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    • Asparagus & Chorizo Egg Skillet
    • Bacon & Egg Bake
    • Bracos
    • Breakfast Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash
    • Homemade Yogurt
    • Mini Omelets
    • Overnight Bone Broth Oats
    • Rutabaga Hash
    • Sausage Egg & Cheese Peppers Wrapped in Bacon
    • Tinfoil Eggs
    • Tortilla Espanola
  • Main Dishes/
    • Elk Barbacoa
    • Fennel Apple Bacon Stuffed Chicken
    • Family-Style Shephards Pie
    • Garlic Scape Bacon & Swiss Burger
    • Green Bean Casserole
    • Halibut en Papillote
    • Lamb Lettuce Wraps With Yogurt Sauce
    • Lamb Sliders
    • Mediterranean Burger with Kraut Slaw
    • Oven Roasted Chicken
    • Oven Roasted Duck With Rosemary Honey Glaze
    • Plantain Chip Nachos
    • Roasted Cherry Haddock
    • Roasted Grape & Pear Stuffed Chicken
    • Sausage & Wild Rice Stuffing
    • Slow Roasted Salmon
    • Savory Zucchini Bread Pudding
    • Turmeric & Honey Glazed Chicken with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce
    • Turmeric & Yogurt Braised Chicken
  • Soups & Broths/
    • Beet Fennel Parsnip Soup
    • Beet & Sweet Potato Bone Broth
    • Butternut Squash Soup
    • Butternut Squash Rutabaga Soup
    • Cauliflower Fennel & Leek Soup
    • Chicken Bone Broth
    • Chicken Noodle Soup
    • Chicken & Sweet Corn Chowder
    • Cioppino
    • Coconut Curry
    • Creamy Avocado Poblano Soup
    • Creamy Tomato Soup
    • Gazpacho
    • Lemon Chicken Bone Broth
    • Oxtail Broth
    • Pumpkin Spice Soup
    • Roasted Poblano Pepper Soup
    • Rutabaga Leek Soup
    • Sweet Potato Cauliflower Soup
    • Sweet Potato Chili
    • Turkey Bone Broth
    • Vegetable Broth
    • Zucchini Parsnip Soup
    • Zucchini & Rutabaga Soup
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    • Better Than Apple Pie Apple Crisp
    • Broccoli & Cauliflower Salad
    • Carrot, Kale & Raisin Salad
    • Cauliflower Rice
    • Caesar Salad
    • Cherry Pie Crumble
    • Citrus Fennel & Cranberry Chop Salad
    • Classic Cranberry Sauce
    • Cranberry Sauce Sous Vide
    • Creamed Spinach
    • Creamy Avocado Kimchi Dip
    • Cucumber Sauerkraut Slaw
    • Curry Farro Salad
    • Curry Kraut Slaw
    • Dandelion Greens Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing
    • Fennel Apple Sauerkraut Slaw
    • Garlic & Butter Sauteed Mushrooms
    • Greek Salad
    • Herbed Avocado
    • Homemade Mayo
    • Hummus
    • Kale & Fennel Chopped Salad
    • Mashed Rutabaga & Cauliflower
    • Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
    • Mediterranean Pesto Pasta
    • Melon Salad
    • Oven Roasted Smashed Potatoes
    • Roasted Lemon & Chili Cauliflower
    • Peach Cobbler
    • Pineapple Fennel Sauerkraut Slaw
    • Potato Salad
    • Roasted Fennel & Apple with Cranberry & Bacon
    • Root Vegetable Medley
    • Rutabaga Fries
    • Shishito Peppers
    • Simple Salsa
    • Spring Spinach Salad
    • Summer Cucumber Salad
    • Summer Spaghetti Squash Salad
    • Superfood Quinoa Salad
    • Waldorf Chicken Salad
    • Wild Rice Salad
  • Drinks & Snacks/
    • Apple Cider Bone Broth
    • Basil Arugula Pesto
    • Blended Berry Kombucha
    • Bone Broth Bloody Mary
    • Butter Bark Bites
    • Carrot Top Pesto
    • Coconut Kefir Electrolyte Water
    • Gut Healing Hot Chocolate
    • Gut Healthy Greens Smoothie
    • MCT Men (Gummies)
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    • Probiotic Chocolate Milkshake
    • Protein Banana Bread
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July 02, 2018

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July 02, 2018/ carley smith

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Pretty excited about presenting at the @acfcolorado meeting yesterday at @childrenscolo . I prepared my Mediterranean Chickpea Salad and Hummus recipes to snack on while I talked about gut health and why these foods help support a healthy microbiome. Resistant starches like chickpeas are excellent for gut health as they provide a source of food for the beneficial bacteria in the gut. Providing the right food for the bacteria (aka prebiotics) is equally as important as consuming the bacteria (aka probiotic) when it comes to maintaining a healthy microbiome. These recipes can be found on my website, link in profile. Enjoy!💛💛
How about this brunchy Asparagus & Chorizo Egg Skillet for breakfast?🍳Or lunch? Or dinner? I love recipes that I can use for virtually any meal any time of the day. Plus they’re so incredibly simple to make! Basically, I sautéd asparagus in ghee, added cooked chorizo, topped with farm fresh eggs, then baked for about 8 minutes at 400*F. You can serve as is, on top of added mixed greens, throw in a bone broth broth, or alongside some wild rice or my Oven Roasted Smashed Potatoes for extra gut healthy resistant starches. Full recipe details on my website, link in profile. Enjoy!!💛💛
Hi friends! Just a friendly reminder I’ll be speaking @alfalfasmarket Boulder this coming Tuesday May 7th at 6PM MDT on gut health! If you can’t make it or you’re not in the area, be sure to check out my Facebook page as my friends over @themoderneater will be live streaming! You can tune in, follow along, and even ask questions!🦠I will be discussing the microbiome as it relates to the collection of bacteria AND fungi in the gut and how having a healthy balance of both of these organisms is imperative for optimal health. Plus, I will review a few food as medicine approaches to restore the microbiome with probiotics, prebiotics, and even postbiotics as well as demo three incredibly delicious and easy recipes that support the gut. Local friends, click the “Get Tickets” tab in my profile to register for this FREE event!! Hope to see you there!🤗💛
Happy Monday friends! I’ve been traveling this past week so first thing on my agenda when I came home was to throw together a chicken bone broth. Broth has been so helpful for me throughout the years and in healing from Lyme disease, it’s full of countless nutrients, vitamins, and minerals as well as supports detoxification pathways so is great in helping me recoup from traveling. Most importantly, broth is awesome for gut health! It is full of nutrients like collagen, cartilage, and connective tissues that assist in rebuilding and repairing the gut lining while also aid in reducing inflammation. Here I have one of my favorite broths, my Lemon Chicken Bone Broth, that is super light and refreshing, especially for spring🍋To make, basically just add a chicken carcass, full lemon, juice, and zest and a little sea salt to your slow cooker, fill with water, and simmer for 24 hours. Check the link in my profile for full recipe details! Enjoy!💛☀️
Looking for creative ways to incorporate more ferments to your diet? Check out my Creamy Avocado Kimchi Dip! Ferments are an important component for gut health because they help to repopulate the gut with beneficial bacteria and fungi. Studies show that it is not just bacteria that is important in optimal gut health, but fungi as well, and the symbiotic relationship between the two. When pathogenic bacteria and fungi are overgrown in the gut, they create a biofilm, or digestive plaque, that acts as a protective barrier, making it extremely difficult for the beneficial organisms to thrive. My Creamy Avocado Kimchi Dip is the perfect way to spice up your ferment consumption and diversify your microbiome! I combined ferments like miso and kimchi then blended with avocado, fermented non-GMO soy sauce, ginger, honey, oil, and basil for the most delicious dip! You can even use this as a spread on sandwiches or salad dressing, even a drizzle on fish tacos! Full recipe on my website link in profile. PS: DENVER FRIENDS🎉I am going to be demoing THIS recipe plus two others ‪on Tuesday May 7th 6PM‬ @alfalfasmarket Boulder plus talking all about the microbiome, aka collection of bacteria and fungi in the gut❗️Click the Get Tickets button in my profile to sign up for this FREE event! ‼️Everyone else, lucky for you my good friends at the @themoderneater will be live streaming this on Facebook so be sure to tune into my Facebook page and follow along! XO
A little bit of a more personal article for me titled “How High Healthcare Costs May Have Saved My Gut” in @paleomagazine talking about how the high cost of healthcare may have actually helped me in my battle with Lyme disease. While I believe there is no doubt a need for some sort of healthcare reformation, I also feel that perhaps these high costs are forcing us to look at alternatives like nutrition and gut health as a solution to the problem rather than a temporary fix...at least that was my experience. I talk a little more about my battle with Lyme disease and how I relapsed after my mom passed away unexpectedly due to the stress and trauma. I was again plagued with the decision to revert back to antibiotics as treatment but the exorbitant amount of money spent on medications and doctors forced me to again focus more on my diet and lifestyle. Check the link in my profile for full article. I hope you find this helpful and that it offers a different perspective. Perhaps our healthcare system and health problems are forcing all of us to choose better quality foods that support our bodies as well as a more balanced lifestyle approach💛💛
Spring is finally here and I have just the salad this month to invite all the seasonal feels! My Mediterranean Chickpea Salad is the ultimate spring dish as it combines fresh peppers, onions, cucumbers, and tomatoes with Mediterranean flavors of feta, olives, and olive oil. I love making large salads like this on Sunday and having readily available for the week ahead because I can easily add to mixed greens or take to-go. It is also wonderful served alongside grilled chicken for dinner. Plus, it is super easy to make and is gut healthy, of course! ✅Chickpeas are high in resistant starch which means they are resistant to digestion. Instead, they ferment in the large intestine by becoming food for the beneficial bacteria. Foods like resistant starches are essential in helping create a healthy, thriving microbiome! See link in profile for full recipe, definitely one to add to your meal prep list! Enjoy!💛💛
It’s true‼️Your cravings for sweets and starchy carbohydrates may actually be your gut talking...well, the bacteria in your gut actually. To be exact, it may be the pathogenic fungi that could be talking, most commonly known as Candida, which may bring a sigh of relief knowing that these crazy cravings you just can’t hack might actually not be your fault and instead, be a result of dysbiosis or an overgrowth of pathogens in the gut!! ✏️Research shows that when there’s an overgrowth of Candida in the gut, we typically crave more unhealthy foods like sweets and processed carbs, the foods that Candida love to feed on! If we can work towards changing our diet to foods that starve Candida and promote the growth of beneficial bacteria (like resistant starches...think properly prepared grains and legumes, leafy greens, and plenty of other fiber rich foods) we can maintain a healthy microbiome and thus reduce food cravings! ✏️In addition to diet, you can also use supplements to help maintain homeostasis in the gut. My favorite is @biohmhealth because it combines beneficial bacteria AND beneficial fungi in a probiotic to further inhibit the growth of pathogens like Candida. It also is the only probiotic (to my knowledge) that contains an enzyme that helps reduce digestive plaque (aka biofilms) which essentially builds a barrier protecting pathogens making it hard for beneficial organisms to thrive. Ps: You can use code Carley20 for 20% off your order. 📌Want more gut health? Check the link in my profile for my full presentation on the breakdown of gut health including bacteria, fungi, leaky gut, and more!
Sometimes you just want a nice juicy steak, you know what I mean? Tonight I seared a grass fed skirt steak, one of my favorite cuts, in a piping hot cast iron skillet then topped it with a basic chimichurri which essentially is parsley, cilantro, garlic, lemon juice and zest, oil, and sea salt in a blender then blended until mixed. The awesome thing about chimichurri is that you can use whatever herbs you have on hand or to your liking plus you can throw in additional spices like red pepper flakes or maybe even dried jalapeño for added heat🌶it is also great on salads, tacos, or any other meat like chicken and fish. Simple and delicious😍

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