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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Rice & whole grain recipes
From Massa Organics Blog
Friday, July 24, 2009
Summer Rice Salad Ideas
Summer is the perfect time for a rice salad. Here are a few ideas taken and modified from a recent New York Times article:
1. Mix leftover Massa Organics brown rice with lemon or lime juice, soy sauce and a combination of sesame and peanut oils. Microwave if necessary to soften the rice, then serve at room temperature, tossed with sprouts, shredded radishes, chopped scallions, bits of cooked meat or fish if you like and more soy sauce.
2. Cook and cool Massa Organics brown rice. Toss with olive oil, loads of lemon juice, tons of parsley, some chopped tomatoes and, if you like, toasted pine nuts.
3. Mix cooked Massa Organics brown rice with orange zest and juice, olive oil, maybe honey, sliced oranges, raisins or dried cranberries, chopped red onion and chopped almonds. Serve over greens, or not.
4. Cook Massa Organics brown rice in watered-down coconut milk (be careful that it doesn’t burn) and a few cardamom pods. While warm, toss with peas (they can be raw if they’re fresh and tender), chopped cashews or pistachios, a pinch of chili flakes and chopped raw spinach.
5. Toss cooked, cooled farro, wheat berries, barley or other chewy grain with chopped-up grapes. Add olive oil, lemon juice and thinly sliced romaine lettuce; toss again, with ricotta salata or feta if you want. (OK this isn't a rice salad, but we sell wheat berries too!)
6. Toss cooked Massa Organics brown rice with fresh sliced apricots, cherries, pecans, and enough lemon and black pepper to make the whole thing savory.
71. Cook a pot of Massa Organics brown rice. While it’s still hot, toss with raw grated zucchini, fermented black beans, sriracha, sesame oil, sake and a touch of rice vinegar. Add bits of leftover roast chicken or pork if you have it, and pass soy sauce at the table.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Summer Rice Salad Ideas
Summer is the perfect time for a rice salad. Here are a few ideas taken and modified from a recent New York Times article:
1. Mix leftover Massa Organics brown rice with lemon or lime juice, soy sauce and a combination of sesame and peanut oils. Microwave if necessary to soften the rice, then serve at room temperature, tossed with sprouts, shredded radishes, chopped scallions, bits of cooked meat or fish if you like and more soy sauce.
2. Cook and cool Massa Organics brown rice. Toss with olive oil, loads of lemon juice, tons of parsley, some chopped tomatoes and, if you like, toasted pine nuts.
3. Mix cooked Massa Organics brown rice with orange zest and juice, olive oil, maybe honey, sliced oranges, raisins or dried cranberries, chopped red onion and chopped almonds. Serve over greens, or not.
4. Cook Massa Organics brown rice in watered-down coconut milk (be careful that it doesn’t burn) and a few cardamom pods. While warm, toss with peas (they can be raw if they’re fresh and tender), chopped cashews or pistachios, a pinch of chili flakes and chopped raw spinach.
5. Toss cooked, cooled farro, wheat berries, barley or other chewy grain with chopped-up grapes. Add olive oil, lemon juice and thinly sliced romaine lettuce; toss again, with ricotta salata or feta if you want. (OK this isn't a rice salad, but we sell wheat berries too!)
6. Toss cooked Massa Organics brown rice with fresh sliced apricots, cherries, pecans, and enough lemon and black pepper to make the whole thing savory.
71. Cook a pot of Massa Organics brown rice. While it’s still hot, toss with raw grated zucchini, fermented black beans, sriracha, sesame oil, sake and a touch of rice vinegar. Add bits of leftover roast chicken or pork if you have it, and pass soy sauce at the table.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Swine Flu Info from Greg
sfgate's running a brief article on it today.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/25/MN0P19DG5T.DTL
here's the awesome google flu trends app. watch out for january!
http://www.google.org/flutrends/intl/en_us/
here's also the official CDC page regarding thimerosal. Note paragraph 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/updates/thimerosal.htm
However, evidence from several studies examining trends in vaccine use and changes in autism frequency does not support such an association. Furthermore, a scientific review * by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded that "the evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism." CDC supports the IOM conclusion.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/25/MN0P19DG5T.DTL
here's the awesome google flu trends app. watch out for january!
http://www.google.org/flutrends/intl/en_us/
here's also the official CDC page regarding thimerosal. Note paragraph 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/updates/thimerosal.htm
However, evidence from several studies examining trends in vaccine use and changes in autism frequency does not support such an association. Furthermore, a scientific review
Monday, August 24, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Visualization ideas
Create posters / hand outs using photos and info to illustrate:
1. the best way to store various food items for max freshness and nutritional value.
Examples: dark glass for oils and nuts, nut milks 3 days are alive 5 days fresh, leafy greens = wash then store in.. whatever it is you do I don't know yet.
2. create a poster about common nutritional synergistic food combinations
Examples turmeric and onions, apples, oranges, blueberries, etc. Sources sited in 100 year lie lecture.
3. illustrate the idea of food miles
4. the trickle down effect of pesticide use
5. benefits of buying locally, where your dollar goes
6. general idea of voting with dollars
1. the best way to store various food items for max freshness and nutritional value.
Examples: dark glass for oils and nuts, nut milks 3 days are alive 5 days fresh, leafy greens = wash then store in.. whatever it is you do I don't know yet.
2. create a poster about common nutritional synergistic food combinations
Examples turmeric and onions, apples, oranges, blueberries, etc. Sources sited in 100 year lie lecture.
3. illustrate the idea of food miles
4. the trickle down effect of pesticide use
5. benefits of buying locally, where your dollar goes
6. general idea of voting with dollars
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Soy Lecithin Info
Weston Price
Lecithin is an emulsifying substance that is found in the cells of all living organisms. The French scientist Maurice Gobley discovered lecithin in 1805 and named it "lekithos" after the Greek word for "egg yolk." Until it was recovered from the waste products of soybean processing in the 1930s, eggs were the primary source of commercial lecithin. Today lecithin is the generic name given to a whole class of fat-and-water soluble compounds called phospholipids. Levels of phospholipids in soybean oils range from 1.48 to 3.08 percent, which is considerably higher than the 0.5 percent typically found in vegetable oils, but far less than the 30 percent found in egg yolks.1-6
Cornucopia Institute
oy lecithin, used in foods such as chocolate, infant formula and cooking spray, has been available in organic form since 2004, yet some certifying agents allow food manufacturers to use the conventional version (conventional lecithin is cheaper, made with conventionally grown soybeans and processed with the hazardous petrochemical solvent hexane).
Lecithin is an emulsifying substance that is found in the cells of all living organisms. The French scientist Maurice Gobley discovered lecithin in 1805 and named it "lekithos" after the Greek word for "egg yolk." Until it was recovered from the waste products of soybean processing in the 1930s, eggs were the primary source of commercial lecithin. Today lecithin is the generic name given to a whole class of fat-and-water soluble compounds called phospholipids. Levels of phospholipids in soybean oils range from 1.48 to 3.08 percent, which is considerably higher than the 0.5 percent typically found in vegetable oils, but far less than the 30 percent found in egg yolks.1-6
Cornucopia Institute
oy lecithin, used in foods such as chocolate, infant formula and cooking spray, has been available in organic form since 2004, yet some certifying agents allow food manufacturers to use the conventional version (conventional lecithin is cheaper, made with conventionally grown soybeans and processed with the hazardous petrochemical solvent hexane).
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Food Politics - Marion Nestle - Awesome Blog
Food Politics - great source of info on food politics, updates, links, etc.
local food info look up sevice
Local Harvest - you can look up farmers markets, CSA's some restaurants, politics, air quality - by zip code.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Orgasm Diet, by Marrena Lindberg - summary
NY Times article
MARRENA LINDBERG proposes another kind of dietary revolution in her book, ''The Orgasmic Diet.'' The goal of her diet isn't shedding pounds, it's turbocharging women's sex drives by encouraging them to eat foods and take supplements that manipulate dopamine and serotonin levels, and to do specific exercises that tone body parts most people will never see.
Before taking her diet plan too much to heart, remember that her recommendations have nothing to do with how you look in jeans; she is concerned with how you feel when you're out of them.
''Think of it as a sexual tuneup,'' she writes. Follow her plan, and you may lose weight without trying. You may not even have time to eat.
To ''access the sexual goddess within you,'' follow Ms. Lindberg's three-part plan. One: Eat a high-protein, low-carb diet that includes a lot of dark chocolate to increase dopamine levels.
Two: Dose yourself on massive quantities of pure refined fish oil. For a woman who is 5-foot-5 and weighs 130 pounds, Ms. Lindberg recommends 3,000 milligrams a day -- 1,700 mg of the omega-3 fatty acid EPA and 1,300 mg of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA.
Three: use a doohickey called a GyneFlex (you don't want to know the details). Ms. Lindberg writes that she came by her program ''unwittingly.'' An Ivy League-educated researcher at an environmental consulting company, she had not given much thought to the mysteries of Eros until the late '90s, when she became pregnant and changed her habits radically -- no antidepressants, no caffeine and plenty of fish oil supplements. ''My libido not only picked up, it took off,'' she writes.
After giving birth twice, she added exercises she'd learned watching Oprah Winfrey's show. The combination proved effective: ''I became a maniac,'' she writes, adding, ''My husband was ecstatic!'' She began sharing her findings on Internet message boards. ''I thought I had discovered the female Viagra,'' she writes.
In her chapter, ''The Magic of Fish Oil,'' Ms. Lindberg tries to explain her findings scientifically. To the question ''What does the fish oil do, sexually speaking?'' she responds that it increases nitric oxide in the bloodstream and dopamine levels in the brain.
To the question ''Will the fish oil change anything besides my libido?'' she replies, ''Yes, absolutely. It will increase your feelings of pleasure and well-being in general.''
Is this just a modern variation on snake oil salesmanship? Could be, but it probably won't hurt you. And as Ms. Lindberg points out, whatever her fish oil regimen does or does not do for your sex life, ''it will certainly keep you regular.'' What works for her may not work for you, she cautions, and that may not be a bad thing.
Ms. Lindberg was so responsive to her own program that, ''my libido was in the stratosphere.'' She says her husband, spooked by her voracity, eventually recoiled, and the couple divorced.
But, she writes reassuringly, ''While this knowledge may have blown up my own marriage, I firmly believe that it can save many others.'' Hmm. Maybe. Still, if you decide to have what she's having, you may want to proceed with caution.
MARRENA LINDBERG proposes another kind of dietary revolution in her book, ''The Orgasmic Diet.'' The goal of her diet isn't shedding pounds, it's turbocharging women's sex drives by encouraging them to eat foods and take supplements that manipulate dopamine and serotonin levels, and to do specific exercises that tone body parts most people will never see.
Before taking her diet plan too much to heart, remember that her recommendations have nothing to do with how you look in jeans; she is concerned with how you feel when you're out of them.
''Think of it as a sexual tuneup,'' she writes. Follow her plan, and you may lose weight without trying. You may not even have time to eat.
To ''access the sexual goddess within you,'' follow Ms. Lindberg's three-part plan. One: Eat a high-protein, low-carb diet that includes a lot of dark chocolate to increase dopamine levels.
Two: Dose yourself on massive quantities of pure refined fish oil. For a woman who is 5-foot-5 and weighs 130 pounds, Ms. Lindberg recommends 3,000 milligrams a day -- 1,700 mg of the omega-3 fatty acid EPA and 1,300 mg of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA.
Three: use a doohickey called a GyneFlex (you don't want to know the details). Ms. Lindberg writes that she came by her program ''unwittingly.'' An Ivy League-educated researcher at an environmental consulting company, she had not given much thought to the mysteries of Eros until the late '90s, when she became pregnant and changed her habits radically -- no antidepressants, no caffeine and plenty of fish oil supplements. ''My libido not only picked up, it took off,'' she writes.
After giving birth twice, she added exercises she'd learned watching Oprah Winfrey's show. The combination proved effective: ''I became a maniac,'' she writes, adding, ''My husband was ecstatic!'' She began sharing her findings on Internet message boards. ''I thought I had discovered the female Viagra,'' she writes.
In her chapter, ''The Magic of Fish Oil,'' Ms. Lindberg tries to explain her findings scientifically. To the question ''What does the fish oil do, sexually speaking?'' she responds that it increases nitric oxide in the bloodstream and dopamine levels in the brain.
To the question ''Will the fish oil change anything besides my libido?'' she replies, ''Yes, absolutely. It will increase your feelings of pleasure and well-being in general.''
Is this just a modern variation on snake oil salesmanship? Could be, but it probably won't hurt you. And as Ms. Lindberg points out, whatever her fish oil regimen does or does not do for your sex life, ''it will certainly keep you regular.'' What works for her may not work for you, she cautions, and that may not be a bad thing.
Ms. Lindberg was so responsive to her own program that, ''my libido was in the stratosphere.'' She says her husband, spooked by her voracity, eventually recoiled, and the couple divorced.
But, she writes reassuringly, ''While this knowledge may have blown up my own marriage, I firmly believe that it can save many others.'' Hmm. Maybe. Still, if you decide to have what she's having, you may want to proceed with caution.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
IIN Intention
During this year at IIN it is my intention to:
1. Develop a greater understanding of dietary theories and gain confidence in my understand of nutrition basics.
2. Learn and develop counseling skills.
3. Further define my own vision for happiness in life.
4. Begin to develop a health counseling practice with individuals and groups.
5. Follow what I believe in and help others do the same.
6. Begin to contribute health counseling services to my community through workshops at my son's school, his friends schools, neighborhood centers and local low income housing projects.
7. Feel confident that I am teaching my son the best way to feed and nurture himself that he can rely on for the rest of his life.
1. Develop a greater understanding of dietary theories and gain confidence in my understand of nutrition basics.
2. Learn and develop counseling skills.
3. Further define my own vision for happiness in life.
4. Begin to develop a health counseling practice with individuals and groups.
5. Follow what I believe in and help others do the same.
6. Begin to contribute health counseling services to my community through workshops at my son's school, his friends schools, neighborhood centers and local low income housing projects.
7. Feel confident that I am teaching my son the best way to feed and nurture himself that he can rely on for the rest of his life.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Zucchini, potatoes, green salad & halumi cheese
savory summer squash
1 zucchini
1 squash
sliced into 1/24" - 1/4" thick half moons
1/2 clove of garlic close diced
1 pinch kosher or sea salt
1 tsp fresh thyme
olive oil
toss in a bowl
lay out in a single layer on a cooie sheet or pyrex pan
bake at 425 for 10 minutes
stir
bake of another 5-10 minutes until soft
server with finely grated parmesean cheese on top
tiny rosemary potatoes
10 fingerling potatoes
cut into 1/4" half moons
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 clove garlic diced
1 tsp fresh rosemary washed and stripped off the stem
1 pinch kosher salt or sea salt
toss in a bowl
lay out in single layer on a cookie sheet or pyrex pan
bake at 425 for 10 minutes
stir
bake of another 5-10 minutes until soft and crispy
Halumi cheese
cut into 1/4" slices
coat a pan or grill with olive oil sparingly
heat on medium for 2 minutes
lay in cheese
cook until golden brown then flip (2-3 minutes I think)
green salad
mixed greens
fruit (nectarine, apple, pear, etc)
cucumer
avocado
toss in dressing that you like
1 zucchini
1 squash
sliced into 1/24" - 1/4" thick half moons
1/2 clove of garlic close diced
1 pinch kosher or sea salt
1 tsp fresh thyme
olive oil
toss in a bowl
lay out in a single layer on a cooie sheet or pyrex pan
bake at 425 for 10 minutes
stir
bake of another 5-10 minutes until soft
server with finely grated parmesean cheese on top
tiny rosemary potatoes
10 fingerling potatoes
cut into 1/4" half moons
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 clove garlic diced
1 tsp fresh rosemary washed and stripped off the stem
1 pinch kosher salt or sea salt
toss in a bowl
lay out in single layer on a cookie sheet or pyrex pan
bake at 425 for 10 minutes
stir
bake of another 5-10 minutes until soft and crispy
Halumi cheese
cut into 1/4" slices
coat a pan or grill with olive oil sparingly
heat on medium for 2 minutes
lay in cheese
cook until golden brown then flip (2-3 minutes I think)
green salad
mixed greens
fruit (nectarine, apple, pear, etc)
cucumer
avocado
toss in dressing that you like
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
The decemberists at the fox theater Oakland May 2009
This message has been sent from my mobile phone. Please excuse the
typos.
Friday, May 22, 2009
garden planner
Gardner.com link from homegrown newsletter. my first newsletter from them and I already love it.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
goat milk vs cow milk
Quick Summary and links to references on the difference between goat and cow milk.
Chrons.com - great summary and nutritional chart
AskDrSears.com - Similar info to Chrohns.com but more targeted to babies and toddlers
NaturalParenting.com.au - Similar info not targeted a children of all ages
WikiAnsers.com short post about the common allergy to casein protein vs true lactose intolerance. While the symptoms are almost identical Goat Milk and human milk do not contain this protein and therefore do not cause the reaction. By replacing cow milk with goat milk you can determine if there is a true lactose intolerance or an allergy to the protein.
Alt Angel.com - simple bullet list
Chrons.com - great summary and nutritional chart
AskDrSears.com - Similar info to Chrohns.com but more targeted to babies and toddlers
NaturalParenting.com.au - Similar info not targeted a children of all ages
WikiAnsers.com short post about the common allergy to casein protein vs true lactose intolerance. While the symptoms are almost identical Goat Milk and human milk do not contain this protein and therefore do not cause the reaction. By replacing cow milk with goat milk you can determine if there is a true lactose intolerance or an allergy to the protein.
Alt Angel.com - simple bullet list
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
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