Blend All Ingredients Until Smoothe: 1 cup raw cashews (if using soaked cashews, see notes) 3/4 cup water 2 – 4 garlic cloves 2 teaspoons dijon mustard juice of 1/2 lemon 1 tsp Celtic or Himalayan Sea Salt 1/4 cup Nutritional Yeast 1/4 cup Olive Oil
Endive Salad
Whisk: 5 tbsp rice vinegar 1/2 cup olive oil (or hemp) 2 tbsp Dijon mustard 1 garlic clove Chop 6 heads of California endive and toss in dressing. Divid equally on 4 plates and top each with: 1 rip pear (core, quarter, cut into thin strips) 1 Tbsp blue or goat cheese 1 tbsp roasted…
Chia Seed Chocolate Cake
Haven’t tried yet - coming soon Ingredients: 2 tbsp chia seeds + 6 tbsp water (chia "egg") 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 cup almond flour or ground oats 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey 1/4 cup Greek yogurt or mashed banana 2 large eggs (or substituwith flax eggs for eggless) 1/4 cup melted coconut…
Thank You for Caring
I receive recommendations all the time for products, therapies and protocols in the hopes something may help me. I very rarely try those recommendations - and I want people to understand why. I used to think doctors had the answers. They didn’t. Then I thought some alternative program would be the thing. Those did not…
Oat Bran Muffins
Night Before: Buttermilk: 1 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar Coconut milk to make 1 1/2 cups total Add to bowl 2 cups oat bran 1/3 cup almond flower 2/3 cup cassava flour Pour “buttermilk” over bran/flour mix and stir. Refrigerate overnight. This breaks down the bran so it digests better. In the morning: Turn oven…
Berry Cobbler
Filling 4 cups berries (I like raspberries, blackberries, blueberries) 1/4 cup (59.15 g) allulose 1/2 tsp psyllium husk 1 tbsp tapioca flour 1 tsp ground flax (optional) Topping 3/4 cup (84 g) slmond flour 1/2 cup (91 g) coconut sugar 2 tbsp coconut flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) salt 1/4 cup (56.75 g) melted butter 1 large egg 2 tbsp heavy whipping cream (or non dairy alternative) If using frozen berries, bake them at 350° until they are…
Get Off the Mat
I’ve been reading Jeremy Renner’s book “My Next Breath”. I love his spirit and drive. I love his love for his family and friends. I love that he’s a fighter. BUT… I started to feel stuck in my own head because there’s a difference between what he went through and what we (lymies) go through.…
Struggling to Get Through the Day
Winter is always hard. Christmas is over - it’s New Years Eve - and I am still expecting myself to do more than I am realistically able. My low back is flaring up. I have multiple structural issues which become a serious problem when there is inflammation. Every movement hurts. Coughing hurts. Laughing hurts. Sometimes…
Pain
PAIN is one of the hardest symptoms to explain - mainly because it’s not a single symptom. Pain happens in lots of places for lots of reasons and with differing degrees of severity and duration. When you have an acute injury to a specific body part, doctors ask you to describe your pain (achy, dull,…
Update: Sept 2025
To be honest, it’s been a struggle to write because it’s hard to come up with words for where I am, where my family is. If I look back over the years since I first became disabled on July 10, 2013, I see huge progress. Back then I was bed bound most of every day,…
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