Ideas While Staying Home from Dr. Len and Nancy Anglis:

Of course, we are staying home in cooperation with the directives set forth by the ADA, IDA, CDC, and Governor Holcomb so that we all remain safe and healthy.  Since we have always been at the offices working together on providing the best care we can for you and your loved ones, we are looking at this new opportunity to make great choices and to bless others!

Here are some ideas you may want to consider for yourselves—

We are avoiding all negative people!  When someone wants to talk negatively, we remove ourselves from the conversation since we are only focused on the great future that awaits us once this temporary situation has passed.  We are not watching the news—we get our news from daily newsfeeds which provide facts and figures—we are only interested in our nation’s progress in successfully fighting this virus.  It’s important to absorb only necessary information at this time.

We are taking extra vitamins and supplements now to boost our immunities.  Usually, we take a number of supplements, but we have increased our Vitamins B, C. and especially D right now!  One of our colleagues, Dr. Aparicio from Barcelona has encouraged us to add Quercetin supplements twice a day to build immunity, and so we have. (They have had great success implementing its use there, but be sure to check with your physician before adding any supplements which may interfere with your current medications.)  It’s available from Amazon in many brands.  Toniiq (from Miami) was the recommended brand, but (surprise!) it’s on back-order!

We are both having one cup filled with instant miso soup each day since the fermented foods provide us with even more immunity!  There are instant packs available on Amazon, and are not back-ordered!

We are reading great books that we now have time to read!  Our stacks are getting shorter!

We are watching favorite movies and wonderful comedies—it’s important to laugh every day!

Our goals are to exercise each day from half an hour to one hour on equipment at home or walking outside when the weather permits.

We are enjoying cooking each day!  We both love to cook and, now, we have the time!  Here is a family-favorite soup recipe that has been lovingly renamed “Polish Italian Wedding Soup” since Nancy is Polish and our family loves larger meatballs than are usually present in wedding soups!

For the soup, add together 2 large containers of chicken broth, juice of 1 lemon, 3 cups of water all simmering for 5 minutes.

Add to the soup, 2 cooked chicken breasts – shredded, 3 large carrots, peeled, sliced & quartered, 4 large celery stalks, trimmed, sliced & diced, 1 bunch green onions chopped with all of the white and 1/3^rd of the greens. (carrots, celery, & onions should be sautéed in 2 tbsp. EVOO for 10 minutes prior to their addition.)  Next, add ½ box of orzo pasta into the simmering broth since it will have to cook awhile.

For the meatballs, mix together 2 lbs of ground turkey, two eggs, 1 c. Kraft grated parmesan cheese, 1 ½ cups of Progresso Italian breadcrumbs.  Roll out meatballs to the size you prefer – We like them about the size of a golf ball!  There are always extra ones since you will use about 2/3 of the batch in the soup!  Bake them on a greased cookie sheet at 350 for about 30 mins or until lightly browned.  Add them to the soup immediately and cook for another ten minutes.  Enjoy!!!