Protective Diet Class #259

Oil-Free Garlic Naan in my Workplace for Wellness

This class shows how to include immune-boosting whole foods for a daily health advantage you cannot get from a pill. Oil-Free Garlic Naan, Falafel, fun finger salad, Fermented Salsa, fruit, and fennel seed deliver protective vitamins for complete immune support.

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Vocabulary

Workplace for Wellness	Fermented	Vitamins	Gut Microbiome	Pandemic
Immunity	Phytochemicals	Free Radicals	PD Advantage	Protection

Action Steps to Daily Whole Food Immune Support

• Master Home-cooked, Oil-Free Garlic Naan
• Naan makes eating protective foods delicious. This simple stovetop bread is authentic, satisfying and goes with anything.
• Naan is pita bread’s skinnier, more flexible, more moist and soft Indian “sister” with roots from Persia.
• Follow the detailed guidance in the Oil-Free Garlic Naan recipe. Read all sections of the recipe, including the notes and tips:

– Let tap water become truly hot before adding it to the recipe. Hot water is required to activate the yeast.

– Knead dough to create elasticity that allows gluten fibers to stretch, trap gases created by fermenting yeast, and rise.

– Dough sticks to dough. Rinse hands to prevent oil-free dough from sticking to dough bits on your hands while kneading.

– Allow dough to rise in the Instant Pot on the yogurt incubation setting, which is 110˚F–perfect for yeast fermentation.

– Knead again. Cut into 4 equal pieces and let them rest/proof while you are making the Faux Butter Sauce.

– Preheat Cast Iron Skillet–A flaming hot vessel on the stovetop creates a makeshift tandoori oven for home-cooked naan.

– Follow the guidance in this Naan cooking demonstration to achieve a perfect char.

• Store finished Naan in the refrigerator. It will remain flexible even after chilling.
• Reheat Naan directly over the flame of a gas cooktop or briefly in the oven.

• Take Charge of Your Own Health
• Protective Diet Education students are successfully staying well during this season of global illness and fear.
• Power housing our immune system is our greatest defense against any virus.
• Protection is made in your Workplace for Wellness–your kitchen.
• It is up to us to make every bite work to our advantage, so we are not reliant on a vaccine to protect us as human beings.
• If we take responsibility for our health future, and take charge of what we are putting into our body, we do not have to wait and rely on the medical community to come up with things to protect us.
• Take advantage of the PD-Ed Emergency Relief Discount. Learn how to protect your endothelium and your gut microbiome.
• Food costs will dramatically reduce to ¼ of your current spending, if everyone in your family is eating a Protective Diet.

• Boost Immunity with Whole Foods Everyday
• Supplements do not work. You cannot take a pill in order to strengthen and boost your immune system. That’s not how the body works. If supplements worked, we would be the healthiest world. We need to get back to the basics of eating simple foods, powerfully protective foods that are inexpensive and available at every grocery store.
• PD-Ed teaches you how to eliminate immune challenges with delicious, protective food daily.

Falafel Sandwich	Read the Falafel recipe description. Crumble Falafel into a sandwich for layers of powerful protection: Oil-Free Garlic Naan ® Sauce (Baba Ganoush/Hummus/Plant-based Yogurt) ® crumbled Falafel Top w/: Probiotic Pepper Sauce/Spice Sauce, tomato, cucumber, Probiotic Pickled Onions, Ruby Raw Kraut
Finger Salad	Enjoy dip with bell peppers (Vitamin C), carrots (Vitamin A), and more in a fun finger salad.
Fermented Salsa	Eat ferments for Vitamin K and to boost your gut microbiome, the foundation of your immune system.
Fruit for Dessert	Fruit is the easiest dessert & a whole food source of Vitamin C—oranges, grapefruit, kiwi, passionfruit…
Fennel Seeds	Chew fennel seeds between meals to freshen your breath after eating a lot of garlic or onions, to relax the colon, to decrease respiratory tract secretions, to treat heartburn, gas, bloating, and loss of appetite and to prevent sunburn. Due to abundant antioxidants and phytochemicals including fiber, potassium, folate, vitamin C, vitamin B6, and flavonoids, fennel seeds are free radical blasters.

• Practice Self-Compassion & Self-Care
• Be self-compassionate and understanding. Reach out. You are not alone. We are all going through this pandemic together.
• Get dressed so you don’t feel like you are sick. Put on a pair of jeans, rather than lounging in yoga pants. Feel productive.
• Visualize the protection in your food. Feel powerful. Feel the Boss of Your Body. Feel in charge of your health future.
• Eating at the table is critical. Do not eat while watching dramatic news. Stress may affect digestion and immunity.
• Overstimulation from excitement or stress can cause us to overeat and feel uncomfortable, stuffed, sick and lethargic.

Cooking Tips

• Store active dry yeast in a repurposed jar in the freezer to keep it fresh for years past the expiration date.
• Always cut a portion off the onion to create a flat side for stability while chopping.
• Chop garlic, rather than pressing it if you are using it as a raw garnish. Chopped garlic is milder than pressed garlic.
• Briefly simmer Faux Butter Sauce to take the edge off the garlic if you are not a fan of fresh chopped garlic.
• Clarified butter is butter with the milk solids removed. It has been touted as healthy, but it is not.
• Roast the ingredients for Fermented Salsa for increased flavor. After fermenting, save the probiotic laden brine for Brine Bread.
• Read all parts of each ferment recipe. There are different fermenting techniques for each featured fruit or vegetable.
• Always ensure the oven is empty before turning it on to preheat. Handle kitchen “bloopers” with optimism and grace.
• When using the toaster oven for baking, set it at a lower temperature than what is on the recipe, because it is a smaller space.
• White Whole Wheat Flour is preferred over classic whole wheat, which causes baked goods to be very dense.
• Until you find an appropriate price on ingredients in organic form, buy the conventional form.
• Master the Storing Herbs Technique to extend the life of your fresh herbs.
• Broccoli sprouts will not sprout if the seeds are expired. They will rot in the tray instead. Throw them out and buy new seed.

Student Q&A

Q: Can you bake Falafel in the toaster oven? (37:30)

Q: How long did your pantry last before doing a fresh restock? (52:00)

Q: How do I make the Plant-based Cheez-It Crackers crispy? (54:00)

Encouragement

• There is a lot of really bad information out there about how to treat this virus. They are selling products that are not scientifically supported. We eat our vitamins in whole food form. You can’t get this protection in a pill.
• The science is out there. The facts are there. This is what protects us. This is the most powerful thing we can do to keep from being faced with a health crossroads. Bravo to you for applying it and following through.
• Keep going. Keep moving forward making better choices every day to protect your endothelium and your gut microbiome.

“This is a trying time for all of us. Be patient with yourself and others. We want to support anyone who is longing for optimal health.”

Recommended Recipes

Falafel	Chia Seed Jam	Tikka Masala
Fermented Salsa	Oil-Free Garlic Naan	Baba Ganoush
Epic Eggless Salad	Gyro Sandwich	Creamy Hummus
Mock Tuna Salad	Spicy Oil-Free Curry	French Onion Dip
Italian Sausage Crumbles	Red Lentil Dahl	No-Knead Brine Bread

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#228 Benefits of Fermented Food	#219 Day Fasting	#262 Rebuilding Our Immune System
#100 Eating a Diet in Perfect Balance	#265 What’s Your Food Mood	#158 Be the Boss of Your Body
#254 Live in the Moment to Reduce Stress	#267 Finger Salad, Chips & Dip for Dinner featuring Refrigerator Tacos

Class Description:

This class shows how to include immune-boosting whole foods for a daily health advantage you cannot get from a pill. Oil-Free Garlic Naan, Falafel, fun finger salad, Fermented Salsa, fruit, and fennel seed deliver protective vitamins for complete immune support.

Class URL: https://protectivediet.com/courses/protective-diet-education/lessons/class-259-oil-free-garlic-naan-in-my-workplace-for-wellness/