Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. At least that is what we are often told. So, why do people indulge in food that will start their day off on the wrong foot? Donuts, danishes, eggs & bacon, bagels lathered with cream cheese, and many other things clog the arteries and set us up for a sugar coma later in the day.
Oatmeal gets a bad rap - primarily because people don't use creativity when making it. Make it beautiful, make it tasty, make it a work of art! Here's one way I cook my morning bowl of oats.
Combine 3/4 cup oatmeal with 1 1/2 cups of water and zap the concoction in the microwave for about 60 seconds. After the first minute, stir and cook an additional minute.
The mixture should be a itsy bit runny but not too runny and definitely not stiff. We have lots of stuff to add to it!
Add the following: 1/4 cup fresh blueberries, 1/4 cup craisans, 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed, 1/4 cup walnuts and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Or, 1/3 cup chopped apple, 1/4 chopped walnuts (or almonds), 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed, and sprinkle with cinnamon.
How you make this is really up to you and your imagination is your only limit. Here are some other things to add. Mix and match until your hearts content!
Apples, almonds, bananas, blueberries, peaches, nutmeg, almond milk, vanilla, coconut milk, craisans, raisans, ground flax seeds, sunflower seeds, nut butter, pears, pecans, cinnamon, apple juice, the sky is the limit!
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Not Vegan Enough?
I am of the caucasion persuasion. White is not a race despite what many applications or government questions reflect. It's impossible for me to get "more caucasian". I am what I am. If I am not caucasion enough for you too bad.
I stopped eating meat at the beginning of this year strictly for health reasons. I read a few great books and decided to give it a shot. I've struggled with high cholesterol and am totally adverse to taking medicine that will destroy other organs in order to save one --- especially when there was a simple alternative. Unfortunately, most cardiologists are not preaching the right message.
If I were to be labeled into a nice neat box vegan would be the closest label. However, some vegans eat terribly (sweets, oils, etc). Plus the majority of vegans I encountered were on a crusade to change everyone and everything. If I wore a leather coat I was not vegan enough. If my shoes were leather --- not vegan enough.
I stopped reading comments on vegan blogs because many of these people made Constantine look like Mother Theresa. I enjoy my freedom. I enjoy eating plants. I don't need a self-righeous person labeling me.
Unfortunately, I can't come up with a proper name to identify how I eat. Plant eater sounds too Jurassic Park. Nutritarian sounds like a cheap vitamin or supplement. So the search is on. Or I could go with this one: As soon as you label me, you negate me.
I stopped eating meat at the beginning of this year strictly for health reasons. I read a few great books and decided to give it a shot. I've struggled with high cholesterol and am totally adverse to taking medicine that will destroy other organs in order to save one --- especially when there was a simple alternative. Unfortunately, most cardiologists are not preaching the right message.
If I were to be labeled into a nice neat box vegan would be the closest label. However, some vegans eat terribly (sweets, oils, etc). Plus the majority of vegans I encountered were on a crusade to change everyone and everything. If I wore a leather coat I was not vegan enough. If my shoes were leather --- not vegan enough.
I stopped reading comments on vegan blogs because many of these people made Constantine look like Mother Theresa. I enjoy my freedom. I enjoy eating plants. I don't need a self-righeous person labeling me.
Unfortunately, I can't come up with a proper name to identify how I eat. Plant eater sounds too Jurassic Park. Nutritarian sounds like a cheap vitamin or supplement. So the search is on. Or I could go with this one: As soon as you label me, you negate me.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
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