Jane Invents a "Recipe"

Once or twice a day, prior to a meal, I heat up a small cup of my homemade chicken broth, to which I've added a tablespoon or two of virgin coconut oil and a dash of celtic sea salt. Yesterday I got wildly inspired and added two tablespoons of ground pumpkin seeds (which I got from Wilderness Family Naturals because their seeds have already been "soaked and dried."). Today I used sunflower seeds, also from WFN. (I ground them in my mini Krups coffee grinder thingie.) Yummy.

If you click on the "soaked and dried" link above, you can read about why seeds are so much more nutritious if you first soak them in water, then dry them out before eating. Same for nuts. It's easy to do. I soaked and dried a batch of walnuts yesterday (Jack is hooked on them too; they taste better, we think, than raw ones). The reason I bought the pre-soaked seeds from WFN was because, well, there's only so much soaking and drying that a person can do. Easy though it is, you still have to draw the line SOMEwhere!

Oh, and of course there are a jillion ways to eat nuts and seeds. Plain. Or mixed with goji berries. Or with cheese. Or sprinkled on salads or in soups. Or mixed in with rice. Or in your cereal or oatmeal. (I didn't know that pumpkin and sunflower seeds were so full of protein.)

Comments

[Ms.K]

Is there a particular reason for having the broth/oil/salt before a meal?

Dear Ms.K,

You ask such good questions!

Yes. The broth aids in your digestion, and the oil (in addition to being a healthy oil) makes you feel fuller/more satiated, thus helping to curb your appetite and keep you slimmer. The salt is just me wanting a little more flavor.

[harlan]

There are too many puns available about soaking your nuts, so I'll avoid them all. Question: how do you make your chicken broth?