10 March 2014

Recipes: Pastas

Seafood pasta
Ingredients:
250g Pasta cooked al dente
300g Marinara and scallops
300ml Cream
300ml white wine
Zest of 1 lemon
Cheese

Stir fry seafood a few minutes and put aside.

Put wine in pan with remaining juices and cook until reduced 2/3

Add cream and zest and warm for a minute.

Mix with pasta cooked al dente.

Serve with parmasan cheese.

My version of Pepper Steak Pasta
Ingredients:
500g pasta
spoon of olive oil and butter for frying
450g of thick porterhouse
1/2 onion sliced thinly
ground pepper
3 garlic cloves
200g mushrooms (can ommit if not available)
200ml white wine
2 or 3 tsp wholegrain mustard
1 table spoon worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup beef stoc
1/2 cup double cream
2 tablespoons of chopped parsley

Cook pasta with a pinch of salt.

Toss in some olive oil, salt and generous amount of pepper then set aside.

Heat butter and olive oil and fry steak for a few minutes on each side then set aside.

Fry onion for 4 to 5 minutes or until soft.

Add garlic, mushrooms, wine, and lots of pepper and cook for another 2 or 3 minutes.

Add mustard, worcestershire sauce, stock and cream. Season with more salt and pepper and simmer for 2 minutes.

Thinly slice the steak.

Add steak, pasta and parsley to the sauce then toss to combine.

Serve with parmesan cheese.


Lemon Balm Pasta
Blend:
2 cups of lemon balm leaves
3 garlic cloves
1/2 cup of walnuts or mixed nuts
1 1/2 tablespoons of lemon juice
4 tablespoons olive oil
Pinch or two of salt

Mix into cooked pasta al dente

Recipies: Non food recipes

Massage oil

6 tablespoon coconut oil
1 tsp hemp oil
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 g honey 
Ylang ylang
Clove essential oil 
1 tablespoon Macedamia oil
Pinch cocao

Recipes: Pastry and pizza

Basic Pastry
1 cup wholemeal spelt flour
1 teaspoon baking powder (or half)
125g butter, chopped
1/3 cup water

Mix together with hands.  Add extra flour if too sticky. 

Place in fridge in a ball for an hour or more.

Pizza Crust
1 ½ cups wholemeal spelt flour
1 cup greek yoghurt

Mix together then kneed to a non sticky consistency.

Push into a flat round, cover with plastic and leave to stand. This allows the yoghurt to break down the flours.

Squid Topped Pizza
Garlic Aoli:
Pinch of paprika
1 teaspoon water
1 large egg yolk
1 garlic clove, minced
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing
salt
cayenne pepper

Topping:
6 ounces cleaned squid—tentacles halved, bodies sliced crosswise 1/2 inch thick
Freshly ground black pepper
Freshly just blended capsicum
1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 large tomato, diced
1 teaspoon chopped marjoram
1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Pizza crust:
As per above recipe

Preheat the oven to 500°. Preheat a pizza stone. In a small bowl,mix the paprika with the water.

In a blender or bowl, beat the egg yolk with the garlic and 1 teaspoon of the lemon juice. Gradually add the 3/4 cup of olive oil, beating constantly, until very thick. Stir in the remaining 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and the paprika and season the aioli with salt and cayenne.

In a frying pan, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil until shimmering. Add the squid, season with salt and black pepper and cook over high heat until just starting to whiten, 30 seconds. Transfer to a plate.

Brush the pizza round with olive oil and sprinkle with crushed red pepper, salt and black pepper. Scatter the onion slices over the round and top with the squid, tomato and marjoram.

Slide the pizza onto the hot stone and bake for about 5 minutes, until the bottom is crisp. Transfer the pizza to a work surface and drizzle with 3 tablespoons of the aioli. Reserve the remaining aioli for another use. Garnish with parsley.

The aioli can be refrigerated for up to 2 days

27 January 2014

Daily choices

Cereals
- Yoghurt with chia seeds and oatmeal, flax
- Oats (soluble fiber)

Smoothies
- Green smoothie with apple, banana, ginger, lemongrass, turmeric, mint
- Protein smoothie with coconut milk, egg or protein, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon
- Fruit smoothie with kefir, lemon, fruit, nigella sativa
- Chocolate smoothie = protein smoothie + cocao + cream

Drinks;
- Coconuts (hydration)
- Sugar cane juice (low GI)
- Lemongrass in warm water (cancer)
- Lemon myrtle in warm water (cancer)
- Peppermint tea (stomach upset and diarrhea)
- Ginger tea (same as peppermint tea)

Supplements
- Green lipped mussel
- Digestive enzymes
- Telomere treatment

Boosters
- Bee pollen
- Royal jelly
- Molasses
- Psyllium

Snacks (high soluble fiber for colon health):
- Apple without peel
- Pear without peel
- Bananas
- Oranges
- Dried Prunes
- Raisins
- Peanuts, almonds (high calorie)
- Carrots
- Cheese
- Baked Potato
- Baked sweet potato
- Chocolate
- Sandwich with peanut butter (high calorie)
- Sandwich with tuna and avocado
- Berries

Lunch and dinner meat dishes:
- Roasted chicken rubbed with butter and pepper and lemon zest, stuffed with lemon, salt, pepper, herbs such as rosemary and thyme
- Pasta with basil pesto or lemon balm pesto
- Boiled egg with organic mayo and mustard powder
- Steam fish (rub inside and out with salt and pepper, stuff and top with galangal, steam.  serve with sauce of 60ml spy sauce, 1 tbsp rice wine, 1 tbsp water)

Lunch and dinner side dishes:
- Baked potato with chives and sour cream
- Baked potato (diced, semi-boiled and 'roughed up', buttered and roasted.  salt once finished)
- Baked sweet potato (as per baked potato)
- Cheese
- Peas and mashed potato
- Steamed veges (from frozen or fresh)
- Kale or other green boiled / fried / steamed and drizzled in sesame oil and soy sauce
- Lentils
- Bittergourd (cut off ends, and core it, boil in 1tsp salt water until starting to soften, drain.  Fry fennel seeds for 2min, add onions until soft, add garlic for 2 minutes, add tomatos until pulpy, add tomato sauce, turmeric, red chilli, coriander, cumin powder, salt to taste.  Fry for another 10 minutes then allow to cool.  Fill the bitter gourd melons, tie up to stop coming out and fry each side)

Raw sides:
- Carrot
- Cucumber julienned
-

Quick sauces:
- Bottle oil with veges such as chili or orange slices - use on salads


23 January 2014

Remedies: Cancer

Introduction
These are some of my thoughts on the topic of cancer.

Resources
A great book that discusses the different alternate therapies available is "Outsmart your cancer". I recommend reading of this book which discusses many absolutely amazing and proven theories on how cancer is formed and also many of the therapies that can be used to beat your cancer.

A couple of the more interesting therapies that are available in Australia are Laetrile (Vitamin B17) - see http://www.b17.com.au/default.asp.

Citrol
It has been shown in studies that a small amount of Citrol can cause cancer cell death in a test tube.  Some of the more familiar plants that contain high levels of Citrol are lemon grass and lemon myrtle (Backhousia citriodora).  I have read that taking 8 glasses of hot water with fresh lemon grass each day that you take radiation and chemo can assist.  But I would say it can work anyway.  Lemon myrtle has also shown promise in causing cell death.  It of course contains 98% Citrol.

Syzygium anisatum
This is an Australian rain forest tree also known as Australian Aniseed tree.  It has also shown promise in eliminating cancer cells.  It has flavours of licorice and aniseed.  You can buy it in herbal tea form.

The Tasmania pepper leaf (Tasmannia lanceolata) can also kill cancer cells.

Reishi Mushroom
Reishi mushrooms have been shown to have great promise in fighting cancer by strengthening the immune system.  There is also an extract of Reishi mushroom called Triterpene that is the major component of reishi that has this effect.  Triterpene is available from www.therawfoodworld.com.

Some things thought to prevent cancer
- Turmeric
- Ginger
- Green tea extract (EGCG)
- Vitamin D3
- Pomegranate extract (for prostate health)