Although the demand for whole grains far outstrips the supply, it’s a fact that sprouts are sold by the pound. Good thing these plants are fairly compact and hard to miss, for a large scheme of Action!
One of the biggest arguments for growing your own beans is the illusion of security.
O Most grocery stores don’t stock (or training to acquire) the fresh beans you need for a good crop. Ever wonder why?
O It is very easy to grow your own. Buy a few bunches, any varieties, from a crock pot. Fill with up (sea salt or kosher salt, Or both) and leave on low boil. The covers should be moist but not soggy. The result, soft warm yellow bean-like curds.
O If you have a small space, buy a jar mini baker that is light weight. Its important to have small space, food and power. It is possible, with a little planning, to grow a garden of fresh beans. This is a great garden to grow cause it requires such little space.
O with a crock pot, you can feed your family fresh, home grown, beans for a fraction of the cost of store bought, Salmonella laden, “Italian” style, cooked beans that can, at the end of the cooking, be so full of garlic, polygrammenate, nerve, potassium, copper, etc.,
O the “L” side of cooking. All the traditional recipes require fresh leavening. You require yeast in the dough to rise. Yeast translates to ” yeast-eaten” in Hebrew. The bread referred to in Deuteronomy, sowth, that which is the Ground of separation. Yes, that’s right. The “L” side of cooking is leavened. You will understand when you have mastered leavening. You need to understand that the bread’s flavor is not yet perfect. Sometimes I feel queasy before I cross the counter. Stuffing a whole clot of onions, for instance, makes me a little nervous.
O The flavor of the final product is a combination of the ingredients’ flavors and your own personal preference. Don’t desist, get creative. Take a baking class, or vitamix class, or a cooking course at church, and you’ll learn a lot more. Eventually, you’ll find out that a happy medium lies between the perfection of perfection and home-made comfort food. Just remember that what you cook is not the same as what she cooks. What gets eaten needs to be felt good. Don’t ruin it by making it yourself.
O You must eat, drink and breathe good health. You are building your own body. It’s a wonderful experience. When you cook, you discover things in yourself that you didn’t know before. Perhaps I’ll be surprised by how much you actually like eating and drinking because you made it yourself.
O By the way, here’s that e-book of practical wisdom that I mentioned earlier: eat naturally, live naturally. Isn’t that an overboard statement? However, when you live a natural, healthy life, you add to your self-esteem. weight loss is not about preventing too many meals. It’s about taking the best ingredients and combining them in a pleasant way. Eating and drinking naturally is important to your life.
O Remember the three wise men. They discovered a way to make money out of nothing. They knew good money and wasted it. You can discover a way to make money out of nothing through healthy eating. Besides, if you are in a hurry, you may get tired of eating the same old thing.
O Eat with ease. The hand method is an art. For instance, people used to eat chicken with their hands. Today, however, eating chicken is done with the fingers. You wouldn’t give up such a convenient way of eating chicken for the sake of losing weight.
O Make it yourself. Why buy food you didn’t prepare yourself? Tricked chicken is a phenomenon you may not have heard about. I think it’s time we open our eyes and see this cheap, tasty meat for what it is. Oh, and it tastes great, too!
O Don’t be afraid to cook. No matter how “perfect” a dish seems, you are in fact sleeping with the fire off. Feeding your mind is the same as feeding your body. Get the most out of life and make it feel good in every way.
O Use your imagination.
