[DesignDiva]

I am talking about my most recent discovery in the realm of foods that are not only good, but good for you. Ellie Krieger's show yesterday spotlighted the 10 Superfoods all in one day's worth of meals, and I'm telling you, you get healthier just LISTENING to the recipes, let alone eating them! So I decided immediately that my family needed to have these foods right now.

The first I made for breakfast....muesli. Pronounced "moosely" it is a Swiss concoction that will power you through most of the week, it's that healthy. And easy. And most of all, incredibly delicious and a delight to make and eat!

Swiss SuperMuesli

1 cup plain yogurt (superfood)
1 cup skim milk
1 cup rolled oats (superfood)
2 T honey or sweetner of your choice (maple syrup, molasses, whatever)
1/2 t vanilla
any other flavorings you personally like, cinnamon, nutmeg, whatever

Mix together and put in the fridge overnight. It will thicken into a sweet, creamy, slightly chewy bowl of yumminess that you might actually want to use as an all-over body mask as well. This recipe serves 4, but it is easily doubled, halved or fractionated any other way you like.

Serve with a variety of berries (another superfood) and chopped toasted walnuts and almonds (more superfoods). You will literally glow with health and vitality, and it's pretty darn filling, too!

Lunch:
Grilled Veggie and Hummus Wraps

4 large whole wheat tortillas (whole grains, superfood)
1 c hummus (beans, a superfood)
4 small zucchini, sliced longways 1/4 inch and grilled (salt, pepper, olive oil...a superfood too)
1 roasted red pepper, sliced (or you can use raw)
1/4 red onion, sliced
2 c baby spinach leaves (superfood)
A bit of chopped mint leaves (fresh)

Spread the hummus over the pitas, 1/4 cup each. Lay on the zucchini, pepper, onion and top with spinach and mint and fold in the sides of the tortillas and then roll up. I stored them in the fridge to firm up and chill.

Dinner
Salmon Florentine

6 oz salmon filets (superfood)
2 lbs spinach (superfood)
Some sundried tomatoes if you like, chopped
a couple cloves of garlic (my own personal superfood)
one shallot minced
Bit of olive oil
1/2 c ricotta cheese (or any cheese, really, you just need to bind the spinach together a bit)
Red pepper flakes if you like them

Heat olive oil, saute shallot and garlic for a few seconds, add spinach and toss until wilted and hot. Add sundried tomatoes and red pepper flakes and stir around, then add the ricotta and mix well. Season salmon filets and lay them in a baking dish, pile the spinach mixture on top and pack it so it sits on the salmon like a green hat. Bake 15 minutes. Serve with brown rice (whole grain superfood)

Can you imagine how healthy you'd be if you ate this every day? Wow! Amazingly good stuff, easy to prepare and good for you...can't beat that.

[Tigratrus]

Man... That does sound good!

Definitely a keeper set of recipes for when we can eat it again.

Though we could probably get Elizabeth to go for the Muesli... Maybe it would head off some of the snacking.

Thinking about the salmon, we're addicted to the ocean caught frozen portions at Costco, perfect size and like you said, it's an ubersuperfood. I really like the sound of the Salmon Florentine, maybe we could come up with a non-dairy spinach binder?

::ponder::

::realizes that this is a bit beyond hot dog sculpture::

::stymied::


James

[madp67]

Eva. I might give the "Moosley" a whirl. It sounds good.

Tigger, you can forget about binding agents for now. Season the salmon with salt, pepper and thin slices of garic. You can then sautee the salmon. In a different pan, sautee shallots & garlic in olive oil. Then add your spinach just until wilted. Add a small baked potato and you still have an uber food without the headaches.

[Emmie9999]

Substitutions for dairy can be tricky. Although, in the case of the museli, the yogurt should be allowable due to the lactobaccillius acidophilous. (Acidophili?) Maybe you could try soy milk instead of the skim?

[GardenOfDarwin]

I've been munching on almonds for days. Yogurt, I'm afraid of. We've been taking the acidophillus in capsule form so I don't know that we need it, and I've had such violent reactions to eating anything off my diet that I'm not tempted to try it. Even if it is yummy.

Nothing like a diet that punishes you if you fall off.

Susan