What's cooking?

First, thank you all so much for the prayers and support. It is truly unbelievable.  Some of the comments and e-mails brought me to tears.  Several people have reached out to us who have a child or a best friend or a relative with NF1 and I am so appreciative.  I have not had a chance to get back to y'all but will touch base as soon as I have a chance.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart.  I will tell y'all know what the doctors tell us next week too.

So, I get in these cooking ruts.  I am probably in one right now. I feel lazy and not much like cooking.  And I have not been eating very healthy lately. And boy oh boy is my stomach paying for it today. I was up all night with an upset stomach.  One thing I need to do is eat more kale so tonight for dinner I am having some soup and this kale and avacado salad.  Mine is a little different but so yummy! 

Do you know how good kale is for you?  Amazingly good.

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Okay so in  case you are in a rut too, here are some recipes I have tried recently and I think are very good (and healthy too).  This chicken and rice soup from Two peas and their pod is so easy and so delicious.  I LOVED it.  The kids liked it too. They don't love soup they way I do but they tolerate it and this one was worth it.  I could eat soups and salads everyday if the rest of the family wouldn't whine about it.

This beef and broccoli stir fry was also very easy and everyone really enjoyed it.  In fact it got 2 thumbs up from everyone.  It was delicious!!!  I thought I took a photo of mine but I guess I did not.  Kate, Will and Harry said this was better than our local Chinese take-out restaurant!

{I took this just before we served it over jasmine rice}

Last week Dave and I made this Thai Chicken Basil dish (above).  It was FABULOUS!!!  My mouth is watering just thinking about it. I added more mushrooms because we all love them and I added orange bell pepper for some extra antioxidant health.  Make sure you get Thai basil and use a lot of it (Asian markets carry this).  That and the coconut milk make this dish so aromatic. YUM!

(a note-- I am not a big fan of soy sauce as I do not think soy is good for us overall but 3 of these recipes call for it...so we either omit it, use organic gluten free soy sauce, or use reduce the amount.  You can also make a soy sauce "substitute" if you are allergic to soy or gluten.)




I would love if you would share a link to a favorite recipe of yours. Let me know in the comments a new dish you have tried recently.  I need to get out of my rut and back into a healthy cooking routine.  Some of you may not know that I was diagnosed with MS for many, many years.  I totally changed my eating habits and ALL of my MS symptoms disappeared. I do not have MS! I still slip into old habits sometimes but I saw this video recently and it was SO inspiring.  Take the time to watch this video about health and food....you will be amazed.  Food really is medicine.