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Comments (29)John, you've already received excellent advice but to add to that, here are a few simple suggestions: 1. Eat as low on the food chain as you can. In other words, the less processed the better. So oranges are better than orange juice. Brown rice is better than white, etc. These foods provide more nutrition and more volume, helping to stave off cravings and providing greater long-term fullness and satisfaction. They'll keep your blood sugar on an even keel. 2. As already mentioned, a vegan diet can be great for health and weight-loss. Even if you don't follow it whole-heartedly, as Annie said, many of the recipes can be integrated into your diet. One book I wholeheartedly recommend is Donna Klein's The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen. This is but one of her cookbooks. It's gourmet food (not frighteningly whole-grainy or tofu-y) which draws from cuisines which historically have emphasized minimal consumption of meat and dairy. The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen. 3. For optimal health, balance your plate. This illustration shows what I mean: Does Your Plate Look Like This? 4. Finally, vary your colors. In other words, don't eat all yellow fruits for days on end (i.e. bananas and grapefruit). Throw in orange (oranges and cantaloupe), green (kiwi) etc. Same with vegetables. For some reason American diets tend to be very "narrow." We not only eat too few fruits and vegetables; we also consume too few kinds. The end result will be that you not only lose weight but feel better and have more energy (to fulfill the commands of SWMBO, LOL). Think of your diet as an opportunity to explore new foods and develop improved relationships with what you eat. If you're feeling deprived or frustrated, it's time to do something different. Carol...See MoreLOOKING for: What is your favorite all-time vegetarian recipe?
Comments (5)Hi Marlene, I thought you'd be swamped with recipes by now! There's no end to my favorite recipes. A few simple ideas: I love pasta with fresh veggies - the veggies can be steamed or roasted or grilled or cooked into a sauce. For example: 1. fresh cherry tomatoes, garlic, basil - half or quarter tomatoes and heat all in a non-stick skillet just long enough to heat. Toss with pasta. (Has to be garden tomatoes, tho, store tomatoes just aren't the same!!). 2. grill veggies of choice and toss with pasta. I love grilled red peppers, onions, eggplant, summer squash. Add herbs like basil or rosemary... yum! 3. Another one that needs garden tomatoes: cook tomatoes and green beans - onion if you like - basil - garlic - cook this all well (I know, I know, veggies are healthier crispy, but this is sooo good!) for 20-30 minutes. Serve over pasta or rice. I have a recipe for lentils and eggplant, kind of a BBQ flavor, that I love. Let me know if you're interested and I'll send it to you. There's lots you can do with lentils (and beans) too - lentil burgers are great - I like black bean salad with celery and red onion and a lime dressing - or a lentil and potato salad, hot, with a vinegar dressing... The simpler, the better, and in my opinion, the freshest best veggies make a world of difference. I do stir-fry with or without tofu. Tofu is fun and you can do tons with it. Check out your library - should be some great books there - and do a search on the internet. Here's one link (below) to get you started that has more links attached to it. If you aren't vegan, (or even if you are - just ignore the dairy recipes) look at Nikki and David Goldbeck's cookbook, I think it's called American Wholefoods Cuisine. Chock full of great stuff! as are many other books. How old is your son? Does he have strong preferences or is he willing to experiment? Those things can make a huge difference in what he's willing to try. Good for him for making this decision, and good for you for supporting him!! Cooking is so much fun... glad you're doing this together! Here is a link that might be useful: The Vegan Chef...See MoreI bought a new (slightly used) juicer.
Comments (16)Jasdip, I don't think I'd juice limp, woody carrots. In fact, I can't think of one thing limp, woody carrots would be good for. LOL I ran across the following in a juicer review on Amazon. Someone asked her what she does with the pulp. I'm a lentil lover, and this sounds very good to me: We (family of four) use the pulp in one of our all-time favorite meals, which we call "whatever burgers" (they are essentially veggie burgers)... we're big lentil eaters, so we take the pulp, any leftover lentils from a day or two before (or if we are really craving whatever burgers, we'll make lentils especially- most kinds work well, and canned is also fine), a few handfuls of rolled oats to bind everything, a chopped yellow onion or two for flavor, sometimes some grated ginger, a sprinkling of salt, some chopped cilantro/coriander, a chopped green chile pepper, and some dry spices (usually Indian spices- garam masala, amchur)... mix it all together, add oats until it all comes together, and saute / very lightly pan-fry in olive oil (I usually just put enough olive oil down to coat the pan, and then again before flipping). These little burgers are so healthy, addictive, and have been a hit with everyone we've served them to! Plus- great way to get the fiber we miss by juicing. (We use a mix of veggie/fruit pulp- our standard juice is kale/greens+a small apple+half a lemon+a small chunk of ginger... sometimes carrots or celery make their way in there. No one minds finding the occasional apple peel in their whatever burgers- it's all part of the whatever!...See Moreanother slant on the why/what water crisis: link
Comments (22)Macbirch, As for you saying, "I think it can be beneficial to avoid focussing too narrowly on just one aspect of the environment" I would have thought plastic bags has nothing at all to do with water or even Climate Change. You have created dozens of red herrings for goodness sake. They are way way off the subject. I am still waiting to see if you have anything to say about the original post - water. "I've never heard the greenies complaining about the over-packaged cheap toys that fall apart the first time you use them " Macbirch they do it all the time for goodness sake! Here we have the lowest umemployment in decades, an unprecedented economic boom and you are still complaining about China taking our jobs! I suppose you prefer to keep them in poverty. At least I addressed matters that you have brought up even though it is a giant leap from our Australian water crisis to China. You still have not made one point linking the water crisis with the problem of China. This is a classic illustration of why we have such a crisis. Because so many folk cannot get their imagination around it; even gardeners. They would prefer to moan and groan about lentil eaters, bike riders, plastic bags and Asia for goodness sake. It appears you would rather we lived in luxury while the whole of Asia stayed in poverty. India recently was actually an exporter of grain when fifteen years ago there was massive starvation. If you had read what I said, I made a reference to Japan. Macbirch about my age, I will take a punt and guess that I am either close to your age or even older! You may be too young to remember the slagging Japan got in the fifties and Korea got in the sixties for manufacturing substandard goods. Not now. Becoming an expert in manufacturing takes time. Besides they also have a right to improve their lives. They might not be perfect in doing it but over time they learn. Meanwhile here in Australia, too many blokes sit on their hands, moan and groan about Asia racing ahead, plastic bags, lentils and bikes while and all our geothermal, solar and wind power experts and discoveries move overseas because Governments will not give them the proper funding etc. and prefer to live in denial. We have more sunshine than any country and yet our solar expertise has to overseas to much wiser countries. So much of our irrigation expertise went overseas to places like Israel, California, and even India before we saw the light (which is just recently). It is interesting that now just about every government including George Bush and John Howard admit that the biggest issue facing the world right now is Climate Change. The only reason Howard is now interested in water is because he realises there are votes in it. Water is Australia's most important resource on this the driest continent on earth and the increasing lack of it is causing a huge crisis. This debate has been going on for years but only recently governments have taken......See Moremaxmom96
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