❤️ Sinus — Isola Gnocchi + Rao Marinara + Follow Your Heart Dairy Free Parmesan 🩺
🩺 Symptoms (H = Health Check)
Today’s patients: Isola Gnocchi, Rao’s Marinara Sauce, and Follow Your Heart Dairy Free Parmesan.
🗒 Chart notes:
🐔 Costco Rotisserie Chicken (bonus protein add-on): my old faithful! I’ve been eating this for years. As someone with a history of low B vitamins, this chicken gives me a boost of B12 — super important for keeping my nervous system healthy.
🍅 Rao Marinara Sauce: 100 calories, 7g fat, 6g carbs, 2g protein, 1g fiber. Tomato-based = inflammation fighter. Bonus: tomatoes contain lycopene (thanks, CDC.gov, for the light reading).
🥔 Isola Gnocchi: gluten free, vegan, non-GMO, 70% potatoes. ½ cup = 5g protein, 1g fiber, a smidge of calcium/iron, and a little Vit C. Fun nutrition pearl: foods grown above the ground (like broccoli) tend to be lower in carbs, while below-ground foods (like potatoes) are starchier. Doesn’t mean one is “better” — they serve different body needs. For me, potatoes = iron + fiber → healthy blood cells + happy GI tract.
🧀 Follow Your Heart Dairy Free Parmesan: dairy free, no gluten ingredients. 1 oz = 100 calories, 3.5g fat, high in calcium 💪. Since I can’t do dairy, I love products like this that help me sneak in calcium to keep my bones strong and lower my risk of osteoporosis.
🍳 E = Exam (Prep + Eating Experience)
I followed doctor’s orders (aka package directions):
Boiled the gnocchi until they floated like little potato balloons.
Heated the chicken + Rao sauce in a skillet.
Combined everything into one happy pan.
Sprinkled with dairy free parm and added fresh basil 🌿 (aka camera bling).
👅 Tasting notes:
Gnocchi = soft + fluffy cloud dumplings.
Rao = NEVER disappoints (rich, tomatoey, balanced).
Chicken = forever sinus rhythm.
DF Parm = added that salty parm kick I remember from the old days.
💸 A = Assessment (Cost + Access)
Isola Gnocchi → $6.99 (Whole Foods, Hinsdale, IL)
Follow Your Heart DF Parm → $4.91 (Whole Foods)
Rao Sauce → $11.99 for 2 at Costco → $5.99 per jar (ALWAYS buy here, Whole Foods markup is wild).
Costco Rotisserie Chicken → $4.99 (the deal that never flatlines 🩺🍗).
❤️ R = Rhythm (Final Verdict)
Overall dish = SINUS RHYTHM ❤️ (balanced, delicious, repeatable).
Rao Sauce = Tachycardia ⚡ (always have in stock).
Costco Chicken = Tachycardia ⚡ (forever MVP).
Gnocchi + DF Parm = strong sinus, reliable back-ups.
⏱️ T = Treatment Plan (Would I Buy Again?)
✅ Yes, I’ll definitely make this again.
✅ Always have Rao + rotisserie chicken on hand.
✅ DF Parm is solid, though I might test the powdered version next time.
✅ Mom taste test pending 👩🦳 (she loves pasta, dumplings, and anything that looks like gnocchi).
Convenient, comforting, and easy to throw together = HEART healthy meal in my book.
Live safe/happy/healthy,
— The Gluten & Dairy Free NP 💗
