Amaryllis Health

Market day in Whitby … We’ve got the tops and the herbs, so it’s also chimichurri day!
Time to chop, wash, organize and EAT!

Welcome to “fairy dusting” food labels!

Healthy eaters now know that industrial seed oils like canola, safflower, soybean et al are oxidative and inflammatory. The flip side is the benefits of healthy monounsaturated fats like olive and avocado oil.

Big food is trying to take advantage. So, enter these versions of mayonnaise at Ontario supermarkets. The front in big bold lettering boasts that THIS mayo uses proper oils. But go to the back label, and see what the lead (most prevalent) ingredient is. Side note: calcium disodium EDTA is a preservative also used in cosmetics and industrial products. So there’s also that.

I love washing / chopping / prepping day.
It isn’t just the local haul, nutrient density, excitement for fresh food.
It’s an opportunity to practice “removing the friction”. ( An idea from Atomic Habits … )

If you want to create a habit of healthy eating, remove the friction of getting everything ready ahead of time. How many times do you buy fresh vegetables, shove them into piles in the refrigerator, and a week or two later throw them all away? Because each time you went for a salad, stir fry, or steaming pot, the idea of chopping and washing was too daunting. Mine is done. Ready. They stay fresher longer, and they’re ready to eat.

And now on Monday or whatever day, I’ll open the drawer, grab them, and make a favourite meal.

DO IT!
We can do this!

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Simple primal lunch.

Salt a rack of ribs, toss it into an instant pot on high pressure for 25 mins.
Depressurize, brush with olive oil that has salt and pepper.
Quarter up a zucchini and brush with oil, salt n pepper.
Finish the ribs on the bbq, grill The zucchini until it’s soft to your liking.
I threw some fresh basil leaves on.
Boom.
We can do this.

Once I decide who I am and what I do, I can simply follow the process. What would one who does X do in a given situation?

What’s my identity?
I choose “one who eats for nutrient density, every day”. Knowing that everything I consume makes me healthier or less healthy.
That identity / messaging is important.
If I “try to eat healthy” I’ve already built in an option to fail.

Eating things that make me more likely to experience autoimmune flares is not what I want for my life.

My top three core values are health, intuition, and authenticity.

Health is number one, because I’ve seen the other side. And without it, I know there isn’t an ability to work on my other values.

So that’s how I choose to identify. And when I do that, it just becomes “what I do”, not what I’m trying to be better at.





Thanks for sharing this insight with regarding this Elizabeth King quote.

The days I choose nutrient-dense breakfast? The days that end in ‘y’.

We can do this.

(40+ grams of protein in this 150g) serving)
Vegetables:

(other than some potatoes!)

Bison sliders from have 14g of protein each, and with three per meal I’m right at my protein target (40g x4 times daily = 160g or 1 gram per pound of my body weight. This helps me build muscle, control satiety, and balance blood sugar.

I choose to eat mine without a bun, but instead on lettuce with my favourite condiments.

avocado oil mayo, ketchup and hamburger pickles.
My steamed veggies are from the and are topped with grass fed butter and

Nutrient density!

Natural healing, in the mountains of Washington state.
Good for the soul, mind, body.

Paraphrased from the mind of (I hope the gist is correct, but if not, would truly appreciate input).

This is a situation I have found myself in with autoimmune Crohn’s disease.

Historically, experiencing mental, emotional, and even nutritional stress would lead me to exercise more. Putting more water into a bucket that was mostly full. For me, the manifestation was autoimmune disease flaring.

It didn’t make sense to me. I felt like I was doing something to create health, but my body wasn’t ready.

Now I’m aware of hidden stress. And I pay attention when my body says “enough”.

I like my vegetables cooked (sometimes) and my fish raw (sometimes).
This is farmed trout (boo, kinda) but it’s almost Sockeye season!
Annnddd, it IS garlic season (spring garlic, garlic scapes).
The is rocking now! Wednesdays in front of central library.

Ankles, calves, flexors — ignite & engage

I’ve often heard that I deprive myself.
I’ve been told that life is too short to avoid “good food”.

But the disagreement isn’t about the idiom. It’s fundamental. The disagreement is over what food actually is.

Solo wellness trip 2023 is in the books!

Look at my neighbourhood! It didn’t matter, in fact, as rundown as it was, it had charm and the people were warm and friendly. When I travel solo, I don’t want a fancy hotel, I want to live like a local.

And with that comes setting circadian rhythm to sunrise and sunset. Meditation. Breathwork. Reading (“Falling Upward” by Richard Rohr this time, as well as “Never Finished” by David Goggins).

I ate really great food (prepared in my tiny-ass kitchen), slept 8-9 hrs per night, took in all the vitamin D, and refocused my brain for the year ahead.

That’s wellness.

Lots of protein, iron, zinc, B12.
Pan-seared, finished in oven. Sliced onto a simple salad with vinaigrette plus a drizzle of cab-merlot balsamic glaze.

😋😋

I wasn’t sure how I felt about the taste of raw salmon. I added pink Himalayan salt, and horseradish mustard. Now it’s singing!!

This is (loosely) a recipe from season 2 episode one (food is medicine) of … it’s from creator

Basically, a fresh salmon filet skin side down in a deep pan or dish. Marinated 24hrs in a mix of (lots of) lemon juice, water, salt, mustard, and honey. Fully submerged (weight on top to confirm it stays anaerobic—without oxygen).
Look up the shows for lots of cool paleo cooking (or non-cooking as it were) ideas.

No they don’t sell this on planes. Yes I pre-planned, pre-packed, and prepared ahead of time for travel.

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Alright. Rainbow Trout. I find this readily available at markets in my area, and much more affordable than some other things. Is this farmed? Yes. The reason it’s likely cheaper here is, Ontario is a world leader in farming trout. It’s difficult to find info on our farming practices, but there’s not as much negative as say Atlantic salmon etc, so that’s a win.

In trying to obtain varied, healthy, and cost-effective proteins, this one works for me, currently. Less canned fish means less bpa and metals.

In this instance, very simple. Salt, dulse and kelp seasoning, brushed with olive oil, baked in the oven. The fresh herb chimichurri polyphenols (colours, flavonoids) with cilantro, parsley, carrot tops, radish tops, onion, and garlic help to nullify the oxidation effects of the cooking process.
Vegetable medley was simply a base of onion, garlic, fresh turmeric, mushrooms and celery as well as pre-blanched (in salty water) carrots, green beans, and potatoes all done together in ghee (clarified butter — all the fat sans lactose).
Toss in some olives for more nutrients!

This could feed 2-3 people, but after a 16 hr fast, I crushed it all for breakfast.
The 385g portion of rainbow trout gave me 65-70g of protein 😳💪🙏🙏

Also, shoutout to for the great cutting board! 😆

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I travel. But I still have to load protein, and continue to find nutrient density.
has made canned nutrition more affordable! And more importantly, packed their in olive oil! Same with

When you get off of an airplane, the first obvious thing to do is find grass. Even in a downtown setting.
After 3 hrs in a metal box of radiation, grounding to the Earth’s natural charge will recalibrate your cells, and help clear the negative physical effects of flying.

Hop onto a rental bike and find that Pennsylvania grass!!

Let’s get cold! The brain is for survival, when it tells you to stay out of the cold water, override. You know, within reason.

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The more I explore and try to understand autoimmune disease, the more I land on the body’s stress response as a major factor.

With that in mind, I’ve identified a few things that actually trigger me. Historically, I’ve noticed “icky” feelings, which I now understand as an energetic response to being triggered into a memory. A specific memory, or even just a time frame.
Normally, when that would happen, I would judge the trigger, push the feeling down, and change the subject in my brain.
Now, I try to feel it, explore it, understand, and let it happen. Reminding myself I’m not at place “X”. I’m here. Safe, happy.

Sometimes it’s people. People who were in my life during a timeframe, who make me feel “off”. It’s not necessarily them, just the time of my life I knew them. If that makes sense.
Often, it’s images. Some of the pics here are just things that throw my energy. I’d love to know if anyone else has simple triggers like this, and what they are.

Fascinating.

Breathe MF’er breathe.

We can do this.

Okay, I’m not a huge fan of advanced glycation end products (look it up) … But fish ‘n chips style was pretty great.

Wild caught halibut from — ketchup from the master who started and sweet potato fries!

Halibut was cooked in avocado oil and the fries were done in an air fryer with beef tallow.

It’s not great to cook food harshly at higher heats, but as a rare treat, this was fun.

Food? We can do this.

This moment matters. That moment mattered … but this one does too. The next one isn’t here yet, when it is, it will matter. But for now, this one.

In July, I crossed something off of the list I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I meant to create a post, so here it is.

I finally visited the site of where began to write his classic

I feel somewhat connected to Thoreau’s ideas around transcendentalism, and it was really enlightening to visit the forest / pond that he called home for 2 years, 2 months, and 2 days beginning in 1845.

It’s now a state reserve not far from Boston. There’s a shop / bookstore, marked trails, and locals go to enjoy the forest and pond. I went right around sunset on a Sunday after a day (baseball game) in Boston. It’s an easy walk to the site of where his house was built. Saw the site, took a leaf for a bookmark (for my copy of Walden, of course), and made a point of getting my feet into the water.

I really dug the energy of the forest, and will definitely go back when I have time to journal, meditate, and walk some more.

Breathe. Focus. breathing at today. The summer was, in a word, chaotic. Getting back into my body … feels like resurfacing after being under water too long. 🙏🙏