Nutrition
Dutch Oven Chicken Thighs with Lemon and Sage Butter Sauce Recipe
There is nothing worse than dry, flavorless chicken and this recipe is anything but that! Perfectly browned and moist, this chicken dish is bursting with bright lemon, earth sage, and rich butter flavors.
Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe
This Chinese-style cauliflower fried rice is a healthy, low-carb dish. Food is medicine and this recipe is a perfect combination of easy ingredients that can help balance digestion. Cauliflower, peas, and carrots strengthen the spleen and promote digestion. Scallions are antiviral and antibacterial. Mushrooms detoxify, resolve phlegm, and are anti-tumor. Water chestnuts help to clear heat. Egg nourishes yin and tonifies the blood. Garlic is antiviral and antifungal. Ginger is antitoxin and benefits the lungs and stomach. Peanuts strengthen the spleen and regulate blood.
Feel free to be creative and create your own variation of this dish with other ingredients that you enjoy.
KETO FRIENDLY AND GLUTEN FREE ALMOND COOKIES RECIPE
These crunchy keto, gluten free cookies are incredibly quick and simple to bake.
I love baking these cookies for friends and family. The sweetness helps to feed the Spleen system, which represents Earth and the Mother of the body. The almonds support the Lung system, while the eggs and butter nourish Yin.
Moderation in all things is the Middle Way, which is the way of the Tao.
Acupuncture and Nutritional Support
If you are one of the millions of people who made a New Year’s resolution last month to eat better and make healthier choices in 2023, then it might be time to take stock of how that process is going. Are you already off the wagon and back to your unhealthy habits? Or are you keeping your eye on your goals and making progress? No matter which side of the coin you fall on, you might want to talk to your acupuncturist about your nutritional goals. They can be a wealth of information and help as you look to build a better and stronger you. continue reading
Food as Medicine
Mama Always Said: You Are What You Eat
Maybe mom really did know best when it came to nutrition. As research has shown, what we eat can actually impact our health profoundly. Over the years, we have learned that our dietary choices can influence our risk of disease. And some have made it a profitable business to teach us new ways to look at food (anti-inflammatory diet, Keto, heart healthy, etc.). continue reading
