DELIVERING DELECTABLE DISHES DAY & NIGHT!

My immediate family has dealt with lactose intolerance, IBS, auto immune disorders and fatal cancer. From Fall '09-Summer 2010 I went from running 1/2 marathons to not being able to get out of bed, plagued with intense headaches, exhaustion and more. With my family history and my own immune system comprimised I was motivated to take a bit of a journey to better health. Slowly I've made considerable changes, (I'm not always 100% vigilant), but I know these changes have helped me return to better health...FOOD CHANGES: I cut out gluten, cut out most dairy, cut down on the "white stuff"-sugar, white rice & flour, decreased the amount of processed foods consumed, drink green smoothies regularly, eliminated red meat and eat more vegetarian and vegan dishes...just to name a few!

I use gluten free (GF) pasta and either a whole grain blend by Nalani Brown or a mix from Kathy Taylor for most bread, cake and cookie recipes-they are awesome! (If you like Kathy's mix, email me to order her cookbook at ishagirlclub@gmail.com.)

GF mix can be substituted straight across for regular flour if you aren't cooking gluten free!

Hope you enjoy!

Monday, April 11, 2011

15 Bean Soup (GF)

Mindy buys the packages of 15 bean soup and throw out the seasoning, but you can add whatever beans you like.  She also uses her pressure cooker for the beans (just over 30 minutes and they're done baby), but you could open a few cans of beans instead or do the whole soak the dried beans thing.

I've started throwing the beans in at noon into my crockpot on high.  By 5pm they are perfect-cooked and ready to eat.

Box of vegetable broth (GF)
Can of marinara sauce
6-7 chopped carrots
1/2 cup chopped green peppers (optional)
salt and pepper to taste

garnish with freshly grated parmesan cheese, or chopped cilantro, parsley or basil herbs.

Add vegetable broth, marinara sauce, and chopped carrots to cooked beans and heat up. Done when carrots are soft.
Mindy Walker, Indianapolis

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