As many of you know, I interviewed Dr. Barry Sears, author of The Zone, on my radio show, Today's Woman, last week.  We talked about his program for reducing inflammation.  (If you missed the show you can click here).  Dr. Sears spoke about silent inflammation, the kind of inflammation that you aren't aware that might exist within your body.  You are aware if you have inflammation from an infected cut or swollen glands because they hurt but what about the inflammation that increases our risk of heart disease or diabetes or even obesity.

Dr. Sears recommended a balanced diet to decrease this silent inflammation.  A balanced diet, according to Dr. Sears, includes equal amounts (in terms of calories) of healthy fat, carbohydrates and protein.  So using his advice, here is what I am having for dinner tonight:

 Rick's Tuna Salad

My husband makes the (read: THEE) best tuna salad.  Here is his secret recipe.  SSSSSShhhhh.... don't tell him I gave it to you but he deserves this little divulgence.  If you had been in the studio this morning you would understand why.  He actually 'corrected' my form today while I was doing my own Pilates workout.  Yes, I knooooooow.  Can you believe he would correct me??  And the studio was full... of Pilates instructors.  It was good they were there.   Lisa, after siding with Rick....really....it was a conspiracy, wisely told him to step away.  I would have taken him down....with correct form, of course.  So here it is:  Rick's SECRET recipe: 

 2 large cans of white albacore tuna
2 green onions
1 apple
4 T of Mayo
Tomatoes
Avocado

 Yep, that's it.  Now here are some of the details....

1. The Secret: Buy all of your veggies at the local Farmer's Market: Apples, Onions, Avocados and Tomatoes.  If you live in my area, Lombardi's has tomatoes for another month or so.  Buy fresh, fresh, fresh.  Makes all the difference in the world.  My certified organic buddies, if you can't buy organic peel, peel, peel. I love to peel my tomatoes.  It makes them super-easy to slice and much easier to work into a salad or sandwich. 
2. You can buy Mayonnaise that contains extra virgin olive oil.  Olive oil is the good fat.  So is avocado, by the way.  Remember Dr. Sears advice if you only had 15 seconds to spend on your health everyday?  His advice was to guzzle as much fish oil as possible in that 15 seconds.  Why?  Because the healthy oils would help to dispel the toxic fats in your system.  Cool, huh?
3. Use the entire onion from tip to tip.  Mix the tuna, onions, apples and mayo together.  Serve over dark green leafy veggies (also a great anti-inflammatory food) and garnish with tomatoes and avocado on the side.
4. I just recently bought a really nice olive oil.  I like to drizzle olive oil over all my salads including this tuna salad. It gives all my salads an extra anti-inflammatory kick and as we know, olive oil helps to increase your HDL cholesterol or your good cholesterol.  Dr. Sears was saying you can't buy a good olive in the United States. Wrong. At our Farmer's Market here in the SCV on Sundays (over at COC) you can buy fresh pressed olive oil. Yep.  It's the REAL deal.  The name of the farm is Joelle and you can visit them at www.Joelleoil.com  Check them out.  

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