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Featured Cookbook Recipes
Explore a selection of recipes from What Health Should I Eat? The Antioxidant Diet and Feel Great, Look Great: Balanced Eating for a Balanced Life—a preview of the nourishing meals you’ll find inside my cookbooks.
Julie Freeman
Nutritionist & Author of What Health Should I Eat? The Antioxidant Diet and Feel Great, Look Great: Balanced Eating for a Balanced Life
Black Bean Burgers & Jicama Salad
Featured from my cookbook, "What The Health Should I Eat" (available on Amazon).
This meal is a trifecta of protein, fiber, and potassium to support your kidneys and colon!
Ingredients
The Burgers:
2 cups Black beans
3 TBL Fresh cilantro (or 1 tsp dried)
2 TBL Hemp or Eggwhite protein powder
2 TBL Ground flax
3 TBL Greek or non-dairy yogurt
1 Egg
1 Garlic clove (or ¼ tsp powder)
1 TBL Olive or avocado oil
The Sides:
Salsa Cruda: Tomatoes, onion, cilantro, lime, jalapeño, and garlic.
Chips: 4 Sprouted corn tortillas.
Jicama Salad: 8 cups greens, 2 cups cucumber, 2 cups jicama, lime juice, and avocado oil.
Directions
Prep Burgers: Mash bean ingredients together (keep some texture!). Form into 4 patties and fry in an oiled pan until golden.
Blend Salsa: Pulse salsa ingredients to your desired consistency.
Crunch Time: Cut tortillas into 1/4s. Bake at 350°F for 7 minutes until crisp.
Toss Salad: Mix greens, cucumber, and jicama with cilantro, lime, and oil.
Serve: Top burgers with salsa and enjoy the chips on the side!
Fudge Brownies
Yields 16 Servings
Dry Ingredients
1/3 cup GF flour
1/3 cup Cocoa powder
1/2 cup Benefiber
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Xanthan gum
1/4 tsp Salt
Wet Ingredients
2 Eggs
1/4 Cup butter, melted
2 tbsp Applesauce
2 tsp Vanilla
1/4 cup Sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl.
In a separate bowl, beat eggs, then add melted butter, applesauce, and vanilla
Mix dry & wet ingredients just until blended (do not overbeat!)
Pour into a sprayed 8" square banking pan
Bake for 25 minutes
Serving Suggestion: Top with Almond Butter Mousse (2 tsp non-dairy Greek yogurt mixed with 2 tsp almond butter) and walnut or pecan.
Stress-Reducing Meal: Mediterranean Black Salad
Featuring cortisol-lowering superstars: Salmon and Spinach!
Ingredients
8 (4 oz) Salmon fillets (rub with 2 tsp Mayo)
2 pkgs Konjac Rice & 4 cups Baby Spinach
Sundried tomatoes, Artichoke hearts, Red onion, & Kalamata olives
Violife Feta, Oregano, Olive oil, & Wine vinegar
Coconut or Cassava wraps
Quick Instructions:
Bake Salmon at 450°F for 12 mins (save 4 for lunch tomorrow!).
Mix rice, vegetables, oil, vinegar, and spices together.
Crisp wraps in the oven at 350°F for 5 mins.
Serve salmon over the veggie-rice mix with your "chips!"
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MA, LDN, RYT, and seasoned licensed nutritionist and mental health coach
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