More.Real.Food
607 Princess St. N6A2S6 London, ON, Canada

It’s officially fall, y’all! Roasted fall vegetable ... salad? medley?... Carrots, beets, turnip, brussles sprouts, and sweet potato all roasted and topped with olive oil, salt, pepper green onion, pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds. ... I had this one cooled at lunch but had it warm with chicken a couple nights before for dinner. And you know me, I’d put an egg on virtually any left overs and just call it breakfast

How often do you go to grocery store and do the same loop picking up the same familiar foods? Grab a few of the items from this list during your next visit to put together a couple of delicious hyper-seasonal recipes. Eating what’s in season locally means a higher nutrient content (nutrients degrade as soon as a fruit or vegetable are harvested so a lot is lost in long transits) and more flavour. ... Try this chai chia pudding (nothing says Fall to me like chai!) for a quick pre-made grab-and-go breakfast.

Which one will you try? 1. Rye toast with smashed avocado and mushroom sautéed in avocado oil and nutritional yeast with hemp seeds. 2. Goat cheese with caramelized onion on rye toast (alternatively - with dairy-free cheese to keep it #vegan)... I’ve been posting about maximizing your breakfast for a while now and I want to know how (if) you’ve amped up your breakfasts and what’s working for you to get lots of fat and protein with your first meal?

Tropical Seafoam Smoothie: for aiding in #thyroid function (also: just delish) 1/3 cup frozen mango 1/3 cup frozen pineapple 1/3 cup frozen banana... 1 cup cashew milk 1 tbsp hemp seeds 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds 1 tbsp dried dulse 1 tsp Camu Camu Lots to unpack here: so first off and simply put, your thyroid produces a master hormone for your body - essential for metabolism, weight management, and body temperature regulation (which btw is inSANEly important!), among so many other things. It needs iodine. The hormones it makes are built with iodine which is an element severely lacking in the soil in the Great Lakes area so the chances of being deficient here are high, (despite always saying it’s best to eat local ). Enter: dulse. It’s a sea vegetable high in iodine and really easy to sneak into smoothies ***it’s really easy to find in health food stores, Whole Foods and evening Bulk Barn sometimes*** Camu Camu (it’s a berry FYI) powder is majorly high in vitamin C which helps manage the toxic stress on the body and helps take stress off the thyroid (there’s a lot more to this connection, but you’ll just have to trust me). Pumpkin seeds contain a high amount of zinc which both help MAKE thyroid hormone (T4) and then, more importantly, convert it to an ACTIVE form of the hormone (called T3) that your body can USE...AGAIN, there’s a shit ton to unpack here but like, it’s a smoothie post so let’s just start with that for now! Fats from hemp seeds help manufacture hormones and offer loads of protein. The fruits contain nutrients to help support function. If you’re concerned about your thyroid though - organic is key. Blend that shit and drink up. If you know you have thyroid dysfunction HMU - I want to talk to you about your experience with the medical system, and any other practitioner you’ve seen - the good the bad, all of it.

Snacking on carrot sticks? HERE’S A SUPER IMPORTANT TIP: Cover them in high-quality oil first. Carrots are packed with vitamin A: essential for healthy vision, reproduction, growth and skin tissue maintenance and repair (in addition to SO much more). BUT vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin (it needs a fat carrier in order for your to absorb it) ... adding oil to your carrots (cooked or raw) helps your body actually ABSORB all the goodness out of them.... OR make a homemade hummus and dip your carrots into the carrier oil - I make mine with soaked and cooked chickpeas and a 1/2 cup avocado oil and I change the spices I add each time. Right now in the fridge is a pesto hummus with basil, lemon, salt, pumpkin seed and garlic. The point is just to make sure you’re not eating them dry but with a good amount of oil to carry the fat soluble vitamins and goodness INTO the body. FYI ~ canola and vegetable are NOT what I mean by high quality oils.