My Himalayan tours are all about delicious food such as our rainbow salad of delicious local vegetables, herbs and spices of the area. Although some of those greens are not available in the bay area I have found some nutritious  substitutes which I posted in a recipe a few months ago and am also sharing as a video version below.

This nutritious recipe includes power greens such as Kale and Swiss Chard. Did you know that one cup of Kale provides over 300% of Vitamin A and 80% of your Vitamin C daily needs,  while Swiss Chard provides 374% of your Vitamin K daily needs.

Other ingredients include bell peppers – high in antioxidants, phytochemicals and lycopene, known to fight heart disease, stroke and cancer while  Cilantro is a powerful cleansing agent, good for the digestion and full of antibacterial qualities.

The ingredients make for a filling, wonderful meal by itself or with some grilled chicken, sliced and layered over the top. It is also featured as one of recipes in The New GreenGrocer Cookbook that Pete Carcioni re-published in honor of his father Joe Carcioni the original “Greengrocer”.

Do you have a favorite recipe you would like to share? Or perhaps a healthy nutritious one that has been a big hit with your kids?  Do share so we can all benefit and enjoy.

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I am so excited to share that I made my television debut on The View from the Bay!  It was a lot easier than I expected.  I thought I would be more nervous, but I wasn’t.  I learned about cooking on TV.  You actually prepare everything ahead of time and basically pretend to cook!  Live television is fun.  At one point, Spencer poured all the oil into the ingredients when I wasn’t looking and when I went to stir fry the curry I didn’t have any oil.  In fact, I think I told Spencer to put the oil in because I wasn’t paying attention.  Ah!  Fortunately, the team was very experienced.  Spencer made a joke while locating more oil and it turned out great!

I hope you enjoy watching my television debut!

Best regards ~
Connie