AN ESTIMATED ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE
CANCER DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES IS LINKED TO EXCESS BODY
WEIGHT, POOR NUTRITION AND OR PHYSICAL INACTIVITY, ACCORDING
TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.
AS OLGA LEARNED WHEN SHE VISITED A LOCAL HOSPITAL IN SOUTH
FLORIDA AND SPOKE WITH ONE OF ITS CHEFS.
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Look at that ginger!
Fresh ginger!
We are at Zest Restaurant in Miami Florida
and I'm with celebrity chef Cindy Hutson.
She's making such a special soup for us this
morning.
Good morning!
Hi Olga, good morning!
Tell me what you're making.
Well I'm making a West Indian Pumpkin
Bisque Hmmm mmmmm!
And it's beautiful.
Look at the vibrant colors.
And tell me why you chose the ingredients and start
showing me what you're going to put in.
Well, we're choosing bright, bright
ingredients that have sweetness to them.
We want bright colors, the beta-carotene and all the
wonderful things that go into cancer fighting ingredients.
Which is important and speaking of cancer fighting ingredients
and cancer this is obviously October, Breast Cancer Awareness
Month Yes it is!
A very special month where everybody comes
together to do their part.
And you're really doing your part
Cindy.
You are the ambassador, culinary ambassador to Miami
Cancer Institute, very special for you isn't it?
I am honored, I just feel elated
about the whole thing.
My mom went through cancer, so it's
close to my heart.
Ohhh.
My mom's a survivor, 12 years
now.
12 years in remission, love that!
Alright, let's keep on going here.
Okay, so when I'm making this I like to build the
flavors slowly, so I already caramelized the onions that
brings out the natural sugars.
I'm using carrots because carrots tend to be a little
sweeter than this West Indian Pumpkin or Calabaza.
If you layer your flavors, as you're
building the recipe natural sweetness comes.
Then we add this?
That goes once it's a rolling boil.
We put that in there and that's coconut milk.
Oohh love that.
Now you can buy lovely coconut milk in a can,
ours is always fresh grated.
And then you cook it for how long?
It'll take you maybe 10, 15 minutes.
I know you have a little bit here for me, I'm
going to try it.
Try it!
Because I know you're also getting a
salad ready for me?
I am!
Let me try this real quick.
Oh wow that's good!
You can serve it cold or you can serve it hot.
Oh I like it both ways!
Alright, ready for the salad?
I sure am!
Let's do it.
Okay.
Alright Cindy, from soup to salad, more
specifically a kale crunch salad?
Luscious, crunchy, deliciousness.
Hmmm Let's do it!
We're going to start with some roasted garlic and
shallots, the reason we're going to do that is because you
know garlic can be harsh, as well as shallots, whole grain
mustard.
Okay.
And when you can cancer, the smells get to you
and sometimes the harshness so we want it to taste nutty and
mild.
Okay that makes sense.
We have the mustard, the whole
grain mustard, I like it with the seeds in there.
We have turmeric, which is
anti-inflammatory.
Good stuff.
All these great ingredients.
Color.
Again that vibrant color and flavor.
We have over here, we don't want to use sugar, so
I'm going to use non-sweetened apricot jam.
Then here we go with the yogurt, a superfood.
It's a Greek yogurt, it has all those nice probiotics and
things in your stomach.
It's like the number one isn't it?
Yes it is!
Pomegranate juice and now I'm going to turn this
blender on.
There you go.
Ohh that is looking really nice.
The pomegranate will add tartness
and it's another super food.
And what's that in there?
This is apple cider vinegar, we
don't want to overwhelm our patients with that so we're
going to put that alongside and here we have a blend of avocado
oil.
Look at the color.
That is beautiful.
Hmmm It is gorgeous and it tastes better.
It is expensive.
So you need to be careful with how you're doing
that I am going to top it with just a little bit of sea salt.
And of course we're going to add this super food kale.
It has a little trick to it to keep it
nice and tender.
See the rib in it?
We're going to rip it off the rib, course I do this with
gloves.
Of course.
You take a little bit of your oil and you
actually bruise it.
Now wait till you see how bright green
and much more aesthetically pleasant it is.
Look at the difference.
Oh my gosh!
What a great trick for me.
And it's tender.
So we start with doing that.
We have some of the beat greens which comes off of those
golden beats there, we're going to tear that in there.
This we go with the darker green lettuces.
Okay.
They're what helps in the diet, light colored
things don't help.
We have cherry tomatoes, again
antioxidants, we have the nuts, little bit of walnuts.
And of course you got your orange and
your grapefruit.
And what about this over here?
And that is another super food!
Ancient grain farrow.
This is so healthy and you know something for
everyone to eat.
Not just you know people who are battling
cancer, but everyone should be eating like this.
Exactly.
It's a better way to eat.
You feel better.
Sometimes when we eat so poorly, we have
to really go and almost cleanse ourselves and start eating
healthy.
And it takes a little time to adjust your pallet but
look at the colors.
Beautiful.
Let's top it with this.
That is my favorite!
Oh my gosh!
What is that?
Those are golden beats!
And we've utilized the whole thing and we put in the beat
green stalks.
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Really when you're doing the kale
it's good to have gloves on and you can really get into a
hold.
Hmmm this is so good!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for being part of our special, I do
appreciate it!
I want the recipe.
Oh you have it!
Please come to my house one day and
make dinner for us!
Alright!
Only if you allow me to do all the healthy stuff.
I'll cook for you!
I'll cook for you.
Awesome that's even a bonus!
And if you'd like more information on all these recipes
you can go to Miami cancer institute dot com you can also
go to our website and that's the balancing act dot com This
was really good.
Now I'm going to get a fork and do it
properly.