How Turmeric Can Benefit You

As many of you know I'll be having surgery soonish. I'm not quite sure when, but I'm shooting towards mid to the end of June. Sometime after spring allergies, considering that I can't blow my nose for 3 weeks after my surgery. I have another doctor's appointment coming up. I have to get my severe deviated septum fixed, and massive amounts of polyps in my nose out. Both my ENT and Allergy Asthma Doctors couldn't believe I've gone on this long with not being able to breathe.

I was born with the deviated septum, so breathing with it is all I've ever experienced. I've had allergies and asthma my whole life, so that too has been a battle back and forth. I am glad that there is a reason why I've felt so bad. It wasn't just my imagination.

Now I'm on a ton of meds until I can have this surgery. All of them have helped. I still am getting headaches, but for the the first time in a long time I can smell! My nose is actually less swollen from polyps. There was one natural thing that I tried, and it's helped this whole time.

During the winter I made a Wellness Blend: 

• Boil 4 cups of water in a large pot
• Add 1/2 cup local honey
• Add in 1 1/2 large yellow onions diced
• Add in 3/4 cup ginger diced
• Add in 2 big spoons full of turmeric
• Add in 1 Tablespoon cayenne pepper
• Add in 1 Tablespoon of cinnamon 
• Bring to a boil again, turn the heat down to low, and cover it. 
• Let it do it's thing until the water is cooked down 1/2 way. *Note: You'll be able to see where it started because the tumeric colors the pan a slight yellow
• Cool a bit, and put mixture through a blender
• Drink 2 spoons full twice a day in hot water. 
• Store in the refrigerator. 

The Wellness Blend didn't cure me by any means, but it did allow me to breathe through my nose, while I drank it. That was wonderful! I'll keep drinking it even when I am better because of all the health benefits in it. It's a drink that is preventative to getting polyps back, so I'll do what I can now that I know I'm prone to getting them. I don't want to be on steriods the rest of my life.

 It tastes good! The only downfall is that it needs to be stirred during the process of drinking it.

The two best things in the Wellness Blend are: 

• Turmeric 
• Ginger

They are both anti-inflammatory, help fight against heart disease, and Turmeric kills bacteria, and protects the body with antioxidants.

Other Perks in Regards to the Superfood Turmeric: 

 

Turmeric is...

• A bright yellow powder that comes from the ginger family
• Often used in Indian or Asian cooking for coloring and added flavor
• Obtained from the roots of the plant
• An excellent source of fiber, vitamin B6, potassium, vitamin C, and magnesium
• a superfood that has 2 key therapeutic components: Turmerone and Curcumin

Besides my Wellness Blend there's a Turmeric Tea drink you can try:

If you dislike warm drinks here's a Turmeric and Avocado Salad Dressing you can try:

There's also Turmeric Gummies. I'd love to see if this would work with my Lego molds!

If you're a smoothie drinker like I am try Turmeric & Seed Smoothie:

I'd probably replace the hemp milk. I just can't find that at the stores where I shop.

Do you try to incorporate Turmeric, or any other Superfood into your diet? 

What recipe that I shared would you most likely try?

Disclaimer: I worked with FIX blog for the illustrated recipes.

Cooking with Beans Review + Giveaway

Since it's almost fall we love soups. One soup we all like is Chili. One e-Book that has helped me with fall recipes that I love is Cooking with Beans Cook Cheap and Easy Meals with Dried or Canned Beans By Rhiana Jones.

Why Beans?

They are tasty and you can make so many things with them. Rhiana Jones shows you how to give low-cost dried or canned beans a starring role from breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner, and desserts. Yes there are 3 dessert recipes.

What Kind of Recipes?

There is a little bit of everything. There are 20 plus recipes. Some are old favorites to different. It's fits vegan or vegetarian diet. Other recipes such as the 4-ingredient Spicy Cowboy Hash, cater to the meat-lovers in your life.

Why Cooking Beans?

Cooking frugal is in. Put your stockpile of inexpensive dried canned, or uncooked beans to good use. We buy a container of uncooked beans at Costco. Wheater your are making Black Bean Huevos Rancheros for a brunch or family breakfast or the classic Three-Bean Salad or a Pinto Bean Pie for a potluck or everyday dinner, priced-right Cooking with Beans is a source of easy-to-follow, frugal recipes that you can prepare with confidence.

The only thing I wish this eBook had more of is pictures. 

I Tried Bean and Potato Breakfast Burrito

A lot of time on the weekends I make bigger breakfasts. We wake up a little later than usual, and don't have to rush around to go anywhere.

Bean and Potato Breakfast Burrito

The Bean and Potato Breakfast Burrito turned out really pretty good!

We also had steamed kale, 1 protein bite, 4 blackberries, and a beet | cherry smoothie.

It's Giveaway Time! One reader is going to win their very own copy of of the eBook Cooking with Beans Cook Cheap and Easy Meals with Dried or Canned Beans By Rhiana Jones. Open to the US.

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