About Me

My name is Denise and I have an autoimmune condition of the thyroid called Hashimoto's Disease. This diagnosis brings a different set of challenges for each patient although most of us have to make major changes in our diet. Until recently, my diet was high in gluten, dairy, soy and corn. In fact, I didn't even know the names of 75% of the items in the fresh food isle! That's been the biggest obstacle on my quest to wellness. It is the reason I started this blog; to find and share recipes without those inflammatory ingredients. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! If you have a favorite recipe of your own to share, please drop me a note via email or through my facebook page. Thanks for checking out the blog -- I look forward to hearing from you!


Saturday, September 6, 2014

Avocado Tuna Salad

As you probably already know, most canned tuna is processed and packaged with soybean oil. Even the cans that are advertised as "tuna in water" list soy as an ingredient. And with an autoimmune condition, you want to avoid anything that contains soy, right? I recently posted a soy-free brand of tuna on my Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006621737315].  It's called Wild Planet. You can find it at http://www.wildplanetfoods.com/.  The website also has additional tuna recipes.  It costs slightly more than common tuna products but it's worth it.  I found it at my local whole foods store. Here are the ingredients:


1 can of soy-free tuna
1 avocado
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon organic honey mustard
1 tablespoon chopped celery
1 tablespoon chopped pickle
1/2 shallot, chopped


This is a great meal to pack in your lunch cooler.  You can wrap it in romaine lettuce or eat it plain. A sweet apple on the side would make a great, energizing meal.  I need more vegetables in my diet so I'm going to add some peas to it next time, too.

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6
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