Category: Food

Vegan Holiday Turkey Alternative from PETA

November 16, 2012

PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals) website sells several turkey-friendly alternatives for Thanksgiving.  Here are your choices.

  • Field Roast’s Celebration Roast
  • Field Roast’s Hazelnut Cranberry Roast En Croute
  • Gardein’s Holiday Roast
  • Gardein’s Savory Roast Turk’y
  • Trader Joe’s Turkey-Less Stuffed Roast with Gravy
  • Turtle  Island Foods Tofurky Roast
  • Vegetarian Plus’ Vegan Whole Turkey

If you prefer to avoid having a dead bird on your Thanksgiving table, follow the link to Vegan Holiday Turkeys, and buy a non-meat alternative right from the PETA website.

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Compassionate Cuisine: Thanksgiving Without Turkey

November 14, 2012
Trader Joe’s Meatless Turkey

Thanksgiving without the turkey doesn’t mean you’ll feel deprived.  Instead of focusing on the meat, you’ll be consuming more fruits, hearty vegetables, lean protein, and delicious sauces without animal fat.

Enjoying a vegetarian Thanksgiving Holiday meal boosts your fiber intake.

Serving creative vegetable dishes like Maple Roasted Brussel Sprouts, and Portobello Mushrooms with Savory Lentil-Cashew Stuffing, Streusel Topped Pumpkin Pie, Sourdough Stuffed Winter Squash,  Avocado and Grapefruit Salad, Chestnut and Apple Casserole, is just as mouth-watering, if not more so, than an animal-based holiday meal. Continue reading “Compassionate Cuisine: Thanksgiving Without Turkey”

Emergency Kitchen Tool: The Rotary Egg Beater

November 10, 2012

The Rotary Egg Beater, was a staple kitchen tool, until the electric beater came along.  Hand powered kitchen tools gave your arm, shoulder and fingers a workout. Now, all you need to do is hold an electric beater in your hand while it does all the work.  Or you can watch a blender, crush, mix and frappe without much effort on your part.

Good Old Fashioned
Rotary Egg Beater

Before the advent of electric kitchen appliances, everyone used kitchen tools that were powered by elbow grease.

Electrically powered blenders, food processors, peelers, mixers, make food preparation fast and easy.

Hand powered kitchen tools provide exercise for your wrists, fingers, and arms. Continue reading “Emergency Kitchen Tool: The Rotary Egg Beater”

Eating Healthy During Weather Disasters

November 8, 2012
Weather disasters are emotionally and physically taxing.

Imagine finding yourself in a blackout, having to do without modern conveniences.  Your stove doesn’t work, you have no lights, and in a few days all your food will go bad.

The local food markets are closed due to drastic weather conditions. Without power, perishable food in your refrigerator will spoil.

You don’t know how long the power outage will last. Your car is lost in a flood. What should you do?

Prepare for future emergencies by stocking up on non-perishable food.

NON-PERISHABLE FOOD

Apple Pie Without Added Sugar Recipe

October 18, 2012

In your quest to reduce, or eliminate added cane sugar, you’ve probably found out how difficult it, is to avoid buying packaged food that isn’t sweetened.  The same is true for recipes.  Here’s one I found at allrecipes.com, for No Sugar Apple Pie. 

INGREDIENTS

Halloween Candy Isn’t A Treat

October 12, 2012

Candy is loaded with sugar, empty calories,* and preservatives.  Don’t use Halloween, or any other holiday, for that matter, to stuff your mouth with unhealthy food that isn’t necessary for human health. Sugary food gives you a rush of energy, and then lets you down, so you’ll go looking for more.

If you have kids, or expect kids to come to your door on October 31, give them something else.  Kids don’t need candy.  It ruins their teeth, and makes them fat.

On Halloween give out non-food treats like this:

  • Stickers
  • Miniature toys
  • Bubbles
  • Small games
  • Masks
  • Plastic rings
  • Shiny new pennies or nickels
  • Whistles
  • Crayons
  • Colored pencils

Read more about Halloween candy no-no’s for kids, at Healthfinder.gov.

*Click here for an explanation of empty calories. 

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