Hh- we could eat healthier too. Wednesdays my husband cooks. I don't care what he cooks so long as the three of us eat. So last night was apple cinnamon buckwheat pancakes! My son was thrilled and I feared tonight he'd ask for a repeat, but he shocked me. He has requested mujadarah with a Brussel sprout-apple hash as his side dish! I'm gleefully obliging! The first time he has ever requested sprouts, I'm considering it a win :) I may have a weak sense of smell, but I don't think the saviseeds smell that bad. A slight odor but nothing horrid like kimchi. I had forgotten about the voluntary recall-- thanks for reminding others. I still believe in the company. Annie- A normal person would have to consume a crazy amount of chia seeds or some sensitivities for the issues to occur . I've eaten dry seeds on my salad for 10 years and none of the problems you have described. (now I'll probably be hospitalized for an obstructed bowel over the weekend, perhaps I should knock on wood?) to be fair, I do drink about 10 cups of water a day in addition to eating all the raw veggies and fruit (and their respective water content). So any leaching of water etc would probably be negligible? So very true about conflicting nutrition advice. I read that oped a while ago. I agree with much of the oped but feel he overlooks another culprit: BigFarm. They exert too much influence over research institutions. The universities have 0 incentive to actually conduct blind longitudinal studies as many are subsidized in some way by large agriculture consortiums. Anyway I think it's great you and Kiki are trying to identify foods that do you harm. It should be an interesting experiment. Kiki- how are you doing? Experiencing any cravings or moods from withdrawals of certain foods?

My first update. Roots have appeared at the base of all four cuttings. The heat wave at this time of the year is terrible, and makes me miss the cold showers of winter. I guess my Geraniums share that sentiment with me. Though rooted, two have turned brown and died. Those are two "Vancouver centennial" stellars. I noticed bothrytis took a hold over the edges of the leaves and migrated inwards. Courageously, I cut the leaves of three and retained the leaf axil. Possibly the two stellars have started dying even before I did that. The remaining axil looks green and plump, the fourth leaf is holding-on and I didn't cut it. It is a "unique" unknown hybrid. Will follow-up weather forecasts for timing my next attempt. I know this is possible, and if the summer is too hot anyway, I will postpone my attempt to fall.

Suebelle, The file suggestion is good. I noticed when starting a post if I include the pics in the first post, it isn't always going smoothly so I normally start the post with text then post the pics in the next posts. I used Chrome browser on a computer, and they have a max limit of posting 10 pics per post. Here are my tests (11/5/2019 @ 9:35 PDT): Each pic is < 1 MB - Posted 5 pics with total size: 4.1 MB: no problem. - Posted 10 pics with total size: 10.4 MB: no problem. MB: megabyte Some other websites or apps use some types of image compression programs, and that is why when you upload your images you don't need to resize them. I'm not sure if Houzz uses this type of compression program or not. If they do, it hasn't been working correctly for users. Until they figure it out, just resize your images to less than 1 MB/each. Sometimes, even with small file sizes, Houzz has some problems with their servers, so just wait and try it later. Good luck. Helen

That's what the recipe says to do, but I liquified mine in the blender so I could have a smoother batter.