Freemotion's food journal: Expanding the gardens, pics p 53

[big brown horse]

Thank you for going into such detail for us. I'm making some chicken broth today!!

I have a question, can I use my crock pot to do the 24 hour simmer? I'm afraid to leave anything on the stove over night. My idea is that I would start it in the pot first then move it over to the crock pot (aka the poky pot).

 

[freemotion]

Absolutely. I don't, only because I make such gigantic batches now, it won't fit in my crockpot. And I feel that the crockpot is no safer than the electric stove. Six of one, half dozen of the other!

 

[freemotion]

Dace, it is so sad to me that this is fringe stuff....it was completely mainstream for thousands of years, and only in the past few decades was this wisdom shoved aside. And look at us, we are a nation of chunky diabetics with heart disease.....even in second and third graders. So quickly did Adult Onset Diabetes get re-named to Type II, now that so many children are getting it. These are called "lifestyle diseases" because they are completely preventable.

I am not sure about edamame. They make me very sick, so from that empirical evidence, I would say they are in the same category. They may have less germination inhibitors, but I would not give them to children because of the hormone disruptors, the risk is too great, especially for developing bodies.

Noobie, I am re-vamping my course to include much more traditional stuff and more money-saving ideas. I hope to be ready in the fall, if I can get enough students to make it worthwhile to run a course before Jan 1. People are afraid they won't enjoy the holidays. I do give "permission" to cheat.....how about having a winter that you not only enjoy your socializing, but also don't gain weight....holding steady is just as important in the winter as losing weight is the rest of the year, for many people. Besides, the primary concern is health, and weight management is only a part of it, IMO. Unless one is morbidly obese, then it is a prime and urgent concern. But now I ramble.

I will be sure to let y'all know if and when I run a course!

 

[noobiechickenlady]

SIGN ME UP!

 

[big brown horse]

ME TOO!!

 

[TanksHill]

don't forget me!!!!

 

[Dace]

ME FOUR!

 

[BeccaOH]

me, too, . . . uh, 5!!!

 

[inchworm]

OMG -- now you guys are going to get me to eat my chia pet!!

Inchworm

 

[FarmerDenise]

I never really changed my diet from when I was a young child. I took a slight detour for a few years, but only slight.
So I find your threat very interesting. I have helped friends stay on their diets by coming up with yummy recipes that follow their restrictions and bringing them to social functions.
I introduced my co-workers to cut up vegies, with more or less healthy dips, whole grain crackers and breads (and I mean "whole" grain), and cheeses as snacks instead of the cookies, cupcakes and chocolates most of them would bring in. I regularly brought in salad fixins from our garden, with simple oil and vinegar dressing or just seasoned rice vinegar. Our cubie became quite popular.
I find as long as people think of a diet as a temporary restriction on food, they will fail. It needs to be lifestyle change. Cheating allowed within reason.
Free, I also like your comment of a person's family origin playing a part in what they should or should not eat. Consider your ethnic background and try to eat the food that your ancestors would have eaten 200 or more years ago. That of course is difficult for some to figure out. I have a friend who is African, Japanese, Iroquois and French. She has a very difficult time getting her diet right.
Holidays are only a problem for me, when someone tries to push their artificially flavored, colored and sweetened cake made with white flour and nothing real down my throat.
If it is something I like, I eat it. I just eat a small portion of it. Sometimes I pig out on something, but then when I pay for it the next day, by not feeling up to par, it gives me the motivation to stay away from it for a long time.
Once you get used to the taste of real food which is healthy, you will find that the other stuff just doesn't taste as good as you remember. And if it does, allow yourself the occasional treat.
I am allowed the equivalent of one slice of white bread a day. That might be a serving of regular pasta or white rice, or I save it up for when we have garlic bread with our spaghetti and eat 1/2 the loaf