Simple, Quick, Healthy Dinner Idea

Simple, Healthy Dinner Idea

Owning a business, running a practice, being on boards, just living life can all create stress and be quite demanding! Fast-food, processed food, package food may seem like the easy option. It appears cheap, but this is a very superficial way of looking at it. This is because if you are consuming lots of this “good” you will pay the price sooner or later with your health, or lack thereof.

Today I was tired, had been in the office earlier in the day, and we did not get a lot of food at the farmers market this weekend even though we went to two markets. The next market is not until tomorrow so I had to pull it together. I did sort of a “high tea” concept that my stepmother often employs during the week. So here is what we had for dinner tonight:

·         Hot tea – Chi loose tea from Earthjing. It is organic and fair-trade. I added 2 whole cloves, 2 cardamom pods, cinnamon, and ginger.

·         Fresh honey dates from the farmers market. I pulled the stones out of them and replaced them with a raw almond from Fat Uncle Farms, also purchased at the farmers market.  I also had a pile of raw almonds on the little platter.

·         2 types of raw cheese that I cut into small cubes.

·         Organic strawberries from Saturday’s market. (The season started super early because of the strange “winter” weather we had this year in California)

·         1 avocado. Yesterday we went to an avocado ranch our friend lives on and she gave us 25 avocados! This was on top of the 7 we bought from Hilltop Canyon farm at Saturday’s market.

·          ½ sweet potatoes and 2 red beets roasted in the oven. (I have been seeking more balance between cooked and raw vegetables per my Ayurvadic consultation two weeks ago)

This dinner was super simple, quick, and very healthy. There was a lot of good fats in the avocado, almonds, and butter I used to roast the vegetables. These all contain protein as well. Dates are sweet and provide many minerals and necessary fiber. The cheese contain fats and proteins and the roasted vegetables are full of wonderful nutrients, too! Strawberries are delicious and taste so great with the cheese. Finally, the tea was extremely anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory, not to mention totally amazing!

I hope this gives you some ideas of how you can put together a quick and healthy meal. Although we eat some grass fed organic meat, it is definitely not a staple of our meals. We also gave up gluten for Lent so you will notice there was not any bread or grains for that matter! There are so many wonderful, healthy options out there for you. Step outside your comfort zone and buy in season produce and other items at your local farmers market. Have fun seeing what you come up with!

Do you have any tips, tricks, ideas for easy healthy meals? If so, leave them in the comments section below this blog. Visits www.genuinechiro.com to stay up-to-date with the attest health news.

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Dr. Elizabeth Wisniewski