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Ingredients:

• 1 avocado
• 1 lemon juiced, to taste
• 1 tablespoon chopped onion to taste
• 5 ounces cooked or canned wild tuna
• sea salt to taste
• fresh ground pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Cut the avocado in half and scoop the middle of both avocado halves into a bowl, leaving a shell of avocado flesh about 1/4-inch thick on each half.
2. Add lemon juice and onion to the avocado in the bowl and mash together. Add tuna, salt and pepper, and stir to combine. Taste and adjust if needed.
3. Fill avocado shells with tuna salad and serve.

Prep Time:5 mins
Total Time:5 mins
Servings: 1 – 2 servings

Thanks to:  CookEatPaleo.com

Paleo Avocado Tuna Salad

Prep Time

5 mins

Total Time

5 mins

 Servings: 1 – 2 servings

Ingredients

·         1 avocado

·         1 lemon juiced, to taste

·         1 tablespoon chopped onion to taste

·         5 ounces cooked or canned wild tuna

·         sea salt to taste

·         fresh ground pepper to taste

Instructions

1.    Cut the avocado in half and scoop the middle of both avocado halves into a bowl, leaving a shell of avocado flesh about 1/4-inch thick on each half.

2.    Add lemon juice and onion to the avocado in the bowl and mash together. Add tuna, salt and pepper, and stir to combine. Taste and adjust if needed.

3.  Fill avocado shells with tuna salad and serve.

Used with Permission.  avocado-tuna-salad

Happy Easter Week!

Lisa Barnett

Are you tired of the same ole’ thing for dinner each and every night?

At my nephew’s ball game last night my sister brought up the topic of eating the same things over and over for dinner and asked whether any of us moms, aunts or grandmas had any ideas for something new to eat for the upcoming 4th of July holiday weekend.

The “Googler” that I am I thought I’d try to find something for her, and me as well, as my family is getting pretty bored too.

Here are some recipes I found that had been shared by the chiropractic profession from across our great country.

• Dr. John Piazza’s blog: Have-a-healthy-fourth-of-july-with-these-recipes/
• Pfaff Chiropractic: food-for-fuel/new-weekly-recipes/fourth-of-july-recipes.html
• Myers Chiropractic Facebook Page shared the following link: homemaderecipes.com/19-easy-4th-of-july-recipes/
• Well of Life Center: welloflifecenter.com/2011/06/creamy-coleslaw/

Enjoy, be safe and may your 4th be a “blast”!

Everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, at least in the community I come from.  I always look forward to gathering with family and friends for the traditional Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner complete with warm dinner rolls with butter oozing out of them.  YUM.

My recently dietary guidelines certainly don’t include that type of a menu so I did some research to see find the nutritional value of  a corned beef and cabbage meal and what other options I might have.

Here’s what I found.

Living Strong recommends limiting this to special holidays and not making a regular habit of eating corned beef. Corned beef is high in sodium and some cuts are higher in fat.  Cabbage is low in fat and high in vitamins especially C which is an antioxidant that promotes healthy immune system.  With portion control I can live with this.

Including a recipe, Calorie Count indicates 3oz of corned beef has 321 calories which isn’t too bad if you are just counting calories.  Add in the potatoes, carrots, cabbage, dinner rolls, butter, and dessert… well, you might need to go for a walk after dinner.

Would you consider a healthy alternative all together?  Try Eating Well’s Squash and Leek Lasagna, Warm Apple-Cabbage Salad and Whole Wheat Irish Soda Bread.  All three for a total calorie count of 510.  And much healthier choices.

If Spring is breaking in your area you may still want to go for a St. Patrick’s Day stroll.

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This is a favorite blessing my grandmother used to share with us each and every St. Patrick’s Day and even in between throughout the year.

An Old Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to each and everyone of you!

With the closing of Hostess many wonder when they’ll ever have another Ho Ho.  Well here you go, a recipe for HO HO bars, almost as good as the real thing.

Layer #1 –
1 Chocolate Cake Mix.
Follow directions on box.
Bake at 350°, 12 to 15 minutes in a 11 x 15 pan.
Refrigerate until cooled completely.

Layer #2
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup Crisco(white)
2 tsp vanilla
1 small can (5 oz) evaporated milk
1 stick margarine or butter
Combine in bowl.  Start at low speed, gradually to full speed for 20 minutes until it looks like butter cream frosting.
Apply mixture to cooled cake, Refrigerate until cool

Layer#3
1 stick margarine or butter
4-1 oz semi sweet baking chocolate squares. Melt, stir and cool completely
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 egg
2 1/2 Tbsp hot water
Add to chocolate mixture, mix well until smooth and shiny.  Spread over whipped layer.

Keep refrigerated and ENJOY!

Whether you’re a die-hard sports fan or just eager to check out the commercials, no Super Bowl Sunday would be complete without friends, family and fabulous food.  Celebrations has some great ideas for throwing the best Super Bowl party ever.   Start planning your SB Party with their ideas, decorations, recipes and halftime games.[Link]

Pull out that checkered tablecloth, fire up the grill and look no further for perfect all-American recipes, like Guy’s 4th of July Cocktail, Alton’s Fried Chicken and a new take on the classic Flag Cake.  For more healthy Recipes for the 4th visit: Food Network

Lots to great info on diets, great recipes, kids, etc.

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Here are some fast and very healthy recipes for you, your family, and patients. For example, here is what is for breakfast:

• Ginger Yogurt with Fruit
• Granola with Fresh Fruit
• Grapefruit Sunrise
• Healthy Breakfast Frittata
• Hot Polenta Breakfast with Dried Fruit Compote – Non-Dairy
• Italian Tofu Frittata
• Mushroom, Tomato, Basil Frittata
• Poached Eggs Over Collard Greens & Shiitake Mushrooms
• Poached Eggs Over Sauteed Greens
• Poached Eggs over Spinach & Mushrooms
• Poached Huevos Rancheros
• Swiss Breakfast

Fish anyone?

• 15 Minute Asian Tuna
• 15 Minute Braised Fennel Salmon
• 15 Minute Braised Salmon with Leeks
• 15 Minute Salmon with Mint Salsa
• 15 Minute Seared Tuna with Sage
• 15 minute Steamed Halibut with Bok Choy
• Baked Halibut with Herbs
• Braised Snapper with Celery
• Lemon Fish with Puree of Sweet Peas
• Mediterranean Cod

Hungry yet? There are many more.

Put a few of these in your patient newsletters and they will be a hit.

Here’s the recipes.