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Cornmeal Porridge
This is my favourite porridge. Some call it grits, others polenta or mush or I call it cornmeal porridge. Here is the basic version which can be dressed up however you please.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup cornmeal
A pinch of salt
2 cups water
Directions: Read the rest of this entry »
Eat Real Food NOT Junk Food
Junk food is destroying both our bodies and the environment. Here are the facts and the solutions.
Animals in the wild don’t have to stop to think about what would be good to eat. A sparrow knows exactly what to eat.
Animals eat real food without adding waste to the environment and it is best if we did too.
We are Junk Food Consumers! We are addicted to junk food:
- Americans spend almost 46 percent of their food budget on restaurants and take-out.
- More than 2 million California adolescents (62 percent) drink soda and 1.4 million (43 percent) eat fast food, every single day according to the policy brief, “Teen Dietary Habits Related to Those of Parents.”
- Which ever city road you drive down; you will see more fast food restaurants than any other business.
- Junk food it placed eye-level right next to the check out of any store.
- Vending machines filled with junk food are everywhere.
- Junk food is high in sugar, dumb carbs, and chemicals. It supplies few nutrients. That is why it is called junk.
Junk food has finally made it to even India. Junk food in India
Junk Food is Destroying our Health
We already know junk food is unhealthy. Read these statistics: The Deadly Consequences of Our Eating Habits.
We even PROMOTE our unhealthy food as in the name of this restaurant… The Heart Attack Grill. Read about this in Would You Eat This Meal? The Heart Attack Grill Kills
Even politicians recognize the costs of junk food: Did Coke Make America Fat?
Heart Attack Grill
Read the cost to our environment next page:
Onion Soup
This is a very simple soup to make.
Ingredients:
1 yellow onion, sliced into rings
1 – 3 cloves garlic chopped
1/2 tsp. oregano
2 bay leaves
2 cups water (stock from kidney beans can be used)
1 Tbsp. yeast extract or marmite
Black Pepper
Directions:
1. Sauté onion in a sauce pan on medium heat till lightly golden.
2. Add water, yeast extract, oregano, bay leaves and black pepper.
3. Simmer for 20 minutes.
4. Add more water if necessary.
Onion Gravy
Ingredients:
2 medium onions (yellow ones are best), peeled and thinly sliced into rounds
1 – 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
2 – 4 tablespoons Sesame Oil or Clarified butter (ghee)
1/2 tsp marjoram
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar
4 tsp arrowroot
2 – 3 tsp Tamari
1 1/2 c water
Black pepper
Directions:
• Sauté onion in oil in a frying pan, on medium high heat until rich golden brown.
• Add garlic and sauté on medium low heat for 2 minutes.
• Now, add marjoram, thyme and balsamic vinegar.
• Add 1 cup of water to the onion mixture, stir and simmer for a few minutes on low heat.
• Mix arrowroot into 1/2 cup water.
• Stir the arrowroot mixture into the onion mixture.
• Turn heat up to medium and continue to stir while the mixture boils for a few minutes. It will become translucent with a creamy consistency of gravy.
• You can add more water to create the desired consistency.
• Add tamari and pepper to taste.
Pears: ‘Gift of the Gods’
Mango Squares
mmmmangos yum!
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups dried mangos, chopped
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil or coconut oil
1/4 cup rice syrup or honey
1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cup oats
1 cup brown rice flour or whole wheat flour
Directions:
- Simmer mangos in water till soft.
- Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix vegetable fat, honey and salt.
- Add oats and flour.
- Mix well.
- Pat 2/3 of the mixture into an 8 X 8 pan.
- Spread the apricot mixture on top of the oat mixture.
- Then sprinkle the other 1/3 of oat mixture on top of the mangos.
- Lightly press down.
- Bake in preheated oven at 400º F. for 25 to 35 minutes.
The Simple Approach To
Great Health
