ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CHICKEN KEBABS WITH CAULIFLOWER RICE
This dish is one of my kid’s favourite meals. It’s incredibly simple to prepare, packs a massive nutritional punch and is off-the-scales delicious.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 breast chicken
- 1 thumb grated ginger
- 2 fingers fresh turmeric
- 1 tbsp coconut aminos
- 2 lemons juiced
- 1 head cauliflower
- 2 tbsp pomegranate seeds
- 1 handful coriander leaves
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Make a marinade by placing the ginger, turmeric (if using ground turmeric instead of fresh then use 1 tsp), 1 tbsp of olive oil, and the juice of one lemon as well as the coconut aminos (you can use soya sauce instead) in a bowl and mix together
- Cut the chicken breasts into chunks and place in the marinade and give them a good stir so that all the chunks are coated with the marinade. Set aside for one hour.
- Place the cauliflower florets in a food processor and pulse a few times so that you have a rice like consistency.
- Warm half the olive oil in a pan and add the cauliflower florets and heat through for a few minutes. You may need to add some water/stock to loosen it - no more than a couple of tbsp. Set aside to take down to room temperature.
- Mix the room temperature cauliflower rice with the pomegranate and chopped coriander, and stir in the juice of one lemon. Season with salt and pepper and set aside
- string the marinated chicken pieces through skewers and cook on a barbeque grill or in an oven grill for about 20 minutes turning half way to ensure even cooking.
- Serve with the Cauliflower rice. YUM!
THE SCIENCE BIT
TURMERIC is one of those wonder foods with a vast array of health benefits. It is highly anti-inflammatory and has tremendous mood boosting properties. It helps promote the production of glutathione, one of the body’s most significant antioxidants, and has significant blood sugar balancing properties. A study in 2009, published in Biochemistry and Biophysical Research Communications showed that curcumin in turmeric was 400 times more potent than Metformin – a drug widely used to manage diabetes. GINGER has broad-spectrum antibacterial, antiviral, antioxidant, and anti-parasitic properties, to name just several of its more than 40 pharmacological actions. It is anti-inflammatory, making it valuable for pain relief for joint pain, menstrual pain, headaches, and shows promise for fighting cancer, diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, asthma, bacterial and fungal infections. CAULIFLOWER is loaded with sulforaphane, which has been shown to improve mood and communication skills and is packed with antioxidants including; vitamin C, beta-carotene, kaempferol, quercetin (antihistamine), rutin, and much more. CHICKEN is packed with protein and the amino acid tryptophan making it a natural stress buster. It is a wonderful source of phosphorus to help support bones and teeth as well as selenium to help protect against free radical damage.
