Recipe: Roasted fingerling potato with herbs

With the onset of the low-carb craze, everyone became afraid of potatoes. But you shouldn't fear starches! Sugar is the biggest problem related to over-carbsumption, and gluten-free, high-fiber starches are a clean source of energy. Just eat your potatoes in reasonable portion sizes, avoid potatoes that have been fried, and pair your potatoes with a lean protein so that you stay full longer.

primary micronutrients

A medium potato (173 grams) will give you over 15% of your daily recommended:

ingredients

2 pints fingerling potatoes

2 sprigs fresh rosemary

3 sprigs fresh sage

1 teaspoon grated lemon zest

3 sprigs fresh thyme

6 cloves garlic, left unpeeled

1 tablespoon coconut oil, avocacdo oil or grass-fed ghee

Salt

Black pepper

 

instructions

Heat your oven to 425°F and place a rack in the middle.

Place the herbs, garlic, and lemon zest in a food processor and pulse until blended.

Put the fingerling potatoes in a baking dish and toss with oil, salt, freshly ground black pepper, and blended herbs. 

Cover the baking dish with foil and bake in the oven for 40 minutes. After 40 minutes, check the potatoes to see if they're cooked. They should be soft when you pierce them to the middle with a fork. If they aren't, bake them another 5-10 minutes.

Once your potatoes are done, remove the baking dish from the oven and allow your potatoes to cool in the pan before serving them. 

nutrition facts

The full recipe contains

1,452.8 calories

15.7 grams of fat

122.0 grams of carbohydrates

49.7 grams of protein

17.5 grams of fiber

Recipe: steamed lemon broccoli

Broccoli and fresh-squeezed lemon juice are staples in the Methodology kitchen because they're delicious and offer many health benefits. Read about broccoli's health benefits, then learn how to perfectly steam broccoli and make it tasty. 

PRIMARY MICRONUTRIENTS

Eat 1 cup (156 grams) of broccoli and get over 15% of your daily recommended

 

Health Benefits

According to The World's Healthiest Foods:

Broccoli can provide you with some special cholesterol-lowering benefits if you cook it by steaming. The fiber-related components in broccoli do a better job of binding together with bile acids in your digestive tract when they've been steamed. When this binding process takes place, it's easier for bile acids to be excreted, and the result is a lowering of your cholesterol levels. Raw broccoli still has cholesterol-lowering ability—just not as much.

Broccoli has a strong, positive impact on our body's detoxification system, and researchers have recently identified one of the key reasons for this detox benefit. Glucoraphanin, gluconasturtiian, and glucobrassicin are 3 glucosinolate phytonutrients found in a special combination in broccoli. This dynamic trio is able to support all steps in body's detox process, including activation, neutralization, and elimination of unwanted contaminants. Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are the detox-regulating molecules made from broccoli's glucosinolates, and they help control the detox process at a genetic level.

Broccoli may help us solve our vitamin D deficiency epidemic. When large supplemental doses of vitamin D are needed to offset deficiency, ample supplies of vitamin K and vitamin A help keep our vitamin D metabolism in balance. Broccoli has an unusually strong combination of both vitamin A (in the form of beta-carotene) and vitamin K. For people faced with the need to rebuild vitamin D stores through vitamin D supplements, broccoli may be an ideal food to include in the diet.

Broccoli is a particularly rich source of a flavonoid called kaempferol. Recent research has shown the ability of kaempferol to lessen the impact of allergy-related substances on our body. This kaempferol connection helps to explain the unique anti-inflammatory benefits of broccoli, and it should also open the door to future research on the benefits of broccoli for a hypoallergenic diet.

Ingredients

1 pound of broccoli

4 cloves of garlic, chopped

2 lemons

seasoning salt (we love Jane's Krazy Mixed Up Salt)

Instructions

Chop your broccoli into individual florets.

Fill a pot with 1-2 inches of water and place your steamer basket inside. Place your broccoli inside the steamer basket and turn the stove on high. Cover your pot.

While you're waiting for the water to boil, place the juice of two lemons into a bowl. Add chopped garlic and salt to taste. Set this bowl aside.

After your water starts boiling, let your broccoli steam for 4-5 minutes. You'll see it turn a bright green color. Watch your broccoli closely after the first 3 minutes of steaming to make sure you don't overcook it.

When your broccoli is soft but not mushy, remove it from the steamer basket and place it in a bowl. Pour your lemon juice marinade on top and mix the broccoli with the marinade thoroughly. Add additional salt to taste, if needed.

NUTRITION INFO

1 pound of broccoli contains

1.7 grams of fat

18.3 grams of carbohydrates

12.8 grams of protein

11.8 grams of fiber

A 100-gram serving of broccoli contains

0.4 grams of fat

4.0 grams of carbohydrates

2.8 grams of protein

2.6 grams of fiber

Recipe: baked sweet potato mash

We love sweet potatoes in the Methodology kitchen. Sweet potatoes are

• naturally sweet without having to add any sugar
• packed with nutrients
• high in fiber relative to most other starches

Learn how to make delicious mashed sweet potatoes and add them to your clean recipe rotation.

PRIMARY MICRONUTRIENTS

Eat 200 grams of sweet potato and get over 15% of your daily recommended: 

 

Ingredients

4 pounds of sweet potatoes 
8 sprigs thyme, divided
Kosher salt
2 teaspoons of Saigon cinnamon

Instructions

ACTIVE TIME: 20 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 2 hours 20 minutes
EQUIPMENT: baking sheet, aluminum foil

If you have time, you can make your sweet potatoes even sweeter by pre-treating them in a water bath to activate their enzymes. To do this, use a sous vide-style circulator and set your circulator to 150°F. Place your sweet potatoes in the water bath and let it circulate for 2 to 4 hours before proceeding with the rest of this recipe. 

Adjust your oven rack to the center position and preheat your oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

Place two large sheets of heavy duty aluminum foil on a baking sheet. Working one sheet of foil at a time, place half of your potatoes in the center of the foil along with 4 sprigs of thyme. Fold up your foil and crimp edges to seal the potatoes and thyme tightly inside. Repeat with another sheet of foil and the other half of your potatoes and thyme.

Leave your foiled potatoes on the baking sheet and place the baking sheet in the oven. Roast your potatoes until you can insert a skewer or fork into the potatoes with no resistance, about 2 hours. Then remove your potatoes from the oven and set them aside until they're cool enough to handle.

When your potatoes are cool enough to hold them, transfer them to a bowl and mash them with a whisk, fork or handheld mixer until they're smooth and fluffy. This will take 3-4 minutes.

Finally, season your potatoes to taste with Saigon cinnamon and salt. 

NUTRITION INFO

4 pounds (1,814 grams) of sweet potato contain

3.2 grams of fat 

375.6 grams of carbohydrates

36.6 grams of protein

60.5 grams of fiber

A 150-gram serving of sweet potato contains

0.3 grams of fat

31.1 grams of carbohydrates

3.0 grams of protein

5.0 grams of fiber