Vary Your Use Of Bread In Recipes

    

        When thinking about bread recipes, common recipes will come to mind, whether it is thanksgiving stuffing, bread pudding, breaded fish, or French toast. The possibilities for uses of bread are endless, and can be showcased in a lot of new and unique ways.

Bread Crusted Salmon

A show stopper is a bread crusted piece of salmon. In this recipe, a salmon fillet is lightly brushed with dijon mustard. After the salmon is seasoned with a favorite blend of fresh herbs, such as tarragon, parsley, or thyme, the salmon is "crusted" in bread. A slice of white bread is trimmed of the crust, and then rolled very thin with a rolling-pin. The fish is then topped with the piece of rolled out bread, and then cooked, bread side down, until the bread is golden brown in color. The salmon is flipped, and then placed in the oven to continue cooking until the desired level is reached.

Bread in Sauce

Another unique use for bread is to utilize it in a sauce. A Spanish sauce called romesco, is a wonderful sauce used to top vegetables as well as meats such as chicken, or beef. Romesco is an almond, roasted pepper, and tomato based sauce which is pureed. The addition of sherry wine vinegar, roasted garlic, and fresh herbs are added as well. The sauce showcases bread as it is added to the tomato blend, and creates a thickness to the sauce.

Bread in Soup

Similar to romesco sauce, a variation to romeso is a Gazpacho, which is a chilled tomato based soup. Gazpacho utilizes the similar ingredients to romesco, but typically has the addition of cucumbers and onions. This refreshing soup utilizes typically sourdough bread to thicken the soup and give it a wonderful feel.

Bread in Salad

A fantastic leftover use for baguettes would be to make croutons, and better yet, the famous Italian salad known as a panzanella. Panzanella comprises of rustic pieces of olive oil seasoned baked croutons, with the addition of fresh tomatoes and basil. Fresh spring mix field greens, and a light balsamic vinaigrette make up this delicious salad. The key to the salad is to serve it at the very last moment, to make sure that the bread remains crunchy, which gives the salad its textural contrast.

French bread Pizzas

One of the easiest and quickest bread recipes to prepare during the week is to make French bread pizza. A baguette of bread is sliced in half, and spread with tomato sauce. Assorted toppings and cheese can be added, and then can be baked in a 375 degree oven until the bread is toasted.

Aside from bread recipes, bread can be used in a very handy way to degrease gravies and soups. If a visible lining of oil coats a certain sauce or soup, a chef trick is to take a piece of bread, and lightly skim the top of the soup or sauce. This allows the bread to absorb the oil without losing any of the sauce or soup you make.

With so many varieties of bread and bread recipes, and so many applications, bread can truly be elevated in dishes beyond the typical use of making sandwiches or toast.

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Top Four Reasons For Choosing A Natural Health Remedy for Your Child

More children are on medication today than any other time in our history.

The facts alone point to this trend:

•  1 out of 4 kids today are on a regularly prescribed pharmaceutical drug (source: "Four Things Every Parent Should Know", Dr. Stephen Chaney, 2011)
• In 2008, the CDC reported that 2 out of the 4 most commonly used drugs were for children's asthma and stimulant drugs for adolescents. (source: Prescription Drug Use Continues to Increase: U.S. Prescription Drug Data for 2007-2008, CDC.gov, Sept 2010)

This drug increase does not seem to be helping to improve the health of our kids. It is only getting worse. More children are struggling with weight issues than ever before, and allergies in the school classrooms are becoming more and more common, just to name a few.

A natural remedy can be a helpful alternative for families wanting to see some different results.

1. To Avoid unwanted side effects

All medications come with side effects--some more obvious or serious than others. I heard recently that for every person taking a prescription medication, they are also taking at least one additional medication to treat it's side effects. The same is undoubtedly true for our kids.

For example, conventional treatments for ADHD/ADD, also known as psychostimulant drugs, have a wide range of side effects in kids. Most children have issues with insomnia and loss of appetite. These two areas alone rob children of the most beneficial methods the body uses to heal and repair the brain--sleep and proper nutrition.

We know several children on regular allergy medications as well, and they consistently exhibit lack of energy and large dark circles underneath the eyes.

Side effects may also come from regularly used over-the-counter treatments. Just pick up a bottle of children's medicine and read the warnings. These grave warnings simply don't exist when utilizing a nutritional healing approach. (I can see it now, "Warning: Too much vitamin C will increase the response of your immune system and might reduce some unknown inflammation.")

Prescription antibiotics also pose an insidious threat to the long-term health of our kids. While knocking out an infection, they also serve to wipe out the immune support system, leaving kids vulnerable to repeat infections and worse: candida overgrowth.

2. To Avoid Ineffective Treatment

Not all medical treatments or over the counter drugs are proven to be effective 100% of the time.

Children's cough and cold remedies are very slow to work (if they work effectively at all), whereas an effective herbal remedy can work within minutes and hours.

Antibiotic mis-use and overuse has caused many bacterial strains to adapt and become resistant to treatment.

It is not uncommon for people to undergo several different antibiotics to treat one strain of a flu virus before they find one that works. This trial and error could take weeks. Meanwhile, the pain and discomfort continue to linger and/or get worse.

The benefit of a proper all-natural remedy is that it works every time. The bacteria never build up a resistance to herbs or nutrients.

We use an infection "bomb" in our home that works on every single infection, no matter the cause or location. What a relief when you have kids in your home!

3. To Aid and stimulate healing

The conventional medical approach deals mainly with managing symptoms, not with actual healing at the root cause of the issue.

For example:

• Allergy shots to reduce body's response to allergens
• Acetaminophen to bring a fever down or take away pain.
• Antacids to reduce digestive discomfort.
• Creams and lotions to soothe irritated skin and rashes.

Those are all "management" solutions.

Our medical system has become great at treating symptoms but further away from the original intent of medicine which was to heal the body. (see: Hippocrates, the father of western medicine)

A natural, nutritional approach is more holistic in nature. The goal is to support the body's natural processes of healing, regeneration, and cellular repair.

4. To Save Time and Money

With a natural treatment from home, you no longer have to sit in doctors' offices or spend time hunting down several different specialists. No extra time out of school. No additional hours lost at work.

An effective natural solution that aids healing can ward off future surgeries or long-term medical treatments that may otherwise be incurred.

It is true that everything comes with a cost. It is our choice whether we pay now to invest in better health or pay later for unhealthy alternatives that really don't work.

Natural remedies can work miracles in children, whose bodies are already growing, responding, and metabolizing at a much faster rate than ours.

Bonnie Hershey is a work-at-home mom who began her own business in 2009. She is a health coach, speaker, and author of her first ebook, "The 6 Great Lies of the American Diet."

Bonnie is passionate about kids' nutrition and excels in helping families find all-natural solutions for common health issues. She has used these same practices with her own family for the last seven years.

The online arm of her business is ProvenNutritionForKids.com where she is able to branch out and help families not just locally but all around the world. She also has begun training other parents to become health coaches as well and create a movement for better health.

For more information, visit http://www.ProvenNutritionForKids.com and sign up for the monthly ezine and a free copy of her ebook.

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