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Enjoy these Spanish-style crispy potatoes when you’re looking for some comfort food or a healthier option than potatoes fried or roasted in lots of oil, which is hard on the liver. The crispy outside coated in spices gives each bite a wonderful texture and an explosion of flavor. Enjoy alongside a fresh, leafy green salad or another salad of your choice.
“Potatoes: Abundant in amino acids that specifically inhibit viral growth. Potatoes are high in glucose that provides substance to the liver, as it’s precisely what the liver relies on to keep strong. It also helps build up glycogen storage, the very resource that protects us against blood sugar problems, weight gain, fatty liver, and dirty blood syndrome. Potatoes keep the liver grounded and stable, giving us a good constitution. They’re also shunned for being a nightshade, when in truth they have the ability to reverse many varieties of chronic illness.” – Excerpt from Liver Rescue
Crispy Spanish Potatoes
Ingredients:
2 lbs small potatoes, halved
1 1/2 tbsp tomato paste
1 1/2 tbsp aquafaba or water (optional)
3/4 tbsp brown rice flour (optional)
1 tsp smoked paprika
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper, more to taste
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp sea salt
Juice from 1/4 lemon, to serve (optional)
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley, to serve
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400F.
Place the potatoes in steamer or colander set over a pan of boiling water. Cover with a lid and steam for 10-15 minutes, until almost tender. Remove and place in a large bowl. Set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together the tomato paste and aquafaba/water. Pour the mixture on top of the potatoes and mix until well covered. Add the optional brown rice flour, smoked paprika, cayenne, garlic powder and sea salt. Mix until evenly coated. Spread the potatoes in a single layer on a baking tray covered with parchment paper and roast in the oven for 25-30 minutes, stirring half-way, until crispy. If the potatoes aren’t crispy then leave them in a little longer.
When ready, serve the potatoes with a squeeze of lemon juice and freshly chopped parsley.
Serves: 3-4
Find out more undiscovered properties of healing foods and how they support the liver, check out my NY Times bestselling book, Liver Rescue
This item posted: 02-Oct-2019 - Disclaimer
Get the incredible healing benefits of aloe vera in this sweet grape slushy. Refreshing and delicious, this slushy makes a wonderful light breakfast or snack. If you suffer with constipation, you might find the combination of grapes and aloe vera in this drink bring you welcome relief!
Grapes contain high amounts of powerful antioxidants known as bioflavonoids, resveratrol, and anthocyanins. These phytochemicals are anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-microbial, anti-aging, and anti-cancerous and provide protection against anemia, degenerative nerve diseases, heart disease, viral and fungal infections, Alzheimer’s, autoimmune disorders, and all forms of cancer. Grapes can also help provide relief from asthma, migraines, constipation, gastritis, chronic acidosis, indigestion, kidney disorders, fatigue, and vision problems.
Fresh aloe leaf gel binds onto toxic debris in the intestinal tract and carries it out of the colon during elimination. Aloe also reduces poisons and toxins in the intestinal tract so that they don’t travel up to the liver. It expels and diminishes ammonia inside the intestinal tract that otherwise seeps into the liver when food is putrefying due to low hydrochloric acid and bile production.
Aloe also works wonders for assimilation, circulation, and elimination. It is known to purify the blood, reduce inflammation, ease arthritis pain, prevent kidney stones, lower high cholesterol, prevent Candida, boost physical endurance, benefit cardiovascular health, and protect the body from oxidative stress. Aloe soothes ulcers, hemorrhoids, gastritis, diverticulitis, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and other digestive disorders. Aloe provides recovery from fatigue and aids in muscle function as well as optimal utilization of several vitamins, minerals, and enzymes. It’s alkaline nature, helps to soothe acidosis and alkalinize the whole body.
Aloe Grape Slushy
Ingredients:
2"-4" fresh aloe leaf gel
2 cups frozen seedless black or purple grapes
splash of water, if needed to blend
Directions:
Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Serve immediately.
Learn more about how to restore your liver in the New York Times Best-Selling book Liver Rescue
This item posted: 21-Sep-2019 - Disclaimer
Watermelon and lime are a match made in heaven in this frozen Italian treat. It’s vibrant and fun to eat making it perfect for kids and adults. The added bonus is the healing properties of the watermelon that makes up the base of this recipe.
“Melons: A powerful liver cleansing food because of melon’s ability to hydrate blood all on its own and help alleviate your liver’s overburdened state. The combination of melon’s unique living water content with its nutrient content allows the heart to work less; melons thin out dirty, toxic, fat-filled blood, allowing the heart to not overwork itself in pumping blood. This reduces some of the liver’s responsibility to protect the heart, which frees up the liver to focus on other important chemical functions that are needed in the moment. Melons also provide the liver with hydration to hold on to for when you’re in a drought, living a lifestyle of chronic dehydration. They flush toxins out of the intestinal tract with ease and rebuild hydrochloric acid reserves in the stomach. And because bile is not needed to break down and digest melon, the liver can work on restoring its bile tank.” – excerpt from Liver Rescue.
Watermelon Granita
Ingredients:
2 lbs (6-7 cups) chopped watermelon
1/4 cups lime juice
1/2 tbsp lime zest
1/4 cup maple syrup or raw honey - optional
Directions:
Add the watermelon, lime juice, lime zest and maple syrup/honey to a blender and blend until smooth.
Pour the mixture into a shallow glass or ceramic pan. Freeze for at least 2 hours, then start breaking up the ice crystals with a fork every 30 minutes until you get a crunchy, slushy-like texture.
Serve immediately or store in an airtight container in the freezer until needed.
Learn more about the healing powers of watermelon in my book Liver Rescue
This item posted: 14-Sep-2019 - Disclaimer
Whether you like to use tortillas to make wraps, tacos, pizzas, quesadillas, sandwiches, nachos or any other favorite meal, a good tortilla recipe is the foundation. But a tortilla recipe without corn or wheat can be hard to find. In this recipe, the humble potato is the star along with cassava and chickpea flour. The result is tasty and flexible tortillas you can make again and again.
Potatoes aren’t only versatile, they’re also high in potassium and rich in vitamin B6, as well as a fantastic source of amino acids, especially lysine in its bioactive form. Lysine is a powerful weapon against cancers, liver disease, inflammation, and the viruses such as Epstein-Barr and shingles that are behind rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain, autoimmune disease, and more. Potatoes will be your allies if you’re looking to fight any chronic illness—to fend off liver disease, strengthen your kidneys, soothe your nerves and digestive tract, and reverse Crohn’s, colitis, IBS, or peptic ulcers.
Potato Tortillas
Ingredients:
2-3 medium-sized potatoes, peeled and diced (yields 1 cups mashed)
1 1/2 cup cassava flour, more if needed
1/2 cup chickpea flour
1 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp - 1/4 cup warm water, if needed
Optional add-ins:
1 tsp dried herbs (oregano, thyme, basil, rosemary)
Directions:
Place the potatoes in steamer. Cover with lid and steam for 15-20 minutes, until tender. Remove and cool completely.
Place the potatoes in a food processor and blend until smooth. The mixture will be quite sticky. Measure out 1 cup of potato mash and leave the rest for another recipe.
Add the cup of mash to a large bowl with the cassava flour, chickpea flour, sea salt and herbs. Using a potato masher, mash until you get a crumbly mixture. Set the potato masher aside and working with your hands, add water a tablespoon at a time while kneading. Depending on the moisture content of the flours and potato mash you may not need to add any water at all.
Knead the dough until it is smooth and uniform, about 3-5 minutes. The dough must not be sticky at all - if it is, add more cassava flour. When ready, cut the dough into 4 even pieces.
Roll out each piece between two sheets of parchment paper to 1/8 inch thick. Keep the remaining pieces in plastic wrap so that they don’t dry out. Remove the top sheet and place the lid of a saucepan (7 inches in diameter) on top. Circle around the lid with a knife to create a tortilla shape. Remove the excess dough.
Place a non-stick pan on medium-high heat. Flip the tortilla onto the pan and carefully remove the parchment paper right away. If you leave it for too long the paper might stick to the dough.
Cook for 3-4 minutes on each side, until golden brown. Repeat with rest of the dough. Best kept at room temperature in an air-tight container.
Makes 4-5 medium-sized tortillas
For more on the healing properties of different foods, check out my #1 NY Times Bestselling book, Life-Changing Foods
This item posted: 12-Sep-2019 - Disclaimer
This smoothie brings a healthy spin on the classic creamsicle. It's thick, creamy, refreshing, sweet and gives a bright pop of tangy flavor with the orange.
Oranges have been called a “perfect food” and contain an amazing array of healing vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytonutrients. They are high in vitamin C, vitamin A, B-complex vitamins, folate, beta carotene, lutein, and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron, and potassium. Oranges have been known to help prevent cancer, lower high blood pressure, fight off viral infections, relieve constipation, prevent kidney stones and macular degeneration. Oranges contain a significant amount of glutathione which is critical for healthy eye and lung function. Oranges are very good for respiratory problems such as asthma or bronchitis and cardiovascular issues such as hypertension and COPD.
Bananas are one of the most nutritional and healing fruits readily available today. They are 76% water and are packed with vitamins such as vitamins C and B6 and minerals such as potassium, copper, and manganese. This high water/nutrient ratio makes them a great electrolyte food perfect for busy moms, workout enthusiasts, and people on the go. Bananas are also an excellent “brain food” great for heavy thinkers and are known to help build strong muscles as well as strengthen the nervous system.
The coconut water will provide deep hydration and nourishment to your cells. The vanilla gives a wonderful ice cream flavor and its calming effects on the central nervous system will help you move through any stress you are facing over the day.
Orange Creamsicle Smoothie
Ingredients:
2 frozen bananas
1 fresh banana
3 whole chopped oranges, peel and seeds removed*
1-2 cups coconut water
Seeds from 1/4 vanilla bean, or 1 tsp vanilla extract
*If you don't have a high-speed blender, you may prefer to try using 1 cup of fresh orange juice as the oranges may not blend smooth.
Directions:
Place coconut water in the blender. Blend with the oranges until smooth. Add the frozen and fresh bananas and vanilla and blend again until very smooth and creamy. If you use only fresh bananas instead of frozen the smoothie will still taste wonderful. It just won't be as creamy and dessert-like. Serve right away and enjoy!
This item posted: 09-Aug-2019 - Disclaimer
Have the fun of eating fries but with this perfect sweet replacement: watermelon! These Watermelon Fries are hydrating, healing and delicious. The lime juice and zest and chili powder gives these fries a pop of flavor that will keep you coming back for more. Enjoy these fries for breakfast all on your own or take them on a picnic, to the beach or park, or serve them to your family and friends at home.
“Melons: A powerful liver cleansing food because of melon’s ability to hydrate blood all on its own and help alleviate your liver’s overburdened state. The combination of melon’s unique living water content with its nutrient content allows the heart to work less; melons thin out dirty, toxic, fat-filled blood, allowing the heart to not overwork itself in pumping blood. This reduces some of the liver’s responsibility to protect the heart, which frees up the liver to focus on other important chemical functions that are needed in the moment. Melons also provide the liver with hydration to hold on to for when you’re in a drought, living a lifestyle of chronic dehydration. They flush toxins out of the intestinal tract with ease and rebuild hydrochloric acid reserves in the stomach. And because bile is not needed to break down and digest melon, the liver can work on restoring its bile tank.” – excerpt from Liver Rescue.
Watermelon Fries
Ingredients:
1 small watermelon, cut into fries
Zest from 1 lime
1 tbsp lime juice
1/2-1 tsp chili powder
Directions:
Arrange the watermelon fries on a plate or platter. Add the lime zest, juice and chili powder. Serve immediately.
Serves: 2
Find out more undiscovered properties of top healing foods and how they support the liver, check out my NY Times bestselling book, Medical Medium Liver Rescue: Answers to Eczema, Psoriasis, Diabetes, Strep, Acne, Gout, Bloating, Gallstones, Adrenal Stress, Fatigue, Fatty Liver, Weight Issues, SIBO & Autoimmune Disease.
This item posted: 18-Jul-2019 - Disclaimer
A bowl of creamy pasta is usually a favorite for many, but that usually means cream, butter, milk and cheese. If you have a symptom or illness, or you’re trying to make better choices for your health, dairy products can be problematic and are best avoided. Thankfully, that doesn’t mean you need to give up your bowl of creamy pasta! Try this Fettuccine recipe made with a Cauliflower Alfredo sauce. It’s easy to make and delicious to eat! Serve it over fettuccine made with brown rice, lentils, peas, or chickpeas, or over zucchini or sweet potato noodles and enjoy!
Cauliflower is a nutrient rich vegetable that is excellent for supporting a strong immune system and optimum health. Cauliflower is incredibly high in vitamin C, K, and B-complex and minerals such as boron, calcium, molybdenum, and tryptophan. It is also a good source of high quality protein that is easily assimilated into the body. Cauliflower contains powerful anti-cancer compounds such as indole-3-carbinol and sulforaphane, which are particularly beneficial for helping to prevent breast, cervical, ovarian, colon, stomach, and prostate cancers.
Cauliflower also contains a compound called Di-indolyl-methan (DIM) which has been shown to be effective in the treatment of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and cervical dysplasia. Cauliflower also has excellent anti-inflammatory properties due to its omega-3 and vitamin K content and is an essential food for those trying to prevent chronic inflammation as in fibromyalgia, hepatitis, arthritis, cardiomyopathy, cystic fibrosis, IBS, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Cauliflower Alfredo Fettuccine
Ingredients:
Half a head of cauliflower (about 12 oz), cut into florets
1/2 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 tbsp roughly chopped fresh parsley, to serve
14 oz brown rice fettuccine (sub with lentil or chickpea pasta or zucchini or sweet potato noodles as desired)
Directions:
Place the cauliflower florets in a steamer over a pot of boiling water. Cover with a lid and steam for 5-10 minutes, until tender. Remove and set aside.
In a small pan, add the onion and cook for 2-3 minutes, until translucent. Add the garlic and cook for another 2 minutes.
Place the cooked cauliflower, onion and garlic in a blender and add the unsweetened almond milk, lemon juice, sea salt and black pepper. Blend until smooth.
Boil the fettuccine in salted boiling water until al dente. Pour the sauce over the pasta and mix well. Serve with chopped parsley and a sprinkle of black pepper.
Serves: 3-4
Find out more undiscovered properties of healing foods and how they support the liver, check out my NY Times bestselling book, Liver Rescue.
This item posted: 09-Jul-2019 - Disclaimer
We are all exposed to toxic heavy metals today. Many people also come into this world with toxic heavy metals such as mercury they inherited through their family line. Toxic heavy metals can cause or contribute to countless health symptoms and conditions.
Enjoy this delicious smoothie daily to help safely and effectively remove heavy metals out of your brain and body.
Ingredients:
2 cups of frozen wild blueberries
1 cup cilantro
1 tsp spirulina
1 tsp barley grass juice powder
1 tbsp Atlantic dulse
2 bananas
1 orange
1 cup water (optional)
Directions:
Combine the bananas, blueberries, cilantro, barley grass juice powder, spirulina, and dulse with the juice of one orange in a high-speed blender and blend until smooth. Add up to 1 cup of water if a thinner consistency is desired. Serve and enjoy!
Wild blueberries: Draw heavy metals out of your brain tissue, healing and repairing any gaps created by oxidation when the heavy metals are removed. The potent antioxidants in wild blueberries help reverse any oxidative damage left behind by the heavy metal removal.
Barley grass juice extract powder: Has the ability to draw heavy metals out of your spleen, intestinal tract, pancreas, thyroid, and reproductive system. Barley grass juice extract prepares mercury for complete absorption by spirulina.
Spirulina: Draws out heavy metals from your brain, central nervous system, and liver, and soaks up heavy metals extracted by barley grass juice extract powder.
Cilantro: Goes deep into hard-to-reach places, extracting metals from yesteryear.
Atlantic dulse: Binds to mercury, lead, aluminum, copper, cadmium, and nickel. Atlantic dulse goes into deep, hidden places of the digestive tract and gut, seeking out mercury, binding to it, and never releasing it until it leaves the body. Atlantic dulse also serves as emergency backup, helping ensure that all the heavy metals that make it as far as the colon actually leave the body.
Find out more about how to heal from hundreds of symptoms and conditions in Medical Medium Liver Rescue
This item posted: 08-Jul-2019 - Disclaimer
These fun Carrot Hot Dogs are a great option for family lunches and dinners or to serve at parties, picnics, and children’s sports games. The roasted carrots can be made in advance and warmed up in the oven when you’re ready to use them. A “toppings bar” with as many different toppings choices as you’d like is a fun way to offer something for everyone.
Carrot Hot Dogs
Ingredients:
For the carrots:
8 medium-sized carrots, peeled and trimmed
2 tbsp coconut aminos
1 tsp maple syrup
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp smoked paprika
1/4 tsp mustard powder
2 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp sea salt (optional)
1/2 cup water
8 gluten-free hot-dog buns
Topping options:
Ketchup
Diced red onion
Diced tomato
Sliced jalapeno
Chopped chives or cilantro
Directions:
Place the carrots to a small baking dish. Set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together the coconut aminos, maple syrup, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, sea salt and water/vegetable broth. Pour over the carrots and cover the pan. Let sit for at least 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 420F. Place the covered baking dish in the oven and roast for 30 minutes. Remove the cover and roast for another 20 minutes, until the carrots are just tender.
Place carrots in hot dog buns and add toppings. Serve immediately.
Serves: 6-8
Find out more undiscovered properties of healing foods and how they support the liver, check out my NY Times bestselling book, Liver Rescue.
This item posted: 03-Jul-2019 - Disclaimer
These veggie burgers are a fantastic way to satisfy a burger craving. With the base of the veggie patties coming from sweet potato and other veggies, you’ll be giving your body nutrients while enjoying every second of sinking your teeth into a delicious burger. Pack your burger full of crispy lettuce, salty and sweet tomato slices, creamy avocado, or any other toppings of your choice and enjoy!.
“Sweet potatoes: An important glucose and glycogen storage food for the liver. All sweet potatoes and yams are beneficial, even white sweet potatoes. Similar to regular potatoes, they help support almost every function for which the liver is responsible inside our bodies. Sweet potatoes have phytochemical properties that calm heated, angry, stagnant, sluggish, and toxic livers and help prevent spasming. They also offer a range of hormone-balancing phytochemicals for the liver; the liver uses sweet potatoes and yams to regulate and control some of its hormone functions.” – excerpt from Liver Rescue
Veggie Burgers
Ingredients:
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped mushrooms
1 1/2 cups diced sweet potato
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp coconut aminos
1 tbsp tomato paste
1-4-1/2 cup water, more if needed
1 cup walnuts
1/3 cup ground golden flaxseed, more if needed
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp black pepper
4 gluten-free and corn-free burger buns
Additional topping options:
Spinach or lettuce
Sliced tomatoes
Thinly sliced red onion
Sliced avocado
Ketchup
Directions:
Place a non-stick pan on medium-high heat. Add the onions and mushrooms and fry for 2-3 minutes until the onions start to soften. Add the sweet potato, garlic, coconut aminos and tomato paste. Cook for 3-5 minutes, stirring often, until the sweet potato starts to soften. Add the water add place on the lid. Cook at medium-high heat for 15-20 minutes, stirring often, until the sweet potato is soft. Add more water if necessary. Remove from heat and cool completely.
Place the sweet potato mixture in a food processor and pulse a couple times until the mixture is smooth but still chunky. Don’t over process. Place in a medium-sized mixing bowl and set aside.
Add the walnuts to the food processor and blend until you get a coarse crumb. Add to the bowl with the sweet potato mixture, followed by the ground flaxseed, smoked paprika and ground cumin. Mix until uniform. The mixture should be firm enough to shape into patties - if not then add more ground flaxseed. Shape into patties.
Refrigerate for 1 hour for a firmer patty, or cook immediately using a non-stick pan for 4-5 minutes at medium-high heat on either side.
To assemble the burgers, place the patties on burger buns and add toppings of your choosing. Serve immediately.
Serves: 4
Find out more undiscovered properties of healing foods and how they support the liver, check out my NY Times bestselling book, Liver Rescue.
This item posted: 30-Jun-2019 - Disclaimer
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