Healthy Eating & Living

what's for dinner?

feeds@yuku.com (dragonflybloo) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:56:30 GMT

we are having meatballs, corn and rice.

Healthy breakfast and snacks for kids

feeds@yuku.com (Kai Krishna) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:32:40 GMT

I need some new healthy breakfast and quick snack ideas for kids. I am in a rut.

OH my gosh, yum! In bay area

feeds@yuku.com (Kai Krishna) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:02:19 GMT

I had the best lunch at Cafe Gratitude today, my favorite resteraunt. It was the "I am Whole" which is the macrobiotic plate. It was shredded raw kale, home made kim chee, sprouts, and carrots on quinoa with a garlic tahini sauce. Garnished with sea vegetables and teriyaki almonds. Most of their food is raw and everything is gluten, casein, and sugar free.
Check out the site at www.cafegratitude.com

Anyone canning this season?

feeds@yuku.com (cjsfeet) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:27:27 GMT

I am planning on the pumpkin butter and apple butter. Also i will soon be making pasta sauce. When thats done I need to make NT ketchup since we all like it so well. Jelly is in sore supply here so getting something to make jam with is hard to come by! Anyone want to sell and send me blueberries next year?? anyone?

In a crunch?

feeds@yuku.com (cjsfeet) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:47:25 GMT

What is it that you feed your family in a serious time crunch? Any favorites that you have ready on hand, generally?

Usually here, I have jars of pasta sauce that can be used in a variety of ways. Also sausage is easy to defrost quickly so things can be whipped up quickly. Stir Fries are also a much welcomed vegetarian meal that I can make in a hurry.

Today though, it seems that I really only have stuff for a tuna salad. Havent made pasta sauce yet so that isn't...

What are you eating?

feeds@yuku.com (Kai Krishna) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:17:51 GMT

I think tonight I am going to try to use up the tofu in the fridge, and maybe some zuchinni I have around. I like to cook the tofu by brushing it with olive oil and fresh minced garlic, and adding lots of lemon juice. Not sure what to do with the zuchinni, might just steam it and toss it with a little salt and oil. I might make a Turkish soup too.

I have been making big pots of popcorn for snacks for the kids, and I cut up some apples too. Nice afterschool snack.

Good fall meals and snacks

feeds@yuku.com (Kai Krishna) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:07:22 GMT

What are your favorite fall meals and snacks?

I love popcorn flavored with curry powder and nutrional yeast in autumn. Also roasted pumpkin seeds. I would love to make some pumpkin bread for our fall festival at school. I can't wait for pomegranties to come in season.

Popcorn topping???

feeds@yuku.com (animal healer) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:21:37 GMT

OK here's my dilemma: I want to quit using the microwave popcorn because of all the crap in it. I have an air popper and want to use that again. When I was young my mom topped popcorn with melted margarine. Don't want to use that. And you can't really use butter - I makes the corn soggy. SO is there a natural topping? I was hoping Molly McButter (or whatever its called) would work but that's got ick in the ingredients too. Help.

Why Butter is Better!!!

feeds@yuku.com (cjsfeet) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:20:28 GMT

Why Butter Is Better

by Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, PhD

When the fabricated food folks and apologists for the corporate farm realized
that they couldn't block America's growing interest in diet and nutrition, a
movement that would ultimately put an end to America's biggest and most
monopolistic industries, they infiltrated the movement and put a few sinister
twists on information going out to the public. Item number one in the
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Coconut oil! I love it!!!!

feeds@yuku.com (cjsfeet) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:33:48 GMT

I am ready to explore the wonderful world of coconut oil.
SO far I have rubbed it all over my pregnant body. It smells wonderful! I have added it to shakes, cook with it, and take it with my cod liver oil. CLO is most assimilated with another fat, such as butter of which the coconut oil falls under the same category.

Is anyone on this board still with the Westin A Price ways of doing things??????

I think i would like to find some recipes to add it with beeswax...

Rice Cooker.

feeds@yuku.com (cjsfeet) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:14:06 GMT

Ok...... last post on appliances.
Rice cookers. Anyone have one they love?????
Our familia eats a ton of rice. I am a big fan too of broken rice!
Can someone recommend a great rice cooker that is fool proof, and long lived?
I used to use a pressure cooker, and that was fine, but after a few years I got rid of it somehow. I dont know why, and now I am ready to have good rice again!

The oven (belongs to the landlord) we use now really sucks at cooking rice...

Dehydrators

feeds@yuku.com (cjsfeet) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:07:33 GMT

Ok- on another appliance note, I would like to ask about the dehydrators. I have heard that the excalibur dehydrator is great! I am really interested in the size though. Since we have a growning family (still, tee hee) I am ready to buy the 9 tray choice. But, are there any users of these out there? Would you think that the 9tray is too big or would that suit the family size of 6 just fine?

Just wondering.......

grain mill

feeds@yuku.com (cjsfeet) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:04:14 GMT

I am trying to find the best grain mill for our family uses. I am looking and almost got one but the order didnt go through due to the place being out of stock. Good thing too, i think, because I am not so sure if the I chose was the best or not.

I want little noise. Little heat to keep vital nutrients. Little dust distribution.

I am thinking that the Nutrimill is best but I like the looks of the stone mills by Wolfgang. I have been looking on Amazon.com for them...

christmas cookies

feeds@yuku.com (mtn girl) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:14:29 GMT

I'm making christmas cookies this year... I said I wouldn't do it and then I broke down and bought some ingredients today
I also bought peppermint icecream for the boys... a tradition since they were little.

Anyone have a favorite holiday cookie or recipe that you have every year?

Christmas food/cookies/gifts, for lack of a better place to put it!

feeds@yuku.com (allys Jill) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:55:22 GMT

What are you doing?

I am thinking of making some of the bath and body products in this months' martha stewart? anyone ever experimented with amaryllis? She also recommends that as a gift and that sound nice for my mom and gram with some pretty packaging. Can I easily get the bulbs, do you think, at the garden supply store?

dd wants a skateboard with no print on it. my friends tell me this is hard to find. ideas?

tonight we're going to a holiday...

thanksgiving sides to travel

feeds@yuku.com (allys Jill) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:43:49 GMT

it's a bit late for this post but maybe i can get a few responses. i'm going to my parents' house on thursday. i'm bring a veggie tray with "ranch" dip. what else? i would like to do two more items, perhaps one of them a dessert. ideas?

Rut breakers

feeds@yuku.com (peaceheart) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:39:36 GMT

Cooking rut here. I need to be inspired.

What inspires you? What changes your course when you feel in a rut?

Do you ever fall into the convenience food trap? I feel myself sinking that direction.

Help!

Thermos cooking

feeds@yuku.com (Legendadry Perc) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:28:58 GMT

Anybody know much about it? what do you think? My mommy just got me this http://www.veryasia.com/zosnstthcopo.html

VitaMix

feeds@yuku.com (cjsfeet) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:02:27 GMT

I've been reading about them for a long while now and I was looking at the prices of them. I couldn't believe it!
My last blender (cuisinart) had a food processor too, but the motor just completely started to smoke..... smell, then no longer spin. I had gone a long while without a blender. Looking around everywhere, I kept returning to look at the Vitamix. As it...

roasted pumpkin seeds

feeds@yuku.com (allys Jill) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:21:23 GMT

do they always wind up a bit chewy at the end? they seemed delicious when dd i first started in on them, a couple of minutes into it we both wound up wanting to spit out our seeds. we found about 35 billion different ideas on how to roast pumpkin seeds online, so perhaps we chose a bunk method.

how do you do yours?