Beating Your TBI One Meal At A Time

Apparently there are "brain-friendly" foods.  The list is pretty much a clean eating diet which is my jam so this should be fun. Here's the list I was given to work with: Organic free range eggs Organic avocado Hormel Natural ham Draper Farms/organic chicken legs Hard boiled eggs Celery Good dip ingredients cottage cheese meatballs tuna lettuce asparagus full fat yogurt cucumber berries blueberries tart cherries pepperoni sausage zucchini celery chives bacon wrapped chicken bites cauliflower   chicken salad with yogurt edamame fruit skewers baked apple chips coconut whipped cream turkey breast skinless chicken grind own chicken/turkey snap peas red grapes salmon halibut trout The task for this weekend is prepping as much as I can for breakfast, lunch and snacks.  Dinners are going to mostly be from Home Bistro's Paleo Dinners for the first week.  Not

One of my dearest friends (Crazy Aunt Nan') of over 25 years was recently in a car accident.  She suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Truth be told, being a little kooky is part of her endless charm so we aren't always sure where one stops and the TBI begins.  Not really.  It's pretty obvious when you've known someone this long.  While not totally off her rocker, it's clear that recovery isn't a fast or predictable process.  Plagued with headaches and short term memory challenges, this thing has slowed down my friend who spends most of her days pouring into others.  While we agree that God's clearly in charge and definitely has a plan, slowing down hasn't come easy.  But since the alternative is a debilitating headache and much slower healing, she's doing her best to slow down and ask for help.  If you're a middle-aged mama who would give the moon to your besties, you know this is a real booger. I'm her Type-A, problem-solving friend w