Chicken Cumin “No rice, Fried rice”

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This is a take on my “no rice fried rice” that happens to be one of the simplest, and most favored dishes based on reader feedback. You can see the original recipe here: Fried Rice…with No Rice.

Chicken Cumin “No rice, Fried rice”

  • 1 bag of broccoli  slaw
  • 6 eggs
  • Coconut oil
  • Kosher salt/pepp
  • Diced plain chicken
  • Ground cumin
  • Coconut Aminos

Start by sautéing a little coconut oil in a pan until melted and add the entire bag of broccoli slaw, sprinkle with a little kosher salt/pepp and a generous portion of cumin. Continue sautéing until the slaw starts to cook down. Then break the eggs into the pan and stir until everything is mixed well. Continue stirring until the eggs are almost cooked. Add another generous portion of ground cumin and incorporate. Last, cut pre-cooked or leftover grilled chicken into the pan (I use my kitchen shears, and cut the chicken into pieces directly into the pan), and stir until everything is well heated. The cumin gave it a wonderful flavor (I used quite a bit). Top with coconut aminos!DSC_0003DSC_0008

Dressed-Up Strawberries

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Berry season rocks! The other night I threw some ripe strawberries in a bowl to have with dinner. I’d say 99% of the time, fruit is consumed as-is in our home, but decided to change it up quick for something different. Sweet tooth, satisfied!

I simply drizzled a little raw honey, probably 1 TBSP Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips, and topped with a sprinkle, maybe 1/2 TBSP of Madhava Organic Coconut Sugar.photo (3)

Body Language and Diabetes

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This post is two-fold. I’ve come to recently love watching TED Talks on Netflix. Not only am I fascinated by learning, but I think one of the best things about them is that they are no-frills, straight to the point talks by engaging speakers, and then they’re done. No bull, no sugar-coating, here it is, what you do with this knowledge is your choice, type of deal. Fits me well. This is the first fold.

Seth recommended that I watch a TED Talk that he’d previously viewed, on posture and body language, and how it affects us. I’ve always thought I pay attention to my body language, and have made the effort to be very mindful of it, especially in professional settings. I watched it last night, and while I’m not awful in the body language arena, as with most things, there is always room for improvement, and I learned things 🙂

But still, something Amy Cuddy said in her presentation struck home with me. For some time now, at the forefront of my mind, I have been trying to figure out how to put into words what it was like to receive a life-changing diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, at the age of 25. I still don’t know how to comprehend or make sense of not having the life anymore that I had for 25 years. In Amy’s TED Talk about body language, she shares with the audience a personal story and at one point she says, “so I really struggled with this, and I have to say, having your identity taken from you, your core identity, and for me it was being smart, having that taken from you, there’s nothing that leaves you feeling more powerless than that. So I felt entirely powerless. I worked and worked and worked, and I got lucky, and worked, and got lucky, and worked.” I had an aha! moment and thought to myself “yes, I can relate to that, I know what that’s like. My identity was taken from me and I’ve had to find a new one.”

Just like Amy, I’ve had to work very, very hard to create a new identity, a new normal, and be accepting of it. Who I am today is not who I was pre-diagnosis. The things that I do on a daily, sometimes hourly basis are not what I would’ve done 6 1/2 years ago. This is the second-fold.

You can view Amy’s TED Talk here: Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are.

His and Hers Brunch

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Seth and I typically go out for breakfast at least once on the weekends, it’s our catch-up/talky time, and we enjoy getting out early and having the rest of the day. A couple of weekends ago on a Sunday, I slept in for much-needed Zzzzs and Seth went for a run. When he got back, he made this excellent brunch and I’m patiently waiting for him to make it again.

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His and Hers Brunch

Steaks (hers: filet w/grass-fed butter, his: NY Strip w/Worcestershire), one over-medium egg, sweet potato and pepper hash (that’s the first time he’s added bell pepper to his sweet potato hash, nomnomnom), and oven-burst campari tomatoes.

The steaks were marinated in Worcestershire, garlic powder, salt and pepper, then grilled. The hash is diced sweet potatoes cooked in reserved bacon fat with fresh garlic, diced mini tri-color peppers, salt and pepper. The tomatoes, super simple and fabulous (we’ll be doing this once we have more tomatoes than we know what to do with); simply toss the whole tomatoes in a little oil (of your choice), sprinkle with salt and pepper, and oregano (remember when I had more oregano than I knew what to do with, so I dried it in the dehydrator? Well, that’s what we’ve been using!), and roast at 450 degrees until they burst. The over-medium egg, well, he cooked them like we normally do, in bacon fat 🙂

Have some friends over and wow them with a super easy, flavorful and fulfilling brunch. Also be jealous my hubs cooks like this while I’m catching up on sleep 😀DSC_0952