Grilled Honey Garlic Turmeric Shrimp with Almond Green Beans & Seven Grain Pilaf for dinner tonight! I’ve been working around the clock coming up with new ideas and trying to figure out what foods I can and cannot eat. I’ve had some bad moments of feeling hopeless, dealing with certain lifestyle changes and giving up certain foods I’ve always loved. I refuse to let this to this chronic acid reflux situation take over my life and I WILL get it under control. This dinner really hit the spot. It was flavorful, nourishing and GERD friendly. I was able to eat all of the shrimp, 1/2 of the green beans and only 1/3 of the grains but I feel full and satisfied. .
To make the shrimp add 1/2 lb. peeled and deveined shrimp to a bowl. Drizzle with 1 tsp. olive oil, and season with 1/4 tsp. garlic powder, 1/4 tsp. Turmeric powder, 1/4 tsp. onion powder and 1/2 tsp. dehydrated honey powder. Toss well to combine then grill shrimp 3-4 minutes on each side until pink and toasty. For the green beans heat olive oil in a pan. Add a minced clove of garlic, green beans and sliced almonds. Sauté until the garlic is FULLY COOKED and toasty and the green beans start to tender. Season with sea salt.
I gotta tell ya, this ramen bowl was as good of a ramen bowl that you will ever get! I used @mikesmightygood spicy pork Tonkotsu ramen soup made with organic craft ramen and it was some major noodle goodness. I added some pan seared pork belly and a soy marinated hard boiled egg to the delicious rich broth along with baby spinach, creamy avocado, chopped scallions, fresh cilantro, toasted sesame seeds and a generous squeeze of lime for a citrus burst of goodness. Topped it off with chili flakes for that extra kick and it was yummy yum yum! Easy peasy and delicious 😋. I love to use @mikesmightgood craft ramen in my recipes because the ramen noodles are organic, steamed not fried and the broth is super flavorful but not too salty. It's the ultimate comfort food! Please note I made this spicy goodness before my GERD issues went into full force and it was delish. #MikesMightyGood
I’m trying my best to start the new week off right. This morning after having a couple cups of organic “acid free” coffee (@tylersacidfreecoffee ) and getting the kids off to school I had a @siggisdairy drinkable yogurt which is easy on my stomach and filled with good probiotics. Then I went for a 2 mile nature walk around the lake. Going for a nature walk is not only good for exercise but also relieves stress and gives me an opportunity to enjoy the wildlife outdoors and spend some time alone. For lunch I decided to have veggie tuna lettuce wraps with a hard boiled egg, cucumber slices and half an avocado. With my recent GERD issues I am never sure what foods are going to trigger the acid reflux but since these foods never bothered me before I thought I would give it a try. The only issue I’ve encountered was getting the “full feeling” much more quickly then usual. I was only able to eat 3 of the lettuce wraps, 1/2 of the hard boiled egg, one slice of cucumber and 2 slices of avocado where in the past I could eat this entire plate without a problem. I’m going to try and eat smaller and more frequent meals to see if that makes any improvement.
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To make the veggie tuna I used wild albacore tuna in olive oil. I added chopped carrot, parsley, capers, celery, tomato and a little bit of red onion then mixed in a few splashes of red wine vinegar. .
I’m not a fan of taking any type of medications and prefer natural healing remedies however my GERD flare ups have been so bad and nothing was working so I had no choice but to take Ranitidine yesterday which actually helped wonders. I haven’t taken any today yet. Hopefully with some time to heal I can eliminate that completely. The products and brands in this post are not sponsored and they truly work for me. Hope you’re having a great day!
I’ve been testing out different foods 🥫🍅🍋🥦 and meals 🍲 to see how each one might effect my GERD and if it’s going to give me an acid reflux flare up, gas or bloating. Most of my flare ups are a result of hiatial hernia so I took my chances with this high risk meal. I steamed some snow crab legs 🦀, shrimp 🍤and corn 🌽 on the grill with a few tablespoons of butter, lemon 🍋, garlic powder and black pepper, all risky heartburn likely seasonings. I also made some steamed broccoli 🥦 and a baked russet potato 🥔 with a 1/2 tsp. of butter. I drizzled some cilantro lime dressing onto the greens for some extra flavor. So far the issues I’m having with this meal is bloating most likely from the broccoli which is not an unusual food to cause that and scratchy soreness in my throat assuming is from the seasonings and lemon. Hopefully in a few hours I won’t be feeling any further effects 🙏🏻 and I won’t have to completely avoid these foods in the future 😞. Right now I’m going to have a warm cup of ginger tea to soothe my throat.
