Take a class and learn to compliment holiday sweets with savory appetizers and classic winter dishes – spiced nuts, yogurt cheese spread, braised winter herbs and plenty of nourishing dips. Register Here.
VIDEO: How to make radish roses, carrot curls and other vegetable crudites
VIDEO: How to make chicken liver pate
VIDEO: How to roast chestnuts over an open fire
MENU: Favorite appetizers for Christmas
MENU: Dishes to Bring to a Holiday Party
MENU: Warm Treats for Winter Caroling
RECIPES: Almond-flax bread, cheddar cheese balls with bacon and walnuts, chicken liver pate, savory spiced nuts, savory spiced seeds, grain-free cheese crackers, nut and seed crackers, homemade yogurt and herb crackers, olive tapenade, anchovy toasts, homemade yogurt cheese spread, braised winter herbs in olive oil and lemon, preserved lemon tapenade, blue cheese dip, roasted garlic, mulled wine, spiced cider, roasted chestnuts.
This class will be December 8. Register Here.
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lunes, 29 de noviembre de 2010
Menu Monday - Savory Swiss Steak
Have you had enough Turkey Sandwiches, turkey chowders and soups, and other turkey variations yet? I have! So I put the rest of the leftovers in the freezer including the homemade gravy. I'm making this easy, healthy round steak in the Crock Pot Recipe later this week. Vegetables thicken the rich sauce-like gravy which smothers fork tender steak. Double or triple as needed to serve a crowd. This is super yummy! I hope you like it.
1 1/2 lbs round steak, approximately 1 inch thick
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
¼ cup flour
2 tsp dry mustard
1 can (16 0z) diced tomatoes
salt and pepper to taste
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp oil
2 tsp brown sugar or Sucanat
Cut round steak into 6 or more serving-size pieces. Coat with a mixture of flour, mustard, salt and pepper. Using a large frying pan, brown the meat in 1 Tbsp butter with 1 tbsp oil. Transfer to a crock pot. Heat remaining butter and oil in frying pan. Saute onion, carrots and celery until glazed. Add tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar. Heat scraping up drippings. Pour over meat. Cover, Cook on low 6-8 hours or until tender. Serve meat with vegetable sauce spooned over. Sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley for garnish if desired.
Serving Suggestion: Add garlic mashed potatoes (made with real butter) and a green salad for a complete meal.
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1 1/2 lbs round steak, approximately 1 inch thick
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
¼ cup flour
2 tsp dry mustard
1 can (16 0z) diced tomatoes
salt and pepper to taste
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp oil
2 tsp brown sugar or Sucanat
Cut round steak into 6 or more serving-size pieces. Coat with a mixture of flour, mustard, salt and pepper. Using a large frying pan, brown the meat in 1 Tbsp butter with 1 tbsp oil. Transfer to a crock pot. Heat remaining butter and oil in frying pan. Saute onion, carrots and celery until glazed. Add tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar. Heat scraping up drippings. Pour over meat. Cover, Cook on low 6-8 hours or until tender. Serve meat with vegetable sauce spooned over. Sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley for garnish if desired.
Serving Suggestion: Add garlic mashed potatoes (made with real butter) and a green salad for a complete meal.
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miércoles, 24 de noviembre de 2010
Table Graces for Thanksgiving
I enjoyed reading through a Table Grace book and found several Thanksgiving appropriate graces.
Here are five traditional Thanksgiving graces:
1. Bountiful God,
You have blessed us in many ways, in the beauty and richness of our land, and in the freedom we enjoy.
You have given us even greater gifts in our family who loves and cares for us and in the grace that allows us to know and believe in You.
May we be grateful for all our blessings, not just today, but every day. Bless this wonderful meal before us and each of us at this table.
We give You thanks through Jesus our Lord. AMEN
2. Dear Lord, today we are mindful of the countless blessings You have given us .
We are grateful for our country in which we have the freedom to worship You as we see fit Lord, we praise You for Your handiwork, for the beauty of nature, and for the enjoyment that it brings us. As we come together to eat this food, help us to make this and every day a day of thanksgiving to You. We pray this through Your Son. Amen.
3. Lord, on this day of thanksgiving, we come to YOU to praise You for all that You have so generously given us.
We know that all we have comes from You. We pray that You will help us to not be envious of what others have, but to be humbly grateful for the blessings we possess. Be with us now in our feast of thanksgiving, and keep us always humble in Your sight. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen
4. Gracious God,
It is obvious to see how much You care for us by looking at the bountiful spread on our table.
Give us the love for others to share what You have given. Give us courage to show the love of Jesus with those who need Him, but don't know Him. Please bless this food before us.
5. Psalm 100 -
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the Lands. Serve the Lord with gladness, come into his presence with singing
K now that the Lord is God, it is he who made us and not we ourselves, we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations. Amen
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Here are five traditional Thanksgiving graces:
1. Bountiful God,
You have blessed us in many ways, in the beauty and richness of our land, and in the freedom we enjoy.
You have given us even greater gifts in our family who loves and cares for us and in the grace that allows us to know and believe in You.
May we be grateful for all our blessings, not just today, but every day. Bless this wonderful meal before us and each of us at this table.
We give You thanks through Jesus our Lord. AMEN
2. Dear Lord, today we are mindful of the countless blessings You have given us .
We are grateful for our country in which we have the freedom to worship You as we see fit Lord, we praise You for Your handiwork, for the beauty of nature, and for the enjoyment that it brings us. As we come together to eat this food, help us to make this and every day a day of thanksgiving to You. We pray this through Your Son. Amen.
3. Lord, on this day of thanksgiving, we come to YOU to praise You for all that You have so generously given us.
We know that all we have comes from You. We pray that You will help us to not be envious of what others have, but to be humbly grateful for the blessings we possess. Be with us now in our feast of thanksgiving, and keep us always humble in Your sight. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen
4. Gracious God,
It is obvious to see how much You care for us by looking at the bountiful spread on our table.
Give us the love for others to share what You have given. Give us courage to show the love of Jesus with those who need Him, but don't know Him. Please bless this food before us.
5. Psalm 100 -
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the Lands. Serve the Lord with gladness, come into his presence with singing
K now that the Lord is God, it is he who made us and not we ourselves, we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations. Amen
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lunes, 22 de noviembre de 2010
Gearing Up to Reach For Your Dreams in 2011
Are you signed up to join us tomorrow? Cindy Rushton is ready to roll!
Now, I am just counting down till 1PM CT tomorrow (November 22) for the live session. Of course, she is also excited to be revealing her new Membership Site for members in just a few short hours. Are you joining Cindy? Just look at all of the goodies you get in addition to your ticket (Can you believe it is only $9.95 this week??? but a $99.95 value?)
November 22 Afternoon Retreat on the topic:
Gearing Up to Reach For Your Dreams in 2011
Coupons for amazing savings!!!
BONUS eBooks:
Gearing Up Companion Planner
Scheduling: Help for the Stressed, Inconsistent, Want-to-be-Flexible and Organized Mom! eBook
Get Organized! eBook
Let's Get Organized Ebook
Let's Get Ready for the New School Year Mommy Planner (for Homeschool Moms)
BONUS Audios:
Go for the Dream!
Procrastination Attack! Eat-that-Frog!
Make Your Own Brain-in-a-Binder
Goal Setting for the Best Year Ever!
Organization 911: Help for the Messy Mom!
Dream a Dream!
Live a Life of Purpose TODAY!
Let's Get Ready for the New School Year (for Homeschool Moms)
Busy No More!
Productivity and Procrastination
Martha, Martha! Conquering the Distractions that Take Your Heart Captive!
Lord, Give Me an Uncluttered and Focused Heart!
Let Go of Broken, Shattered Dreams!
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Now, I am just counting down till 1PM CT tomorrow (November 22) for the live session. Of course, she is also excited to be revealing her new Membership Site for members in just a few short hours. Are you joining Cindy? Just look at all of the goodies you get in addition to your ticket (Can you believe it is only $9.95 this week??? but a $99.95 value?)
November 22 Afternoon Retreat on the topic:
Gearing Up to Reach For Your Dreams in 2011
Coupons for amazing savings!!!
BONUS eBooks:
Gearing Up Companion Planner
Scheduling: Help for the Stressed, Inconsistent, Want-to-be-Flexible and Organized Mom! eBook
Get Organized! eBook
Let's Get Organized Ebook
Let's Get Ready for the New School Year Mommy Planner (for Homeschool Moms)
BONUS Audios:
Go for the Dream!
Procrastination Attack! Eat-that-Frog!
Make Your Own Brain-in-a-Binder
Goal Setting for the Best Year Ever!
Organization 911: Help for the Messy Mom!
Dream a Dream!
Live a Life of Purpose TODAY!
Let's Get Ready for the New School Year (for Homeschool Moms)
Busy No More!
Productivity and Procrastination
Martha, Martha! Conquering the Distractions that Take Your Heart Captive!
Lord, Give Me an Uncluttered and Focused Heart!
Let Go of Broken, Shattered Dreams!
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Don't Throw Out Those Turkey Bones
Several years ago, I was told by an older wiser mom, that the secret to her soup is in making homemade broth. Years later, I learned that the chicken base/bouillon cubes I was buying were actually loaded with MSG, and not only unhealthy but a poor facsimile to the real broth in health and taste.
Never Throw Out Turkey, Chicken, Fish, Lamb, or Beef Bones
Before MSG came into widespread use there were no commercially available chicken or beef broths available so it turns out Grandmother knew best when she used what she had and made delicious and nutritious homemade broths.
The homemade broth or stock contains minerals including calcium but also magnesium, but also phosphorus, silicon, sulphur and other trace minerals.
Homemade broth helps build the immune system. We all know that chicken soup is also known as "Jewish Penicillin".
Good stock contains gelatin that has been proved useful in the treatment of diseases and very nourishing to the gut. Examples of diseases that benefit from homemade broth include peptic ulcers, infectious diseases, jaundice and cancer.
French studies showed that babies had fewer digestive problems when gelatin was added to their milk.
Ask any soup maker – homemade broth makes superior soups, is excellent to drink when sick, and perfect for Real Gravy.
For More information about homemade stock: Read “Broth is Beautiful” by Sally Fallon Morell
Here is our absolutely most favorite soup recipe using turkey or chicken stock. So enjoy those turkey leftovers, creatively:
TURKEY CHOWDER
If you make homemade turkey stock from the leftover bones the flavor skyrockets to a perfect "10"! Even if you can't try this recipe out this year, be sure to save the recipe for future use. I usually double the amounts to have some leftover soup for the freezer. If you let the soup sit a day, the flavor improves with age. We've eaten this in bread bowls that I've made. Fabulous!
2 C. sliced carrots
3 C. water, turkey broth or canned chicken broth (watch out for vitamin C)
1 large floret of broccoli OR 1-10 oz box of broccoli
1 C. onion, chopped finely
1/2 C. celery, sliced
1 tsp. salt
1/2 C. ground oat flour (blend rolled oats in the blender to make flour)
2 C. milk or allergy alternative
6 oz. Swiss cheese, grated
1-1/2 C. diced turkey
Combine carrots, broth, onions, celery, broccoli, and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Simmer 10 minutes. Bring to rolling boil again, and gradually stir in the oat flour, stirring constantly. Let simmer another 10 minutes until lumps disappear. Reduce heat. Add milk, turkey. Remove from heat. Stir in cheese. Serves 4-6.
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Never Throw Out Turkey, Chicken, Fish, Lamb, or Beef Bones
Before MSG came into widespread use there were no commercially available chicken or beef broths available so it turns out Grandmother knew best when she used what she had and made delicious and nutritious homemade broths.
The homemade broth or stock contains minerals including calcium but also magnesium, but also phosphorus, silicon, sulphur and other trace minerals.
Homemade broth helps build the immune system. We all know that chicken soup is also known as "Jewish Penicillin".
Good stock contains gelatin that has been proved useful in the treatment of diseases and very nourishing to the gut. Examples of diseases that benefit from homemade broth include peptic ulcers, infectious diseases, jaundice and cancer.
French studies showed that babies had fewer digestive problems when gelatin was added to their milk.
Ask any soup maker – homemade broth makes superior soups, is excellent to drink when sick, and perfect for Real Gravy.
For More information about homemade stock: Read “Broth is Beautiful” by Sally Fallon Morell
Here is our absolutely most favorite soup recipe using turkey or chicken stock. So enjoy those turkey leftovers, creatively:
TURKEY CHOWDER
If you make homemade turkey stock from the leftover bones the flavor skyrockets to a perfect "10"! Even if you can't try this recipe out this year, be sure to save the recipe for future use. I usually double the amounts to have some leftover soup for the freezer. If you let the soup sit a day, the flavor improves with age. We've eaten this in bread bowls that I've made. Fabulous!
2 C. sliced carrots
3 C. water, turkey broth or canned chicken broth (watch out for vitamin C)
1 large floret of broccoli OR 1-10 oz box of broccoli
1 C. onion, chopped finely
1/2 C. celery, sliced
1 tsp. salt
1/2 C. ground oat flour (blend rolled oats in the blender to make flour)
2 C. milk or allergy alternative
6 oz. Swiss cheese, grated
1-1/2 C. diced turkey
Combine carrots, broth, onions, celery, broccoli, and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Simmer 10 minutes. Bring to rolling boil again, and gradually stir in the oat flour, stirring constantly. Let simmer another 10 minutes until lumps disappear. Reduce heat. Add milk, turkey. Remove from heat. Stir in cheese. Serves 4-6.
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viernes, 19 de noviembre de 2010
More Holiday Cooking - The Real Food Way
My friend Jenny, from Nourished Kitchen has put together holiday recipes and classes the Real Food Way. I’m most excited about her new Holiday Cooking Classes! She shows us how we can eat all those old Christmas favorites with better ingredients and better methods.
She offers healthy versions of family favorites like chocolate fudge, eggnog, gingerbread, cookies, and so much more. At last, you can ditch the refined processed ingredients.
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She offers healthy versions of family favorites like chocolate fudge, eggnog, gingerbread, cookies, and so much more. At last, you can ditch the refined processed ingredients.
Watch the video! and save 20% using coupon code NK20.
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Free Thanksgiving Menu and Recipes Download
Traditional Thanksgiving Menu from The Urban Homemaker
Turkey, Homemade Gravy*, Herbed Stuffing*,
Mashed Potatoes, Aunt Helen's Sweet Potatoes*, Green Beans Amandine,
Cranberry Relish Jello Salad*
Pumpkin Bread*, Fantastic Whole Wheat Rolls*,
Apple Pie*, Pecan Pie*, and coffee or tea.
I admit, not having Thanksgiving at home this year makes me a bit sad, but I am so thankful we can share my favorite Holiday with my sister, her husband and friends in Denver. Enjoy all the preparations with your children and build the best memories ever.
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Turkey, Homemade Gravy*, Herbed Stuffing*,
Mashed Potatoes, Aunt Helen's Sweet Potatoes*, Green Beans Amandine,
Cranberry Relish Jello Salad*
Pumpkin Bread*, Fantastic Whole Wheat Rolls*,
Apple Pie*, Pecan Pie*, and coffee or tea.
I admit, not having Thanksgiving at home this year makes me a bit sad, but I am so thankful we can share my favorite Holiday with my sister, her husband and friends in Denver. Enjoy all the preparations with your children and build the best memories ever.
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jueves, 18 de noviembre de 2010
Pumpkin Pie Cake Dessert
PUMPKIN PIE CAKE DESSERT
This is a very easy and very delicious dessert for a crowd just in time for Thanksgiving. Adjustments (ingredients in blue) make this recipe - Real Food or Nourishing Traditions friendly.
1-29 oz can pumpkin (Use fresh baked pumpkin)
1 cup sugar (Use raw honey or Sucanat or rapadura)
1 tsp salt (Specify Real, Celtic or sea salt)
3 tsp cinnamon
3 large eggs
1 Box Yellow Cake Mix (The ingredients in this box would scare you and so maybe just use good whole sprouted pastry flour)
1 large can Evaporated milk (Not sweetened condensed) (Use real cream)
1 cup pecans, chopped (soaked with a little salt the night before to remove anti-nutrients)
1 cup butter, melted
Combine the pumpkin, sugar, salt, cinnamon, eggs, and milk and place in a 9 X 12 – inch baking dish. Sprinkle one box dry yellow cake mix over the pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle the chopped pecans over the top of the pumpkin mixture and dribble the melted butter over the top.
Bake at 350°F for 50-60 minutes. Serve with real whipped cream.
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This is a very easy and very delicious dessert for a crowd just in time for Thanksgiving. Adjustments (ingredients in blue) make this recipe - Real Food or Nourishing Traditions friendly.
1-29 oz can pumpkin (Use fresh baked pumpkin)
1 cup sugar (Use raw honey or Sucanat or rapadura)
1 tsp salt (Specify Real, Celtic or sea salt)
3 tsp cinnamon
3 large eggs
1 Box Yellow Cake Mix (The ingredients in this box would scare you and so maybe just use good whole sprouted pastry flour)
1 large can Evaporated milk (Not sweetened condensed) (Use real cream)
1 cup pecans, chopped (soaked with a little salt the night before to remove anti-nutrients)
1 cup butter, melted
Combine the pumpkin, sugar, salt, cinnamon, eggs, and milk and place in a 9 X 12 – inch baking dish. Sprinkle one box dry yellow cake mix over the pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle the chopped pecans over the top of the pumpkin mixture and dribble the melted butter over the top.
Bake at 350°F for 50-60 minutes. Serve with real whipped cream.
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Holiday Open House ebook
Holiday Open House ebook - Open Your Heart and Your Home
Are you needing recipes, information and encouragement to get started? Are you wanting to learn how to graciously decorate with just what you already have on hand? Do you need some tried and true recipes?
I believe we women, wives and mothers need to purposefully plan to fullfil the biblical admonition of welcoming friends, neighbors and relatives to our home warmly but without major effort.
I have gathered up fast and easy recipes, ideas, and information collected by myself and my friends to help you get started.
Invest in this ebook for only $5.97. Satisfaction guaranteed
Some of the information in this ebook includes:
* How to Plan your Occasion, step by step, after the date is set
* How to Decorate Creatively on a Dime
* Planning the menu for your event
* Appetizer Recipes, both hot and cold
* Dip Recipes
* Serving Suggestions
* Sweets and Treats
* Marilyn's Christmas Cookie Recipe Assortment
* Beverage suggestions and recipes
* Encouragement
One reader writes:
"Your e-book is very inspiring. Your decorating ideas and recipes made me feel more confident. I am going to try some of the recipes out on my family. Thank you for your words of wisdom. "
Another reader writes:
"I love your suggestions on simple centerpieces and the recipes look simple, but delicious. I have been looking for recipes for scratch vegetable dip and cheese dips for a long time. I will definitely use them.
I find the book very inspirational for those of us who have been reluctant to try an open house. Thank you so much. Donna
To Purchase this ebook for $5.97 Click Here
Are you needing recipes, information and encouragement to get started? Are you wanting to learn how to graciously decorate with just what you already have on hand? Do you need some tried and true recipes?
I believe we women, wives and mothers need to purposefully plan to fullfil the biblical admonition of welcoming friends, neighbors and relatives to our home warmly but without major effort.
I have gathered up fast and easy recipes, ideas, and information collected by myself and my friends to help you get started.
Invest in this ebook for only $5.97. Satisfaction guaranteed
Some of the information in this ebook includes:
* How to Plan your Occasion, step by step, after the date is set
* How to Decorate Creatively on a Dime
* Planning the menu for your event
* Appetizer Recipes, both hot and cold
* Dip Recipes
* Serving Suggestions
* Sweets and Treats
* Marilyn's Christmas Cookie Recipe Assortment
* Beverage suggestions and recipes
* Encouragement
One reader writes:
"Your e-book is very inspiring. Your decorating ideas and recipes made me feel more confident. I am going to try some of the recipes out on my family. Thank you for your words of wisdom. "
Another reader writes:
"I love your suggestions on simple centerpieces and the recipes look simple, but delicious. I have been looking for recipes for scratch vegetable dip and cheese dips for a long time. I will definitely use them.
I find the book very inspirational for those of us who have been reluctant to try an open house. Thank you so much. Donna
To Purchase this ebook for $5.97 Click Here
Will Wheat Prices Become Volatile?
I just read this article on the New Harvest Homestead Discussion group that suggests that the wheat market may become volatile because Russia, a major wheat exporter, ceased exports this past summer because of a poor crop harvest. That means that the countries that depended upon Russia (including Iraq) will now be looking elsewhere for their wheat.
It is always prudent, in my opinion to stock up on grain when the price is good and to protect you and your family from shortages.
Fortunately, the United States had a superior harvest this past year and my grain supplier does not plan any major price changes for now. Yet we do not know what the 2011 harvest will be like yet, and since Australia a major grain producer is being hit at this moment with the worst plague of locusts in 70 years that fact may effect world grain prices to become volatile.
Read this link from an article from the Kansas Wheat Commission regarding the situation to get a more complete picture of the unknowns:
kswheat.com/news.php?id=463
Having a good supply of wheat for our family's daily bread can be a huge blessing not only to our own families, but to others who may be struggling. Neighbors will always welcome a loaf of fresh bread from us regardless of their circumstances.
Marilyn's Famous Whole Wheat Bread Recipe
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It is always prudent, in my opinion to stock up on grain when the price is good and to protect you and your family from shortages.
Fortunately, the United States had a superior harvest this past year and my grain supplier does not plan any major price changes for now. Yet we do not know what the 2011 harvest will be like yet, and since Australia a major grain producer is being hit at this moment with the worst plague of locusts in 70 years that fact may effect world grain prices to become volatile.
Read this link from an article from the Kansas Wheat Commission regarding the situation to get a more complete picture of the unknowns:
kswheat.com/news.php?id=463
Having a good supply of wheat for our family's daily bread can be a huge blessing not only to our own families, but to others who may be struggling. Neighbors will always welcome a loaf of fresh bread from us regardless of their circumstances.
Marilyn's Famous Whole Wheat Bread Recipe
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martes, 16 de noviembre de 2010
Free Mini-Lesson for a Healthy Thanksgiving Menu 8 Recipes, and 1 Video
Although I am invited out for Thanksgiving this year, some of the recipes in Happy Health Holiday Recipes look very intriguing to me such as the probiotic apple and mandarin relish, and the sprouted spelt pumpkin pie crust. The bonus lesson and video are free.
Enjoy a healthy Thanksgiving holiday featuring the very best wholesome recipes Nourished Kitchen has to offer!
VIDEO: How to slow-roast a turkey to perfection
VIDEO: How to split, seed, roast and puree a pumpkin
MENU: Traditional New England Thanksgiving Supper
MENU: A Southern Thanksgiving
MENU: An Elegant Thanksgiving Supper for Six
RECIPES: Autumn salad with cider vinaigrette, green beans with shallots and bacon, roasted squash puree with cinnamon, mashed root vegetables, probiotic apple and mandarin relish, slow-roast turkey, reduction sauce, apple-nut crisp, coconut-cranberry bread, buttermilk tolls, green bean and mushroom casserole, candied yams, buttermilk mashed potatoes, honeyed cranberry Sauce, giblet gravy, sourdough dressing with walnuts and apples, pumpkin pie with sprouted spelt crust, pumpkin custard, maple-pecan yart, ambrosia, oyster stew.
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Enjoy a healthy Thanksgiving holiday featuring the very best wholesome recipes Nourished Kitchen has to offer!
VIDEO: How to slow-roast a turkey to perfection
VIDEO: How to split, seed, roast and puree a pumpkin
MENU: Traditional New England Thanksgiving Supper
MENU: A Southern Thanksgiving
MENU: An Elegant Thanksgiving Supper for Six
RECIPES: Autumn salad with cider vinaigrette, green beans with shallots and bacon, roasted squash puree with cinnamon, mashed root vegetables, probiotic apple and mandarin relish, slow-roast turkey, reduction sauce, apple-nut crisp, coconut-cranberry bread, buttermilk tolls, green bean and mushroom casserole, candied yams, buttermilk mashed potatoes, honeyed cranberry Sauce, giblet gravy, sourdough dressing with walnuts and apples, pumpkin pie with sprouted spelt crust, pumpkin custard, maple-pecan yart, ambrosia, oyster stew.
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lunes, 15 de noviembre de 2010
Better Pecan Pie
Friday I posted my favorite Thanksgiving pie recipes .
Here is an even better pecan pie recipe, submitted by Nancy Dolph for those who want to skip the corn syrup or are allergic to corn!
1 cup sugar (For real food advocates try using Sucanat or maple syrup)
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vinegar
1 stick butter
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 cup finely chopped pecans
1 unbaked pie shell
Combine melted butter, sugar, beaten eggs, vanilla, vinegar, and pecans.
Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
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Enjoy!
Here is an even better pecan pie recipe, submitted by Nancy Dolph for those who want to skip the corn syrup or are allergic to corn!
1 cup sugar (For real food advocates try using Sucanat or maple syrup)
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vinegar
1 stick butter
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 cup finely chopped pecans
1 unbaked pie shell
Combine melted butter, sugar, beaten eggs, vanilla, vinegar, and pecans.
Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
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jueves, 11 de noviembre de 2010
Holiday Sweets and Treats!
Love Christmas cookies and chocolate fudge? Learn the healthy way of making these favorite holiday sweets with whole grains, good-for-you fats like butter and coconut oil and natural sweeteners. This class will be December 6. Register Here.
Class Includes:
VIDEO: How to soak flour and make buttermilk gingerbread
VIDEO: How to maple sugar walnuts
VIDEO: How to make sugarplums
MENU: Candies and Treats to share with neighbors.
MENU: Sweets & Treats for Holiday Gift-giving
MENU: Selection of Christmas Cookies Every Kid Loves
RECIPES: Gingerbread, cinnamon-molasses cookies, sugar cookies, spritz cookies, honey macaroons, sprouted spelt and maple shortbread, honey and mandarin marmalade, fudge, maple sugar walnuts, white chocolate peppermint bark, sugarplums, pasteli, gingerbread men, almond-flour gingerbread men, cookie mix in a jar, pecan crispies, spiced oatmeal raisin cookies, chocolate-coconut truffles.
For complete information on this class and others in the Happy Healthy Holiday Classes
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Classes are from Jenny McGruther of Nourished Kitchen - author of How to Cook Real Foods
This is a new series from Jenny. You can pick and choose which classes you are interested in.
Class Includes:
VIDEO: How to soak flour and make buttermilk gingerbread
VIDEO: How to maple sugar walnuts
VIDEO: How to make sugarplums
MENU: Candies and Treats to share with neighbors.
MENU: Sweets & Treats for Holiday Gift-giving
MENU: Selection of Christmas Cookies Every Kid Loves
RECIPES: Gingerbread, cinnamon-molasses cookies, sugar cookies, spritz cookies, honey macaroons, sprouted spelt and maple shortbread, honey and mandarin marmalade, fudge, maple sugar walnuts, white chocolate peppermint bark, sugarplums, pasteli, gingerbread men, almond-flour gingerbread men, cookie mix in a jar, pecan crispies, spiced oatmeal raisin cookies, chocolate-coconut truffles.
For complete information on this class and others in the Happy Healthy Holiday Classes
Listen to my Interview with Jenny McGruther to hear her passion for real foods.
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Classes are from Jenny McGruther of Nourished Kitchen - author of How to Cook Real Foods
This is a new series from Jenny. You can pick and choose which classes you are interested in.
miércoles, 10 de noviembre de 2010
Loss Leader Menu
This week chuck roast is on sale at my local grocery store. I will buy at least a five pound roast because there are so many ways to use the leftovers. *Leftover ideas are posted below.
Here is the menu I'm going to use to take advantage of the savings. I already have a whole chicken in my freezer bought when on sale:
Monday: *Roast Beef with Mashed Potatoes, steamed baby carrots with dill butter, and salad.
Tuesday: Crockpot Roasted Herbed Chicken with roasted red potatoes, green beans, halved peaches, rolls.
Wednesday: *French Dip Sandwiches (from leftover roast beef), applesauce, and raw veggie platter.
Thursday: Chicken Barley Vegetable Soup with herbs, served with Applesauce muffins.
Friday: Poached Salmon (bought when on sale), with Horseradish sauce, and oven fries.
*Other ways to use up LeftoverRoast Beef:
Beef Stroganoff
Barbecued Roast Beef
Beef Stew
Vegetable Beef Soup
What creative uses will you use your leftover roast beef for?
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Here is the menu I'm going to use to take advantage of the savings. I already have a whole chicken in my freezer bought when on sale:
Monday: *Roast Beef with Mashed Potatoes, steamed baby carrots with dill butter, and salad.
Tuesday: Crockpot Roasted Herbed Chicken with roasted red potatoes, green beans, halved peaches, rolls.
Wednesday: *French Dip Sandwiches (from leftover roast beef), applesauce, and raw veggie platter.
Thursday: Chicken Barley Vegetable Soup with herbs, served with Applesauce muffins.
Friday: Poached Salmon (bought when on sale), with Horseradish sauce, and oven fries.
*Other ways to use up LeftoverRoast Beef:
Beef Stroganoff
Barbecued Roast Beef
Beef Stew
Vegetable Beef Soup
What creative uses will you use your leftover roast beef for?
For more menus and recipes obtain Fast and Healthy Menus for Busy Moms.
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The Power of Motherhood
I love this quote to encourage weary mothers to keep on keeping on.
"If only mothers might see how powerful for good or evil is their influence; how the affections and the mental powers may be molded by prayer and maternal love, and how the groundwork for the future of the child may be laid in its early training." Isabel C Byrum 1911"
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"If only mothers might see how powerful for good or evil is their influence; how the affections and the mental powers may be molded by prayer and maternal love, and how the groundwork for the future of the child may be laid in its early training." Isabel C Byrum 1911"
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martes, 9 de noviembre de 2010
Storing Grains and other Basics
Last night I heard that grain prices are fluctuating up and down significantly because of poor harvests in Russia and Europe. Sometimes these reports can cause panic buying especially when the prices are up.
If you buy grains and beans in bulk and store them in your pantry, you protect your family from excessively high prices.
You also can put together meals using what you have and staying out of the grocery store. I always keep some cheeses, canned veggies, pastas, and fruits on hand to round out meals made based on what I have.
So, I am posting the bulk grain and bean items I keep in plastic storage buckets or quart size canning jars in my pantry area downstairs. Remember to rotate and use these foods regularly. Only buy and store what you family enjoys and always store it as cool and dry as possible.
What other items do you keep in the grain, bean, herb/spice category I have overlooked that your family enjoys?
Bulk Grains and Beans: *Non-gluten grains are important to keep around
wheat
rolled oats or oat groats
*quinoa
pastry wheat
7 Grain Mix
*white and brown rice
spelt
*millet
barley
Kamut TM
kidney beans
green split peas
black beans
lentils
Spices I buy in bulk:
allspice
celery seed
chili powder
*dill weed
*dill seed
sesame seeds
oregano
cayenne pepper
cinnamon
curry powder
onion powder
paprika
*basil
cumin
ginger
nutmeg
*parsley
Real Salt
*thyme
turmeric
* I grow these in the garden, dry them myself and store in glass storage containers in a dark place.
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If you buy grains and beans in bulk and store them in your pantry, you protect your family from excessively high prices.
You also can put together meals using what you have and staying out of the grocery store. I always keep some cheeses, canned veggies, pastas, and fruits on hand to round out meals made based on what I have.
So, I am posting the bulk grain and bean items I keep in plastic storage buckets or quart size canning jars in my pantry area downstairs. Remember to rotate and use these foods regularly. Only buy and store what you family enjoys and always store it as cool and dry as possible.
What other items do you keep in the grain, bean, herb/spice category I have overlooked that your family enjoys?
Bulk Grains and Beans: *Non-gluten grains are important to keep around
wheat
rolled oats or oat groats
*quinoa
pastry wheat
7 Grain Mix
*white and brown rice
spelt
*millet
barley
Kamut TM
kidney beans
green split peas
black beans
lentils
Spices I buy in bulk:
allspice
celery seed
chili powder
*dill weed
*dill seed
sesame seeds
oregano
cayenne pepper
cinnamon
curry powder
onion powder
paprika
*basil
cumin
ginger
nutmeg
*parsley
Real Salt
*thyme
turmeric
* I grow these in the garden, dry them myself and store in glass storage containers in a dark place.
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lunes, 8 de noviembre de 2010
My Grandson Job, 11 Weeks and counting
This picture has nothing to do with Homemaking Helps for Busy Moms, recipes, grocery shopping tips, but it was just so cute I couldn’t resist! My grandson Job, just found his fingers can provide a little comfort between feedings.
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Battling the Grocery Gremlin
By Laura Moll Coble (Laura is also author of Value Meals for Busy Moms)
I don’t know about you, but my most frustrating shopping experiences happen at the grocery store! It never seems to fail that when I think I have about $50 worth of groceries in my basket, they add up to $100. I really don’t think that the problem is with my addition skills, I am sure that there is an evil gremlin in the checkout register that adds a dollar to everything I purchase! I love the savings cards that you get at stores like Safeway because when I swipe the card, I see the total price fall about $10. That always makes me feel a little bit better about life; its my revenge on the gremlin. Unfortunately the evil little gremlin always wins out, and the amount debited from my bank account is higher than it was supposed to be. Grocery shopping is an endless frustration for me.
However, I have found valuable help in the book America’s Cheapest Family by Steve and Annette Economides that has helped make grocery shopping and grocery budgeting much easier. This book has a very high standard, they calculate $50 a month per person. By following the principles in this book, I am supposed to be able to feed Brandon and I on just $100 a month, and this includes eating meats and cheeses, fresh fruits and vegetables. I have not been able to bring my grocery budget down that much yet, but I am getting closer. I thought I’d share some of the grocery shopping principles that I have learned, and if any of you struggle with sticking to a budget at a grocery store, or if you also would like to take revenge on the evil register gremlin, perhaps these methods will help you as well.
1) Make a Menu Plan. Menu planning sounds rather overwhelming if you are a very busy person or just don’t enjoy planning, but a menu plan can take as little time as 10 or 15 minutes to simply jot down a few meals you’d like to make for the week. Planning a menu doesn’t have to be an elaborate affair. I usually plan to make 3 meals during the week. By the time we’ve eaten those 3 meals, we usually have leftovers for another night and enough ingredients to make a 5th meal during the week (and after that we have a long list of friends, relatives, and distant relations we enjoy visiting on weekends). By menu planning, your shopping will be more focused so that you don’t just randomly pick ingredients that look good at the moment, and then you will be able to save $ at the register!
2) Shop as Infrequently as Possible. Every time you shop, you are tempted by impulse buys, so the less you shop, the less you will be tempted. The Economides shop once a month, because they have a deep freeze and plenty of storage space. Most of us do not have such luxuries, but you can try to cut down your trips. If you have been shopping twice a week, try going just once. Or if you go once a week, try going every other week. This takes a little more planning, but out of all the tips in this book, this method has helped me save the most at the checkout (does this mean I am a very impulsive person or I am just easily tempted?).
3) Check Sale Fliers. Your local grocery store, like Safeway or Krogers, will feature certain items at really low prices as an incentive to get people in the door. Then make a menu plan based on the sales. For example, last week chicken breasts, thighs, and drumsticks were on sale for 99 cents a pound. So I bought about 5 pounds of chicken breasts and we will be enjoying Parmesan Chicken, Chicken Oreganato, and Honey Glazed Chicken (or at least that is the hope…the meals have yet to be made!). Chuck Roast was also on sale for $2.00 a pound, so I also purchased several pounds of roast and divided it into several different meals. I now have enough meat to feed Brandon and I for about two weeks of meals for just over $10. Watch for deals in other areas as well. For example, the other week grapes were also on sale for 99 cents a pound, so we enjoyed grapes with our lunches for the next two weeks! This week bacon was on sale for $1.99 for a one pound package, so I stocked up on that for breakfasts.
The grocery gremlin still thwarts me at every chance he gets, somehow marking up prices by the time I get to the register, or sneaking extra items in my cart (I swear I didn’t put those Oreos in my basket!). But I am learning and someday, I shall be victorious!
Thank you for inspiring me to get a little more serious about grocery shopping!
Please post your best grocery saving tips for a complimentary copy of my ebook Fast and Healthy Menus for Busy Moms
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I don’t know about you, but my most frustrating shopping experiences happen at the grocery store! It never seems to fail that when I think I have about $50 worth of groceries in my basket, they add up to $100. I really don’t think that the problem is with my addition skills, I am sure that there is an evil gremlin in the checkout register that adds a dollar to everything I purchase! I love the savings cards that you get at stores like Safeway because when I swipe the card, I see the total price fall about $10. That always makes me feel a little bit better about life; its my revenge on the gremlin. Unfortunately the evil little gremlin always wins out, and the amount debited from my bank account is higher than it was supposed to be. Grocery shopping is an endless frustration for me.
However, I have found valuable help in the book America’s Cheapest Family by Steve and Annette Economides that has helped make grocery shopping and grocery budgeting much easier. This book has a very high standard, they calculate $50 a month per person. By following the principles in this book, I am supposed to be able to feed Brandon and I on just $100 a month, and this includes eating meats and cheeses, fresh fruits and vegetables. I have not been able to bring my grocery budget down that much yet, but I am getting closer. I thought I’d share some of the grocery shopping principles that I have learned, and if any of you struggle with sticking to a budget at a grocery store, or if you also would like to take revenge on the evil register gremlin, perhaps these methods will help you as well.
1) Make a Menu Plan. Menu planning sounds rather overwhelming if you are a very busy person or just don’t enjoy planning, but a menu plan can take as little time as 10 or 15 minutes to simply jot down a few meals you’d like to make for the week. Planning a menu doesn’t have to be an elaborate affair. I usually plan to make 3 meals during the week. By the time we’ve eaten those 3 meals, we usually have leftovers for another night and enough ingredients to make a 5th meal during the week (and after that we have a long list of friends, relatives, and distant relations we enjoy visiting on weekends). By menu planning, your shopping will be more focused so that you don’t just randomly pick ingredients that look good at the moment, and then you will be able to save $ at the register!
2) Shop as Infrequently as Possible. Every time you shop, you are tempted by impulse buys, so the less you shop, the less you will be tempted. The Economides shop once a month, because they have a deep freeze and plenty of storage space. Most of us do not have such luxuries, but you can try to cut down your trips. If you have been shopping twice a week, try going just once. Or if you go once a week, try going every other week. This takes a little more planning, but out of all the tips in this book, this method has helped me save the most at the checkout (does this mean I am a very impulsive person or I am just easily tempted?).
3) Check Sale Fliers. Your local grocery store, like Safeway or Krogers, will feature certain items at really low prices as an incentive to get people in the door. Then make a menu plan based on the sales. For example, last week chicken breasts, thighs, and drumsticks were on sale for 99 cents a pound. So I bought about 5 pounds of chicken breasts and we will be enjoying Parmesan Chicken, Chicken Oreganato, and Honey Glazed Chicken (or at least that is the hope…the meals have yet to be made!). Chuck Roast was also on sale for $2.00 a pound, so I also purchased several pounds of roast and divided it into several different meals. I now have enough meat to feed Brandon and I for about two weeks of meals for just over $10. Watch for deals in other areas as well. For example, the other week grapes were also on sale for 99 cents a pound, so we enjoyed grapes with our lunches for the next two weeks! This week bacon was on sale for $1.99 for a one pound package, so I stocked up on that for breakfasts.
The grocery gremlin still thwarts me at every chance he gets, somehow marking up prices by the time I get to the register, or sneaking extra items in my cart (I swear I didn’t put those Oreos in my basket!). But I am learning and someday, I shall be victorious!
Thank you for inspiring me to get a little more serious about grocery shopping!
Please post your best grocery saving tips for a complimentary copy of my ebook Fast and Healthy Menus for Busy Moms
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miércoles, 3 de noviembre de 2010
The Next Thing
Whether life has been taking twists and turns and it feels like the mountains are shaking and about to roll into the sea or there is peace like a river in your heart right now, it is time to keep our eyes on the next thing.
That means the next thing to do that comes into our hands. I found this quote by JR Miller, a popular Christian writer who died in 1912. Among other writings, he wrote the book Homemaking which was originally copyrighted in 1882.
I quote:
"We are not to wait for opportunities to do great things -not to keep watching for some splendid thing which by its conspicuous importance may win for us the applause of men--but are to do always, moment by moment, the thing that comes to our hand.
It may be to speak a cheering word to one who is disheartened, to join in a child's play, to mend a broken toy, to send a few flowers made more fragrant by your love into a sick room, or to write a letter of condolence.
It is the thing, small or great, which our hand finds at the moment to do."
What small or great thing has come into your hand to do today?
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That means the next thing to do that comes into our hands. I found this quote by JR Miller, a popular Christian writer who died in 1912. Among other writings, he wrote the book Homemaking which was originally copyrighted in 1882.
I quote:
"We are not to wait for opportunities to do great things -not to keep watching for some splendid thing which by its conspicuous importance may win for us the applause of men--but are to do always, moment by moment, the thing that comes to our hand.
It may be to speak a cheering word to one who is disheartened, to join in a child's play, to mend a broken toy, to send a few flowers made more fragrant by your love into a sick room, or to write a letter of condolence.
It is the thing, small or great, which our hand finds at the moment to do."
What small or great thing has come into your hand to do today?
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martes, 2 de noviembre de 2010
Healthy Pregnancy
Although there are numerous factors that contribute to a healthy full-term pregnancy. Drinking enough filtered water daily is often not emphasized. There are many reasons for pregnant or about to be pregnant to drink filtered water. Consider:
1. Several years ago, 154 women sued Chesapeake, VA saying that contaminants in the city's drinking water caused their miscarriages. This lawsuit alleged that the city knowingly and/or negligently poisoned them and their unborn fetuses because they used city water.
The water contained high levels of Tri-halomethanes or THM's. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit said the city didn't do enough to warn citizens of contaminants in the water and what to do about it.
2. A recent story in my local paper said the National Institutes of Health awarded a $9.9 illion grant for a team of university researchers to study whether contaminants in the Puerto Rico's groundwater are contributing to an unusually high rate of pre-term births. Apparently Puerto Rico has a long history of industrial contaminants that have entered into the underground aquifers that supply water to many residents with little filtering.
3. A story that appeared in the Washington Post a few years ago headlines says "Hamptom Roads Studies of Miscarriages Cause Concern, and Spark Lawsuits."
4. The EPA has stated that the issue of chlorination byproducts (THM's) in drinking water is "an important health concern."
5. Even the current administration has advised people to consider filtering their tap water.
6. I even have two customers who told me that they believe they were able to stop the cycle of miscarriages by filtering their drinking water!
If you are pregnant, about to become pregnant, the mother of young children, or caring for someone elderly you need to be filtering your water.
Multi-Pure Solid carbon block filters remove more contaminants than refrigerator type filters or bottled water or any other NSF certified unit on the market. (NSF is the public health and safety company.)
Multi-Pure TM Solid Carbon Block Filters
Three-stage compressed activated solid carbon block filtering element is certified to remove Tri-halomthanes, Lead, chlorine, pesticides, herbicides and many other contaminants that pour through pitchers and refrigerator filters can not remove.
Positive molecular charge of some components attracts and holds microscopic particles.
Combines electro-kinetic adsorption with micro-straining for the removal and retention of solid, semi-solid, and colloidal contaminants down to the sub-micron size.
No tunneling or channeling as with refrigerator type water filters
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1. Several years ago, 154 women sued Chesapeake, VA saying that contaminants in the city's drinking water caused their miscarriages. This lawsuit alleged that the city knowingly and/or negligently poisoned them and their unborn fetuses because they used city water.
The water contained high levels of Tri-halomethanes or THM's. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit said the city didn't do enough to warn citizens of contaminants in the water and what to do about it.
2. A recent story in my local paper said the National Institutes of Health awarded a $9.9 illion grant for a team of university researchers to study whether contaminants in the Puerto Rico's groundwater are contributing to an unusually high rate of pre-term births. Apparently Puerto Rico has a long history of industrial contaminants that have entered into the underground aquifers that supply water to many residents with little filtering.
3. A story that appeared in the Washington Post a few years ago headlines says "Hamptom Roads Studies of Miscarriages Cause Concern, and Spark Lawsuits."
4. The EPA has stated that the issue of chlorination byproducts (THM's) in drinking water is "an important health concern."
5. Even the current administration has advised people to consider filtering their tap water.
6. I even have two customers who told me that they believe they were able to stop the cycle of miscarriages by filtering their drinking water!
If you are pregnant, about to become pregnant, the mother of young children, or caring for someone elderly you need to be filtering your water.
Multi-Pure Solid carbon block filters remove more contaminants than refrigerator type filters or bottled water or any other NSF certified unit on the market. (NSF is the public health and safety company.)
Multi-Pure TM Solid Carbon Block Filters
Three-stage compressed activated solid carbon block filtering element is certified to remove Tri-halomthanes, Lead, chlorine, pesticides, herbicides and many other contaminants that pour through pitchers and refrigerator filters can not remove.
Positive molecular charge of some components attracts and holds microscopic particles.
Combines electro-kinetic adsorption with micro-straining for the removal and retention of solid, semi-solid, and colloidal contaminants down to the sub-micron size.
No tunneling or channeling as with refrigerator type water filters
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lunes, 1 de noviembre de 2010
Testimonial - Whole Grain Bread Improves Health-
I recently received the following email from Tamara, a homemaker, who’s husband has had some significant health improvements since she started baking bread. Read her story in her words.
<<<Dear Marilyn,
About 1.5-2 years ago I began grinding my grains and making all my doughs. I’d made bread in a machine for years, but have since given the machine away. Let me simply say that my husband has struggled with high blood pressure for years and has worn glasses since his school days. The only changes in his diet over the 1.5-2 years was that I varied our meats/fish consumption and the whole grains.
In the last year he came home from a eye appointment to find that he was no longer required to wear glasses, now 20/20. The doctor said this was very rare and wanted to know if his diet had changed. We were in awe. Then a few months later he went to the doctor for a check up, and giggled when she congratulated him on his completely low/normal range blood pressure.
She wanted to know what was so funny, and he said he’d been pretty stressed the past week and figured it would be sky high. In 11.5 years of marriage, that was the lowest his Blood Pressure had ever been. We truly believe it is a direct result of the grains. I make everything else too (i.e. detergents, yogurt, sauces, etc.). He travels every other week and cannot eat as well those days, due to his occupation. Look at the changes have done for him! Tamara E.>>>
Thanks Tamara for sharing. Do you have a testimonial or a question to share about how baking and cooking from scratch has affected your health? Please post your comments!
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<<<Dear Marilyn,
About 1.5-2 years ago I began grinding my grains and making all my doughs. I’d made bread in a machine for years, but have since given the machine away. Let me simply say that my husband has struggled with high blood pressure for years and has worn glasses since his school days. The only changes in his diet over the 1.5-2 years was that I varied our meats/fish consumption and the whole grains.
In the last year he came home from a eye appointment to find that he was no longer required to wear glasses, now 20/20. The doctor said this was very rare and wanted to know if his diet had changed. We were in awe. Then a few months later he went to the doctor for a check up, and giggled when she congratulated him on his completely low/normal range blood pressure.
She wanted to know what was so funny, and he said he’d been pretty stressed the past week and figured it would be sky high. In 11.5 years of marriage, that was the lowest his Blood Pressure had ever been. We truly believe it is a direct result of the grains. I make everything else too (i.e. detergents, yogurt, sauces, etc.). He travels every other week and cannot eat as well those days, due to his occupation. Look at the changes have done for him! Tamara E.>>>
Thanks Tamara for sharing. Do you have a testimonial or a question to share about how baking and cooking from scratch has affected your health? Please post your comments!
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