Dr. Catherine Nutting, Family Nurse Practitioner, Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine
TEN TIPS FOR HEALTHY VALENTINE GIFTS
- Fruit – “Apple of My Eye” or “A Real Cutie”
- Lip Balm – “You’re the Balm”
- From the Heart – Personally written Valentine Song or Poem
- Time Together Coupons – “good for a Daddy-Daughter Date”
- Paper Airplane – “Flying High with You”
- Sports Equipment
- Frisby – “what a catch”
- Tennis ball – “love all”
- Time Together Coupons – “good for a Daddy-Daughter Date”
- Sunglasses – “Eyes on my Valentine”
- Homemade
- Herbs – “You’re a mint”
- Homemade Gifts – bubbles, play dough, scrub, soap
WHOLISTIC VALENTINE’S MENU
Gluten Free Crab Cakes
Ingredients:
- One pound lump crab – vegan option 14 ounces of heart of palm chopped to crab meat consistency
- 1 beaten egg – may substitute chia/flax mix for vegan option or egg allergy
- 1 red pepper
- 3 Fresh Garlic Cloves
- ¼ cup onion
- 1 cup Gluten Free Crumbs
- 1 Tablespoon Mayo
- 1 Tablespoon GF Mustard
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp basil
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp parsley
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp onion powder
Instructions:
- Dice red pepper, onion and garlic.
- Saute above mixtures until cooked but not brown.
- Combine cooked mixture with lump crab and then all of the remaining ingredients
- Add additional crumbs if mixture too wet and additional mayo or mustard if too dry.
- Shape into large crab cakes
- Heat olive oil in pan or grease olive oil on baking dish
- Flip crab cakes to cook other side
- Cook until crab cakes are golden brown about 5 minutes on each side.
- Enjoy!
If you’d rather not cook, Maryland Blue Crab Cakes Express delivers fresh gluten free crab cakes to your door!
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Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Ingredients
- Organic Strawberries
- Coconut or Olive Oil
- Dark Chocolate
- Optional: Slivered Almonds or Crushed Walnuts
Directions:
- Wash strawberries
- Melt dark chocolate and 1 tablespoon oil in double broiler
- Stir well
- Hold on to stem of strawberry and dip strawberry into the chocolate mixture
- Place dipped strawberry onto wax paper
- Dip into crushed or slivered nuts
- Refrigerate to set well.
Enjoy with the one you love!
Dr. Catherine Nutting, Editor-In-Chief
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Wholistic Pediatrics & Family Care Team
