How are you doing? How are you handling the shelter-in? Hopefully, you are eating healthy and managing stress. Here are 2 easy recipes Matzo Ball Soup and Vitamin C packed roasted vegetables. Enjoy!!!
Nutritionist Megan’s Vitamin C Packed Roasted Vegetables
Ingredients:
- 1 Head/Bunch of Organic Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts or Cauliflower {or combination of all THREE! 🙂}
- 2 Tbsp Avocado Oil
- 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder or 3 garlic cloves, minced {or more of you prefer extra garlic}
- 1/4 tsp Chili Powder {or more if you prefer more spice}
- Pinch of Himalayan Salt
- Bragg’s Nutritional Yeast, if you choose
*Double ingredients if using 2 Heads/Bunches of Broccoli, Brussels or Cauliflower; 1 Head seems to serve approximately 2-3 people.
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375 Degrees F
- Thoroughly wash and cut produce into halves {i.e. 1 broccoli floret with shortened stem – cut down the middle of floret & stem; cut into quarters if you are preparing for young kids}
- Place all of the washed and cut produce into a bowl and toss with avocado oil, garlic powder, chili powder, and Himalayan salt
- Cover a roasting pan with foil
- Spread vegetables evenly onto roasting pan
- Place in the oven for 25-35 minutes {depending on your crispiness desire – if you prefer it a little more crisp, cook it for 35 minutes}
- Sprinkle Bragg’s Nutritional Yeast on top of roasted vegetables for an added nutty/cheesy flavor
- Serve & Enjoy! {Adult and toddler-friendly 🙂}
Dairy-Free, Sugar-Free, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Paleo
This recipe is a family favorite, immune-boosting, and a go-to recipe in our home!
Matzo Ball Soup
https://elanaspantry.com
Servings: 6
Ingredients:
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons Celtic sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal),
- sifted 6 cups chicken stock or Kettle & FireBone Broth
Instructions:
- In a medium bowl, beat eggs, (1 teaspoon) salt and pepper for 2 minutes
- Stir in the almond flour
- Refrigerate the mixture 2-4 hours
- Remove from refrigerator
- Heat a large pot of water (with 1 teaspoon salt) and bring to a boil
- Roll the batter into 1-inch balls then drop into the pot of boiling water.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes
- Heat 6 cups chicken stock in a separate pot
- When the matzo balls are finished, remove from simmering water with a slotted spoon and add to chicken stock
- Ladle stock, plus 2-3 matzo balls into individual bowls and serve
As A Reminder: How Germs Spread
Washing hands can keep you healthy and prevent the spread of respiratory and diarrheal infections from one person to the next. Germs can spread from other people or surfaces when you:
- Touch your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands
- Prepare or eat food and drinks with unwashed hands
- Touch a contaminated surface or objects
- Blow your nose, cough, or sneeze into hands and then touch other people’s hands or common objects
Key Times to Wash Hands:
- You can help yourself and your loved ones stay healthy by washing your hands often, especially during these key times when you are likely to get and spread germs:
- Before, during, and after preparing food
- Before eating food
- Before and after caring for someone at home who is sick with vomiting or diarrhea
- Before and after treating a cut or wound
- After using the toilet
- After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet
- After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
- After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal waste
- After handling pet food or pet treats
- After touching garbage
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Dr. Laurie Goldman is a medical doctor, psychiatrist, and functional medicine practitioner who’s been in private practice since 1999. She founded Clear Path Wellness to help her patients reach their maximum state of mental and physical health using a personalized, comprehensive approach powered by the principles of functional medicine, which treats the whole person, not just symptoms.