Recipes from Nicki Rubin
by Jordan Rubin in Extraordinary Health Magazine

Recipes from Nicki Rubin’s Kitchen

Entrée:

Meatloaf Yield: 4-6 servings

1 ½ lbs. ground chuck, venison or buffalo
1 egg beaten
½ tsp. Dijon mustard
½ c. ketchup
1 finely chopped onion
½ finely chopped red pepper (or green pepper)
¼-½ c. whipping cream (or milk)
1 ½ tsp. salt
½ c. oats
1 c. bread (I prefer torn-up buttered sprouted grain toast)
1½ Tbsp. Rapadura (or Sucanat) (both sweeteners are found in natural health food stores)

Topping:
½ c. ketchup
3 Tbsp. Rapadura (or Sucanat) (a both sweeteners are found in natural health food stores)
2 tsp. stone ground mustard
½ tsp. chili powder

Bake in loaf pan 1 ½ hours at 350 degrees. Spoon topping over loaf the last 10 minutes.

Side Dish:

Garlic Mashed Potatoes Yield: 4 servings

4 medium potatoes
1/3-½ c. heavy whipping cream
4 Tbsp. butter
1½ tsp. minced garlic
Herbamare, or salt and pepper to taste

Peel potatoes. Cut potatoes into large pieces and boil in salted water for 35-45 minutes, or until tender. Drain thoroughly. Mash with a fork. Mix cream, butter, minced garlic, and salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

Dessert:

Blueberry Cobbler

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Melt ½ stick butter in 8×8 dish.
Mix: 1 c. spelt or kamut flour
1 c. whipping cream
½ c. honey
½ c. Rapadura (a sweetener found in natural health food stores)
2 tsp. baking powder

Pour mixture on top of melted butter. Pour 2-2½ cups berries on top of mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes.

Variations: (1) blackberry; (2) blueberry, blackberry, and cherry; and (3) blueberry-peach

Baked Eggs in Tomato Cups with Sauteed Spinach

We started making our afternoon “green drink” a couple of months ago when a customer of mine explained that she and her husband were in their 60s and credited their extreme good health to their “green drinks” for breakfast every morning! She told me that she just throws in whatever is in the fridge and turns on the blender! Yum!

Grilled Chicken and Pineapple Salad with Basil and Mint

Sumptuous Chicken Stir Fry, Mango Mahi Mahi and Savory Spaghetti Squash

Eat to Live recipes: Stuffed Peppers

Blueberries are known to boost the effectiveness of vitamin C a major strengthener of the immune system. With the help of blueberries your immune system will be able to reduce inflammation production and increase protective immune function. Free radicals from cellular stress create havoc on the immune system. Blueberries can help manage the stress on the immune system by being a free radical scavenger; leaving the immune system geared up to do it’s work of protecting you from the formation and growth of cancer cells.