April Peveteaux's blog

Unless you grew up in a home where traditional Indian cooking was the norm, you may not be totally familiar with ghee, or clarified butter. In fact, you may be thinking that clarified butter sounds awfully artery clogging, and avoid it completely.

However, if you're looking for a great butter substitute, ghee is the way to go. So what is ghee, exactly?

If you judged all food by its packaging, you might start to believe that low-fat is totally where it's at, for healthy eating.

If you really want to make breakfast the most important meal of the day, why not give yourself a huge nutritional boost first thing in the morning, by skipping the cereal and trying a morning scramble with greens, protein, and an array of vitamins and minerals. This recipe for a healthy morning scramble will make leafy greens part of your usual meal rotation, and will not only save you money in the grocery store, but also provide you with vital fiber and nutrients you need to be healthy. Combining greens with healthy proteins and fats will enable your body to absorb the nutrients and leave you completely satisfied until your next meal.

Anytime you can start your day with cholesterol lowering, and heart healthy garlic and onions is a win as well. Especially during cold and flu season (and any other time of the year), garlic and onions contain bacteria-fighting sulfur and vitamin C.

When choosing your dark leafy green, experiment to see which you prefer. The mildest dark, leafy, green will be something in the chard family, and the more intense flavors will be your spinach and kales.As you’re preparing all of these amazing foods, you want to be sure to avoid toxicity and the mass consumption of free radicals. Any time you’re cooking with high heat, be sure to use the best oil for the job. You want an oil that is solid at room temperature, such as coconut oil to cook all of these goodies up in the healthiest way possible. If you have any fat from cooking duck or chicken, that’s also a fantastic choice, as is organic lard, butter, or ghee.

Here’s how to create a nutrient-packed, incredibly delicious morning scramble to start your day off right: