Ingredients: 1 bottle coconut aminos 6 tbsp organic apple cider vinegar 3 bay leaves 2 tbsp minced garlic 2 packs of organic chicken thighs bone in brown basmati rice Cook: Add to crockpot coconut aminos, vinegar, garlic and bay leaves, then raw chicken. I leave mine on low for about 8 hours. I use a rice cooker for the brown [more]
Ingredients: 2 packs eggroll wrappers 2 peeled and diced carrots 8 diced radishes 1/4 napa cabbage diced 2 bunches green onions diced 1 bag jumbo raw shrimp diced (peeled and deveined) 2 stalks lemongrass 3 tbsp dried tarragon (5-6 tbsp if fresh) 1 bunch cilantro diced 2 tsp ground ginger juice of 3 clementines 4 tbsp grapeseed oil 2 tbsp [more]
I have a confession to make. I have a not so secret addiction and its chickens! I write this blog wearing my favorite comfy chicken pj's, having just prepared my incubator with a batch of our own eggs to hatch in three weeks. There's no such thing as too many chickens at our farm. Our chicken coop has gone through [more]
It's that time of year again: the Broyles family liver cleanse! The kids groan and make yuck faces, my husband wishes he could do the same and instead gives me a compliant smile that says "sure honey, I'll give up my beer for two weeks..." The liver healthy autoimmune diet that we must follow for the next two weeks (and [more]
Old records that once belonged to my grandparents crooning, their static crackle here and there warming my soul. I laugh at the album cover, a famous singer smoking away with gaudy gold rings on his fingers. I imagine my grandparents playing these same songs, did they dance together or cook dinner and hum along? The older I get the more [more]
2022 has arrived and I am thankful! This is a year of new birth for me as I move out of the traditional insurance model and family medicine to start my own business in functional medicine consulting. It's exhilarating and terrifying all at the same time! As a medical student I dreamed of being a family doctor in a small [more]