Mango Sorbet

We're moving soon back to the states so it's time to clean out the fridge!  I've had a bag of frozen mango chunks for a while now and decided to make a mango sorbet.  It was as simple as blending the frozen mango with the juice on 1/2 a lemon, pinch of sea salt and enough water to make it the consistency of sorbet.  I have trouble finding frozen mango that is as sweet as fresh mango so you may have to add a little sweetener to taste.

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Roasted Vegetables and Sweet Potato Chips

This weekend I lightly roasted eggplant, asparagus, yellow and red bell peppers, red onion, and zucchini for vegetable additions to my daily bone broths.  I put them into my roaster for an hour at 300 degs.  I'll cook down each portion daily for 20-30 minutes in bone broth. 

Lately (and maybe always) I've noticed a strange reaction to eggplant and sometimes nightshades in general.  When they are too sweet, they cause me to crave more sweetness.  My skin may itch after eating them and I have this weird feeling in my mouth.  I've read that the solanine in nightshades is to blame since it's a toxic poision, but it's also antifungal.  These sypmtoms may be healing reactions so I'm not taking them out for now.  If symptoms persist then I'll reevaluate.

I also made sweet potato chips (fried in goose fat) for the hubby.  These are simple to make, but the carrot chips in goose fat are the best by far.  Sweet potatoes are not SCD/GAPS legal, but since giving up grains, starches, and sugars this week, the hubby seems to be losing too much weight.  I made him these and steamed sweet potato puree loaded with butter to eat daily so he can put some weight back on. 

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Getting Out and Enjoying Nature (or a Well Manacured Garden in the Middle of the City)

The spring, summer, and early fall seasons in Korea are often plagued with heat, monsoon rains, pollution, pollen, and yellow dust from China's Gobi Desert. It's easy to lose a whole weekend locked away in the apartment, avoiding the world outside. This weekend was overcast, but the heat wasn't stifling and we ventured out to take some pictures. Enjoy these random shots from the garden outside our apartment.

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