Gluten Hates My Guts: Zucchini Pesto Potato Magic!

Got inspired for this little combo after eating an amazing Zucchini Pesto soup at Happy Gillis. It is gluten-free and depending on the pesto you use, dairy-free too. My tums is thanking me for this little experiment gone really right!! So far, I have just been eating it as a main dish, but I bet it would be amazing with brown rice.

Zucchini Pesto Potato Magic: All parts are approx., mostly cause I am a rule breaker. :)

• 2 Medium zucchinis
• 4 Red potatoes with skins left on
• 1 Can of Artichokes or 1 box of frozen
• 1-2 TBS of pesto (Highly recommend Emily's amazing Basil Basil Pesto)
• 2 TBS Olive oil
• Juice of 1 lemon, zest is nice too
• Couple shakes of dried minced onion
• Couple shakes of cayenne pepper
• Salt and pepper to taste

Heat olive oil in a pan, then add chopped potatoes with skins on. After a couple minutes, add the zucchinis, chopped, and everything else, EXCEPT the pesto. Let it all simmer together until veggies are the tenderness you like. I like the potatoes a little crunchy, so I let it cook for around 10-15 minutes. Turn off heat, add the pesto and mix around. Then eat! Yum!

Gluten Hates My Guts: Intro to the Body Ecology Diet

So, I ran across this book, The Body Ecology Diet by Donna Gates, on a website and it seemed like the answer to all of my issues. I am only half way through it right now but, very soon, my Body Ecology experiment will begin!! Just have to psyche myself up...it is not the easiest program to understand, much less, actually follow. It seems like a worthy experiment though!! I will be posting successes, failures, recipes, results, loves, hates etc.

Here are the issues it says it will fix or balance:
• Headaches
• Depression
• Low sex drive
• Food allergies
• Sensitivity to odors and tobacco
• Joint and muscle pain
• Digestive issues
• Poor Sleep


Here are the basic theories....which are all about balance:
• You need to eat foods that are balanced with expansive(sugar, coffee) and contractive(salt, meat) properties so your body systems can function properly.
• You need to balance your body's acid vs. alkaline so that yeast, which feed on the acids, cannot survive.
• 80/20 Rule #1 - stop eating when are 80% full so there is 20% room for your tums to digest.
• 80/20 Rule #2 - meals should be 80% alkaline veggies and 20% acid protein
• Eat/Avoid foods for your blood type.