• ON PROTEIN + DAIRY: It’s best to absorb protein from legumes and white meat (such as turkey). For dairy, focus on non-processed dairy (such as goat and sheep products) and pungent foods (such as fermented foods).
• SUPPORTIVE FOODS: Fermented radishes specifically are great—they help your gut, so it helps your lungs. Additional foods recommended: clean white foods (cauliflower and potatoes), turnips, parsnips, almonds, daikon, apples, pears, rice, oats, sesame seeds, onion, garlic and white peppercorns. 
• ABOVE GROUND PLANTS: Foods that grow through oxygen—think leafy greens, fresh organic vegetables with sprouted seeds and grains—help most.
• WARMING DRINKS: Also, keep drinks and foods warm, and try to avoid foods that are too raw or on ice. Cover your chest in areas of wind or too much air conditioning and continuously drink warm/hot tea.

In Ayurveda, the recommendation for this season and lung health is a Kapha-reducing diet. Kaphic foods increase mucus. In this article they explain it pretty simply:

• Avoid heavy, dense foods such as meat and cheese.
• Avoid fatty, fried foods.
• Eliminate dairy.
• Sip hot water with lemon and honey with meals and throughout the day.
• Include warm digestive spices in your diet such as ginger, cloves, cardamom, and black pepper.
• Do not overeat or drink in excess.
• Have your mid-day meal be the largest, eating a lighter breakfast and dinner.

Please note that WARM foods and drinks are recommended. COLD items will help coronavirus progress by creating a fertile environment. When my daughter had an Upper Respiratory Infection I gave her popsicles to help her sore throat - please don't do that. She ended up with pneumonia! Raw foods should also be minimized.

In this awesome article, Pantry medicine for when the plague is upon us, the advice is geared towards what you might have available in your pantry or front yard. For dryness: chia, flax, oatmeal, hibiscus and pricky pear cactus. For immunity: garlic, ginger, citrus & cayenne. For lungs: an old-fashioned steam with aromaic herbs such as mint, thyme, rosemary, oregano, sage (also great in teas or cooking) and cooked onions - to be eaten or applied as a poultice. There's lots more, the entire article is a refreshing read.

A good breakfast might include stewed apples, oats and cloves with chia mixed in as opposed to a dry, sugary cereal in milk. Lunch might be lightly sauteed onions, garlic, & kale with roasted potatoes tossed with thyme and maybe some chicken with fresh lemon squeezed over it. Dinner could look like white rice topped with steamed broccoli, sauteed garlic and onions with white beans in a tahini sauce topped with almonds.

Where to shop in a quarantine?

That's all fine and good, but how can you access foods that are whole, fresh and delicious without breaking quarantine? Thankfully, there has been a rise in community-supported agriculture (CSA) and many farms or aggregators are legally allowed to remain open or offer delivery or shipment.

In Central Florida, there are a number of resources that are local but where I am staying in Osceola County, delivery is not available so I have opted for a few national aggregators instead. LocalHarvest.org is an INVALUABLE resource that lists farms, CSA's and other resources that might connect you to a delivery service in your community. I've linked to the 32803 area code for my local peeps.

Locally we can recommend:

1. Orlando Organics - I used this organic doorstep delivery before opening Dandelion. They have been in the vegetable game for a long time and I remember it being great quality with a variety of sizes. 
2. Lake Meadows Natural Farms - They ship and accept SNAP food stamps, which is huge. We have been using them for whipping cream, cheese, and eggs but they have a wide variety of items. The online store is kinda hard to find so I'm linking to it here but the farmstand is open and they are practicing social distancing!
3. Keely Farms - a good source for dairy and meat items. I haven't used them myself but Summer Rodman, our other owner, is a fan. 
4. Noble Roots - a biodynamic family farm that I love. They are more in Volusia County and a regular at the Deland Farmer's Market - my usual home base. They deliver and have vegetables and meat.

There are national services, which I've had to use since, apparently, Osceola County is out of bounds for most farm delivery services in Central Florida. I've been delighted with what I've received from:

1. Misfits Market: Organic Produce, family of five box for $35 feeds a lot more than my five people so we give our surplus to my boyfriend's parents. They also have a few extra pantry items (like oats which are so good for you and chocolate, which is, you know...a fifth food group) that you can add to your box. This week I got to request avocados...I can't wait to add those to our Taco Tuesday night! (Yo, use code: COOKWME-FB0QWH to get 25% off).  [Photo above is from my misfits haul - strawberries, avocados and herbs were add-on's, all the rest was a mix which changes weekly.]
2. ButcherBox is where we've been getting our meat. I chose the Custom Classic Box which has four whole hens, 3 lbs of chicken breast and 2 packs of bacon for $174. Enough chicken for two meals a week. I also added two pounds of salmon for $25 because I practically melt without fresh omegas which I will hoard from the children - they can eat the canned tuna because they are more resilient! I'd give you a discount code, but there is currently a waitlist to join. There are plenty of delivery companies like this out there, look locally first, then get to googling or join this waitlist. 
3. Berlin Natural Bakery - I found this company in the midst of my leaky gut. I was reactive to yeast and they make a yeast-free sourdough bread that was my online lifeline in the bread department. They have lots of different sprouted grain bread which are easiest on your digestive system and typically you won't get all the gluten inflammation with these doughs. I buy enough frozen bread to last a month (their farmstand sourdough will be most appealing to everyone in the family) and added some cookies and angel food cake for a pandemic pick-me-up for the fam. 
4. Flour: For those of you that prefer to purchase flour yourself, you can't get any better than this Sonora Heirloom Stoneground Wheat, it's organic, biodynamic and the grower, Sally Fox, is a national treasure.

For $18 a day for the household ($1.2 per person per meal) we have organic fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy and bread with some extra little snacks thrown in. With our other pantry goods like rice, condiments, sauces, etc I imagine the budget is $20 a day or $1.33 per person per meal. With the amount of money I'm saving on my commute alone I'm actually spending less per person than before the pandemic because I'm able to devote more time to making my own meals.