Winter Recipes To Keep Your Immune System Strong
Making smart food choices for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and between meal snacks can help boost your immune system naturally. It is especially important to eat well during the cold winter months to ward off colds and flu.
Healthy Blender Breakfast Pancakes
What could be better on a cold winter’s morning than a stack of healthy pancakes that are quick and easy to prepare. You can add pecans to the recipe, if you wish, to make the pancakes even more delicious.
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup almond milk
- 2 teaspoons flax seed
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup brown rice
- ½ cup oatmeal
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- Pecans, chopped (optional)
Directions
- Place almond milk, flax seed, coconut oil, vanilla, rice and oatmeal in a blender and blend on high speed for three minutes
- Add baking powder, sea salt, and baking soda and blend briefly
- Add chopped pecans, if desired
- Prepare griddle with coconut oil and pour in mixture
- Brown on both sides
Chicken, Broccoli and Almond Sauté Dinner
This tasty and healthy dinner features broccoli, an important “superfood” and support your immune system. The chili flakes give this chicken dish an extra zing.
Ingredients
- ½ pound boneless and skinless organic chicken breasts
- 12 broccoli florets
- 1 – 2 cups of water
- ½ cup toasted almonds, roughly chopped
- Kosher salt, to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- ¼ teaspoon of chili flakes, or more, to taste
- 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
- Olive oil
Directions
- Place chicken breasts in a mixing bowl, coat with olive oil and season with salt and pepper
- Heat the grill pan and grill chicken for a few minutes on each side
- Lower heat to low, and cook until almost cooked through
- Remove and let them rest for one minute, then slice thin
- Add broccoli florets to water, bring to a boil, cut until fork tender
- Heat one tablespoon of olive oil in a large pan sauté on medium heat, and add chili flakes
- Add broccoli, chicken and toasted almonds, and drizzle sesame oil, salt and pepper to taste
- Toss and cook for a minute or two
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