BREAKFAST: For most of us breakfast is the meal that seems to be the most difficult to get used to when changing to an Alkalarian lifestyle. Here are a few suggestions that may help you make that transition.
Hot Millet Salad is a delicious and satisfying hot and cold combination. Millet is an ancient grain that is alkaline. For each serving bring ¼ cup millet and 1 cup water to a boil. Cover and simmer for 25 minutes. Place the cooked millet in a soup bowl and drain some flaxseed oil or cold pressed coconut oil over the top and spray lightly with Bragg’s Aminos for flavor. Add ½ of an avocado and ½ of a tomato to the top and throw a handful of sunflower sprouts along with a handful of sliced raw almonds (soaked is best). Spray lightly with more Bragg’s Aminos and you’ll be good until afternoon!
Buckwheat groats with Almond Milk is another delicious way to start the day. Buy buckwheat groats, making sure they are as fresh as possible. Soak overnight in water. Drain off the water and put them in a large round bread bowl. Spread them out evenly across the bottom and sides of the bowl and cover with a towel. Rinse twice a day, each time re-spreading in bowl. Do this for 1 ½ to 2 days until the sprout is a little longer than the size of the buckwheat groat. Then put on trays in dehydrator and sprinkle cinnamon on it. Dehydrate at low temperature, less than 90 degrees for 4 ½ to 5 hours. You can also dehydrate chopped almond and pecans that you have previously soaked in water for 12 hours. Take out and use with Almond milk by Pacific or make your own almond milk using the recipe from the ph Miracle book.
Please note there are lots of other breakfast items and recipes. This is my favorite because you don’t get hungry for 3-4 hours, and it’s great fiber. After you have a bad meal or bad food, eat buckwheat groats as soon as you can afterwards to help the bad food pass more quickly through the digestive system and to bind up bad calories. (Buckwheat groats and cracked or cream of buckwheat are available in most health food stores. )
Vegetable Soup is a satisfying meal and can be used for any meal. Lightly stir fry some cut up vegetables such as green beans, celery, zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, leeks, onions, garlic, shredded cabbage, etc. in a little vegetable broth. Flavor with spices such as herbs de Province, oregano, basil, parsley, etc.. Add some Bragg’s Aminos and/or Real Salt for flavor. Sprinkle with flax, sunflower seeds or sliced raw almonds. You may desire an unsalted brown rice cake with almond butter to go with the soup or some sprouted tortilla chips dipped in humus or almond butter.
Steamed broccoli is an excellent choice for breakfast. Lightly steam broccoli for 5 minutes. You may want to add chopped onion and other green vegetables. Lightly stir in some Basic Salad Dressing and top with soaked almonds or hazelnuts.
Low Sweet Granola- This delicious granola feeds that craving for a bowl of crunchy cereal in the morning or a handful for a snack during the day. The lauric and caprylic acids in the coconut are antiviral, antibacterial and antiprotozoal so that they aid the body in killing yeasts and fungus. (For more information see articles at www.nexusmagazine.com “The Benefits of Coconut and Coconut Oil.”
2 cups raw almonds soaked 10-12 hours in filtered water.
2 cups raw pecans soaked 10-12 hours in filtered water.
2-3 cups young coconut meat
1 ½ Tbs. ground cinnamon
2 cups diced strawberries or wolfberries (if you are symptom free of yeast/fungus.)
1 ½ tsp. of Celtic salt or Real salt
3 packets of Stevia blend or 4 tsp. of Amazon Treasure
In a food processor, pulse the nuts and coconut meat coarsely. Place in large mixing bowl and set aside. Continue by dicing up the strawberries and adding to nut mixture. Toss all remaining ingredients well. Place on a dehydrator sheet and dehydrate at 105 degrees for 14-16 hours, or until crisp. Serve with nut milk. Will keep for up to 1 month in sealed container.
One of my personal favorites is stir frying cabbage, squash, onions, celery, carrots, tofu snow peas. When ready I add a handful of sliced soaked raw almonds or pecans and have a feast fit for a king.
LUNCH: Salads are great for any meal. Keep spinach and darker, leafy lettuces cleaned (use a salad spinner to remove excess water) and place in a covered container with a paper towel in the bottom in the refrigerator. This way it feels like a salad is almost ready to serve. Then build a salad fit for a king or queen with your choice of the following: fresh avocado, tomato, sprouts, green or purple onion, cucumber, celery, peppers, etc. Add a few chunks of White Wave Italian Baked Tofu or fresh, firm tofu and a few spoonfuls of humus and or salsa if desired. Sprinkle with sunflower seeds or sliced almonds. Toss with Basic Salad Dressing.
Tossed Green Salad- Ingredients: 2 cups mixed romaine, endive, chicory and/or other lettuces (except iceburg); 1/4 cup minced parsley; 1/4 cup minced chives; 1/4 cup watercress leaves; 1/4 cup minced green onions; juice of 1/2 lemon; 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil; 1 tablespoon almond meal. Tear the greens into bite sized pieces and mix in the parsley, chives, watercress and green onions. Mix the lemon juice and oil together in a small jar and shake well. Pour over the green and toss well to coat. Sprinkle with almond meal or sliced almonds. (makes 2 servings)
Wrap it up! Buy Alvarado Street Sprouted Wheat tortillas or Food for Life Sprouted Grain Tortillas. Spread on some humus or almond butter and fill tortilla with cucumbers, tomatoes, avacados, black or garbanzo beans, and sprouts. Spray some Bragg’s Aminos over the wrap and top with fresh salsa or pesto if you desire. Be sure and put a plastic sandwich bag at the bottom to hold it together and avoid a mess.
Madrid Gazpacho soup is an easy, raw, blender soup. Blend 3 large tomatoes, 2 cucumbers, 1 red pepper and 1 small jalapeno pepper. Add 1 quart of distilled water, 3 tablespoons of olive oil, the juice from 2 lemons, 1 tsp. of ground cumin, and 2 tsps Real Salt. Add garlic to taste. Blend in blender in portions a second time to emulsify oil. Chill in refrigerator. Place in bowls and garnish with chopped tomatoes, celery, green onions, cucumbers, red peppers and avacados.
DINNER: An Alkalarian Stir fry can be completed in about 20 minutes from start to finish. Bring water to a boil and break one package of Buckwheat Soba Noodles by Eden into fourths into the boiling water. Cook for allotted time and drain. While noodles are cooking saute’ ½ package of cubed, extra firm tofu in a little Bragg’s Aminos and vegetable broth for about 5 minutes in a large frying pan. Remove tofu from pan and set aside for the moment. Place the following in the stir fry pan: 1 chopped red pepper, 1 chopped onion, cut up broccoli and/or asparagus, a little Bragg’s Aminos and vegetable broth. Stir fry for 5 minutes and add tofu and noodles. Pour some virgin olive oil over the top and sprinkle with raw, un-hulled sesame seeds, garlic and Stir-Fry Ginger by Spice Hunter. Lightly stir together. This is a meal in itself!
Lightly steamed vegetables or raw vegetables with steamed fish. I prefer salmon or trout, and on occasion will have halibut or sole. You may also add a small portion of basmati or wild rice topped with almond slices.
Beans and rice are a nice combination. Soak and cook dried beans such as kidney, pinto, garbanzo, etc. and drain. Season beans with ground cumin, chili powder, Real Salt and garlic. Add vegetable broth to cover the beans in pan. Season with fresh parsley, chopped onion and pepper and grated carrots. Simmer until onions are cooked and mix in fresh chopped tomatoes before serving. Add Bragg’s Amino’s to taste. Place in a bowl and add a scoop of basmati rice. Serve with a generous serving of salad.
SNACKS: I soak almonds and brazil nuts in water. I change the water twice a day. Keep them in the fridge and use for snacks. Or put them in a baggie and take them to work.
Brown rice cakes or multi-grain cakes spread with raw almond butter is also a great snack.
Raw vegetables to nibble on throughout the day.
Tortilla pieces. Cut up a package of Alvarado Street Sprouted Wheat tortillas into pie-shaped pieces and place on two baking sheets. Lightly toast at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes. These are great dipped in salsa, humus or almond butter!
Broccoli/Tomato salad is a lettuce-free salad quickly prepared. Chop 1-2 cups of broccoli in a bowl and add 1 sliced tomato and 1 sliced avocado. Top with slivered almonds, Bragg’s Aminos, Real Salt and the Zip for an energizing snack or meal.
Hopefully these ideas will be helpful in getting you off on the right foot with the Alkalarian way of eating. Do not be discouraged or intimidated by these changes. Remember that any improvements in your diet are that: improvements! Take time to become familiar with new foods and wander around the health food sections and produce sections of your grocery store and health food store so you are more familiar with what is available.
Further suggestions can be found in “Sick and Tired?”, “The pH Miracle” and “Back To The House of Health” by Robert and Shelley Young.
Some Food Combining Basics
The idea is to keep starch foods away from proteins and keep sugars (including fruit and corn syrup and all the other ways it’s disguised), away from just about everything.
1. Low-sugar/high-water vegetables combine with anything.
2. Eat starches with vegetables or low-sugar fruits. Do not eat starches with proteins. The main starch foods are breads, potatoes, rice, pasta, winter squash and corn. Eat these in your 20% portions along with other vegetables and not the traditional way with proteins (ie. Meat & potatoes, fish & chips, burgers, sandwiches, etc.).
3. Eat animal protein with vegetables or low sugar fruits like lemons, limes, tomatoes and avocados. Don’t eat animal proteins with starch, acids or oils.
4. Eat high sugar fruits on it’s own when you eat it. We recommend these only when the body is very healthy and then in season as an occasional treat.
5. Eat healthy oils with vegetables and the four low-sugar fruits and with starches. Seeds, nuts and avocado’s are excellent sources of these essential fatty acids.