Doctor Corinne

Category: Recipes

  • How to have a healthy, happy summertime with your kids!

    Hello friends, next Tuesday, 7/1/14 I will begin seeing patients at my new location at SageMED in the Factoria area of Bellevue, WA.  Please enjoy my newest blog post about how to have a healthy, happy summertime with your kids.

    Summer is my favorite time of year, I especially love the heat! Even I get a little overheated sometimes, though so I make teas from naturally cooling herbs called refrigerants. These herbs include: Mints, Hibiscus, Lemongrass and Chickweed. A favorite mix of mine is Hibiscus with just a tiny bit of lemongrass and spearmint. Yum!

     

  • Changes for Dr Corinne and Herbal Medicine for Kids

    Changes for Dr Corinne and Herbal Medicine for Kids

    I am very excited to announce that I’m going to be the head of the pediatrics department at SageMED in Bellevue, WA starting 7/1/14. I have really loved working at Laurel Natural Medicine these past few years and am very much looking forward to bringing naturopathic pediatrics to Bellevue!

    My newest blog post is about using herbal medicine for children, what to watch out for and some great herbs to have at home to help them with minor colds and tummy aches and the like:

    Herbal Medicine for Kids: 5 Things to Be Aware of When Using Herbal Medicine and 5 Herbs to Use at Home

    I’d love to hear about your favorite herbal medicine you use with your family.  One of our favorite summer time treats is peppermint/licorice tea popsicles. Delicious!

  • What a Naturopathic Doctor’s Family Eats in One Week

    What a Naturopathic Doctor’s Family Eats in One Week

    Have you seen those photo journalist pictures of what different families around the world eat in one week’s time? I am fascinated by them, myself. So I revisit the idea every few years or so. This is what my family of three (me, my husband and my young daughter) will eat in one week’s time:

    One week's worth of groceries for a Naturopathic Doctor's family of three.
    One week’s worth of groceries for a Naturopathic Doctor’s family of three.

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  • Red Bean and Quinoa Chili For Your Freezer

    This is one of our all time favorite dishes in our family. We make it when it’s cold and rainy out, or when the food budget is a bit tight or for friends who are having babies or need food for one reason or another. A great way to make this chili is to do a double batch and then freeze dinner-sized portions for times when you are in need of something quick but delicious. It comes from the fantastic cookbook Feeding the Whole Family by Cynthia Lair, one of my professors from naturopathic medical school. I have modified it just a bit (see * below).

     

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  • Fantastic, Filling and Fast Whole Food Breakfasts

    Fantastic, Filling and Fast Whole Food Breakfasts

    Hello everyone!  As a naturopathic physician I was trained with the understanding that we are what we eat and all disease (and health) begins in the gut. With these ideas in mind I would love to talk about breakfast:

    Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Many people skip this most important meal, though. This may be because you ran out of time, in the interest of reducing calories, or because you’re just not hungry. (more…)

  • Omelet Muffins

    You over slept. Your child is refusing to put her clothes on. You lost your hairbrush. You can’t find that miniscule zip drive that has your presentation on it. These and many other reasons stand between you and breakfast every morning. When it seems like Murphy has set up shop at your house just pull a couple of these omelet muffins out of the fridge, pop them into the toaster oven, pour yourself a glass of raw milk and have a delicious, nutritious breakfast in spite of your frantic morning. These are also good for lunches and more leisurely mornings.

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  • Doctor Corinne’s Sauerkraut Recipe

    One of my Facebook followers asked for my sauerkraut recipe when I mentioned I was making a bottle of sauerkraut in preparation for the SNAP Challenge my family and I are doing starting Saturday the 20th. In a nutshell, we are going to try to eat for an entire week on just $29.49 per person. For our family of three that is a little under $90 for the whole week. I am amazed at how much work is going into planning all of this so I can still feed my family whole, nourishing meals. I will try to post more about it here, but you can follow along with me on my facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DoctorCorinne

    My recipe:

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  • Grain Free Bread: Almond or Pecan

    One of the things that we miss the most on the GAPS diet is bread. We have remedied this by making bread from various nuts. I don’t suggest eating tons and tons of this bread because it is expensive to make and too much of anything is not recommended but it is super delicious.

    So I based my first recipe off of the recipe in the GAPS book by Dr Campbell McBride. The first loaf of bread I made came out really flat and kind of hard and bland. I actually ended up adding juiced pineapple to the batter before even making it, but it still was a bit off. I have made it four times since then and things have definitely improved.

    First attempt: I believe the issue was not using enough eggs: I increased the recipe to 4 instead of 3 eggs.
    First attempt: I believe the issue was not using enough eggs: I increased the recipe to 4 instead of 3 eggs.
    1st attempt: I think the issue with the foamy liquid was that I did not melt the coconut oil but just tried to incorporate it into the batter.
    1st attempt: I think the issue with the foamy liquid was that I did not melt the coconut oil but just tried to incorporate it into the batter.
    Almond bread: 3rd or 4th attempt: it rose much more and the slices stayed together much better. No weird foamy stuff.

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  • Recipe for GAPS Intro Stage 2 Stew and Mashed Cauliflower (Faux Shepherd’s Pie!)

    This stew turned into something resembling Shepherd’s Pie is a -huge- hit around our house. We have really been enjoying the mashed cauliflower on its own or with other meats as well.

    I took some of the mashed cauliflower with me for lunch the other day with some zucchini and chicken drumsticks. It’s even good cold.

    Lunch: mashed cauliflower, baked chicken drumsticks and zucchini, a thermos of chicken broth.

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  • GAPS Intro Stage 1 Reflections & a recipe for Tangy Shrimp, Mushroom and Vegetable Soup

    In the back on the right: two different batches of chicken stock, in the back/left: pea soup and in the front: butternut squash soup.

    As I am blessed to not have severe gut issues such as the ones that Dr Campbell McBride talks about here, I did Stage 1 for three days and (quite happily) moved on.

    On the first day I found that drinking about a quart of chicken broth and another quart of mint tea as well as pretty much only eating really broth-y chicken soup led to lots of peeing. Of course this makes perfect sense, but it wasn’t what I was used to. The fact that I ate -only- chicken soup was a mistake, I think. Just because you are limited to only a few foods doesn’t mean you have to give up variety. I would highly suggest anyone doing the Stage1 Intro make at least two different soups a day for variety.

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