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Spring: What kinds of things have you baked with agave? Do you substitute equal amount of agave for amount of sugar in recipe? I would like to try this since I love sweets.
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Quinoa Salad
Referred to as the "Mother Grain," quinoa is the super grain of the future because of its unique qualities including high protein content, gluten-free, easily digestible, and its great taste. Here is an easy to make salad, which is nutritious enough to be eaten alone as a complete meal.
- 2 cups of cooked quinoa
- 1 cup of finely diced cucumbers
- 1 cup of finely diced tomato
- ½ cup of finely diced red onion
- ¾ cup of diced avocado
- ¼ cup of olive oil
- ¼ cup of fresh lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
You're ready to serve!
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Quinoa and Black Beans
1 tsp olive oil, 1 onion chopped, 3 cloves garlic chopped, 3/4 cup uncooked quinoa, 1 1/2 cups veggie broth, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper, salt and pepper to taste, 1/2 bag frozen corn, 2- 15 oz cans black beans, rinsed and drained, 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
Heat oil in medium saucepan, stir in onion and garlic and saute until lightly browned. Mix quinoa into the saucepan and cover with broth. Season with spices. Bring mixture to a boil. Cover and simmer about 20 minutes. Add frozen corn and continue to simmer about 5 minutes or until heated through. Mix in black beans and cilantro.....ENJOY!
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OMGoodness! That looks Delicious!!!!! I am shopping for those ingredients!! Thanks Lisa!
RayHope, So far, I've had great success with muffins (banaa, blueberry, etc). I have been substituting the same amount of agave as it called for sugar. I am careful about other liquid ingredients. For instance, if it says 1/2 cup of oil, I might use 1/4 cup applesauce and 1/4 cup oil, or all applesauce (lowers the calories and fat anyway!). Muffins are pretty forgiving though!
When I ordered my Agave online at amazon, I got a "Baking with Agave" little cookbook, and I often compare a like recipe in there with my other cookbooks, and then use my judgement. So far, so good! It is very thick, Agave.
Spring.
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Quinoa Fun Dessert
1 cup quinoa, 4 or 5 chopped dates, 2 cups grape juice, 1/2 cup raisins.
Combine all ingredients in a pot and cook mixture together on medium heat about 20 minutes. Serve hot or cold.
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Okay, this isn't quinoa....but my family loves this and the black beans are filled with protein!
Mango and Black Bean Salad
1 1/2 cups chopped peeled ripe mango, 1 cup thinly sliced green onions, 1/2 cup cooked brown rice, 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, 2 tablespoons roasted tomatillo or fresh salsa, 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, 2 tablespoons EVO, 3/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper, 1 15 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained.
Combine all ingredients in large bowl. Toss gently to mix. ENJOY
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You can add quinoa to soups instead of rice or pasta, it's the only I've used it so far.
Here's a bunch of recipes, haven't tried any though
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Yum! Thank you Lisa
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Going to try the mango recipe sounds really good.Thankyou
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Great news about walnuts!!!!!!!!
Walnuts May Prevent Breast Cancer
Walnuts are known to be good for the heart, but new research suggests that they may also help protect against breast cancer. Evidence presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in April, 2009, showed that feeding walnuts to mice programmed to develop breast cancer reduced the incidence of breast tumors that normally develop in the animals. Those receiving walnuts also showed a decrease in the number of glands with a tumor and in tumor size, and the researcher who presented the study commented that walnuts could also prove to be protective in humans. The amount of walnuts fed to the mice in the study was the human equivalent of two ounces per day. The researcher from Marshall University School of Medicine attributed her findings to the omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants and phytosterols in walnuts. In a separate study, researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston found that walnuts helped aged rats improve motor and cognitive skills and suggested that eating about an ounce of walnuts a day could do the same thing for humans.0 -
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Okay, it's settled.
Let's all meet at Lisa's for lunch!
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Count me in
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ANYTIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Anybody hear from Flalady? I hope she is okay. We miss you.
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Quinoa is fabulous, I use it as I would rice or pasta.
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Lisa, that salad sounds absolutely delicious. Can't wait to make it!
I recently tried a packaged quinoa blend by Seeds of Change that was excellent. It had millet and cilantro and some other things in it, and then I sauteed and added additional veggies for even more flavor. Even my DH, who more or less puts up with my vegetarian creations, commented on how much he enjoyed it.
Walnuts are one of the foods I've been eating daily in recent months -- something I had never done pre-bc. Sometimes it's fascinating how our bodies tell us what we need or don't need via food cravings or aversions. Thanks for that article, Lisa. It helped me understand why I've been craving them, and I don't think it's coincidental. Deanna
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souad wrote:
Please excuse me for butting in on this iodine thread, but I finally bought some agave nectar - I read about it here. is the idea that it has a low glycemic index so is preferable to things like honey or maple syrup? Is it something diabetics can use instead of those awful-tasting things like splenda? It has 16 g. sugar per Tbsp! use in moderation? preferable to sugar because it hasn't been bleached?
I'd be happy if someone could help me out....I don't have a sweet tooth but my diabetic partner sure does!
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Have you ever tried or head of Whey Low. It is a low-glycemic sugar replacement (70-80% less than sugar) and tastes great! It is not that cheap but the more you buy the better price you get. I use it in my coffee in the AM as I am fearful of all those other synthetic replacements.
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Lisa, I have now lost track of the number of recipes I've printed from you! Three just this afternoon!!!! THank you!
Susers, I also use Stevia for coffee/tea, it comes in little backets like splenda might, and is an herb and no calories!
Spring.
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Okay, you guys will love this one...... (I love to cook!)
MAUI BLACK BEAN SOUP
(I double the recipe...as we eat it like crazy!)
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 ribs celery, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
1 red onion, chopped
1 red pepper, seeded and chopped
1 green pepper, seeded and chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp chili powder
4 cups chicken broth or vegetable broth
2 15 oz cans black beans
1 15 oz can diced tomatoes
1 cup frozen corn kernels (I actually throw in an entire bag in the double recipe)
Sea Salt and black pepper to taste.
Heat olive oil over medium heat. Add celery, carrots, onion and bell peppers. Sauté until onion becomes translucent. Add garlic and spices, cook a few more minutes.
Add stock, beans and tomatoes. Bring mixture to a boil and reduce heat. Cover and let simmer for about 20 minutes. (I actually let it simmer a little longer). Using a potato masher...mash to desired consistency (or puree). Add corn and let simmer another 10 minutes or until heated through.
AWESOME! One of our new favorites!
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What type of CoQ10 supplements are you taking and how much a day?
The supplements in oil suspension - soft-gel capsule are using soybean oil and i don't want to use those. Also in powder or solid form it is very poorly absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract so the higher the dose orally taken the lower the percent of the dose is absorbed. What else is out there that is not using soybean oil?
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Hi Audrey and others
I have been a lurker, reading but not posting. But I do know that you can get tomatoes in glass jars at least at my whole foods. The same is true about beans...they have them in jars. The tomatoes that I have purchased are so delicious that if you sautee a little garlic with onions and add it to the tomatoes, you have a wonderful pasta sauce (for those of you who eat pasta). Anyway the tomatoes that I buy are Lucini organic tuscan harvest plum tomatoes (whole, peeled).
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Yum! Thanks for the recipes Lisa--I need to branch out as I get stuck in a rut with my "usuals"... am actually going to make pasta with broccoli and garlic tonight as my husband has been craving it since we don't eat it much anymore.
One thing on walnuts--keep them in the freezer after opening or they quickly get rancid and then that is toxic when consumed. You can use them right out of the freezer--no need to thaw...
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the warm welcome! Thanks for the information about the Pomi tomatoes in the aseptic package and the tomatoes in the glass jars. When I was shopping earlier at my local supermarket I did see the Pomi tomatoes, but I didn't see any tomatoes in glass jars--only tomato sauce. They're finally building a Whole Foods relatively close to where I live--I can't wait for it to open!! I'm also going to check Stop and Shop--they have a lot of great natural and organic choices (and I think I can buy brocco sprouts there, as well!).
Lisa--thanks for the recipes--especially the soup--black beans are one of my favorite foods!!
Simvog--I'm taking Natrol CoQ-10. It's a vegetarian capsule and soy-free. The bottle has thirty 100 mg. time-release capsules. It's a powder, so I don't know if it fits the bill for what you're looking for.
Audrey
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Vivre, youre right... We are what we eat. I recently wrote a literature review on the efficacy of protein and carbohydrate diet deprivation in inhbiting the growth of cancer cells through DNA synthesis. See link below.
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Hi Ladies!
Just to let you all know I finally saw Dr. Cynthia Browne an alternative radiologist oncologist. Now we had a two hour appt. it flew by. She suggests using the book Eat Right 4 Your Type. It uses your blood type as a guide. So here I am a vegetarian and I am O positive and supposed to eat 4-6 servings of meat a week. My blood work shows I am anemic, also she said that bc patients shouldn't get iron from a supplement. She suggested bison and elk lower fat, more omega 3, and lots of iron. I have to say she has me thinking about things. The theory is O positives were the original blood type out of African and they were hunter gathers. It is proven that our DNA has not really changed that much and our blood and acid and alkalinity in our system like and respond to certain foods to keep our immune system's working properly even after all those millenniums. It was surprising, the beneficial, and neutral foods are the foods I am most likely to pick. That being said, some of the foods to avoid, were strawberries,oranges avocados, all dairy except for feta, mozzarella, goat cheese, coffee decaf or real, pepper, and get this all breads and grains. 25 years ago I ate the sprouted bread and muffins from Eszekial breads. I forgot how good they were! (every blood type list beneficial, neutral and avoid, she said to really just pay attention to the avoid list and each chapter has a blood type personality description, I fit my perfectly)
Lisa, just a guess but I bet you are O pos too. You love all the exercise you can get just as I do!
Ok, ladies just wanted to keep you up to date, oh and she definitely thought BPA lined the plastic Brita container. But then we knew that right? She also said its ok to take a plastic bottle like a Trek water bottle and fill it with your own water. But it is the plastic water bottles that are shipped in trucks heated and cooled that are the most danger to us.
She also gave me the name of Estrenol it is supposed to improve estrogen metabolism. Also G3 a medicinal juice. Will run it all by Brownstein!
Off to bed, my daughter has two graduations from the U of M for the next two days film arts school tomorrow and the biggie in "the Big House" on Saturday!
take care everyone!
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indebt2...if you can catch up with these ladies.....by all means WELCOME! 0
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Hi ladies,
I have more information to report in my learning curve on bisphenol A. I wrote to Brita and asked if this material is in their products and I received this in response:
"The pitcher lids and filter housings are made of Polypropylene plastic. The reservoirs and pitchers are made either from NAS (a Styrene based plastic) or SAN (Styrene Acrylonitrile). The soft-touch handles are made from an elastomer called Santoprene (not to be confused with Latex or Neoprene). Our products do not contain any bisphenol A and are all tested by the NSF (National Sanitation Foundation) for safety and wetted contact. Unfortunately the pitcher materials are not recyclable, andtherefore do not have a plastic number. Please contact us at any time if you have additional questions."
I am very relieved to know my brita pitcher doesn't have bpa in it. My other reading on this so far is just wikipedia. I use it as a starting point for learning and for a lot of topics it seems to be an ok reference. I found the following statement on bpa:
"It is a known endocrine disruptor, and "hundreds of studies published in the decade" have found that laboratory animals exposed to low levels of it have elevated rates diabetes, mammary and prostate cancers, decreased sperm count, reproductive problems, early puberty, obesity, and neurological problems."
This is in contrast with statements from the FDA and a website dedicated to the topic of bpa, which states "The study data and analyses show that potential human exposure to BPA from polycarbonate products in contact with foods and beverages is very low and poses no known risk to human health. The use of polycarbonate plastic for food contact applications continues to be recognized as safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Commission Scientific Committee on Food, the United Kingdom Food Standards Agency, the Japan Ministry for Health and Welfare and other regulatory authorities worldwide."
I haven't delved into what specific studies are referenced, but I'll bet a bunch of doughnuts that they were all funded by entities with an interest in seeing bpa declared a safe substance.
Part of what alarms me about this particular substance is the 'known endocrine disruptor' aspect. I've suffered from fatigue since radiation (a full 3.5 YEARS ago now) and I finally began to suspect my thyroid being underactive last year. Despite a major clue of a TSH test result of 6.4 in 2006 and another in 2007, I have received zero help from my internist for my thyroid.
So then I started my thyroid learning curve, and in my experience it seems like the thyroid is the ugly stepchild in the medical world. It receives acknowledgement of being very important because it regulates the release of hormones, but yet, little seems to be known about thyroid health. Most people who have underactive thyroids are women, and it's common for women to suffer literally for years before it finally gets onto the doctors radar to finally do something about it. Sometimes I wonder if a medical student were to sleep through 10 minutes of the wrong class if they'd miss all the training on thyroid health.
I question how studies can conclude that the levels of bpa in our canned goods and drinking vessels is 'safe' when the medical world seems largely unaware of how to properly screen for the health of our thyroids. Next I'll probably draft a letter to Tervis that will hopefully convince them to have less confidence in what the FDA says is safe and inform them I will not use their products until bpa is absent.
Lisa, thank you for the recipes. The avocadoes seem especially good this year. I'll need to give that one a whirl.
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Indebt2...:) of course
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"That being said, some of the foods to avoid, were strawberries,oranges avocados, all dairy except for feta, mozzarella, goat cheese, coffee decaf or real, pepper, and get this all breads and grains."
Lucky, are you avoiding these foods because you're a certain blood type? Or did she have another reason?
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