Ingredients:
2 lb organic ground turkey
8 eggs
4T ground flax seed
salt and pepper
garlic powder
dried basil
4 heads of escarole
4 boxes of organic chicken stock or bone broth
3T olive oil
grated Romano cheese
3 cloves of garlic, chopped

Preheat oven to 350* and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Mix turkey, 2 eggs, flax seed, pinch of salt, pepper, garlic powder and basil. Mix well and form tiny meatballs. Bake for 10-15 min.

In the meantime, chop escarole. Fill a large bowl with cold water and add escarole. Shoosh with hands to loosen dirt. Scoop the escarole out, drain water, put fresh water in bowl and repeat until all the escarole is clean.

In a large stock pot, add cleaned escarole and water. Salt. Bring to boil and blanch escarole. Drain, reserving 1-2 cups of cooking water. In pot, heat olive oil, add chopped garlic. Saute. Add broth, bring to boil. Add escarole, meatballs and reserved escarole water. Simmer. Season with salt, pepper and basil. After about 15 min, bring soup to rolling boil. Mix 6 eggs and a handful of Romano cheese. Beat together then add to simmering soup. Serve with Romano cheese. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 zucchini
1 yellow onion
3 carrots
1 container sliced baby bella mushrooms
2 peppers (red, yellow)
2 cans artichoke hearts in water
1 large green cabbage, chopped into 1 inch pieces
6 oz baby spinach
1 package sugar free bacon
Pastured eggs
Olive oil
3 T ghee
salt and pepper
garlic powder
Directions:
Heat oven to 400* Chop zucchini, peppers, onion, carrots into 1 inch pieces, put in large bowl and toss with olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic. Put on parchment paper on a baking sheet and roast until tender. In a saute pan, melt ghee and then add cabbage pieces and saute until tender. Then add spinach and artichoke hearts to cabbage until spinach wilts and artichoke hearts are warm. In the meantime, cook bacon in oven for about 15 min (400*) on baking sheet. Could also fry bacon in pan, then saute cabbage in the bacon grease instead of ghee. Poach eggs to desired consistency. When veggies are finished, toss all the cook veggies in a large bowl. Drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper. Dish into bowls, top with poached egg and crumbled bacon. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
3 T butter or ghee
1 large onion, chopped
1 1/2 t cumin
1 T Herbes de Provence
1 t dried celery seed
2 T dried parsley
4 C organic chicken broth
2 c water
1 can full fat coconut milk
6-8 c of broccoli, chopped (3-4 heads)
1 head cauliflower, chopped
2 medium zucchini, chopped
2 T sriracha sauce
1 medium avocado, pitted and smashed
salt and pepper

In a stock pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion, cumin, celery seed, herbes de provence, and parsley. Saute until onion is tender. Add broth, water, coconut milk, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, sriracha and bring to a boil. Simmer until all vegetables are tender 20-30 minutes. When vegetables are soft, use an immersion blender to puree the soup (or puree in batches in blender or processor). Blend in avocado. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy!
Makes 6-8 servings

Ingredients:

5 oz Organic baby arugula
juice of 1 lemon
a handful of cherry tomatoes, halved
about 6 thin slices of prosciutto, torn into pieces
5 t Olive oil, divided
pinch of salt
Parmesan
1 package Brooklyn Bred Ancient Grains Pizza Crust (see pic below)

Directions: Bake crusts on rack in 425* oven for about 5 minutes. Take out of oven and brush with Olive oil. Return to oven and bake 5 minutes more. In the meantime, toss arugula, lemon juice, tomatoes, and salt. Take crust out of oven, top with salad and prosciutto pieces. Top with shaved Parmesan. Enjoy!

Welcome to the UBWell Family blog. If you know Dr. Tony, from UBWell Center for Holistic Health, then you know how passionate he is about helping people and families achieve wellness. I am his wife and partner in this venture of helping families. Everyday we see families struggling to maintain wellness (physical, spiritual, mental) and we want to help. We will post blogs about all aspects of a healthy family life from grocery shopping and healthy meal options, to homework tips, to spending time together…so come, sit at our table and enjoy.