By Shaina Kamman
Shaina is a Board Certified Health Coach. She works with mothers and others who are hungry for change and ready to make healthy food the staple in their home. She is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the world’s largest nutrition school, and she is also a member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and the Weston A Price Foundation.
Myth #3: Healthy Food is SO
Hard to Make. Waaaah!
The actual myth goes
something like this: Healthy foods are SO hard to make because they are so
terribly time-consuming. I will never be able to be both sane and healthy!
Waah.
This, of course, is not the
truth of the matter. The truth is that potchke foods are terribly time-consuming to make, and can
easily wear down your sanity. Foods that necessitate a lot of peeling,
chopping, sautéing, and/or many different pots, pans, bowls, and utensils are potchke
foods. There is nothing about healthy
foods that mandates you making a large mess, or spend a lot of time in your
kitchen.
Healthy foods made with
simple ingredients can be prepared in a snap. Today’s simple example is
scrambled eggs served with sliced tomato.
Crack the eggs. If you keep
kosher -or you are just grossed out by blood spots- check for blood spots. If
all is free and clear, go ahead and scramble it up with a fork. Pour it into a
preheated pan with butter. WHAT? The crowd gasps. Yes, butter. Just like your
great-grandmother used. Scramble it all around until it’s as soft and mushy, or
as hard, as you like it. Plop it on a plate next to some tomato slices. Salt
and pepper to taste, and voil`a. The breakfast of champions.
Why, you ask? Why is this the
breakfast of champions?
Let’s see. Eggs. Incredible,
edible eggs. Good quality eggs are rich in just about every nutrient we’ve
discovered, especially Vitamins A and D. They have sulphur-containing proteins,
which are necessary for the integrity of cell membranes, and contain amino
acids tryptophan and methionine that promote a healthy nervous system and good
moods! Waah no more. Egg yolk is the most concentrated source of a B Vitamin
called choline that we know of. Regarding minerals, eggs are an outstanding
source of “heme” iron, which is one of the most absorbable forms of iron. They also
provide calcium, phosphorus, and trace minerals. Overall, chicken eggs are
considered to be the “most complete” protein source in a single food. In fact,
the amino acid profile in an egg is so well proportioned that eggs are used as
the reference point in judging the protein quality of other foods.
Butter. It’s bettah with
buttah. Good quality butter is a wonderful source of fat-soluble Vitamins A and
D, and they are in a most absorbable form. Because of this, in many primitive
cultures, butter from grass-fed cows is prized for being especially beneficial
for children and expectant mothers. These fat-soluble vitamins found so
abundantly in butter act as a catalyst for mineral absorption. Without them,
our body is not able to utilize the minerals we ingest, even if they are
present in abundance. They are essential for growth, for healthy bones, and for
the proper development of our nervous system and brain. Many studies show that
butterfat is crucial in maintaining normal reproductive powers, as it is rich
in Vitamin E, a precursor for sex hormones.
Tomatoes provide Vitamin C,
carotenoids, B-Complex, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, and calcium. Along
with other red fruits, tomatoes are a wonderful source of lycopene, which is
valuable in protecting us from cancer.
Now, the recipes I’ve shared
in this little mini-series are not exactly earth-shatteringly unique. They are
intentionally very basic and simple. Preparing body-building, brain-building,
good-mood-supporting, and delicious food for your family is practical,
relatively easy, and valuable goal for every home-makin’ Priestess.
Myth #3 has been debunked!
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