{"id":32651,"date":"2015-11-12T09:02:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T16:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/?p=32651"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:17:30","slug":"fighting-colds-with-avocados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/fighting-colds-with-avocados\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Colds With Avocados"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re full into cold season and I have\u00a0already caught one this year. To avoid colds and flus there are lots of great remedies, including that old favourite remedy, chicken soup. Keeping a diet full of fruit and vegetable, all full of anitioxidants is highly recommended, also look for\u00a0foods that are high in vitamins A, B, C, and E, potassium, zinc, and magnesium. Yogurt&#8217;s live cultures are cold fighters and folate in orange juice and spinach is known to help. \u00a0Here&#8217;s a list of cold and flu fighters, including those awesome avocados that we love!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/healing-foods.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32653\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/fighting-colds-with-avocados\/healing-foods\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/healing-foods.jpg?fit=380%2C326&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"380,326\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"healing foods\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/healing-foods.jpg?fit=380%2C326&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32653 size-full\" title=\"healing foods\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/healing-foods.jpg?resize=380%2C326\" alt=\"healing foods\" width=\"380\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/healing-foods.jpg?w=380&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/healing-foods.jpg?resize=300%2C257&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cold Fighters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Orange juice<br \/>\nAvocado<br \/>\nSpinach<br \/>\nTomatoes<br \/>\nBell peppers<br \/>\nBroccoli<br \/>\nGarlic<br \/>\nGrapefruit<br \/>\nLean meat<br \/>\nYogurt<\/p>\n<p>We decided to make a salad that we&#8217;d like to call the cold busting salad with all of these ingredients! Enjoy and don&#8217;t be afraid to mix it up and add other veggies, nuts and lean proteins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dressing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1\u20442\u00a0cup plain yogurt<br \/>\n2 tbsp\u00a0\u00a0milk<br \/>\n1 1\u20442\u00a0tbsp\u00a0fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n1 tbsp grainy mustard<br \/>\n1 tsp\u00a0honey<br \/>\n1 tsp\u00a0\u00a0extra virgin olive oil<br \/>\n1\u20442\u00a0 tsp\u00a0dried oregano<br \/>\n2 cloves\u00a0minced garlic<br \/>\nsalt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n<p>Combine\u00a0all in a jar and shake.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Salad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3 cups spinach<br \/>\n1 orange segmented<br \/>\n1 bell pepper thinly sliced<br \/>\n12 cherry tomatoes halved<br \/>\n2 <a href=\"http:\/\/avocadosfrommexico.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Avocados From Mexico<\/a> sliced<br \/>\n1 cup broccoli florets<br \/>\n1\/2 red onion thinly sliced<\/p>\n<p>Toss spinach and broccoli with 1\/4 cup dressing and then arrange on a large platter and arrange the other veggies over top and drizzle with more dressing.<\/p>\n<p>You can add some grilled\u00a0beef, chicken, or prawns, cheese, hard boiled egg and a hand full of nuts or two for extra protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re full into cold season and I have\u00a0already caught one this year. To avoid colds and flus there are lots of great remedies, including that old favourite remedy, chicken soup. Keeping a diet full of fruit and vegetable, all full of anitioxidants is highly recommended, also look for\u00a0foods that are high in vitamins A, B,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[34409,34417],"tags":[6949,7213,6948,7340,7208,34583],"class_list":["post-32651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-food-drink","category-recipes-2","tag-avocado-salad","tag-avocados","tag-avocados-from-mexico-2","tag-cold-and-flu-fighter","tag-featured","tag-salads"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fighting Colds With Avocados - Good Life Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fighting Colds With Avocados\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We&#8217;re full into cold season and I have\u00a0already caught one this year. 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