Today is Day 7 of our FREE 10 Day “Let Food Be Thy Medicine” Challenge. If you are just joining our series, please be sure to formally register (click here) to ensure you receive all 10 Immunity building foods plus recipes for each!
Note: Natural remedies are not meant as replacements for treatment by a medical profressiona. Never discontinue prescribed medication without first consulting your physician.
During this 10 Day course, we will be reviewing one new SuperFood a day, and providing you with an easy delicious recipe to try to begin immediately enjoying it! So let’s get started, it’s Day 7, sis!
THE SUPERFOOD OF THE DAY: MUSHROOMS!
7th on our list of our select 10 SuperFoods is Mushrooms sis! Many popular culinary mushrooms also have health benefits. Shiitake, maitake, matsutake and wood ear mushrooms apper to be especially potent in addition to being deeply flavorful. Musrooms readily lend their strong flavors to fats and liquids, so one way to save money is to use small quantities in recipes like risotto and beef stew. All mshrooms are good sources of fiber, antioxidants, magnesium and potassium and boast much more protein, vitamin D and B vitamins – nutrients mainly obtained from animal foods – other than produce. (To maximize vitamin D, mushroom growers have to be sure to expose them to sunshine or a particular kind of UV light). Mushrooms also have many applications in herbal medicine, where they really shine at boosting the immune system. Many species are also being studied for their ability to inhibit tumor growth.
ALSO TRY: Few foods are as widely used in herbal medicine as mushroom; two that stand out are garlic and turmeric, both featured in this free challenge.
HOW TO BUY & ENJOY MUSHROOMS
- Frozen and dried mushrooms cost less than fresh. Drying them intensifies enzymatic activity and flavor, and they are easily reconstitued in hot water. Strain and use the soaking liquid to cook rice, pasta and soups.
- Mushroom is one of few foods that improves somewhat in flavor after they harvest
- Store mushrooms loosely in a partially closed container, with a towel tucked in to absorb moisture.
RECIPE OF THE DAY: “MUSHROOM ZUCCHINI LASAGNA ROLLS”
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DIVA ASSIGNMENT OF THE DAY
- Read the lesson above and leave a comment below to let us know if you learned something new, or if you plan to join the recipe, or if you have your own recipe you’d like to share. We love to read your comments and will be replying to each one of them.
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I’m Nicole Twyman, a native New Orleanian, who has lived all across the US! Although, my small family of 4 currently calls Los Angeles, CA home. I am a proud 40+ year old mom of a wonderfully energetic and theatrical daughter, and a handsome, scholarly athlete!
While I have worked in corporate America as a certified senior project / program / portfolio manager for Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, Procter & Gamble & IBM, my passion is service. It has always been my desire to live a life of service to others; which I took every opportunity to explore as an active member of many of my church’s ministries and of my public service sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.
Well, now I am over the top excited to have the opportunity to serve divas through my very own ministry, Fit, Fyne & Fabulous.
This is going yo be dinner on my meal prep lisr for next week. Hopefully, I can find some mushrooms.
Nicole Dyer-Twyman … yes!! I want to try it(vegan cheese of course). I’ve made “chiKen”, pulled “poRk”, portabella “steAK”, I have a recipe for a “crAb cake” using lion’s mane, but the local grower here is sold out.