Summer Salad Recipe

Here is a new salad that I created for dinner last night. Romanian lettuce, bunch of parsley, radishes, strawberries, chopped brussel sprouts, lemon juice from one lemon. Then topped off with a vinaigrette I buy at Gyros and more in town. Really good! Try your own variation at home and get creative. I'm realizing that fruits in a salad are actually really good and introduce a whole new flavour to my food. :)

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Oven Chicken with Veggies

Here is a recipe that I created in my kitchen yesterday. I sliced up 2 sweet potatoes with 1 white potato (for my daughter who doesn't like sweet potatoes), head of broccoli, 2 cans of water chestnuts, 4 carrots, a container of mushrooms, 1 red onion, whole head of garlic, 1 bunch of cilantro and 1 package of boneless skinless chicken breast. I pre-heated my oven at 450°F. As a sauce I put about 1 cup of olive oil, zest from 2 limes and used the juice from the lime after zest was grated, about 1 tsp salt and pinch of pepper. I covered this mixture over top of everything and mixed until coated nicely. Put the timer on the over for 25 minutes and voilà, dinner! This made 2 large batches. Not all the cookware was in the picture but I had the large glass dish in the picture with a medium and small one for each batch. If you take out the white potatoes this is an AIP friendly dish. I left those aside for my daughter when scooping  my plate. :)

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GI Map Testing

I've done my ultrasound and EBV testing for my functional medicine physician. Today....another one getting sent out. GI map test all done and ready to send to the USA for testing. This will test my stool and if there are any bad bugs in my gut. Your gut is your immune system and when it's sick...your sick.  Another piece to the puzzle checked off the to do list. Just love how the stool catcher looks like a French fry tray. LOL!! Cost is about $385 US but lucky I have 50% coverage through my work benefits as this test is not covered under Canadian OHIP. You could file it as a medical expense on your taxes. That's what I'm going to try next tax year and see what they will cover. It's all worth it to find out what is going on in my body.  When one system is out your entire body is affected which is why I love functional medicine and naturopathy. They acknowledge this and don't just look at one area of concern. It's the entire picture. :)