Warming up my breakfast… I like to have Greek yogurt with fruit, homemade granola, brazil nuts & kefir for my breakfast. I am getting my protein, fats, carbs, fiber, and ferments all in the first meal of the day… BUT I live in Scotland, and November is cold and damp… according to Ayurveda and Traditional […]
Tag: gut health
My Soup Challenge
I was listening to a doctor talk about one of her patients who turned his health around by including a smoothie every day that had 57 different ingredients in it. He would go to the farmers market and buy whatever was in season, put it together in batches and make it up daily. He went […]
Carrot & coriander soup
Carrot & Coriander Soup Fiber Points 8+ 500g bag of carrots 1 Onion 4 celery sticks 2 bay leaves 1 tbsp Oregano 1 tbsp Basil 3 heaped tspn Bouillion or 3 stock cubes Cayenne pepper (optional & how much depends on how hot) ½ tspn black pepper Handful of fresh coriander (plus spare to garnish) […]
Spicy Tomato & Lentil Soup
Hello, Cosy in with a warming soup… Not only can soup be packed with fiber and nutrients, but because you blend it, it can be much easier to digest. If, like me, you can be sensitive to tomatoes, I find when they are cooked, I am less sensitive, but also removing the skins – so […]
Potato and leek soup
Nourishing your body is essential for better health. Gut microbiome research is coming on leaps and bounds over the last few years. The best ways to improve gut health is eating fermented foods (like the recipes I have shared in previous weeks) and increasing fiber diversity, aiming for at least 30 different sources each week. […]
Healing Chai Tea
Welcome to Saturday Kitchen, my favourite recipes. The vast majority of them are gut-friendly, gut-healing, and digestive-supporting. I have had quite a few new people join my mailing list recently, so if you are new here, welcome. The reason I share these recipes is I have a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease and Endometriosis. From my […]
Thai Green Curry
I hope you are well this fine Saturday… Welcome to Saturday Kitchen, where I share with you some gut-friendly recipes. This week is one of my favourites… Thai food is right up there with Indian as my top choice. This recipe is super easy, chop, drop, wait… If you are using a slow cooker, as […]
More ferments – Saurkraut
Saurkraut Fiber Points 2+ Never in my life did I think I would like sauerkraut… But here I am, having it every single day! I learned from the best in the business Janice Clyne of Be Nourished By Nature. I highly recommend you check out her workshops to learn all the different ways you can […]
Chocolate Banana Cake
Chocolate & Banana Cake Fiber Points 4+ 200g flour (white/plain flour no fiber points, whole wheat flour, rye, bran, seeded etc fiber points) 1 ½ tspn cinnamon powder 120ml olive oil 150ml liquid sweetener – I use honey or maple syrup 3 or 4 medium bananas (I use 4 if I have no eggs) 1 […]
Gut friendly Kitchari (Lentil Dahl)
Happy Saturday Kitchari is something I was introduced to when I started studying Ayurveda (the healing sister science of Yoga). In Ayurveda, this meal is used to detox, reset, and heal the gut – and you know how that is a big focus for me these days. This recipe is really easy, I drop it all […]
My latest ferment – Milk Kefir… Have you tried it?
Hello, I was first introduced to kefir back in 2011… and man, do I wish I had kept it in my diet back then… I often wonder if I had paid more attention back then, would I not have crohn’s now? But, that’s not something I know (unless anyone knows how to transport into alternative universes???). Hindsight […]
Make your own Kimchi
If you don’t know what kimchi is, it’s probably best to start there… Kimchi is a traditional Korean side dish made from fermented vegetables, with napa cabbage and Korean radishes being the most common ingredients. I struggled to get napa cabbage, so used sweetheart cabbage instead and I don’t like radish. so I swapped that out […]
What is kombucha?
Kombucha Kombucha is a fermented tea drink that’s really good for your gut microbes. If you have been reading these emails or following me on social for a while, you know I am doing everything I can to support my gut health. It’s a healthy option for a refreshing ‘soft drink’. It supports the detoxification […]
What is Kombucha?
Kombucha Kombucha is a fermented tea drink that’s really good for your gut microbes. If you have been reading these emails or following me on social for a while, you know I am doing everything I can to support my gut health. It’s a healthy option for a refreshing ‘soft drink’. It supports the detoxification […]
Kiln Roasted Salmon
Over the last couple of years I have been learning about understanding my DNA evolutionary history – yes I did the ancestry DNA test before I knew they were selling your data on! So why not make good use of the information myself… 100% Celtic, 51% Scottish, 49% Irish! I was a bit disappointed that […]
Super Lime Pickled Salad Sub
I hope you are well and enjoy these Saturday Kitchen posts… Eating is a joy… Which is not something I would have said 8 years ago. I had what I would now consider a lousy relationship with food for a long time. I would get stressed if I went somewhere for food and didn’t know […]
Thai Style Salmon With Veg
Thai Style Salmon with Veg Fiber Points 10+ Salmon Filet 1 tsp crushed ginger 1 tsp crushed garlic 1 tbsp soy sauce Juice of a ½ lime (or tbsp apple cider vinegar) Toasted shredded or desiccated coconut (preferably unsweetened) Salad Onion (red or shallot) Mini Cucumber Carrot Juice of ½ Lime (or tbsp […]
Summer Spring Rolls
Summer Spring Rolls Fiber Points 10+ Spring Roll Ingredients Round rice paper sheets 100g Angel hair or Glass noodles Veggies of your choice that you like raw, chopped into thin sticks I use: Carrot finely Bell Peppers (each colour is a fiber point) Spring Onions Cabbage Chilli peppers Button Mushrooms Fresh Basil […]
Chocolate Goodness to start your day !
Chocolate Porridge Fiber Points 4+ 35 – 50g rolled oats (organic if you can get them) 200-300ml milk of choice Pinch sea salt Tsp sweetener – maple syrup, honey, and coconut sugar are good options Tbsp cacao or cocoa powder (or a couple of squares of dark chocolate, if you use milk chocolate, you probably […]
Quick & Easy Pasta
Quick & Easy Pasta Fiber Points 9+ 70g pasta per person (wholewheat, lentil, spinach or buckwheat pasta will give you fiber points, regular pasta won’t) Olive oil Garlic Herbs of your choice (the more variety the more points) Pine nuts (or any nuts) Hemp seeds (or any seeds) Toasted Sesame seeds […]