I don't know about you all, but I love a basic soup recipe that can be spiced up of toned down depending on taste and preference. This is one of my favorites. Granted I love carrots and so does N, but it just makes you feel all warm and tingly. The following is for a main dish for about 6 people. I would recommend serving with a salad and bread option. We used the millet muffins, and a mescalin mix salad with Balsamic vinegar dressing...homemade. Yummy!
4 lbs carrots, peeled and sliced (i use my food processor..I'm obsessed)
2 med onions, chopped. (food processor again)
4 Tbsp Coconut oil (you could use butter, but I like the sweetness of coconut)
2 inches freshly grated ginger.
1 tbsp curry (or less if you don't like curry or spicy. or none)
Salt and pepper to taste
64 oz of chicken stock (homemade preferable, or store purchased broth)
2 tbsp congealed chicken/giblet gravy (optional)
In an 8 quart pot, over med heat melt the coconut oil. Add the carrots and onions. Saute until soft about 45 minutes. Add in the curry and mix well. Add the stock, bring to a boil, and skim. Add in the ginger, salt and pepper, and giblet gravy (if you have it) Allow to boil for 30 minutes until all carrots and onions are soft.
Use your immersion blender or hand held blender and blend until smooth. Top with Cream Fraiche, cultured cream or yogurt! N, loves it with yogurt and I do too! If you aren't a spicy person, the "dairy" really calms down the spiciness. Enjoy with th millet muffins and salad. You can also throw in some chicken if you have it left over from making stock!
The Great Sugar Debate
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You are in the sugar aisle you look at your list and see that you need sugar. Little did you know you would have 50 to choose from. Is there a difference? Yes, there is! I'm not going to cover all of them here, I am going to cover one, in hopes of getting to others soon.
Turbinado Sugar, Sugar in the Raw, or lightly "processed" sugar. It looks so natural, so healthy, so wonderfully sweet sitting in that nice packaging on the shelf. It just says, grab me, eat me, enjoy me....but should you?
Contrary to what some might think, Turbinado is still considered a processed sugar. Granted it isn't as processed as refined white sugar, but it does have minerals removed. It is placed in a centrifuge and moistened to remove the gritty layer of the cane, and also a large percentage of the molasses. This diminishes the minerals available, and it can no longer be considered a whole food. Pretty much it is just sucrose with a light hint of golden color to the crystal.
Yes, this is misleading, especially since it is marketed as Sugar in the Raw, and I don't know about you, but when I think raw, that means not messed with. In this case, it is messed with!
If you want the only packaged sugar from sugar cane that isn't messed with you need to buy Sucanant.
Sucanant retains all the original properties of the sugar cane, making it a whole food, granted it is still a simple sugar, but it is the best simple sugar you can purchase from the sugar cane plant.
Turbinado Sugar, Sugar in the Raw, or lightly "processed" sugar. It looks so natural, so healthy, so wonderfully sweet sitting in that nice packaging on the shelf. It just says, grab me, eat me, enjoy me....but should you?
Contrary to what some might think, Turbinado is still considered a processed sugar. Granted it isn't as processed as refined white sugar, but it does have minerals removed. It is placed in a centrifuge and moistened to remove the gritty layer of the cane, and also a large percentage of the molasses. This diminishes the minerals available, and it can no longer be considered a whole food. Pretty much it is just sucrose with a light hint of golden color to the crystal.
Yes, this is misleading, especially since it is marketed as Sugar in the Raw, and I don't know about you, but when I think raw, that means not messed with. In this case, it is messed with!
If you want the only packaged sugar from sugar cane that isn't messed with you need to buy Sucanant.
Sucanant retains all the original properties of the sugar cane, making it a whole food, granted it is still a simple sugar, but it is the best simple sugar you can purchase from the sugar cane plant.
Starting the Soy Story
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Soy has become the health food rage of the past decade. The push began with the "Dow Chemical" company. (if that doesn't make you suspicious about the "healthiness of soy" I don't know what would.) It has been pushed as the "Ecological choice protein" by the vegetarians and animal right activists. They have made claims that it is the only vegetable protein that is "complete," that will help fight off cancer, that will help you loss weight, and so on and so on.
The longer the claims have been made, the more those of us weary of the claims have had time to research and refute them. Let's get one this straight, I DO NOT PROMOTE EATING SOY PRODUCTS UNLESS THEY ARE NATURALLY FERMENTED. Ahh, I feel so much better now.
Soy is not a health food! Even though most of the food manufacturing industry would like you to think that it is. Why? Because if you are buying pre-packaged foods, you are eating tons and tons of this stuff...then if you buy soy-milk you are getting even more...
There is no evidence that consuming soy products can improve health, reduce environmental degradation or slow global warming. In fact, the evidence suggests quite the opposite.
I know lots you won't believe me, so I am going to just give you tons of links in this post that link to credible sources for you to do some of your own reading. All the below links are to Pub-med research.
Don't worry, I will post much more on soy. This is just to get you all started.
The longer the claims have been made, the more those of us weary of the claims have had time to research and refute them. Let's get one this straight, I DO NOT PROMOTE EATING SOY PRODUCTS UNLESS THEY ARE NATURALLY FERMENTED. Ahh, I feel so much better now.
Soy is not a health food! Even though most of the food manufacturing industry would like you to think that it is. Why? Because if you are buying pre-packaged foods, you are eating tons and tons of this stuff...then if you buy soy-milk you are getting even more...
There is no evidence that consuming soy products can improve health, reduce environmental degradation or slow global warming. In fact, the evidence suggests quite the opposite.
I know lots you won't believe me, so I am going to just give you tons of links in this post that link to credible sources for you to do some of your own reading. All the below links are to Pub-med research.
Overall risks and benefits of soy assessed
Latest review by American Heart Association
Calcium and zinc absorbed better from milk than from soy -- even without phytates
Soy provides no benefits with respect to heart disease risk
Soy isoflavones during pregnancy increase breast cancer risk in female offspring
High levels of cadmium in soy formula
Soy linked to peanut allergy and increased risk for asthma
Whole milk vs. soy beverage -- asthma risk
Persistent sexual arousal syndrome associated with increased soy intake
Genistein: Does it prevent or promote breast cancer?
Don't worry, I will post much more on soy. This is just to get you all started.
Alphabetical "About" page listings
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Labels:
About Homepage
The about pages contain lots of information about foods we eat. This is the alphabetical list of all the about pages. You will notice there will be subheadings under all the categories. Please take your time and read them! They are full of wonderful information that will help make feeding your family nutritious meals easier. I cannot take all the credit for the information found on the pages. They are summarized from books I have read, Internet sites, or newsletters received from doctors, when possible I will provide links for those of you wanting to read more.
Dairy Information
Fats
Gluten Information
Grain Information
Miscellaneous
Soy Information:
Sugar Information:
As I add more pages I will always list them here.
Dairy Information
Fats
Gluten Information
Grain Information
Miscellaneous
- Dry skin: Omega-3's and Fats
- Thickening soups, sauces, gravies, custards, etc. without a "starch"
- Candida Yeast Infections
- The Gut, Immune System, and Your Well Being
- Constipation: Bathroom Distress
Soy Information:
Sugar Information:
- Overview: Public Enemy Number 1
- Turbinado (sugar in the raw) debate
- High Fructose Corn Syrup and Mercury
- Sugary and Not So Sugary Problems
- Spoon Fed Deception
As I add more pages I will always list them here.
Roasted Carrots
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Labels:
Entree Side Dish Vegetables,
MI: Carrots
So, I really enjoy Carrots, but I definitely get sick of steamed or boiled...so, I highly recommend this twist on the carrot. Roasting them. We did 10 large carrots for 4 adults and 3 children...it was enough with no left overs..
10 large carrots, peeled and sliced into thin sticks and sliced in 1/2 or 1/3's
large roasting pan, buttered or coconut oiled
1 Tbsp Butter or Coconut oil
Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees. Place cut carrots on an oiled or butter pan, and place in the oven for 30 minutes. The carrots will start to brown a bit. Add 1 tbsp of coconut oil or butter and return to the oven for another 10 minutes. Remove and enjoy!
10 large carrots, peeled and sliced into thin sticks and sliced in 1/2 or 1/3's
large roasting pan, buttered or coconut oiled
1 Tbsp Butter or Coconut oil
Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees. Place cut carrots on an oiled or butter pan, and place in the oven for 30 minutes. The carrots will start to brown a bit. Add 1 tbsp of coconut oil or butter and return to the oven for another 10 minutes. Remove and enjoy!
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