Like my last post, I mentioned that when one is not learning and growing, one is stagnant. There are so many things I don't know, so many things that I do know, but know so very little of and yet my appetite for knowing about those things makes them all the more intriguing to me. Some of the things I'd like to learn to do more with is juicing, yogurt making, dehdrating, baking with spelt and quinoa, cooking with red palm oil and coconut oil instead of the highly hydrogenized cooking oils found on store shelves, medicinal uses of herbs as well as planting herb gardens for beauty and asthetics.
I would love to do more with home juicing for the health benefits of it. I'd like to find a good book to show which juices help to aid in which body process. As for now, I pretty much know that cucumber juice helps with arthritis. I'd like to find more information and put it in to practice. As for the pulp that is left behind, I'd like to use it (minus the seeds) for smoothies and possibly breads. If anyone knows of a good book like the one I've described, please let me know!
Yogurt making has always intrigued me. I would love to start making some of our own because we go through it so very quickly. I'd love to mix my own locally collected honey and hand picked berries with it to make it as close to home made as possible. I'm trying to get away from preservatives and get as close to God made as possible. The genetically modified organisms (GMO's) are running rampant in our food supplies. The kids and I watched a show about Corn through Netflix last week. They use "dent" corn (aka: NON-edible corn) to make the high fructrose corn syrup in many drinks! If it isn't supposed to be edible, then why are they making it in to something people consume? Ugh! If you would read this article called Genetically Modified(GM) Crops- How Scientists Have Perverted Natural Foods by Michael Pearl, you'll find that he quotes quite a few scriptures that point out how God's creation was deemed "good" by the creator God from beginning of the world. You'll also find a warning about "mingling" seeds from Leviticus 19:19 that says, "Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed". So for us, we're getting away from anything Genetically Modified for our health's sake. Am I "running" out of fear? No! To the contrary! I am choosing to get our foods from as natural sources as I can, like our front bay window, for instance.
I have dehydrated many of my herbs for over winter usage for years. I have dehydrated basil, sage, cilantro, oregano, thyme, rosemary, and chamomile. My husband has dehydrated onions, zucchini, tomatoes, hot peppers of all sorts of heat levels, bell peppers and beef jerky. While my own purposes of dehydrating herbs have been strictly for culinary purposes, my husband's purposes have been to replicate a hot seasoning mix or hot sauce to share with his friends. While I don't mind dehydrating, I would love to do it more on a mass scale with an Excaliber 3900.
If you click the picture, it will take you to the page where you can see other dehydrators in addition to the one pictured above.
When fruit and vegetables are at their peaks, I like to buy in bulk so that we can use the produce through the winter. I would like to dehydrate some as well as make fruit leather (like fruit roll ups, but healthier), trail mix, jams and jellies because freezer space is limited to garden produce and farm fed and hunted meats. The Excaliber is a rectangular model that would fit perfectly on my hearth while dehydrating summer's goodness.
I admit that I need to do more research on spelt and quinoa, how to cook with them, what recipes to make with them and so forth. Both my husband and I are diabetic as of this year now. I need to make sure I find good sources of nutrient dense foods for all of us to eat that are not detrimental to either of our blood sugars.
I've been cooking with coconut oil for a couple of years. I've heard of red palm oil through an article written by Serene Allison of Above Rubies and thought it had some merit. I started reading a few things here and there to find that the things she mentioned in the article were right. Tropical Traditions carries Virgin Red Palm Oil. I haven't researched any other reputable companies to know enough about comparison pricing or anything like that. I will be doing that very soon as well.
I would like to encourage each one of you who read this blog post to challenge yourself to research and read more about healthy diets and over all good health. As of our last Dr's appointment, our blood tests were all good, with exception of the glucose numbers. It is inevitable, then for us to be drawn to greater health. We want to pass this on to our children as well. One of them in particular seems rather rebellious against the "greater health" diet that we're pursuing. He seems to think that the thought of "there will be no more sugar and/or sweet stuff in the house EVER again" is ancient medieval torture. Much the same, he considers more water intake to be an aweful consequense to having more acne. LOL 'Twas such a wonderful thing that he expressed these views in front of his Daddy. *BIG grin* Daddy told him that it is a part of life, to take care of oneself. All of us need to be eating healthier foods to take care of the temple of the Holy Spirit.
I would like to encourage each one of you who read this blog post to challenge yourself to research and read more about healthy diets and over all good health. As of our last Dr's appointment, our blood tests were all good, with exception of the glucose numbers. It is inevitable, then for us to be drawn to greater health. We want to pass this on to our children as well. One of them in particular seems rather rebellious against the "greater health" diet that we're pursuing. He seems to think that the thought of "there will be no more sugar and/or sweet stuff in the house EVER again" is ancient medieval torture. Much the same, he considers more water intake to be an aweful consequense to having more acne. LOL 'Twas such a wonderful thing that he expressed these views in front of his Daddy. *BIG grin* Daddy told him that it is a part of life, to take care of oneself. All of us need to be eating healthier foods to take care of the temple of the Holy Spirit.
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