Healing Outside The Box

I recently came across this article from the Journal of the American Medical Association. It basically says that if you supplement money given to food stamp (SNAP) recipients with programs like healthy cooking classes, the nutritional quality and time spent making home-cooked meals increased significantly. All the numbers improved, folks. Weight decreased, blood sugar decreased, blood pressure decreased, and even moods improved. Sounds like a magic pill to me. The link to the JAMA article can be found here. During this episode, I discuss cooking an aromatic dish called coconut chicken curry. The recipe is below: Coconut Chicken Curry For a vegetarian version of this dish, swap a 15 oz. can drained, low sodium chickpeas for the chicken. You can alternatively substitute with cashews or peanuts. You can also add ½ teaspoon of garam marsala or cumin if you desire even more aromatics. Ingredients: ½ - ¾ lb. split chicken breast, (2) 1 tsp. salt 1 onion, chopped or diced 2 Tbs. canola oil 2 cloves fresh garlic 1 c