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in Lean Meats· Seafood· Uncategorized

Sweet Salmon and Pineapple Kabobs

So let’s be real, this summer has been a wash. With social distancing, there are no big backyard barbecues and everyone is staying mostly indoors. But that does not mean COVID-19 can ruin our summer menus!

This sweet, savory, summer recipe features asian style salmon with grilled pineapples! The flavor combination is perfect and it is a very simple and easy recipe.

Throw these bad boys on the grill or use a grill pan if you do not have access to a grill.

We’ve previously talked about the health benefits of salmon and if you’re looking for even more salmon recipes, check out our blackened lime salmon with avocado salsa recipe!

Sweet Salmon and Pineapple Kabobs
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Sweet Salmon and Pineapple Kabobs

Recipe by Dr. Aubrey J. Grant

Ingredients

  • 1 fresh pineapple cut into chunks

  • 1 red onion cut into chunks

  • 1 zucchini sliced into thick rounds

  • Cilantro to taste

  • 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce

  • 2 tablespoons oyster sauce

  • 2 tablespoons freshly grated ginger

  • 1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar

  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil

  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed

  • 3 cloves garlic, minced

  • 1 teaspoon Sriracha, optional

  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions

  • In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, oyster sauce, ginger, rice vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, sesame oil, Sriracha and pepper, to taste.
  • Thread salmon, pineapple, red onion and zucchini onto skewers.
  • Brush soy sauce mixture onto the skewers and let sit for 10-15 minutes.
  • Preheat grill to medium high heat. Add kabobs to grill, turning occasionally, until salmon is opaque throughout and vegetables are tender, about 5-7 minutes. You can also cook on grill pan if no access to grill.
  • Serve kabobs immediately with reserved marinade, garnished with cilantro, if desired.

in Food For Thought· Uncategorized

Coffee on me

Good Morning,

Hi, my name is Life. I know you have a busy day ahead of you, but I just want to know:

“How far are you willing to go for an idea?”

The coffee is on me.  

Have a great day,

-Life

Over the last couple of weeks, everyone has heard or seen that Lebron James opened up a charter school in Akron, Ohio. In an interview, Lebron mentioned that as a kid through his youth coaches, “Over time,  I developed the idea to give more”. 

The idea to give more is important, but not as important as the idea itself. 

Idea: noun; comes from the Greek word ennoia, “act of thinking”. Over the course of history, the word idea  has come to mean “the sense of concept of something to be done; of what ought to be, differing from what is observed.”

So today, look around you and ask yourself, WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE DIFFERENT? In yourself, your relationships,  job, family, community, world? What ought to be done different?

Things have been the done the same for a reason and this morning,  Life asked you, how far are you willing to go for this idea of what ought to be different. What are you willing to give? Where are you willing to go? 

As you answer this question today, I want you to become aware of Three Laws of the Universe that can work against you naturally or can work with you supernaturally.

The 3 laws of Thermodynamics:(summary version)

-If two entities are in equilibrium with a third entity, all three are in equilibrium with each other.

-The total amount of Energy in a entity doesn’t change. It is neither created nor destroyed. It is just transferred from one form to another.

-As energy is used to be transferred from one form to another, a certain percentage of that energy contributes to increased disorder outside of the entity and is lost and can not be recovered by the entity that used it. 

Why are these laws important?

Enter the first law,”If two entities are in equilibrium with a third entity, all three are in equilibrium with each other.” The fact you asked what what ought to be different says that one entity (yourself) is not in equilibrium with the environment ( insert two other entities). As such, when an individual has an idea, he or she begins to think as how it can be accomplished. Then that person writes out a plan for said idea and puts it into action.  For example, I have the idea that, “I ought to lower blood pressure.”

  1. Idea of lowering blood pressure
  2. Plan to lower blood pressure: work out, eat right, keep stress low, take medication, go to the doctor etc.

How much energy will go into this plan? The effort of doing push ups, getting a gym membership, waking up early to exercise, scheduling time to exercise, paying for a personal trainer, looking for online recipes, going grocery shopping, dedicating money away from habits that go against you lowering your blood pressure. All of these are examples of what must be done to start to lower blood pressure.

Enter the second and third law: The total amount of Energy in a entity doesn’t change. It is neither created nor destroyed. It is just transferred from one form to another and as such, a certain percentage of that energy contributes to increased disorder outside of the entity and is lost and can not be recovered by the entity that used it.

The amount of energy it takes to execute an idea is far less than the idea it takes to maintain and repair the product of an idea. That is why it is hard for some people to lose weight, stay in their jobs and/or possibly stay in long term relationships. The work and energy is too much.

However, the Laws of Thermodynamics work with you and not against you by having a partner(s).  Since you want to lower your blood pressure, use the energy of others to accomplish that, find out their ideas, make a plan together and spend the energy together to make it happen. When you reach a plateau, repeat and add a third person, then a fourth, then a fifth and so on.

“There is an African proverb that says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Meaning for any plan to have true success, it has to involve someone outside of you.

Everyone has the most energy in the morning, so buy their coffee….your weight loss is dependent on them.

 I hope this post helped you answer one of life’s questions.

“Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.”  Deuteronomy 10:16

Thanks for reading,

Dr. Joe Claiborne

in Uncategorized

Blackened Shrimp and Grits ~ Father’s Day Special

 

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Blackened Shrimp and Grits ~ Father’s Day Special
 
Author: Dr. Aubrey J. Grant
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Serves: 4-5
Ingredients
  • 3 ½ cups Chicken Broth
  • 1 cup Heavy Cream
  • 1 cup Grits
  • Salt & Pepper (to taste)
  • ½ teaspoon Garlic Powder
  • ½ teaspoon Hot Sauce
  • ½ cup Parmesan Cheese (Sharp Cheddar works too)
  • 1 ½ lbs. Raw Shrimp (peeled, deveined, tails off)
  • Old Bay Seasoning
  • Chili powder
  • 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 small Onion or 1-2 large Shallots
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • ½ cup Dry White Wine
  • Juice of ½ a Lemon
  • ¼ Cup Chopped Parsley
  • 1 package of bacon
Instructions
  1. First start by placing the bacon flat on a sheet and baking on 375 degrees for approx 20-25 mins. Once bacon is done, take out of oven and set aside
  2. n a medium sized pot, bring 3 cups chicken broth and 1 cup heavy cream to a boil.
  3. Once bubbling, add the grits, salt and pepper, garlic powder, hot sauce, and cheese.
  4. Stir to combine ingredients, cover and reduce heat to low.
  5. Cook for 5 minutes and remove from heat. Set aside.
  6. Coat shrimp with chili powder and Old Bay seasoning. Use enough spice per your desired taste.
  7. chop your onion (or shallots), 2 cloves of garlic, and a good handful of parsley.
  8. Reserve onion, garlic and parsley separately on your cutting board.
  9. Next preheat a seasoned cast iron skillet to medium high.
  10. Once it is hot, cook the prepared shrimp for approximately 2 minutes on each side.
  11. Remove cooked shrimp and set aside
  12. Then add 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil to the skillet and add the onion or shallots.
  13. Allow to cook until softened, about 5 minutes, and then add the garlic and cook for about a min. Next pour in a ½ cup white wine and scrape up all the brown bits and seasonings from the bottom Then pour in a ½ cup chicken broth. Bring everything to a simmer and then turn off the heat.
  14. Add ¾ of the parsley, lemon juice, a splash of cream, salt and pepper to taste and stir to combine.
  15. pour grits into a deep serving dish, then pour the gravy on top of the grits, and stack the shrimp on top. Sprinkle the reserved parsley and cut up bacon bits over everything to garnish.
 

in Sandwhiches· Uncategorized

Guilt Free Grilling: Portobello Mushroom & Swiss Cheese Sliders

 

Summer is here and I have a heightened awareness of BBQ. I love the smokey, hickory and different flavors that come out over grill. Its wonderful.

The summer is a great time one of the few times when most African Americans are on one accord for the pursuit of celebration with families & friends. Seriously, The Diaspora has a historical, emotional, and spiritual connection and special aura around the grill. Especially men, WE LOVE THE GRILL IN THE SUMMER. In fact, a friend once told me that she was dating a man and when she found out he really could not grill and well they are not dating.

But I digress back to this amazing unspoken communication. Black folks have diverse taste buds and they can be cumbersome.  There are always those couple people that are watching their weight or just don’t like their grilled vegetables touching on the grill.  So with that in mind, I decided to do something for the culture and create these vegetable friendly amazing little sliders. Here is what you need to know about them:

  1. They are only about 100 Calories at best. The multigrain bread gives the most calories at about 60 calories.
  2. The seasonings in the marinade originate from the indigenous cultures of southern Chile and I mixed them with olive oil. Trust the oil allows these mushrooms to be #drippinwithsauce
  3. The Mushrooms have lots of fat soluble vitamins (A,D) that are wonderful for your skin all over your body.
  4. Swiss Cheese has lots of Calcium and Phosphate which are good for your teeth and bones

No lie, if you make these little sliders, your grill game will go up another level. Most importantly, that auntie, picky vegetarian and those meat eaters will beg for more and real talk its about time we all had some #guiltfreegrilling 

 

Grilled Portobello Mushroom & Swiss Cheese Sliders
 
Recipe Type: Sandwiches
Cuisine: BBQ
Author: Dr. Joe Claiborne
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Serves: 8
Live Your Best Life without guilt on the grill this summer! These wonderful sliders are packed with all the vitamins, calcium and phosphate that will make your bones strong, teeth whiter and take your BBQ game to the next level and have those carnivores begging for more.
Ingredients
  • 4 Whole Portobello Mushrooms
  • 4 Tablespoons of Olive Oil
  • 1/2 white onion diced
  • 1 Tablespoon Italian Seasoning
  • 1 Tablespoon of Coriander Seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon of Siracha
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Pepper
  • Pack of Multigrain Rolls
  • 8 slices of Natural Swiss Cheese
  • 1/2 red onion sliced in strips
  • Romaine Lettuce
  • Toothpicks
Instructions
  1. FIRST THINGS FIRST: CLEAN OFF YOUR GRILL WITH A GOOD BRISTLE. GET OFF THOSE BURNT SPECKS. YOU DON’T WANT THE TASTE OF PRIOR FOOD TAKING AWAY FROM THESE. ITS AN L. TRUST!! AFTER THE GRILL IS CLEANED, LET IT DRY AND OIL THE BBQ GRATES WITH OLIVE OIL.
  2. Prepare the mushrooms by deveining them. To do this take a spoon and scoop out the black gills under neath the mushroom. Be careful not to break the mushrooms. Cut the Multigrain rolls in half, cut the red onion and break a part the lettuce and sit to them side.
  3. In a large mixing bowl combine all the ingredients, covering the mushrooms and mix. Put the bowl in refrigerator for at least an hour. DON’T THROAW AWAY MARINADE!!!
  4. Heat the grill to medium low heat. If you are using a gas grill under 300. If charcoal wait till the coals are dark grey/black
  5. Place the mushrooms over indirect heat. Doesn’t matter which side.
  6. Keep the mushrooms moist with the marinade with a brush. Cook 5-8 minutes each side.
  7. After you flip the mushrooms once, toast the multigrain rolls.
  8. Remove the mushrooms and rolls from the grill.With the left over marinade, dip each half of the roll in the marinade just enough covering the inside halves.
  9. Cut the mushrooms in quarters and place on the bread slices. Then break the swiss cheese slices and place on top of the mushrooms.
  10. Finally add the romaine lettuce, red onion and make the sandwich. Place the tooth pick in the middle of the sandwich
 

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in Uncategorized· Vegetarian· Vegeterian

Vegetarian Pho

Winter is officially here. Low temperatures, snow fall, and little sunlight make the winter months difficult to manage. Try this prescription for a nice and hearty bowl of Vegetarian Detox Pho to help fend off those winter viral infections and keep warm during these cold months. Use a low-sodium vegetable stock to cut the sodium content of the soup and you can also consider swapping the rice noodles for whole wheat noodles higher in fiber. Top your pho soup with fresh vegetables to add fiber, vitamin A and potassium to the meal. Common vegetable toppings include bean sprouts, bell peppers and red onions. Fresh herbs, such as cilantro or basil, deliver a small boost of vitamin A, and a squirt of fresh lime juice adds a bit of vitamin C. Skip the salty hot sauces in favor of fresh Jalapeno, which is naturally sodium free! 

Vegetarian Pho
Serves 4
A delicious and healthy recipe for a Vietnamese favorite
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Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
30 min
Total Time
40 min
Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
30 min
Total Time
40 min
Ingredients
  1. 64 ounces low-sodium vegetable broth
  2. 6 green onions, thinly sliced
  3. 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and grated
  4. 1 1/2 tablespoon butter
  5. 6 ounces shiitake mushrooms, tough stems removed
  6. 1 1/2 tablespoon hoisin sauce
  7. 2 teaspoons sesame oil
  8. 2 teaspoons plum sauce
  9. 14 ounces rice noodles, cooked according to package instructions
  10. 8 ounces bean sprouts
  11. 2 jalapeño peppers, thinly sliced
  12. Fresh cilantro, basil, lime wedges, hoisin sauce, and chili garlic sauce for serving
Instructions
  1. In a large pot, combine the vegetable broth, green onion, grated ginger, and salt.
  2. Bring to a full boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
  3. While the broth is cooking, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
  4. Add the mushrooms and sauté for about 6 minutes, or until tender, stirring frequently.
  5. Stir in the hoisin, plum, and sesame oil and cook until the sauce thickens.
  6. Remove from heat.
  7. Add the cooked rice noodles, ginger broth, bean sprouts, sliced jalapeños, shiitake mushrooms, fresh basil, and cilantro and serve with lime wedges, hoisin, and chili garlic sauce.
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Simple Skillet Sweet Potatoes

New Year, same sweet potato! This super food has been a staple of our diet for quite sometime now. They are delicious and packed full of vitamins and nutrients that can keep you healthy during the cold winter months. Sweet potatoes are full of vitamin C, which can be helpful to ward off cold and flu viruses. Additionally, vitamin c is critical for collagen production which helps to maintain skin elasticity. Furthermore, sweet potatoes are full of vitamin D which helps to build healthy bones. Typically we get our vitamin D from adequate sunlight, however, during these cold and dark winter months it is important to increase our vitamin D intake. Low vitamin D levels have been linked to seasonal affective disorder, which can be treated with adequate vitamin D intake from healthy sources like sweet potatoes! Try this easy, simple, and paleo friendly recipe as a staple in your winter diet.

 

Simple Skillet Sweet Potatoes
Serves 4
Simple, easy, paleo friendly sweet potato recipe.
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Total Time
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Cook Time
30 min
Total Time
40 min
Ingredients
  1. 1 Sweet Potato
  2. 1/2 tsp Dried Parsley
  3. 1/2 tsp brown sugar
  4. Vanilla extract to taste
  5. Ground Cinnamon to taste
  6. 2 tsp Coconut Oil
Instructions
  1. Peel and dice the sweet potato into bit size pieces, about 1/2" cubes.
  2. Heat a skillet over medium heat and add the coconut oil.
  3. When the oil is hot, add the potatoes. Stir to coat all of the pieces with the coconut oil.
  4. When the potatoes begin to soften, add the parsley, cinnamon, and brown sugar.
  5. Mix well.
  6. Cook the potatoes, stirring occasionally, for about 10-20 minutes.
  7. Keep an eye on them so they don't burn, but make sure they get nice and crispy.
  8. Once potatoes are almost done, add vanilla extract to taste.
  9. Remove from heat when they are soft on the inside and crispy on the outside.
Notes
  1. Serve warm. Store leftovers in the fridge for a week. Can be reheated in a skillet to crisp them back up.
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