Nourish Me Superfood

I found out about Dr. Erika Siegel via a Facebook friend and I pretty much badgered my pal to put me in touch with Erika so that I could beg/plead/pitifully ask for a sample of ‘Nourish Me’, her superfood supplement for children and adults. Last year was a BAD year for us, illness-wise. Julia contracted mononucleosis (Yes, small kids can get it! I had no idea.) AND walking pneumonia within a 3 month time span. During this time, I came down with a sinus infection and thought HOW is it possible that people routinely endure such things? I was flat on my back sick for a straight week.

So when I got wind of Erika, the superfood product she created, and read all the material on her ‘Nourish Me’ website, I knew I had to try it out.


Here’s a quick rundown about the goodies that are in this YUMMYlicious tasting supplement:

• acai
  
• hemp seeds
  
• sprouted brown rice protein
  
• beet root
  
• spirulina
  
• acerola
  
• dulse
  
• probiotics

You can find even more details, pictures, food combination ideas in which to use ‘Nourish Me’, as well as testimonials from children (one kid likes to lick it plain off from a plate!).

We put ours in smoothies and not only did it turn the drink the most gorgeous purple hue (and what kid doesn’t love purple?), but the only difference I could discern was that the smoothie was extra delicious. My husband Andrew even asked me, “The smoothie tastes good today, what did you do to it?” (Was he thinking it was yucky before?? Ha.) The only thing I did differently was add the ‘Nourish Me’!
I also tried adding it to Julia’s applesauce, which she did not appreciate quite so much, but she is very very picky. I thought it tasted delicious. I think we’ll stick to adding it to smoothies, because all we could tell was that it tasted super fantastic.

Of course I also had to quiz Erika about her top book pics:

Among Erika’s favorites are ‘To Market, To Market’ by Nikki McClure. “Beautiful drawings.”



And ‘Skippyjon Jones’ by Judy Schachner, “Of course!”



Erika also loves ‘Feeding Baby Green’ by Alan Greene, M.D. “An inspiring and encouraging guide to getting a variety of foods in the diet.”



As well as ‘Feeding The Whole Family: Cooking with Whole Foods’ by Cynthia Lair.

So guess what. KNOCK ON WOOD – super-icky-bad illnesses have seemed to pass us by thus far this season.. I’m hoping we can keep riding this health wagon until summer. . . (Last year our illnesses hit in the spring. So I feel like I have to keep vigilant about the staying well for a few more months!) Thank you Erika! You can visit Erika and learn more about ‘Nourish Me’ here.