Ingrid Arna and celebrity TV chef Dom Rizzo cook a divine Italian Salad that is good for the soul and body. In 12 minutes you will get the step by step tips to cook up the delicious fare at home. We will discuss food, mood, organics and more!
Here is the wonderful recipe direct from Dominique’s website:
One of the great recipes from the recent Waterfront Festival held in the Gold Coast. Be sure to let me know what you think of these yummy recipes in the comments section.
Sicilian-Style wild grain salad ( Dominique used a mixture of quinoa, millet, brown rice)
Quinoa(information)
not a common grain that is used in most kitchens today
rich (protein) seed that has a fluffy, creamy, slightly crunchy texture and a somewhat nutty flavor when cooked.
Most commonly considered a grain, quinoa is actually a relative of leafy green vegetables like spinach and Swiss chard. It is a recently rediscovered ancient “grain” once considered “the gold of the Incas
new to the United States,
quinoa has been cultivated for over 5,000 years,
The Incas considered it a sacred food and referred to it as the “mother seed.”
the Spanish conquerors destroyed the fields in which quinoa was grown. made it illegal for the Indians to grow quinoa, the cultivation of quinoa was all but extinguished.
1980s, began cultivating it in Colorado.
complete protein
Help for Migraine Headaches
Cardiovascular Health relaxes blood vessels
Prevent Heart Failure with a Whole Grains Breakfast reducing the risk of heart attack and high blood pressure
Antioxidant Protection – guard other cells, such as red blood cells, from injury caused by free radicals.
Excellent source of Fiber from Whole Grains and Fruit Protective against Breast Cancer
Rinsing the quinoa and then toasting it gets rid of the green, raw, and slightly bitter
taste this grain can have called sapions. It is an option to toast the quinoa after it has been rinsed, it is not necessary but gives a lovely toasted flavour to the grain.
Ingredients
10 sun-dried tomatoes, sliced
1/3 cup roasted capsicum, sliced
8 black olives chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium red onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
8 cups shredded Swiss chard or wild greens
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups quinoa, rinsed and drained
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup pine nuts, roasted
1/3 cup golden raisins
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Place the toasted rinsed quinoa into a saucepan and cover with water and bring to a boil. Cook the quinoa until the grain slightly swells and is soft to the bite. Drain the quinoa and set aside.
Heat the olive oil in a fry pan and sauté the onions, garlic and spinach for 2 minutes or until softened. Combine the quinoa with the spinach mixture in a bowl and add all the other ingredients, adjust the seasoning and drizzle in a little olive oil.
Remember these ingredients are optional and you can substitute your favourite salad combinations.
Slow Down, Feel Great and Loose Weight! That is the advise that author Marc David gives in his book “The Slow Down Diet”. Ingrid has fallen in love with this book and this nurturing approach to wellness.
Wow it crept up on me and before I knew it I could barely move. I was utterly exhausted after a week of feeling out of sorts. Trying spin class on Saturday morning was a joke, I felt like a 90 year old! Utterly frustrated I was forced to look at my behavior and my emotions. What can I say some times I push myself too hard and then I crash. As I look deeper within I discover that I am growing and changing and as I integrate the new me and I need to REST a lot! I am so passionate about what I do that I don’t realize at times just how hard I push myself. In a vow to wake up and honor myself I am now have so much more awareness around taking good care of myself. Rest and stillness is vital for my wellbeing and I take the space to chill out often. What I have gained is a deeper connection to my body and spirit and much more joy as I rejoice in the recuperative powers gained from resting.
What a joke! I have to swear sorry! F@CK! I just got an email from a company trying to send me a free dose of diet drugs. Wrong woman you stupid lack of integrity morons! It is absolutely ridiculous that billions of dollars are spent on diet products and most don’t work and are extremely damaging to our health.
Before you read on, please note that I do believe in personal freedom and choice. It was my choice to take the pills and to perform to get them. I am not here to blame however I do believe that people like doctors are in a position of power that should be used wisely to make sure we get the very best care and support. A friend, told me that I sound angry in this blog and that Bodylove is about being loving. I took his comments into consideration and decided to keep this piece as is, honest and passionate. I am loving and I am not angry but I will express my views and my views below illustrate how I clearly feel. I am not going to go all soft about issues that need to be addressed. That is one of our problems today. People need to take more of a stand and see through the BS frankly.
I should know considering I spent from the age of 18 – 23 popping diet pills. I would visit my GP and tell him or her mostly a him, how badly I needed to lose weight for a casting and that I would promise to take extra good care of myself by continuing to eat and each month I would go to a new doctor with a similar story. I was an actress for goodness sake and I wanted those pills more than anything. Of course I was going to pull off an Oscar performance. But who in their right mind would prescribe a 110 pound (54 kilo) girl diet drugs to loose another 10 – 20 pounds. Doctors who get dollars for prescribing them no doubt or those who really don’t give a damn about our mental or physical health.
For years I lay awake at night with severe hunger pains from my endless diet coke, coffee and gummy bear famine. I was an emotional wreck and when I finally had the courage to quit the drugs my central nervous system was out of whack and it took me years to get my body back into balance.
Did I mention that my metabolism was kaput and I some how managed to develop a thyroid condition, undoubtedly a result of the adrenal exhaustion that set in during this crazy period. Oh yes and my body ballooned too, gaining an extra nice ten kilos which was ever so comforting as I tried to wean myself off those nasty poisonous pills! NOT!
The pharmaceutical industry has a lot to answer for as they slowly kill women by providing drugs that have been known to give people heart attacks! Before you go popping a pill to solve your body issues, please have the courage to look within to see what is really going on. Also know that once you come off the drugs you can be almost 100% sure that your body will be in crisis mode and years of healing will need to be integrated to regain your health. Trust me I have been there and done that and it was a long difficult journey involving emotional, spiritual, nutritional, physiological and psychological study. Eat nutritious food, get good sleep, drink lots of purified water, pray, get guidance and support from professionals if needed and surround yourself with loving people.
If you need to drop a few pounds or want to reshape your body then do it with love not with a drug. Also, make sure it is weight you need to lose and not some inner issue that you need to release. I have a feeling you might just be divine as you are.
The aftermath of living a diet and pill popping life can be a long journey back to health. Love yourself and live diet pill free in pure ecstasy!
