I'm afraid there are too many limitations and individual differences that make recipes difficult. Some people are vegan, vegetarian, keto, diabetic, gluten free, soy free, shellfish allergies, etc.
I eat locally, seasonally, bake my own bread and make everything from scratch but I'm not a calorie counter and have no restrictions. And everyone's local produce selection is different. Not to mention the organic or not. I do make a granola bar with just oats, peanut butter, honey then top w/chocolate chips, coconut, nuts etc. that is high density in calories and easy for a road snack. I just take snacks like nuts, crackers, etc in my bag in case I get hungry. On Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 2:18:29 PM UTC-4 coco...@gmail.com wrote: > Patrick - great links! Definitely some great ideas in there. I've also > been reading a lot about Traditional Chinese Medicine and some of the more > surface level ideas they have surrounding food and its properties in > relation to one's physical constitution. There's a lot I don't understand, > and a lot of traditional herbal knowledge that is still beyond me, but it's > been interesting to try to incorporate some of the food ideas into my diet > and see some of the results. Because different food and herbs and spices > interact with our internal balance then you have to mediate any imbalances > by incorporating more of certain things and less of others to try to get > back to a sort of equilibrium. > > These ideas are how I got a lot of inspiration to remove gluten, sugars > and dairy, more so than Grant's book, although that was still pretty > informative.The health complaints I was having have resolved themselves > almost completely with the removal of a lot of these foods and it's been > really interesting to explore non-Western ideas of nutrition and health. > > Anyone do yoga or incorporate any of those ideas? Was just doing some > reading on the Ayurveda concept of "Digestive Fire" which seems to have a > decent amount of overlap with TCM gut-health ideology. > > Exliontamer - Noodles are a hard one to cut out - I so feel you! I try to > save noodles for special occasions now and really relish them. What kind of > vinaigrette do you make for your Cobb Salad? > > My own favorite recipe lately has been my new breakfast oatmeal, which > incorporates spices recommended to me by various TCM-inspired resources: > > Turmeric Oats: > > 1/2c dried oats (will work with quick or rolled, just adjust cook time) > ~1/3c frozen berries (my favorite is blueberries) > 1 tsp cinnamon > 1/4 tsp turmeric > 1 Tbsp chia seeds > 1/4 tsp salt > 1 Tbsp honey > 1-2 Tbsp full fat coconut milk, or dehydrated coconut milk powder > 1 c. water > > Combine all dry ingredients (minus salt) into a bowl. In a covered > saucepan, heat water & coconut milk over medium-heat until you reach a low > boil. Add all dry ingredients and stir. Cover, lowering heat to medium-low, > and let cook for 5 min (if using quick oats) or 10 (if using rolled). > Uncover and remove from heat. Add salt and honey and serve fresh! Works for > overnight oats as well but isn't as good. > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 7:55 AM exliontamer <rollu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I read Eat Bacon and lost a bit of weight. I'm already relatively in >> shape for my age but have continued to use keto-ish methods when I want to >> lose a bit. As a lifelong diet/lifestyle thing, I'm skeptical, & I flat out >> don't see it working for vegetarians in a good way. If you already like >> meat, leafy greens, fatty things, etc. I think it's a great way to shed >> excess weight periodically. I've had friends with weight issues have >> borderline miraculous results that were life changing. >> >> I just like food (especially noodles) too much to be dogmatic about >> diets. That said, one of my go to things that works on keto is a trad Cobb >> Salad. No alterations (aside from watercress/chicory which are next to >> impossible to find) and no store bought or creamy dressings. Just make your >> own vinaigrette. In the opposite realm I've been obsessed with Assassin's >> Spaghetti lately. You need a big pan but it's fun to make. >> >> On Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 3:02:46 AM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> I expect that the modern biomedical sciences simply don't have the right >>> epistemological or conceptual apparatus (having in mind the scientific >>> parable of the fishing net: "what my net doesn't catch isn't fish") to >>> capture everything that constitutes true nutrition. I know that in >>> traditional Chinese cooking the attitude toward food and care with which it >>> is prepared is said to affect the effect of the food on the eater. I think >>> this involves the *chi* which I know does not belong to any physical >>> category (it's not "spiritual" but relates to the level of "vital force," >>> not reducing this to physical categories either). And other writers say >>> that it is the organic integrity of the soil that determines the nutritive >>> (again, not solely in terms of modern categories) value of food -- simply >>> shoving in nitrogen and other elements is not enough. ( >>> https://www.treehugger.com/who-invented-the-idea-of-organic-farming-and-organic-food-4862673, >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_James,_4th_Baron_Northbourne) >>> >>> I agree that Pollan's is a good rule of thumb. >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 6:26 PM Jay Lonner <jay.l...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> It’s really bizarre to me that despite many impressive advancements in >>>> the biomedical sciences we still haven’t nailed down what constitutes the >>>> optimum human diet. I try to follow the well-known heuristic from Michael >>>> Pollan’s book “In Defense of Food” — “eat food, mostly plants, not too >>>> much.” (“Food” here is understood to be something that might have been >>>> recognizable to one’s great-grandparents, which is to say not synthesized >>>> in a lab somewhere.) >>>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, >>> >>> and other less well defined but still important writing services. >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> *When thou didst not, savage,* >>> >>> *Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like* >>> >>> *A thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes* >>> >>> *With words that made them known.* >>> >>> Shakespeare, Tempest, Act 1 Scene 2 >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/9RUrsnq4-So/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/39b4db7c-1be9-4e85-9105-36fba4ae7bd1n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/39b4db7c-1be9-4e85-9105-36fba4ae7bd1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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