Feb 2021 – Power Up Ingredients, Paleovalley Family, Enhanced recipes,

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POWER-UP INGREDIENTS

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Healthy foods are fuel, filling, and flavorful.  Most of us know that eating a well-balanced diet with a variety of good-for-you foods should include proteins, fruits, vegetables, fiber, and fats. However, we can add some power-up ingredients to our everyday diet and recipes.  Check out what we discovered.

Foods to include in your meals:
Omega-3 fatty fish, lentils, beans, whole grains, healthy dairy, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fruit, healthy fats, grass fed meats, and dark chocolate occasionally.

Use healthy bonus ingredients in recipes

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Nutritious Superfood Bars Make a Delicious Dessert Crust

Cashew “Cheesecake” with Swirled Berry Sauce
Chocolate flavored crust, cashew filling, and fresh berry sauce

About the Recipe: Fresh blueberry and raspberry sauce swirl together on top of a creamy vanilla cashew filling.  The crust is beyond wonderful with a chewy chocolate flavor and lots of protein. It’s hard to imagine it was made from Superfood Bars and Grass Fed Bone Broth Protein. The best part is that it can be kept in the freezer and thawed for individual servings. It’s time to celebrate with a healthy dessert!

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Add Two Beef Sticks to Kick Up Its Nutrition and Flavor

Spicy Stuffed Veggies with Tomato Sauce
Rainbow of colorful veggies flavored with jalapeno sausage

About the Recipe:  This vegetable dish gets a powerful boost from the beef stick slices, adding some proteins, vitamin B, zinc, and phosphorus. The beef stick slices provide a light peppery jalapeno flavor to the vegetables that teams well with the chili spiced tomato sauce. Prepare the cut veggies ahead.  Then pop it in the oven for an easy supper dish.

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Use Orange Corn Grits for a Vitamin Rich Polenta

Mushroom Ragu with Golden Peppered Polenta
Ultra-simple to make and tastes gourmet great

About the Recipe:  Mushrooms are the star ingredient in this recipe, which can be prepared in a vegetarian style as well as adding a carnivore touch with flavorful garlic beef sausage slices.  The sauce is delicious, packed with spicy Italian flavors, tomato sauce, and a touch of sweetness from the fresh grapes. Serve it over polenta grits for an additional healthy punch.

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Paleovalley, a company founded in 2013, offers high quality nutrient-rich products, that can power-up your meals and nutrition. Autumn Smith, the Founder of the company, suffered from health issues, that seemed unsolvable for 13 years. Encouraged by her husband Chas, she used the power of whole foods, which ended years of anxiety. Her quest from that time is to help other people experience a healthier lifestyle.

Autumn has a Master of Science in Holistic nutrition and is a Certified Eating Psychology Coach by the Institute for the Psychology of Eating.

She is a Doctoral Candidate, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, as well as a Fitness Trainer. However, the most important quality about Autumn Smith is her passion to find the healthiest products with the highest quality degree of nutrition and share them with others.

Autumn Smith Interview

After talking to Autumn Smith, we were encouraged by her enthusiasm and quest to locate and produce the most nutrient dense products available today. I’m sure you can understand why we added some of these Paleovalley products to Power-Up our recipes and make them even healthier.

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Vibrant Spices Add a Multitude of Healthy Benefits

Spirited Moroccan Red Lentil Soup
Enjoy an adventurous supper with a touch of Africa

About the Recipe:  Using Ras el hanout, a Moroccan aromatic spice blend, adds a complex flavor to this red lentil soup. It is combined with an array of colorful sweet peppers, crushed crunchy mixed nuts, a touch of sweet berries, and fresh lemon juice. It is difficult to describe the unique flavor, which is spicy, sweet, and sour at the same time. Adding bone broth enhances the nutrition. It’s like taking a virtual trip and enjoying supper in a faraway land.

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Garlic Beef Sticks Add Great Flavor and a Healthy Bonus

Beets ‘N Potatoes Sausage Supper
Roast the beets and potatoes together

About the Recipe:  Easy does it!  Roast the potatoes and beets ahead of time and have them ready to pop in the supper dish.  The garlic beef flavored sausage adds great flavor to the onion mushroom sauce. Stir in the roasted beets and finish it off with some fresh spinach. Add roasted rosy colored potatoes to the top or stir them in.  Supper is ready when you are!

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Try  New Vitamin Rich Fruit

Dragon Fruit Salad with Hot Honey Dressing
Packed with vitamin C and energy-enhancing vitamin B

About the Recipe: Dragon Fruit, a bright pink-to-red colored flower of a tropical plant. is popular in South America and Asia. The inside fruit contains a slightly sweet and creamy flesh that tastes like a pear mixed with a kiwi. It is a delightful addition to a fruit salad since it has an impressive antioxidant punch from vitamin C with some energy-enhancing B vitamins.

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Add Mushrooms for More Nutrients and Antioxidants

Baked Meatballs with Crisp Cabbage Combo
Tastes like a traditional stuffed cabbage with a crisp cabbage twist

About the Recipe:  Beef meatballs and its comforting companion cabbage, are teamed together in a hearty comfort dish that is frequently served in Eastern Europe. The crisp cabbage, in place of heavy cooked cabbage, is tossed with fresh lemon and kale, adding a fresh twist to the flavorful tomato gravy.

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Add Lots of Healthy Garden Greens

Green Shakshuka
A North African dish with flavorful sauce welcomes any vegetable

About the Recipe: Shakshuka is a North African dish, featuring eggs that are poached in a lightly spiced tomato sauce, and is usually served for breakfast or lunch. This recipe highlights the versatility of the recipe by using a variety of different greens. It’s quick to make plus you can just add your own spin on it but remember to serve some delicious bread with it for dipping.

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Add Some Protein Rich Broth and Golden Spices

Cauliflower Curry Pasanda
Creamy mild curry with fragrant spices and turkey slices

About the Recipe: The curry is mild, creamy, and flavored with aromatic spices.  Tiny turkey slices add a chewy texture to the dish, which highlights the wonderful goodness of cauliflower. It is lightened with yogurt and is easy to prepare.

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Shiitake Mushrooms May Help Boost the Immune System

Ginger Apple Pork Burgers with Rice Noodles
Rich, savory flavors with layers of diverse health benefits

About the Recipe: This dish has light Asian flavors and is filled with lots of healthy onions and mushrooms.  It has four flavor layers, kale, sesame rice noodles, warm vegetable topping, and baked pork patties on one plate. For easy preparation, prepare layers separately and then just rewarm when the pork patties are finished baking. It’s full of those delicious Asian flavors and healthy ingredients.

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Would You Believe It’s a Superfood?

Crunch ‘n Cream Dark Chocolate Pudding
So delicious and full of surprises

About the Recipe:  Imagine a dessert so smooth, fluffy, and filled with tiny bits of dark chocolate! Now add juicy tart cherries and a touch of chocolate crunch. You are in for a big surprise because this delightful dessert is nutrient-dense, antioxidant-rich, and filled with organic goodness. In fact, you’ll get 10 of the world’s most powerful superfoods in each delicious bite. Oh yes, this is really a dessert to enjoy after dinner.

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I-Pad Tom Sharing His Superfood Secret

Secret Supergreen Daily Drink
It only takes 30 seconds a day and contains 23 organic superfoods!

About the Recipe:  Each of the 23 organic superfoods provides their own unique benefit for boundless, natural energy so I can keep up with Goodtaste. It supplies valuable vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and enzymes. There are no fillers or indigestible ingredients. Now I know what made Superman super!

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