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Food Recipes

Baked Steelhead trout

This recipe yields moist, tender, delicious steelhead trout — can also be used to bake salmon. But steelhead is milder, moister, and fattier than salmon.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 lb of steehead
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
  • Minced parsley (optional)
  • Salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Preheat over to 375°
  2. Place trout filet in center of aluminum foil
  3. Season with salt and pepper
  4. Melt butter in microwave safe bowl, stir in fresh minced garlic
  5. Spread over the trout
  6. Sprinkle on fresh minced parsley (optional)
  7. Fold the sides of the foil over the trout, covering completely, and seal into a closed packet.
  8. Bake about 15 minutes
  9. Open the foil exposing the top of the trout and broil the the last 4-5 minutes
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Food Recipes

Recipe: Pour Over Coffee

Good quality, freshly roasted (within two weeks) coffee is single most important factor in making good coffee. A coffee grinder helps; but buying pre-ground coffee is so convenient! Tip: Peet’s “Big Bang” ($7.99 sale, $9.99 regular for a 12 oz. bag) available at Fred Meyer is a good choice. A good pour over technique helps too. This recipe makes a six oz. serving of coffee.

Equipment: Air sealed coffee canister, silicone coffee cone, #2 Melitta filter, glass coffee mug, hot water maker, and cell phone timer app.

  1. Heat filtered water to 205°
  2. Moisten the Miletta filter with water
  3. Put a heaping tablespoon of ground coffee in the Melitta filter
  4. Slowly [our just enough water (1-2 oz) to bloom the coffee.
  5. Wait 45 seconds.
  6. Slowly pour about 2-3 oz of water
  7. Wait about a minute
  8. Slowly pour another 2-3 oz of water
  9. Done

Total brewing time is about 3.5 minutes

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Food Recipes

Recipe: Roasted half chicken

This recipe (especially using convection oven) produces crispy skin chicken that is moist inside. Best to use antibiotic-free, hormone-free chicken.

INGREDIENTS:
– 1/2 organic chicken
– Salt & pepper
– Olive Oil

DIRECTIONS:
– If frozen, thaw chicken in water bath.
– Preheat oven to 425° convection roast.
– Wash and pat chicken dry.
– Season both sides with salt & pepper.
– Place chicken on aluminum lined baking pan.
– Drizzle with olive oil; turn to coat. Arrange the seasoned chicken skin up.
– Roast about 35 minutes. (thermometer should read 165° at thickest part). About 25 minutes for chicken hind quarter.
– Let rest 5 minutes before cutting.
– Cut along the leg, separating the thigh and breast. Cut the breast in half crosswise through the bone (keep wing intact). Cut through the joint connecting the drumstick to the thigh.

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Asian Food Recipes

Recipe: Bitter Melon with Eggs

INGREDIENTS

1 bitter melon about 8 inches in length
2 eggs
2 Tbs. oil
.5 tsp mushroom powder
1 Tbs light soy sauce
.5 tsp sesame seed oil

DIRECTIONS

Cut the bitter melon in half lengthwise, remove the seeds and slice each half crosswise in thin pieces. Beat the eggs in a bowl with a dash of mushroom powder.

Heat a wok. Swirl in the oil and let heat 10 to 15 seconds. Add the bitter melon and sauté in the oil for 1-2 minutes, or until the melon starts to soften. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce and continue to sauté for another 1 to 2 minutes. Spread the melon pieces thinly over the wok surface. Pour the beaten eggs evenly over the melon pieces. Let eggs set about half a minute, then flip the mixture over to cook the other side. Cook until eggs are set and lightly browned. Sprinkle with a little sesame seed oil.

Serves 4-6 with other dishes and rice family-style.

Note: Bitter melons are less bitter when they have fully ripened. A ripe melon will be light green in color with tinges of yellow or light orange on the outside. Inside, the spongy covering of the seeds would have turned from their light greenish white to a bright red. A less mature deeper green melon can be very bitter, but for people who have acquired a taste for the bitter flavor, it is a delicious bitterness. Bitter vegetables are known in the Orient to be very nutritious and medicinal and bitter melon perhaps leads the bunch for its medicinal properties. Riper bitter melon is softer and cooks faster.

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Food Recipes

Recipe: Tomato/Egg Soup

INGREDIENTS:
– Avocado oil
– Green onions (chopped)
– Garlic (slicked)
– (2) tomatoes (chopped, de-skinned, and de-seeded)
– Water for soup
– (3) eggs
– Wood ear fungus (hydrated)
– Rice vermicelli noodles
– Dried tofu skin (hydrated)
– Enoki mushrooms
– Cornstarch or flour
– Mushroom powder (or salt)
– Cilantro

DIRECTIONS:
– Heat avocado oil in wok to high temp
– Sear green onions & garlic
– Stir in chopped tomatoes
– Add water to make soup
– Slowly drop in eggs
– Add wood ear fungus, rice noodles, tofu skin, and enoki mushrooms
– Cover and simmer 5-10 minutes
– Stir some flour (or cornstarch) to thicken
– Add mushroom powder and/or salt and season to taste
– Take wok off burner, and pour into large serving bowl
– Sprinkle with chopped cilantro

Courtesy: Papa Liu

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Asian Food Recipes

Recipe: Papa Liu’s fried rice

INGREDIENTS:
– Avocado oil
– Green onions (chopped)
– One Egg
– Carrots (chopped)
– Cooked rice
– Mushroom powder
– Salt

DIRECTIONS:
– 
Heat oil on high setting in skillet
– Add green onions, and cook until dark
– Crack and stir in an egg
– Add carrots and rice, and stir fry
– While stir frying: add some salt (5 turns on grinder), some oil, and some mushroom powder

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Food Recipes

Recipe: Tuna Salad

Makes 3 sandwiches

INGREDIENTS:
1 (5 oz) cans of solid white albacore tuna (i.e. Wild Planet Wild Albacore Tuna, from Whole Foods)
1 slice of onion, finely chopped
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon vinegar (e.g. Vinegar of Banyuls)
1/4 tsp. Salt & 1/4 tsp. pepper
1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 celery rib, finely chopped

DIRECTIONS:
1. Microwave onion and oil in a small (pyrex) bowl until onion begins to soften (about 40 seconds).
2. Drain tuna, transfer to medium bowl, and mash with fork until finely flaked.
3. Add onion mixture, vinegar, sweet pickle relish, salt, and pepper to tuna.
Stir to combine. Let sit 10 minutes.
4. Stir mayonnaise and celery into tuna mixture. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Optionally, stir a chopped hard boiled eggs into salad with mayonnaise.

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Food Health

Health: Dr. Gundry’s “Yes” foods

YES Foods List

Flours: coconut, almond, hazelnut, sesame, chestnut, cassava (tapioca), green, banana, sweet potato, tiger nut, grape seed, arrowroot

“Foodles” (Gundry name for acceptable noodles), Cappelo’s fettuccine and other pastas, Slim Pasta, shirataki noodles, kelp noodles, Miracle noodles and kanten pasta, Korean sweet potato noodles

Dairy Products: (1 oz. cheese or 4 oz. yogurt / day), Real parmesan (parmigiano-reggiano), French/Italian butter, buffalo butter (at Trader Joe’s), Ghee, goat yogurt (plain), goat milk as creamer, goat cheese, butter, goat and sheep kefir, sheep cheese and yogurt (plain), coconut yogurt, French/Italian cheese, Switzerland cheese, buffalo mozzarella (Italy), whey protein powder, Casein A-2 milk (as creamer only),
organic heavy cream, organic sour cream, organic cream cheese.

Ice Cream: coconut milk dairy-free frozen dessert (the So Delicious blue label which only contains 1 gram of sugar per oz.).

Wine: (6 oz. per day) red
Spirits (1 oz per day)

Fish: (any wild caught – 4oz. per day): whitefish, freshwater bass, Alaskan halibut, canned tuna, Alaskan salmon, Hawaiian fish, shrimp, crab, lobster, scallops, calamari/squid, clams, oysters, mussels, sardines,
anchovies

Fruits: (limit all but avocado) avocados, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, cherries, crispy pears (anjou, bosc, comicel),
pomegranates, kiwis, apples, citrus (no juices), nectarines, peaches, plums, apricots, figs, dates

Vegetables: Calciferous Vegetables, Broccoli, Brussel sprouts, Cauliflower, Bok Choy, Napa Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage, Swiss Chard, Arugula, Watercress, Collards, Kohlrabi, Kale, Green and red cabbage, Radicchio, Raw Sauerkraut, Kimchi

Other Vegetables: Nopales Cactus, Celery, Onions, Leeks, chives, scallions, chicory, carrots (raw), carrot greens, artichokes, beets (raw), radishes, Daikon radish, Jerusalem artichokes/sunchokes, hearts of palm, cilantro, okra, asparagus, garlic, mushrooms

Nuts and Seeds (1/2 cup per day): Macadamia nuts, Walnuts, Pistachios, Pecans, Coconut (not coconut water), Coconut milk (unsweetened dairy substitute), Coconut milk/cream (unsweetened, full-fat), Hazelnuts, Chestnuts, Brazil nuts (in limited amounts), Pine nuts (in limited amounts), Flaxseeds, hemp seeds, Hemp protein powder, Psyllium

Olives: All

Dark Chocolate: 72% or greater ( 1 oz per day )

Vinegars: All (without added sugars)

Herbs and Seasonings: All except chili pepper flakes

Miso

Energy Bars: Quest Bars, B-Up Bars, Human Food bar, Adapt Bar

Sweeteners: Stevia (sweetleaf is favorite), Just Like Sugar (made from chicory root – inulin), Inulin, Yacon, Monk Fruit, Luo Han Guo (the Nutresse brand is good), erythritol (Swerve is great as it contains oligosaccharides), Xylitol

Resistant Starches: Tortillas (Siete brand- only those made with cassava and coconut flour or almond flour), Bread and Bagels made by Barely Bread, Julian Bakery Paleo Wraps (made with coconut flour) and Paleo coconut flakes cereal (in moderation), Green plantains, Green bananas, Baobab fruit, Cassava (tapioca), Green Bananas, Sweet Potatoes or Yams, Rutabaga, Parsnips, Yuca, celery root (celeriac), Glucomannan (konjac root), Persimmon, Jicama, Taro root, Turnips, Tiger nuts, Green Mango, Millet, Sorghum, Green papaya

Leafy Greens: Romaine, Red and Green leaf lettuce, Mesclun (baby greens), Spinach, endive, Dandelion Greens, Butter Lettuce, Fennel, Escarole, Mustard Greens, Mizuna, parsley, Basil, Mint, Purslane, parilla, Algae, Seaweed, Sea Vegetables

Pastured Poultry (Not free-range – 4 oz. per day): Chicken, Turkey, Ostrich, pastured or omega-3 eggs (up to 4 daily), Duck, Goose, pheasant, Grouse, dove, Quail

Meat: (grass fed and grass finished – 4oz per day): bison, wild game, venison, Boar, elk, Beef, Pork (humanely raised), Lamb, Prosciuto

Plant-based “Meats”: Quorn, Hemp tofu, Hilary’s Root Veggie burger (hilaryseatwell.com), Tempeh (grain-free only)

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Food Health

Health: Dr. Gundry – “No” foods

Gundry’s “NO” FOODS

Refined, Starchy Foods: Pasta, Rice, Potatoes, Potato Chips, Milk, Bread, Tortillas, Pastry, Flour, Crackers, Cookies, Cereal, Sugar, Agave

Sweeteners: Sweet One or Sunett (Acesulfame K), Splenda (Sucralose), Nutrasweet (Aspartame), Diet Drinks, Maltodextrin

Vegetables: Peas, Sugar Snap Peas, Green Beans, Chickpeas (including as hummus), Soy, Tofu, Edamame, Soy Protein, Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP), Pea Protein

All beans, including sprouts, Legumes, all Lentils*
* Vegans and Vegetarians can have these legumes in Phase 2, but only if prepared in a pressure cooker

Nuts and Seeds: Pumpkin, Sunflower, Chia, Peanuts, Cashews – mycotoxins.

Fruits: Cucumbers, Zucchini, Pumpkins, Squashes (any kind), Melons (any kind)

Nightshades: Potatoes, Eggplant, Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Chili Peppers
Goji Berries

Non-Southern European Cow’s Milk Products:
(These contain casein A-1) Yogurt including Greek yogurt, Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt, Cheese, Ricotta, Cottage Cheese

Grains, KefirGrains, Sprouted Grains, Pseudo-Grains, and Grasses:
Wheat (pressure cooking does not help with wheat), Einkorn wheat, Kamut, Oats & Oatmeal (cannot pressure cook), Quinoa, Rye (cannot pressure cook), Bulgur, White Rice, Brown Rice, Wild Rice, Barley (cannot pressure cook), Buckwheat, Kashi, Spelt, Corn, Corn products, Cornstarch, Corn syrup, popcorn, Wheatgrass, Barley grass

Oils: Soy, Grape Seed, Corn, Peanut, Cottonseed, Safflower, Sunflower,
“Partially Hydrogenated” Vegetable, Canola

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China Food Recipes

Recipe: Asian Sauteed Green Beans & Mushrooms

INGREDIENTS:
3-4 fresh shiitake mushrooms
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon mirin cooking wine
1/2 lbs green beans
1 tablespoon garlic fermented black bean sauce
Avocado cooking oil

DIRECTIONS:
1. De-stem and wash greens beans.
2. Steam green beans for 6-8 minutes.
3. Thinly slice and sprinkle mushrooms with soy sauce and mirin. Marinate for few minutes. Saute mushrooms for a few minutes, and transfer to bowl.
4. Transfer green beans to pan, and stir fry with black bean sauce, some water (or chicken broth), and mushrooms for a few minutes.
5. Serve.