tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978080375698294262024-03-20T00:45:31.792-04:00Alice's Rest au RantToronto's foremost vegan macrobiotics educator shares her views and recipes.Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762072815051276431noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597808037569829426.post-40319531642772536412020-03-29T11:02:00.000-04:002020-03-29T11:02:02.460-04:0014 Days of Self Isolation<blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" type="cite">
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">As many of you know, I live alone. Normally, I work a day job and I also teach and share my knowledge and experience with macrobiotic diet and lifestyle. I travel to Italy but most often to Brooklyn where I get to spend time with my daughter and her family. I also have children and grandchildren here in Toronto. I have plenty of extended family and lots of wonderful friends. I also walk and take care of my grand dog who is currently living with me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">As set out in last week's email, I decide to self isolate two weeks ago.Today is Day 14. If I put aside my concerns for my children, some of whom are not able to work due to closings and the general economic fallout to which we may all be subject if this shutdown continues for too long.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">All this to say that my normal life is full but I have always dreamed of being a hermit preferably on a mountain away from the hustle and bustle and all the distractions of modern life. And here it is! I am a hermit, my home a hermitage. All that is missing is the mountain! How fortuitous that the only photo that I am able to access on my new computer is the photo of that mountain in the Italian Alps.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Overnight life has become simple. The main purpose of the current rules is to "flatten the curve" in order to allow for everyone who may becomes seriously ill due to the virus to have access to the best health care, not to be left to die because there are not enough ventilators or our health care system becomes strained beyond capacity. And those most likely to become seriously ill, although not in all cases, are our dear parents, aunts, uncles and elderly neighbours and friends who sacrificed to raise us and build our country. Staying at home is crucial and it is the most significant personal contribution we can make to reducing suffering and hopefully saving lives.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Some of you in your emails have expressed that you are feeling anxious and ill at ease, full of worry and afraid for the future.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Our body and psyche does not like change. Depending on your condition or personal circumstances, the stress of the measures we are now expected to endure may have put you over the top. You may already have work and financial obligations, childcare issues and elderly members of the family to care for. The economic future may seem bleak.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">The best thing to do for yourself is create or carry on with a regular routine. If you find yourself staying up way too late watching Netflix and soothing yourself with junk food, get a grip. You know that the next morning you will dragging yourself out of bed way too late and that you will only be able to get going with coffee, your meals will be off and you won't feel like going outside for a walk! In order to feel like going to sleep at a decent hour, you must make yourself get up early. It may take a few days of hit and miss but it can be done. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Eating meals at regular times is another way to reduce anxiety. There is a direct correlation between eating meals at haphazard times and how "off"or even ill you are. I have experienced in myself and have seen it over and over again with clients.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Try not to eat anything for at least three hours before going to bed. Eating late at night is another difficult habit to change. Try to be conscious of your evening snacking and see how you feel if you don't indulge for a few days. I guarantee that you will wake up refreshed and optimistic once you put this habit in place.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Doing the body scrub is another way to relieve internal pressure. Rub your skin with a soft towel dipped in hot water at least once a day and see the difference. There is a Macro Monday video that explains how this is done.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Take a walk outside every day for at least a half hour. I have been walking Louis, the grand dog every day and timing myself. I walk for about 45 minutes. It takes exactly 8 minutes of walking for my mind to settle down and stop asking me "how much longer?" After 8 minutes I am happy to keep walking for a good long time. There are so many parks and conservation areas in Toronto where you can walk to your heart's content without running into others and, even if you do, it's easy to keep your distance!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">As for other forms of exercise, there has never been a better time. There is a smorgasbord of free or very inexpensive yoga and other exercise classes online. You can practice with others without even leaving your house!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Because I am very lazy and would rather only do activities that I enjoy like watching Netflix, reading, cooking, eating and talking on the phone, I decided that I would set a timer to do those things that need to be done but I avoid. I set my timer for only 15 minutes to garden or, on rainy days, clean out a part of my garage. I am amazed at how much I have accomplished!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">I also pick one other indoor project per day such as washing a set of curtains, or decluttering a closet or organizing the pantry or cleaning the fridge. Only one chore, mind, because I do not want to overtax myself. I have even broken up more distasteful tasks over a couple of days! I do this because I know that at the end of this shutdown I will be very angry at myself for not having taken care of chores I would rather avoid.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Basically every day I spend one hour outdoors and a half hour or so doing one unpleasant indoor task. And an online exercise class here and there! It has made all the difference in my outlook!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">You might think that all these little rules are silly. Give them a try. It brings order to your day and with order there is less anxiety.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">For those of you who wish to learn more about macrobiotics go to my free webinars <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://torontomacrobiotics.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D688c6a878917ddd4409bcb89e%26id%3Deab976b472%26e%3D5cead030db&source=gmail&ust=1585579127307000&usg=AFQjCNGIgHbVAe8zjzR19OKaYt6dbvOUeA" href="https://torontomacrobiotics.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=688c6a878917ddd4409bcb89e&id=eab976b472&e=5cead030db" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">http://www.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">I hope this email finds you well and not too freaked out. All is well with me and my family including my now six grandchildren-fingers always crossed of course. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><strong>MY NEWS</strong></em></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;">It's been a while since you've heard from me I know. Not to make excuses but last year around this time, my computer failed me and it took some time for me to get up to speed on new devices. I am a geek about a lot of things but not technology (Omar is stuck in Lebanon which is why the above photo has replaced my logo for now)! Then, I undertook a kitchen renovation project which stretched into December. As a result of the renovations, I put off starting new Culinary Medicine courses in the fall.. And, now, as I was about to start up again,Covid-19 reared its ugly head.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;">I have been self-isolating for about a week and a half. I started off by avoiding meetings and phoning in adjournments for my clients. But I still picked up grand kids from school. I was supposed to go to Brooklyn, New York this past weekend to baby sit two of my grandkids but I decided that it might not be a good idea and I cancelled. It was a hard decision and I felt like a coward but in hindsight it was the right thing to do. I would have been stuck there driving my daughter and her family crazy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;">I also have family in northern Italy. They are all safe, thank goodness. It seems that no one in their small town has been infected but they have been self-isolating for some time, even before the nationwide shutdown. I've been following this disaster for a while.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;">In anticipation of what might occur and what is actually now occurring, I had cut way back on social activities for some time. I also prepared. Preparing for a macrobiotic person is not that hard. I purchased some extra whole grain and beans. I always have enough miso, umeboshi, and pickles on hand. I purchased disinfectant wipes which was something novel for me. If something needs serious disinfecting I always use a bit of diluted bleach. I prepared mostly so that I could avoid going out to stores and I would have enough supplies to cook for my extended if need be. I have a couple of masks but I think I would feel embarrassed to wear one unless I was actually infected. Which is a bit irrational. Because I did see people with masks grocery shopping. In any event, my children have informed me that there are stores that deliver organic produce for free. And I know of an organic farmer in Wooler, who is coming into the City to deliver organic produce next week as all the organic markets are closed! If you want any of that information <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://torontomacrobiotics.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D688c6a878917ddd4409bcb89e%26id%3D9d4c96c202%26e%3Dc97e06c7df&source=gmail&ust=1585579845740000&usg=AFQjCNGFKAlsoskyqgrMb7RN1BTm4Zp5SA" href="https://torontomacrobiotics.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=688c6a878917ddd4409bcb89e&id=9d4c96c202&e=c97e06c7df" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">click here.</a></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><em>HOW TO NOT FREAK OUT</em></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;">The best way to not freak out is first of all to take precautions as set out by the World Health Organization. Washing your hands, social distancing and self-isolation.. Purchase <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://torontomacrobiotics.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D688c6a878917ddd4409bcb89e%26id%3D6d3fba4e6e%26e%3Dc97e06c7df&source=gmail&ust=1585579845740000&usg=AFQjCNEPPEnsZQacMshgXU5ckCytp_gqJQ" href="https://torontomacrobiotics.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=688c6a878917ddd4409bcb89e&id=6d3fba4e6e&e=c97e06c7df" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">disinfectant wipes</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://torontomacrobiotics.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D688c6a878917ddd4409bcb89e%26id%3D6a7796b784%26e%3Dc97e06c7df&source=gmail&ust=1585579845740000&usg=AFQjCNGcSbEKJlsWADPQpR1VV5rSgmTORQ" href="https://torontomacrobiotics.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=688c6a878917ddd4409bcb89e&id=6a7796b784&e=c97e06c7df" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">nitril gloves</a> or f<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://torontomacrobiotics.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D688c6a878917ddd4409bcb89e%26id%3Dbf5a880e0c%26e%3Dc97e06c7df&source=gmail&ust=1585579845740000&usg=AFQjCNF_7HTTloUKp_6Xxs_ZP35kyLZxUw" href="https://torontomacrobiotics.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=688c6a878917ddd4409bcb89e&id=bf5a880e0c&e=c97e06c7df" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">ood prep gloves</a>. Most cases of Covid-19 are mild. It is the elderly (hmm...I think I might fall into that category now, hard to accept). Apparently, the latest science is that once recovered, you have immunity. Everyone should follow the recommendations of the WHO in order to halt the spread of the infection both to protect those most vulnerable who suffer from chronic illness or compromised immune systems and also to "flatten the curve" so as to not put undue pressure on our hospitals and medical personnel.<br /><br />If you have an underlying condition like high blood pressure, diabetes, pre-diabetes, or other chronic illnesses, your immune system is compromised and this virus is most risky for you.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">It's ok wherever you are on the health spectrum. Make the most of this time in self- isolation. There is now lots of time to take care of yourself, prepare proper meals, take walks, do the body scrub and also watch TV, read, de-clutter, and communicate via social media with your friends and family. I know because that is exactly what I have been doing!<br /><br />But those of us who practice macrobiotics, whether full time or as dabblers, know that there is much more we can do. Two weeks of proper eating is a long enough time to start feeling well. It is a long enough time, in most cases to start improving your health. Proper eating can restore your immune system, make your blood more alkaline and better able to handle bacteria and viruses.<br /><br />For those of you who have taken my classes, you will know what to do, which foods to avoid, which foods to include. Despite endlessly hearing and reading the same message, it is easy to make allowances and exceptions for ourselves and slip into bad habits. So I will summarize here:</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">FOODS TO INCLUDE</span></strong></em></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">I'm sure these recommendations sound very familiar!<br />Here is the link to my webinar which aired on Saturday March 24th 2020. I hope you will find it helpful. The webinar is about an hour long. To open <a href="https://alice.clickmeeting.com/webinar-recording/1bZOb7cf9">click here</a>. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at <a href="mailto:alicecfava@gmail.com">alicecfava@gmail.com</a><a href="mailto:alicecfava@gmail.com">alicecfava@gmail.com</a> for example if you are unable to open the video! </span></span></h1>
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Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762072815051276431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597808037569829426.post-63122215667861605892015-01-23T12:37:00.001-05:002015-01-23T12:37:49.133-05:00TRIBUTE TO MICHIO KUSHI<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was shocked and deeply saddened to hear of Michio Kushi's passing on December 28, 2014 in his 88th year. Next to my own parents, Michio Kushi has had the biggest influence in my life. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would like to express my heartfelt condolences to his sons and their families and Midori. And thanks to Midori for taking such good care of Michio!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel very blessed to have studied with Michio over the years. He was a great man, inspiring, full </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of enthusiasm and endless energy I don't know anyone who could keep up with him. I never heard him utter an unkind word. He never tired of teaching even though it must of been exasperating to repeat the same things over and over. After the Fukushima disaster, he said that many friends (old timers by now) were asking him how to protect against radiation. He seemed surprised to be asked and said that everyone should know by now: miso soup, brown rice, sea vegetables, cooked greens, umeboshi etc. I thought I sensed a bit of despair in his voice, that we were still asking these kind of questions after all these years!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would like to express my gratitude to Michio for dedicating his life to nourish my dream. I didn't even know I had a dream until I came across first, Georges Ohsawa, and then Michio's teaching. I can never repay my gratitude but I will do my best to keep his teachings alive through our efforts at The Macrobiotic Centre of Toronto.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I last saw Michio in March of last year. I travelled from the Kushi Institute to Framingham with other Level 3 students for a private session with Michio. I had not seen Michio since the 2012 summer conference. This time, when Michio entered the room, I was overcome with emotion and the overwheming feeling that this was the last time I would be in his physical presence. It was difficult for me to maintain my composure throughout the hour long talk. So I focused on writing down every word he said. Here is part of his message from that day:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>6. should be able to cook, very important, regardless if it's man or woman; even old time counselors, especially males, cannot cook; some can cook but not everyone; you are not consellor, because, unless you can cook, you don't know what kind of dishes you reccommend, what type of taste, miso, vegetables etc; in order to help that sick person get better; unless you can cook, you are not a counsellor;</i></b></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i> 7. teaching: purpose is to make people healthy and well; being so teachers must also know how to cook; especially if married, you cook, sometimes sharing, sometimes changing but both can cook but eat together; marriage: eat same type of food together; family-eat same type of food together; if eat same type of food, then we are family, same blood, same thinking, same action; our purpose is to make healthy, peaceful minded persons developing spiritually throughout the world and sharing healthy good food and changing our blood and having similar type of thinking; not concerned about color, religion, nationality etc; we are concerned about people's blood, cells, whole body and whole way of thinking; we are concerned about quality and human being; famous people appear in system; good quality of people with good quality blood are very, very few; also, among political leaders, quality of blood not good; whatever you do, quality of food should be good; then intuition and thinking will become clear; happens we get trouble, go to the world here and there; if not have $, wherever you go; go to other countries, other cultures especially when you are young, before getting married, go here and there; hard labour, dish washing etc. studies, to experience various things; </i></b></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many people suffer from mood swings, anger, irritability, sadness, anxiety, fearfulness and dread. Many young persons suffer from ADD and ADHD. Both adults and children either suffer in silence (maybe the children not so silently) or resort to pharmaceuticals, often with unpleasant side effects, to relieve symptoms.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I was working on a post to describe how profoundly our daily food affects our condition, behaviour and perception when I came upon this article written by renowned macrobiotic teacher and counsellor, Barbara (Gale) Jack: </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many years ago I worked as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) as well as a school psychologist in Texas where students were referred for psychological evaluations because of their behavior. One such student was labeled “autistic” and never spoke at all. The behavior modification plan employed was to give him M and M candies as a reward if he made any sound! Another was so hyperactive that he could not remain in his chair more than five minutes even on medication. One young man in a special class kept undressing himself day after day. Another had an epileptic seizure in my presence. I was touched by their suffering and puzzled as to why each one exhibited that particular symptom or behavior. When I began practicing macrobiotics I began to inquire into the student’s eating habits and recommend simple dietary changes to the parents. These ideas were not well received. Some parents complained that I was not a nutritionist or doctor. They felt my “specialty” was the mind and emotions. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After many years of eating a grain-based diet, I see even more clearly that mind and body are one and food has the power to create mental stability and feelings of well being as well as anger, anxiety, depression, fear, hyperactivity and many other symptoms. Today, anxiety attacks, eating disorders, depression, alcoholism and many other conditions are considered “ disorders of the brain” that affect a person’s moods and feelings and influence their ability to relate to others and enjoy day-to-day activities. The words “schizophrenia” or “paranoia” can strike a note of fear in the most balanced person. Yet mental balance can be restored with the macrobiotic way of living and eating.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> One must understand which foods are yin and which foods are yang, the five transformations of energy along with the organs, foods, and conditions associated with each, whether a particular “disorder” is basically yin and yang or a combination of both and finally, and how to adjust the energy in the diet through proper cooking. So let’s begin:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Drugs, alcohol, milk, ice cream, whipped cream, sugar, honey, fruits (especially tropical fruits), fruit juices, raw oil, mayonnaise, cider and wine vinegars, potatoes, tomatoes, carbonated beverages, carob, canola oil, and (unfortunately for women) chocolate (!) as well as chemically processed foods home care and body care products, (especially hair bleaches, colors and permanents.)</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These include meat, cheese, eggs, poultry, baked flour—salt, hard baked bread, deep-fried food, salty crackers and chips, as well as too much dry, pressure-cooked rice without balancing factors.</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this theory, life energy or Ki comes into and goes out of existence through five stages: the upward moving stages are referred to as tree and fire energy and the downward moving stages are referred to as soil or metal energy. Water is a floating stage where energy is just beginning to move like in the early morning hours.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7gslRY3LcStfPPz4pKmMrljqbvjqu2tC3HIpg9XkzKsysyOLleLwdzyfBiZKRYj-ElzCIvTAUZtQ6qkRc0OsJ6Exn9XgzgX_zZ7jBSOl3Rl-lNsut_qVLzHEreaPVSh-f71bgUu295o/s1600/IMG_1705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7gslRY3LcStfPPz4pKmMrljqbvjqu2tC3HIpg9XkzKsysyOLleLwdzyfBiZKRYj-ElzCIvTAUZtQ6qkRc0OsJ6Exn9XgzgX_zZ7jBSOl3Rl-lNsut_qVLzHEreaPVSh-f71bgUu295o/s200/IMG_1705.JPG" width="200" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <u>Water energy </u>is related to the kidneys and bladder and is associated with more floating, flexible, adaptable thinking. Strong kidney energy is necessary for self-confidence, high self-esteem, the realization of goals and dreams, -- making money, bearing and raising children, running a business, managing social relationships and all day- to-day activities. Imbalances in these organs are associated with timidity, fear, hopelessness and paranoia. Foods that nourish the kidneys include buckwheat, beans (in moderation) and sea salt. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Imbalances in the liver or gallbladder give rise to irritability, anger, thoughts of violence, and, in the extreme, hatred and violent actions. Rapidly growing young greens, sprouts, a sour taste, fermented foods such as sauerkraut and pickles as well as barley and wheat nourish this energy. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzMOVM9ItTE_rCEK1ouHay9gT4U6q00Vsbt_WEuR_Gul642zFi0hA0wQ-R4xecCojBE3rO9QZ5S4WFlwjSZCkVhE_AnhX_Bc27Ocnj9EMrpaYEXYw6AOlJb-NokYK8IsIaPZNP9vOaLI/s1600/IMG_2398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzMOVM9ItTE_rCEK1ouHay9gT4U6q00Vsbt_WEuR_Gul642zFi0hA0wQ-R4xecCojBE3rO9QZ5S4WFlwjSZCkVhE_AnhX_Bc27Ocnj9EMrpaYEXYw6AOlJb-NokYK8IsIaPZNP9vOaLI/s200/IMG_2398.JPG" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Active, upward, expanding <u>Fire energy</u> that is like the energy we experience in the middle of the day or middle of summer is associated with the heart and a bright, active mind. People with this nature may enjoy participating in many different sports or becoming avid sports fans or cheerleaders. They are intrinsically outgoing, usually enjoy music, videos, weddings, and many other social events. They often exhibit a passionate nature and enjoy affairs of the heart as well. Fire energy is associated with the heart, small intestines, brain and central nervous system. Extreme sensitivity, excessive talking and nervousness are caused by imbalances in this organ. Large leafy greens, foods with a slight bitter taste such as burdock and watercress, corn and some fruits nourish this energy.</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">houghtful, considerate, compassionate, and a slightly more inward type person. This person may prefer to read than go to a movie for example. They are often also involved in activities related to the earth such as food production, food sales, teaching and writing about diet and health, or cooking. Anxiety, doubt, skepticism and worry are associated with imbalances in this area. Spleen energy is nourished by the naturally sweet taste of grains, especially millet, and round vegetables such as cabbage.</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> There are two cycles that illustrate the interaction between these energies. One is the Cycle of Support – in which each energy generates, produces or nourishes the succeeding element. Wood nourished fire, fire produces earth, earth generates metal and so on. The other cycle is the Cycle of Destruction in which one energy destroys or limits the energy of an opposite nature. Fire destroys metal, soil harms the kidneys, tree energy limits soil energy and so on.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Applying this to food, if a person takes too much food that has with downward, condensed energy (especially animal food but also hard baked flour) it will suppress tree energy and manifest initially as impatience and frustration but if continued over a long period of time, can create anger, emotional outbursts and violence. It can also contribute to the formation of gallstones and the premature graying of hair. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Excess energy in the kidneys from salty animal foods, overly salted beans, buckwheat, too many beans, tofu, tempeh, and soymilk, cold foods and drinks, will suppress the heart and can create high blood pressure, constricted arteries, or just a lack of a happy, outgoing disposition. Hyperactivity, excitability, excessive talking and nervousness are also symptoms of excess kidney energy while deficient kidney energy is often the cause of depression. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Too many fire nature foods such as alcohol, drugs, tropical fruits, spices (especially garlic and peppers) excess liquid and fruit can affect the lungs/large intestine and have a disturbing effect on the mind. Spices can also create sweet cravings as one attempts to calm down the excessive energy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Accumulation of protein and fat will lead to hardening of the pancreas and chronic low blood sugar, as the organ loses its ability to secret anti-insulin. Excess energy in the spleen/pancreas weakens the kidneys, lowers one’s self-confidence, creates cravings for sweets, dairy and fruits (especially in the late afternoon when the atmospheric energy begins to come down.) that in turn lead to feelings of timidity, worry, and sometimes mood swings. In the extreme, it can create anxiety, suspicion, jealousy and sleep disturbances. Hypoglycemia, chronic low blood sugar in the pancreas, is the underlying cause of most depression and emotional turmoil. The heavy fat from animal food and eggs, salted cheese, red-meat and blue-skin fish such as salmon and tuna; shrimp, lobster, tuna, especially when taken fried or with mayonnaise or butter, make the pancreas stiff and hard and prevent anti-insulin, the hormone that raises blood sugar, from coming out smoothly</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Generally, psychosis, physical abuse, paranoia, and lack of verbal communication are caused by excess yang energy while hysteria, suicidal tendencies, and schizophrenia are from excessive yin energy. A South African doctor observed, “I can say that in the past 11 years I have not diagnosed a single case of schizophrenia in a tribal African living on an unrefined carbohydrate diet, whereas this disease is the commonest psychosis among the urbanized Africans. Dr. G. Daynes associated the rise in mental illness to the widespread consumption of white sugar and refined corn flour.” <u>(T.L. Cleave, <i>The Saccharine Disease</i>; Bristol: John Wright &</u> Sons, 1974). Both extremes taken over a long period of time contribute to paranoid schizophrenia and bi-polar disorders. Bi-polar disorders, sometimes referred to as manic-depressive disorders, are characterized by mood swings between depression and periods of excitability and hysteria. The underlying cause of prejudice and hatred is hardening of the arteries, which contributes to a narrow, constricted view of people of other races, religions, ages and cultures.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Modern treatments such as psychological counseling will temporarily relieve the symptoms. Discharging your feelings with an understanding, sympathetic person can provide great relief but if you continue to eat the same foods, you will continue to recreate the same problems and concerns. Medication can also relieve symptoms but not the cause and it can create problems in other organs. Only by deepening our understanding of yin and yang and the five transformations of energy and applying this understanding daily to how we cook and take our food, can we create a balance mind in ourselves and guide others to create it for themselves.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Practically speaking, it’s very difficult for first generation macrobiotic people with a long history of animal food eating, drug use, surgeries that weaken the immune system, lack of family support, lack of financial resources, etc .to change their condition. Proper cooking takes mental focus, patience, and time. It also takes time, special drinks and remedies, and lots of chewing to dissolve the stagnation created by past eating. The key is in moving away from extreme foods, turning your kitchen into a laboratory and reflecting on the behavior and thinking that comes when you and others take the foods you prepare. (Ideally every family member should be a good cook.) All journeys begin with a single step and the first step is to reduce (if one cannot eliminate) animal foods and make whole cereal grains the center of the diet. In the meantime, I like what a friend said to me recently, “Everyone is doing the best they can under the circumstances.” So given our circumstances, let’s all continue to work together to restore mental balance in ourselves and others and in that way make our contrib</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ution to world peace.``</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's official--The Macrobiotic Centre of Toronto is up and running. We held our first event at our newly renovated premises last night: a private party for the staff at AYCT, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;">www.ashtangatoronto.com/, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #009933; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and Keno MacGregor, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;">ht</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><a href="http://kinoyoga.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tp://kinoyoga.com/</a>, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> visiting yoga master from Miami. We prepared an east Indian macro feast: curried squash soup, tangy coleslaw, brown basmati rice, channa masala with rapini, vegan raita with diced cucumbers, peas and tempeh, chapati, tortillas (for the gluten intolerant) and spicy fruit kanten. My favourite dish was the refreshing Tangy Coleslaw. Here is the recipe:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/4 red pepper, finely diced</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/4 cup fresh corn off the cob</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Juice of one lime</span></div>
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Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762072815051276431noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597808037569829426.post-62547137241270141922011-11-06T20:19:00.002-05:002011-11-20T13:39:21.240-05:00MY "LINEAGE"`<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every macrobiotic person has a story to tell about where they were when the light went on. My story, simply put, is that when I heard the word “macrobiotics” almost thirty years ago, I started to behave like Richard Dreyfuss in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I was compelled to read everything I could about macrobiotic philosophy, take every cooking class and attend all lectures. Learning about macrobiotics was like remembering. When I tasted my first bowl of properly cooked brown rice I knew that I had come home. Fortunately, I was relatively healthy when I changed my diet: I only suffered from headaches, stomach aches, sugar cravings, depression, very high anxiety and perfectionism. Soon after I changed to a macrobiotic way of eating, my headaches and stomach aches disappeared and my sugar craving and depression subsided when my cooking became good enough to stabilize my blood sugar. I still recall the day, much later, when, for the first time since childhood, I felt joyful for no apparent reason. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Georges Ohsawa (from the French, “oh, sa va”) is the father of modern macrobiotics. He was 19 years old when he cured himself of tuberculosis using the dietary recommendations of Dr. Sagen Ishizuku who empahasized a natural foods diet based on balancing acid and alkaline. George Ohsawa was so grateful for his healing that he dedicated his life to the teachings of Dr. Ishizuku Georges Ohsawa incorporated Chinese and Japanese traditional dietary principles and the principles of yin and yang to formalize his philosophy for health. Of course, macrobiotic dietary principles date back thousands and thousands of years. The dietary principles expounded in macrobiotic philosophy were used by long lived cultures throughout our planet. In fact these dietary principles form the basis of today’s “Blue Zone” cultures of the world where people lead active lives past the age of 100.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have studied with Michio Kushi and many of Michio’s students including Denny Waxman, <a href="http://www.dennywaxman.com/">www.dennywaxman.com</a>, Tom Monte, <a href="http://www.tommonte.com/">www.tommonte.com</a>, Ed Esko, <a href="http://www.eskoterra.com/">http://www.eskoterra.com/</a>, Warren Kramer, <a href="http://www.newenglandmacrobiotics.com/">www.newenglandmacrobiotics.com</a> also a long time student of Michio Kushi and Denny Waxman who now lives in Boston and lectures and counsels throughout the world including Toronto. The Kushi Institute in Beckett, Massachusetts, <a href="http://www.kushiinstitute.org/">http://www.kushiinstitute.org/</a>, offers residential "Way to Health" programs every second week, a crash course (excellent macrobiotic meals and macro store on the premises) in everything you need to know about macrobiotics.</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rye</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Buckwheat</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Long grain brown rice</span></span></div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(hot climate)</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sweet brown rice</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pearl barley</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Job’s tears or Hato Mugi)</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Cracked and Flaked grain</u></span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use Occasionally:</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pounded sweet rice (mochi)</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Barley grits</span></span></div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bulgur</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cracked wheat</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Couscous</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rolled oats</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Steel-cut oats</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Corn grits</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cornmeal (polenta)</span></span></div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ryu, barley or other flakes</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other traditional grains (amaranth, quinoa, teff etc.)</span></span></div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Flour Products</u></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use Occasionally:</span></span></div>
</div>
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</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whole wheat noodles</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Udon</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Somen</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soba</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bread (unyeasted sourdough)</span></span></div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fu</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seitan</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pancakes</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">VEGETABLES</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use a variety with every meal</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use Often:</span></span></div>
</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Green leafy:</u></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bok choy</span></div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Carrot tops</span></span></div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chnese cabbage</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Collard greens</span></span></div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Daikon greens</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dandelion greens</span></span></div>
</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kale Leeks</span></span></div>
</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hokkaido pumpkin</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shiitake Mushrooms</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Daikon</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dandelion roots</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jinenjo</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lotus root</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sweet vegetables</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Carrots Cabbage</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Daikon</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parsnip</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rapini</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chives</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cucumber</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Endive</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Escarole</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Geen beans</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Green peas</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Iceberg lettuce</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jerusalem artichoke</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kohlrabi</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mushrooms</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Snow peas</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sprouts</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Summer Squash</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wax Beans</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Beans</u></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use Often:</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Axuki beans</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black soybeans</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chickpeas</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brown or green lentils</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use Occasionally:</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black-eyed peas</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black turtle beans</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great Northern beans</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kidney beans</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lima beans</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mung beans</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Navy beans</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pinto beans</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soybeans</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Split peas</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whole dried peas</span></span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>SPECIAL FOODS</b></u></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b><br />
</b></u></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Denny Waxman uses this classification for these foods because they have been used for hundreds of years in various cultures and have unique tastes and nutritional attributes. These foods can be used as a regular part of the diet.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Soybean Products</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use Occasionally:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dried Tofu</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fresh Tofu</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Natto </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tempeh</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Seasonings for Cooking</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use Often:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Barley Miso</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brown Rice Miso</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shoyu</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unrefined White Sea Salt</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use Occasionally:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">brown rice vinegar</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ginger</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Garlic</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mirin</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tamari</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Umeboshi plum</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Umeboshi Paste</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Umeboshi Vinegar</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wasabi</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White Miso</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Sea Vegetables</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use Often:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Toasted Nori Seaweed</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wakame</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kombu</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use Occasionally:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Agar agar</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dulse</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arame</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Beverages</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Drink a comfortable amount for thirst)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bancha Twig Tea</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bancha leaf tea</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Roasted barley tea</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Roasted rice tea</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spring water</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Filtered water</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>FOODS FOR OCCASIONAL USE</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br />
</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seeds</u></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</u></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pumpkin seeds</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sesame seeds</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunflower seeds</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Roasted tahini or sesame butter</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Nuts</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chestnuts</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almonds</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Peanuts</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Walnuts</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pecans</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nut Butters</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Sweets and Sweeteners</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Barley malt</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brown rice syrup</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rice and barley malt candies</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Diluted apple juice or cideer</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Diluted grape juice</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pure maple syrup (sparingly)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Fruits</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Ground:</u></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blueberries</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blackberries</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cantaloupe</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Honeydew</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Raspberries</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Strawberries</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watermelon</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Tree Fruit:</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apples</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apricots</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cherries</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grapes</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Peaches</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pears </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plums</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Raisins</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tangerines</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Other Foods and Seasonings</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mild herbs and spices</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Natural Sauerkraut</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cucumber brine pickles</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Horseradish</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lemon</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tasted sesame oil</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Light sesame oil</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Olive oil</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Corn oil</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Safflower oil</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Beverages</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amasake</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Diluted apple juice, grape juice and other fruit juices (not tropical)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beer (microbrewery)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Carrot juice (and other vegetable juices)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Herbal teas</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sake</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soy milk</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sparkling mineral waters</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wine</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>USE SPARINGLY OR AVOID</b></u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b><br />
</b></u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Baked Flour and Refined Grains:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Muffins</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crackers</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cookies</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pancakes (commercial)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rice Cakes</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chips</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Puffed whole grain cereal</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Popcorn</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White rice</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Commercial pasta</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Commercial whole wheat or rye bread</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vegetables:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Artichoke</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Asparagus</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Avocado</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bamboo shoots</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beets</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eggplant</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fennel </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ferns</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ginseng</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Green or red pepper</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">New Zealand spinach</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okra</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Potato</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rubarb</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spinach</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sweet potato</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Swiss chard</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomato</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taro potato</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yams</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zucchini</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All tropical nuts including:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brazil nuts</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cashews</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hazelnuts</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Macadamia nuts</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">istachio nuts</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All tropical fruit including:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Banana</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coconut</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dates</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Figs </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mango</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Papaya</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pineapple</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Citrus Fruit</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>AVOID AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br />
</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Red meat:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beef</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lamb</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pork</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Poultry:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chicken </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Duck</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Turkey</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dairy Foods:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Milk</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Butter</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cheese </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yogurt </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ice Cream</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sweeteners:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Artificial sweeteners</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brown sugar, molasses</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Carob</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chocolate</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fructose</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fruit sweeteners</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Honey</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sugar substitutes</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White sugar</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beverages:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Artificial beverages</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Carbonated waters</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cold drinks, iced drinks</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coffee</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Distilled water</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hard liquor</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regular tea</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stimulant beverages</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tap water</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lard </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Margarine</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Artificially processed foods</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b><br />
</b></u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>STYLES OF COOKING</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br />
</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use Often:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pressure Cooking</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boiling</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blanching</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Steaming</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Steaming with kombu (nishime style)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soup making</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stewing</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quick water saute</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quick oil saute</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sauteing and simmering (kinpira style)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pressing </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pickling</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use Occasionally:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Baking</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make the pastry dough using the recipe for strawberry rhubarb tarts. In fact, I used leftover dough from the previous recipe. For these tarts, I used tiny tin molds. The filling is very sweet and the tarts don't need to be huge.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take leftover rice, add water to cover and cook over low heat until the consistency of thin porridge. In the meantime, prepare the rest of the soup.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Briefly saute onion or leek and asparagus, which has been washed and chopped, in olive oil or water. Don't discard the hard parts of the asparagus. Cover with water and simmer until the asparagus is tender, about 10 minutes or less. </span><br />
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The planters are planted. Violets have taken over my herb garden.<br />
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But I see mint. Perfect!<br />
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Fresh fava beans and fresh peas will be in season in July. But I found fresh fava beans this week at an Italian market. Not local, of course. If you drive north west of the city in July, you will see lots of signs that say "fave." Drop in and buy a basket. They are fresh and tender and are great with barley or in risotto.<br />
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Next, shell the fava beans. Removing the skin is optional but yields a creamier dish.<br />
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Heat up a tablespoon of olive oil (or water) and saute an onion or leek. Add the beans and water to cover. Bring to a boil and simmer, covered, for about 7 minutes. <br />
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Add fresh peas, which are in season at the same time as fava beans, and a sprig of mint. Cook 5 more minutes.<br />
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Season with salt and pepper. Combine with cooked barley. Remember that barley really expands when cooked. Cook barley in 3 times the amount of water. Soak barley overnight for faster cooking and a softer grain.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last summer, my daughter, her boyfriend, my brother and his family and Devora and I went to Italy to attend a cousin's wedding.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My beautiful aunties.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next day, we took a day trip to a small town in the mountains to visit old friends. To our surprise, there was a festival featuring local food and drink: gnocchi, barley stew, fricco (a type of raclette) with potatoes and vino. The town was packed and we sat on a curb to eat.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And drink.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We visited briefly with our friends who were busy with the festival and then we set out for beautiful Venezia to meet up with the rest of the family.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It didn't seem like too much to do in one day (from a Canadian distance perspective).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But in Venezia there was a major regatta happening and no ferry service. And lots of people.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now Easter. Toronto. Trying to recapture the taste of Italy. Il "primo"--gnocchi, of course, by popular demand.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started out with kabocha squash which I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> baked in a covered roasting pan. I cut it in pieces to fit the pan, removed the seeds and left the skin on.The best part of the squash is next to the skin. We usually eat the skin on organic squash. But not for gnocchi.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the squash cools, scrape the pulp off the skin and then rice. It is important to use a ricer but it's okay if you don't have a ricer (just mash the squash this time). Ricing reduces the amount of flour needed. I add the zest of one organic lemon. Grated nutmeg, very little, is also appropriate.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add enough all purpose flour to make a dough and briefly knead on a lightly floured surface. The dough should be tender but not sticky.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut into 2 centimeter pieces and, using the back of a fork or the special gizmo in the photo (purchased at my favourite fish store) roll the pieces into gnocchi shapes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dress gnocchi with your favourite sauce. These are covered in a sauce made with soaked sundried tomatoes fried with garlic and onions in olive oil and dusted with minced parsley. The gnocchi pictured above in the Easter photo were served in a sauce made of fresh organic tomatoes, finely minced and cooked for 5 minutes only in garlic and olive oil, salt, pepper and basil added as needed for flavour. Or create a simply delicious sauce with olive oil, garlic, fresh sage, salt and pepper.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What a surprise to find that the rhubarb I'd planted last year, on the other side of my back fence, had survived the winter! I picked the two biggest stalks and discarded the leaves, which are inedible and toxic by the way. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took 1 tablespoon of kuzu and ground it up finely. Usually, kuzu is dissolved in cold liquid prior to adding but strawberries are already very juicy and I didn't want to make the filling too runny. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know that it seems like the wrong time of year but I couldn't resist the beautiful fresh organic beets and fresh corn at the market yesterday. I was going to make pickled beets but I decided to make borscht instead. With sauerkraut dumplings! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's probably a good idea to make the dumplings first. Dissolve sea salt in water. Pour the water over the flour and form a dough. Knead by hand for at least 10 minutes until it is earlobe consistency. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes. Then pull off small pieces of dough and use your hands or a rolling pin to form into circles. This is the same procedure as in my perogy recipe, previously posted.</span></div>
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Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762072815051276431noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597808037569829426.post-73866026644669407972011-05-21T08:04:00.000-04:002011-05-21T08:04:42.942-04:00French Toast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbQsIZ0QKAMuPMT5IrqBgiTIxMQj8cbCJr0ji6pT__AZJUT8sxBEZp5GDpyji13Q2c3HcVjgfehEAEznUSkrCGwwl0_oXhZOcuQw4SYUEtfyhIDFlvjB_MQoT8vjYfTvDP7p5wOcDoeE/s1600/IMG_2676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbQsIZ0QKAMuPMT5IrqBgiTIxMQj8cbCJr0ji6pT__AZJUT8sxBEZp5GDpyji13Q2c3HcVjgfehEAEznUSkrCGwwl0_oXhZOcuQw4SYUEtfyhIDFlvjB_MQoT8vjYfTvDP7p5wOcDoeE/s320/IMG_2676.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Slice leftover sweet sourdough bread. This bread was about 5 days old.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been experimenting with making vegan sourdough sweet bread. The following recipe gives the best results. I know that I use the word "approximately" often but the amount of flour and liquid varies with the type of flour used, the weather and the moisture content of the starter. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 cups sourdough starter</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 cups flour, approximately</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup of water, rice or soy milk, approximately</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon sea salt</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 Tablespoon oil (sesame, olive or sunflower)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/4 cup maple syrup, approximately</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">lemon zest of half an organic lemon</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon vanilla</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 to 1 cup of raisins and/or other dried fruit</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place the starter in a bowl with about 1 cup of flour and enough water to make a thick batter. Remember to replenish your starter. Allow to rest, loosely covered, in a warm spot for a few hours or overnight until the mixture is bubbly. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add flour gradually to the mixture and combine in the bowl until too difficult to stir with a wooden spoon. Turn onto a floured surface and knead, adding more flour as needed to make a soft dough. Knead for about twenty minutes. Then shape the dough and place in an oiled bake pan or mold or shape it. Leave the dough to rise until doubled in size. It may take a few hours or overnight.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cover with a damp cloth and leave the dough to rise until doubled in size. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It may take a few hours or overnight to double in size depending on the strength of the starter and room temperature:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sprinkle with chopped, toasted almonds.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the dove. It flattened out somewhat while rising. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although it tastes like challah, the texture is more dense:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Minestrone soup, associated with Italian cuisine, is simply a soup made with plenty of fresh vegetables, beans, whole grain like barley and/or pasta.Literally translated it means Big Soup. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Latin tribes that lived in Italy prior to the Roman conquest in 200 B.C. consumed local vegetables and beans and were vegetarians "by necessity." Their main dish consisted of a type of porridge made with spelt flour cooked in sea water to which was added local, seasonal vegetables and beans-fava beans, asparagus, onions. lentils. garlic, cabbage, carrots and turnips. Once the Romans took over, new roads, trade and wealth increased the variety of vegetables and the minestrone became more complex. But the Romans appreciated the health benefits of a frugal diet and their armies marched and conquered on a diet of minestrone and pasta e ceci (pasta and chickpeas soup). </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found ground pepper from Korea at the Galleria store (a huge Korean market). It does not say "organic" on the label but the only ingredient is pepper. It makes kimchi taste more authentic. I still have a lot of my own dried red peppers from last summer. I am going to do some research into how to transform them into pepper powder. More on this later.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm sure that my new friends at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">vegan8korean</span> will have something to say about this!</span></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762072815051276431noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597808037569829426.post-48443775781253471672011-04-07T20:10:00.004-04:002011-05-03T14:12:20.600-04:00KOREAN STYLE SOYBEAN SPROUTS<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love Korean food and have been creating my own vegan versions. I recently discovered a wonderful vegan Korean food blog: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">vegan8korean.wordpress.com/</span>.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 bag of soybean sprouts (about 4 cups) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 green onions, finely sliced</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon light or roasted sesame oil</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 teaspoons sesame salt</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the sprouts are cool, mix with the sesame oil, green onions and sesame salt. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762072815051276431noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597808037569829426.post-41859223171633287092011-04-05T14:11:00.002-04:002011-05-03T07:37:41.922-04:00Cooking to Restore Health<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many remarkable people, like Judy MacKenny, above, have reversed serious illness (go to youtube and check out "diet saves lives" for more inspiring recovery stories).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In macrobiotics, it is never too late to make dietary changes. But let's all make</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> eating well a daily practice in order to maintain health, prevent serious illness,alleviate cruelty and help our ailing planet. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Remember the old adage about starting to dig a well when you're already thirsty!</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I often teach macrobiotic cooking to persons recovering from a serious illness. Here is a sample menu and recipes from such a session. The dishes I prepare here are very similar to the recipes I have been posting on my blog. The main difference is the use of oil, flour, sweeteners and spices.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miso Soup</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pressure Cooked Brown Rice</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lentil, Squash, Kombu</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boiled Salad</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tofu Dressing</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arame, Onion and Corn</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Carrot, Burdock, Cabbage Kinpira</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</u></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 cups short grain brown rice</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 cups spring or filtered water</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">kombu, postage stamp size, rinsed</span><br />
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</u></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 cups water</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 inch piece of dried wakame, rinsed, soaked and chopped</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 dried shitake mushroom, rinsed, soaked and sliced</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">half an onion, thinly sliced</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 inch piece of daikon, thinly sliced</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 Tablespoon barley miso</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 thinly sliced scallion for garnish (or minced parsley or chopped watercress)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place chopped wakame, sliced shiitake and sliced onion in a pot with the water. Bring to a slow boil. Add the sliced daikon. Simmer for 5 minutes until the daikon is cooked. Dissolve the miso in half a cup of the broth and place back into the pot. Heat the miso on very low heat for 2 more minutes. Do not boil after adding the miso to the soup.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Garnish each bowl of soup with a sprinkling of the minced green onion.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>LENTIL, SQUASH, KOMBU</u></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup of lentils, soaked in water overnight </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 cups winter squash, cut in chunks</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 inch piece of kombu, rinsed, soaked and thinly sliced</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pinch of sea salt</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place slice kombu on the bottom of a heavy pot. Add the chopped squash. Add the lentils and water. If necessary, add more water to cover. Bring to a slow boil and simmer until lentils are soft. Sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt. Cook a further 10 minutes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18 parts organic tan sesame seeds, washed and drained<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 part sea salt (Si, amashio or bonin is best)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 72pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place the sea salt in a hot cast iron skillet and dry roast several minutes over a medium flame until it becomes shiny. Remove and grind to a fine powder in a suribachi (japanese mortar). Next, place the damp sesame seeds in a heated skillet and dry roast over a medium-low flame, stirring constantly with a wooden rice paddle. Shake the skillet back and forth occasionally to evenly roast. When the sesame seeds give off a nutty fragrance and begin popping, take a few sesame seeds and crush them between your thumb and ring finger. If they crush easily, the sesame seeds are done. If not, roast them a little longer. </span></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grind Sesame Seeds and Salt<br />
in Suribachi</span></td></tr>
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the sesame seeds are done, place them in the suribachi and slowly grind together with the sea salt. Continue grinding until the sesame seeds are about half crushed. Allow to cool and store in a tightly sealed glass container. Use moderately on grains, noodles or vegetable dishes. Black Sesame sesame seeds can be substituted for tan sesame seeds for variety.</span></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Suribachi and Surikogi</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A suribachi (japanese mortar) and surikogi (pestle) can be purchased in Japanese, some Asian stores and sometimes in health food stores in the "macrobiotic" section where seaweed and japanese condiments are on display. </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arame</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">½ cup dried arame </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 onion, thinly sliced</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 ears fresh corn</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon of shoyu</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">juice of ½ lemon or 1 teaspoon ginger juice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take corn off the cob</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rinse arame and leave in the colander until ready to use. Take the corn off the cob. Saute the onion in a small amount of light sesame oil or water.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arame, onion and corn.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place the corn niblets and arame on top of the onion, add about one half cup of water, cover and simmer until the arame is soft. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add the shoyu and simmer a few more minutes. Season with lemon or ginger juice before serving. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>KINPIRA</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Matchstick carrots<br />
and burdock root</span></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 cup julienned carrots</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 cup julienned burdock root</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sesame oil to brush cast iron pan</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shoyu</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lightly brush skillet with sesame oil or water and heat. </span>Place julienned burdock root into the skillet. vegetables into skillet and saute for a few minutes. Lay the julienned carrots on top and add water to cover the bottom of the skillet. Simmer for about 5 minutes and add a few drops of shoyu. Cook until the vegetables are done and the water has cooked down.</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Carrot Burdock Kinpira</span></td></tr>
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the end of cooking add a few drops of ginger juice.</span></span></div></div><br />
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</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>BLANCHED SALAD</u></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Assortment of vegetables, finely sliced</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place an inch or two of water and a pinch of sea salt in a pot and bring to a boil. Drop in a small amount of vegetables at a time and boil for 1 minute or less. Remove the vegetables quickly and place them in a strainer to drain. Repeat with each vegetable. Transfer to a serving dish when done. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boil each vegetable separately, one at a time, in the same boiling water. Cook the mildest tasting vegetables first so that each vegetable retains its distinctive flavour.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Cook the stronger flavoured vegetables (daikon, turnips, celery, watercress) at the end. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serve the vegetables with a drop or two or brown rice vinegar or umeboshi vinegar or dressing.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Segoe Script', sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><u>TOFU DRESSING</u></b></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><u><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tear the nori into 4 pieces. Add pinch of salt to bowl of water and wet your hands. Form a handful of rice into a solid ball. Press a hole in the center with your thumb and place a small piece of umeboshi inside. Cover the hole and compact the ball again until it is solid. Cover rice ball with nori one piece at a time, until it sticks. Wet your hands occasionally to prevent rice and nori from sticking to them, but try not to use too much water.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">NOTE: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">If you have a serious illness, see a doctor. If you have a serious illness and have seen a doctor and wish to change your diet please see a qualified macrobiotic counsellor and take cooking classes! </span></b></span></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762072815051276431noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597808037569829426.post-90507592484450190682011-03-20T07:12:00.001-04:002011-03-20T07:26:05.721-04:00Protection from Radiation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully, the nuclear crisis in the wake of Japan's devastating earthquake appears to be "stabilizing." Predictably, there are now reports of higher than normal radiation levels in the food chain and in people. The radiation cloud is expected to reach North America by this weekend. Potassium iodide pills which help protect from the harmful effects of radiation by blocking iodine uptake into the thyroid have sold out in British Columbia. Officials are warning that there is no need to take this precaution and that the pills themselves could cause serious side effects.</span><br />
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</span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On August 9, 1944, when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Dr. Tatsuichiro Akizuki, was director of a small hospital located on the northern edge of the city, 1.4 kilometres from the epicentre. Within a week of the explosion, those patients who had not been burned started exhibiting symptoms of radiation poisoning--bleeding gums, diarrhea, subcutaneous hemmorhages, ulcers on the insides of their mouths and so on. Before the bombing Dr. Akizuki had been influenced by macrobiotic dietary principles and he had regularly fed his co workers brown rice and miso soup and forbidden his staff to eat sugar, which was not regularly available in any event. After the bombing, rice balls, seaweed, salt and other good-quality yang foods were distributed to all patients, neighbors and others who managed to reach the hospital after the bombing. He continued to strictly enforce the sugar prohibition. With no time to explain the principle of yin and yang he simply said, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"sugar is bad for you, take my word for it!". Thanks to Dr. Akizuki's macrobiotic methods, he, other staff members and inpatients remained alive in the lethal ashes of the bombed ruins. Dr. Akizuki and his staff continued to work vigorously while other medical personnel succumbed to atomic disease. (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dr. Akizuki died in 2005 at the age of 90).</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>-</i>from Michio Kushi's book, <i>One Peaceful World</i> </span></span></div></blockquote><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to Sara Shannon, the following factors bind radioactive substances and eliminate them from the body:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FIBER: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Found in whole grains, vegetables, nuts, seeds and beans. Pectin is a type of fiber found primarily in seeds and fruit.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PHYTATES: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Found in grains and beans.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SODIUM ALGINATE: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Found in sea vegetables.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SULFUR-CONTAINING AMINO ACIDS: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Found in some vegetables, especially those in the cabbage family. In addition to binding radioactive substances, sulfur-containing vegetables may also contain compounds that inhibit the development of cancer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ZYBICOLIN: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Found in miso.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">WHOLE GRAINS</span>: high in complex carbohydrates, B vitamins, iron, zinc, calcium and trace minerals. Refining and processing methods seriously undermine the nutritional and radioprotective qualities. Avoid all processed grain such as pasta, baked flour products and hard or dried cereal. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">40-60% of your daily diet, by weight</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">VEGETABLES: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leafy greens, yellow vegetables and vegetables from the cabbage family are all important. Leafy greens especially stimulate the digestive tract and assist the liver's function in discharging radiation.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cook your vegetables, limiting raw food generally. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">20-30% of your daily diet by weight</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BEANS, BEAN PRODUCTS and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SEA VEGETABLES:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Sea vegetables contain sodium alginate, a valuable chelating agent meaning that it chemically binds with radioactive substances and toxic heavy metals, thereby converting them into salts that the body can eliminate.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beans are a concentrated form of protein and a good source of fiber. Bean products include tofu and tempeh. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">5-10% of your daily intake</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MISO: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the most efficacious protective foods made from fermented soybeans. Miso soup with wakame seaweed and fresh vegetable should be taken daily. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">1-2 bowls of miso soup and other vegetable soup per day</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FERMENTED FOODS: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">start to make your own sauerkraut, kimchi and other quick pickles. Fermented foods help to improve the digestive tract, give the liver a break and therefore help to eliminate toxins from the body more efficiently. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">1 Tablespoon daily</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SEEDS AND NUTS: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunflower seeds are high in pectin, a type of fiber that binds toxins. Seeds and nuts should be lightly roasted or boiled. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> about 1 cup per week</span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do these recommendations look familiar? They should. They form the basis of the standard macrobiotic diet. And remember that they are guidelines only and what you eat should vary according to your condition, your age and level of activity. the point is that when you are eating a fairly good diet centered around whole grains, vegetables and fermented foods you are protecting yourself against radiation and ensuring that you body is fit to eliminate and neutralize random or planned encounters with radiation whether from dental x-rays, the inside of an airplane or floating particles from Japan!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">NOTE: </span>if you are sick, see a doctor. If you are sick and want to follow a macrobiotic diet, see a doctor and a macrobiotic counsellor.</span></span> </div></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762072815051276431noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597808037569829426.post-16797203613329731212011-03-12T19:04:00.000-05:002011-03-12T19:04:07.893-05:00The Body Scrub<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7kj4jjadgZY_qd7FBseUPLGeKuIvRaQp2Pv_iTM1ffSWa_ArrRJhPvdWIJgeZ01J1WXehz0x2bQ9vPnA6p80G3QuryCymi3GACQFRooHuAIClO4Px6S56MJaaC-QKxtohQu5MvY7pvg/s1600/IMG_2104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7kj4jjadgZY_qd7FBseUPLGeKuIvRaQp2Pv_iTM1ffSWa_ArrRJhPvdWIJgeZ01J1WXehz0x2bQ9vPnA6p80G3QuryCymi3GACQFRooHuAIClO4Px6S56MJaaC-QKxtohQu5MvY7pvg/s320/IMG_2104.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just when you thought you were doing enough--eating grains and vegetables every day, cooking your own food, daily yoga practice plus an 20 minute walk and whatever else you do to make a living--here comes another one: the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">BODY SCRUB.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I start with my face and neck, move to the hands and arms, then my back, front of my body, the buttocks and finally legs and feet. Pay special attention to the fingers, toes, palms, bottom of the feet, groin and underarms and when you can't do the complete body, make sure to at least scrub these areas. The whole treatment takes about 15 minutes. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At first the skin will turn pink in patches. Eventually, as your body breaks down accumulated fats and toxins and circulation improves, the skin will turn an even pink.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the beginning, you might be surprised by the colour of the water in the sink by the time you finish your whole body. Over time, as your condition becomes cleaner, the bath tub ring in your sink will diminish.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do not drain the water until you have scrubbed your whole body. This is important.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It should be done every day in the morning and/or at night and separate from a bath or shower. It is considered a spiritual practice.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WHY TO DO IT</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: black; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The skin is a large, hard working organ. One of the skin's most important<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span>functions is to discharge toxins from our bodies. Certain foods, even in a vegan diet, clog our skin--tropical fruit, sugar, alcohol, baked flour products, processed foods, hydrogenated oils, old animal and dairy food which takes a long time to discharge. Clogged skin means that moisture and oil cannot pass through the pores. When that happens the skin becomes dry. Applying moisturizer will temporarily remedy dry skin but moisturizer is absorbed into the fat layer of the skin, further clogging it. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: black; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our skin renews itself every 28 days. So we are always walking around with skin that is, at most, if we have a good metabolism, a month old. We can renew our skin in a healthy or unhealthy way. One of the benefits of eating well and in an orderly fashion is that fresh blood is drawn continuously to the surface areas of the body, stimulating the skin. If we eat healthy food and do the body scrub we nourish our skin, and the rest of our body, daily.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we do the body scrub we are also stimulating our acupuncture meridians so we are giving ourselves a self massage and unclogging and recharging our meridians.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christina Pirello, in her book, <i>Glow,</i> says:</span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #006600; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div></div><blockquote style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #006600; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This remedy activates circulation, promoting clear, soft skin, by helping the skin eliminate toxins from the body. I mean it when I say that if you take nothing else from this book--if you don't ever cook a vegetable--scrub your body. It will change your life--and you'll really GLOW.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #006600; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #006600; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">One month of faithful scrubbing and you'll notice a new softness to your skin--and you'll be addicted. In about two months, you'll find that you no longer need moisturizer, that you don't have flaky shins or crusty heels. For the best results, scrub every day. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #006600; font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 11px;"></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"></div></div><div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Denny Waxman, in his book, <i>The Great Life, says:</i></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Doing the body rub results in:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">* An increase in the ciirculation of blood, lymph and energy that will improve the nutrition, oxygen glow, stimulation and health of all your organs.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">* Better energy all day after a morning rub and deeper sleep after an evening rub.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">* More effective release of stored toxins.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">* Improved immunity to disease.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">* Clearer thinking, keener memory and more optimistic outlook.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">* Improved self-image.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">* Increased sensual awareness.</span></span></span></blockquote><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been doing the body scrub daily for many years. I usually do it in the morning before my yoga practice. It evens out my energy and makes me feel calm throughout the day. If I don't feel like doing the body scrub because I am rushed or aggravated, I have learned that this is a signal to slow down and check on what else is going on in my life. Am I working too much? Not getting enough sleep? Eating too much salt or baked flour? The best remedy when you think you don't feel like doing the body scrub is to slow down and take a rest!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762072815051276431noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597808037569829426.post-21971904325967587552011-02-26T14:40:00.001-05:002011-02-27T04:02:24.455-05:00FREE ADVICE: TAKE A WALK... PASS IT ON!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I recently paid money to be told the following: take a 20 minute walk every day. Oh, yes, and make sure you eat lots of vegetables and take mild yin every day. I hope I won't be accused of plagiarism for not naming my source. Then, today, there was a bit on the news about a ridiculous experiment with mice: one set of genetically modified mice, poor things, treadmilled for 45 minutes and the other set didn't. Apparently that was the only difference and, guess what? The mice who treadmilled lived longer! I wonder who paid for the research and how much it cost. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back to me: when this person told me to talk a walk every day, not jog, to get fresh air and hence more oxygen in order to look and feel fresher (not in the biblical sense, at least I don't think so). I must confess I became defensive, on the inside, of course. I thought, "I pretzelize myself most mornings and then, the rest of the day, I run around like a lunatic in a sealed building with windows that do not, in fact, open. (My friend has a stepometer or person odometer that adds up how many steps he takes in a day. Apparently that walking doesn't count because it takes place indoors). To say nothing of walking around grocery stores and up and down the stairs in my home. How can that possibly not be enough? And maybe if I lived in Manhattan or Paris or London where there would be someplace to go and things to actually see! My neighbourhood is dreary, bland and boring-only houses, roads and cars! Plus my (pick one: knee, hip, ankle, foot, other knee, other hip, other ankle, other foot) is sore from mysore. And really and truly, I have no time. So there!" But instead I said, "oh, for sure, I understand, I can walk for 20 minutes every day" as if I meant it which I didn't.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because I like to get my money's worth, and I don't like to lie, no matter how white the lie,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and even though he would never know, I decided to give this 20 minute walking every day thing a try. Off I trudged. With my cell phone. Two minutes to the top of my street. Then 5 more minutes to the schoolyard and the little park. Eight minutes. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was too windy to call one of my friends plus, I thought, that might defeat the purpose. Then I remembered that my friend was building a new house just up a ways and I walked there. Ten more minutes. I checked out the house from the edge of the road and turned and walked back another way. A forty minute walk. During my walk back home, I forgot to check my phone for the time! The most horrifying part of the walk was the first three minutes. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next day I walked to the library. I didn't check my cell phone until I got to the library. Fifteen minutes. Round trip thirty minutes, ten minutes over the minimum! Still measuring time. I'm getting that there's something counter productive about that. But still happy that I am actually setting one foot in front of the other in the great outdoors.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another day I walked with Devora<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">**</span> to the library and the plaza. That was easy because we talked and went into a store and bought a dog blanket for Naya. It was productive and fun and I only made 1 important call on the cell. That walk lasted an hour!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been walking outdoors pretty much every day now. Sometimes aimlessly, sometimes running small errands. Here is what I have discovered: </span></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
1. that I live in an amazing neighborhood. Who knew? I've lived here almost 20 years and didn't know there was a castle 3 minutes away. The city is walker friendly, walking paths everywhere meandering in fabulous ravines, beside rushing rivers and on the lakefrontl.</span></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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3. that when I get back I feel fresh and clear headed, a novel experience. An overly acidic condition created by artificial lighting, sealed building and lack of circulation creates tightness, pressure, clutter and static. Walking outdoors, especially in nature, makes your condition more alkaline and balanced, more in harmony with your environment.<br />
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4. that I get random ideas while walking, not necessarily original or even good but I think some new part of my brain is activated or perhaps some overused parts are calmed down.<br />
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5. that carrying a small notebook and a pencil in case I get a good idea or remember that I'm out of toilet paper and a camera to prove I have been outdoors is helpful. I leave my cell phone at home (not so easy).</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. that after a good brisk walk I feel the way I felt as a child when I was playing outside.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
7. that walking outdoors is like pressing the reset button making homeostasis<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">*</span> possible. (In scientific lingo: multiple dynamic equilibrium adjustment and regulation mechanisms, or walking, makes homeostasis possible). This explains why my aches and tightness from yoga practice sort themselves out during my walks.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8</span>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> that walking outdoors is a spiritual practice. Pilgrimages are long walks in search of moral significance. They form part of all spiritual and religious practices and, though I have not researched this extensively, I suspect that the direction of travel and the time of the journey are not random but chosen to maximize heavenly influence. For example, on El Camino de Santiago you walk from east to west in the same direction as the Milky Way in harmony with the heavens.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">*</span>homeostasis: the property of a system, either open or closed, that regulates its internal environment and tends to maintain a constant, stable condition.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One evening last week I came home from work at 7 o'clock, p.m. Unexpectedly, my day had been very long. I woke up too early at 4 a.m. but too late to go back to sleep so I cooked up the brown rice and millet and chickpeas, separately, that had been soaking from the day before. Then, when it was time to go, I discovered that the battery on my car had died. No worries. I got a boost and off I went, lunch in tow-brown rice, chickpeas, pressed salad and steamed broccoli. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOTE: If your grain is dry, use tofu to bind the ingredients. You may also want to add lightly toasted seeds or nuts to the burger for extra crunch.</span>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762072815051276431noreply@blogger.com0