All posts filed under: Superfoods

Feed your Face w/ SuperFoods

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Skin care products make bold promises. But, the truth about chemicals and other hard to pronounce ingredients are rather blurred. Here at Wild Skillet, we only showcase REAL (delicious) foods that contain nutrients and anti-aging properties which help promote healthy, radiant skin. Kim Sevy, our friend and founder of Alkim Me, shows us how easy it is to pamper and heal your skin with natural ingredients found in your home. Save that overly ripe avocado that’s been sitting in your pantry! Kim Sevy’s Avocado Cocoa Facial is a beautiful reason to save that trip to the esthetician! Avocado Cocoa Facial made with Avocado, Honey, Cocoa Powder and Yogurt Ingredients 1 Large Ripe Avocado 1 tsp of raw organic cocoa powder 2 TBSP Raw Organic Honey 2 TBSP organic plain yogurt Directions Remove the pit from the avocado and scoop the flesh of the avocado into a bowl or place in a blender. Add the Honey, Cocoa and Yogurt and blend or mash with a mortal and pestle until smooth and creamy. Apply the mask to freshly washed and warm skin, …

Hangover Begone!

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Your inbox is overflowing with holiday party invitations and caroling soirees. Yet, with each fete, the chances of getting a hangover increases. It’s the perfect storm of too many parties, family gatherings, and flutes of champagne on pretty silver platters floating around you. Now, how do you survive the holiday season hangover free? First, start the day with lots of healthy food, water, your vitamins (especially Vit B) and perhaps even a run or yoga class before the shindig starts. As a bonus, these steps make your skin glow as well as prepping your body for a night of festivities that won’t have you reaching for a painkiller the morning after. Full-proof ways to avoid a hang over 1. Start the party with a glass a water, then alternate between glasses of water and alcohol. Your host/ waiters/ friends probably likes to see a full glass in everyone’s hand, it means that guests are taken care of and the party is a success. It’s psychological, but even a glass filled with water will put everyone …

Horseradish

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There are some things that, when experienced, ruin you forever. Your first expensive watch. Flying business class. And, of course, freshly grated horseradish. Once you taste freshly grated horseradish you will never go back to buying store bought. It can be added to  anything mashed potatoes to grown-up baked mac and cheese to a quick jus. Making your own horseradish is super easy; in fact we turned it into a completely ridiculous 2 minute video just to prove how simple it is: [vimeo https://vimeo.com/112146839] Vibrant Health Benefits: Not only is horseradish a perfect low-calorie, non-fat way to boost the flavor of your food & cocktails, it’s also nutritious. It has powerful antioxidant properties that can alleviate sinus discomfort and sinus infections by ridding our bodies of excess mucus. It also hosts antibacterial properties which can destroy the harmful bacteria in the throat and reduce the chances of bronchitis and coughs, as well as increasing blood flow to the infected area and help rapidly remove waste products from the body. The glucosinolates in horseradish have the potential to increase human resistance to cancer and environmental …

Miracle Pantry Item

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I was fighting a cold for about 2 weeks so I popped into one of those “famous juicerys” that are sprouting up on every street corner and ordered myself a Garlic Elixir (AKA cure for the common cold). Have you heard about these elixirs? Picture the chic counterperson juicing 3 lemons, a handful of ginger and several cloves of raw garlic then pouring everything into a fancy shot glass. I desperately shelled out the $8 (ouch) and received my shooter. Words fail to explain the explosion of acidic, pungent, and overtly spicy flavor that overpowered my tastebuds. I may have even lost consciousness for a minute. It was intense, crazy, and surprisingly interesting all at the same time – like riding a roller coaster. It’s abundantly clear why the Romans thought feeding their soldiers garlic made them more courageous. As for my unrelenting cold, it ran for the hills, actually into the next galaxy. This got me thinking about this misrepresented and oddly nick-named (stinking rose) ingredient. Garlic seems to scare a lot of people (not to mention those …