An interesting blog post I read on the Overcoming MS website. It’s so true! Few doctors are willing to accept/admit that dietary and lifestyle changes make living with MS better. I never understood why they would ignore so much evidence, but reading this tells that most all doctors in the US do not go through…
A new fish we recently tried was petrale sole. Way cheaper than halibut, but still a very mild, flaky, light fish. Yay! Very easy preparation – drizzle a bit of olive oil (or spray) on the fish, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and a bit of garlic. Bake in the oven at 375 for maybe 8-10…
I always had these with various meat (namely pork), but then we realized, we could make these vegetarian, or with fish! And ta-da – yummy bowls are ours to be had again. The base is brown rice (or white, whatever you want). I sliced and blanched some carrots (these were those pretty red carrots). Quickly…
Salads are great – and so many options to make them interesting, by changing the dressing, the veggies, adding a grain or a legume, hot or cold… This one, we found in a cookbook from “Rebar Modern Food Cookbook” and it’s called Saigon Salad. We made a couple changes, but overall this one is a…
I found a recipe on pinterest that piqued my interest – halibut scallops! We had to try it out. So we did, and it turned out pretty awesome! I did make a few modifications, as the recipe as-is just didn’t sing quite right to me. You will need 1 zucchini, using a peeler to make…
There are very few pre-packaged/frozen meals available for us now (not that we ate them all that often, but for those rare times when you want convenience…). And then of those available, how many are actually edible? One. Exactly one. (perhaps an exaggeration, but there’s only been one I found acceptable.) It’s Saffron Road’s Manchurian…
You know one of those things you’ll miss a lot but don’t really think about until it happens that you can’t have it anymore – tortillas. Don’t get me wrong, corn tortillas are the bomb, but a good, solid, plain, flour tortilla is irreplaceable. And you know what? I found a substitute that is JUST.…
Ah, bread. I wasn’t much of a make-my-own bread baker before… But now with GF in the mix, if I want non disgusting bread-like products, I have to make it myself (the stuff in the store is laughable and ridiculously bad). Although once we’re in SF, there’s Mariposa bakery, which is delicious! Excited about that!…
Sleep Boosts Brain Repair – interesting article that researches how the brain works while you sleep, boosting repair and growth, including myelin. So get your zz’s!!
Sometimes the simplest things can be the best. I had a hankerin’ for something easy, yet hearty and filling. I had some greens and squash from the CSA, some beans in the pantry, and some rice, so what was I going to do with it? Make a layered something-or-other! In a large skillet, I sauteed…
I made some gluten free, no knead bread! (replace egg with flax egg) I made some dairy-free vegan meltable monterey jack cheese! (from the Artisan Vegan Cheese book) Stick ’em together? Toast it up in a pan? You get a grilled cheese! And it even looks legit. BOOM.
Something new I discovered with my latest CSA share! I thought it was another kind of squash, but upon closer inspection and a detailed lineup of the packing list, I figured out these bad boys are “lemon cucumbers.” They look like lemons (ish) but taste like cukes! They are a bit on the seedful side,…
With a CSA, you get a ton of vegetables each week. What to do with all of them? I don’t want anything to go to waste, so at the end of the week, I generally just to a stir fry or noodle dish that uses up most/all of the remaining vegetables. Here’s a quick stir…
Not MS, but definitely medically hopeful – a breakthrough in cancer cell treatment out of Australia! Yay science!
I love me some fresh spring rolls! And have recently found a love for tofu satay. I wasn’t much of a tofu fan before, but, as I keep mentioning, when things change, so must I! It’s amazing how one adapts… Anyway, making your own spring rolls are actually pretty easy, especially when you have someone…
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