneficial bacteria to colonize the gut for
