Strep Throat?!

Come on now, ladies and gentlemen.  I haven't had strep throat since I was in first grade and now all of a sudden, I get it twice in three weeks?  This is uncalled for and ridiculous, if you ask me. :)

So I've been on antibiotics and all that good stuff, but I figured it couldn't hurt to help them out a bit so I've been oil pulling with coconut oil (seriously, look it up - coconut oil has so many amazing health benefits), but I also whipped up a nasty little batch of an apple cider vinegar cough remedy I used a while back, because I remember how great it made my throat feel.  Here's the recipe I use:


1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger (I'm sure you could use fresh ginger if that's all you had)
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (I used Bragg's)
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon honey


Put all of those ingredients in a container with a water tight lid and shake the crap out of it until it all looks uniform in color.  The spices will settle to the bottom of the container after a while, so be sure to shake it up every time before you use it.  I fill a shot glass half full and knock it back.  It's actually pretty amazing stuff - if you can get past the taste of the ACV... :)

I'll be back later this week with a couple recipes!  I'm thinking about creating some weekly meal plan posts if anyone would be interested in seeing that!

xo

Tonight's Dinner!

So tonight's dinner was Asian meatballs, brown rice, and cauliflower and broccoli.  I realized afterward that the original recipe from Get Fit With Nikki says that 6 meatballs is 1 red container and I only had 4... so I feel a little sad about that. :)  Here's what dinner looked like (which you can also find on my Instagram account - @see_sara_run)...

You can go over to Get Fit With Nikki to see the original recipe, but I made a few changes.  I didn't have scallions, so I used chives from our garden.  I also added a tiny bit of breadcrumbs - not enough to change the container count, but enough to help the meatballs stay together - and garlic and onion powder.  No salt was necessary because of the soy sauce, but I added pepper as always.  I baked them in the oven at 375 degrees for 30 minutes and they were perfect!

If you try out the recipe, let me (and Get Fit With Nikki) know how you liked them!

xo