The 6 Hour Walk
http://etcweb.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/dante/campuscgi/mpb/GetCantoSection.pl?INP_POEM=Inf&INP_SECT=1&INP_START=1&INP_LEN=15&LANG=2
Monday, 1 November 2010
Book Review - Eat Love Pray
The 6 Hour Walk
http://etcweb.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/dante/campuscgi/mpb/GetCantoSection.pl?INP_POEM=Inf&INP_SECT=1&INP_START=1&INP_LEN=15&LANG=2
Thursday, 21 October 2010
10 Books that shaped my life........
1. A moveable feast - Ernest Hemingway
The description of Paris, the streets, the little warm cafe's. Hemingway's coffee and grappa, the wine, the oysters, the smell and taste of the brown pears.
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.
Ernest Hemingway
"As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans."
Ernest Hemingway, 'A Moveable Feast'
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2. The portrait of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
I loved the book, the descruction of one is the pudding of another....
The description of Paris, the streets, the little warm cafe's. Hemingway's coffee and grappa, the wine, the oysters, the smell and taste of the brown pears.
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.
Ernest Hemingway
"As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans."
Ernest Hemingway, 'A Moveable Feast'
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2. The portrait of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
I loved the book, the descruction of one is the pudding of another....
Less is more...........
Proper Zen practice....."we need to want less..."
http://zenhabits.net/steps-towards-a-more-sustainable-life-of-less/
Here are but a few ideas — I’m sure you could contribute some of your own:
* Can we walk to more places and drive less? We’d get fitter and use less fossil fuel. We’d have to loosen up our schedules to do this, but I think that’s a good change anyway.
* Can we start building more livable communities, where things are less spread out, so that we can walk more instead of driving everywhere? Where everything we need is a 10-20 minute walk away, or at least reachable by bike or public transportation? You might already live in a place like that, but not where I live, and not in lots of places. Even work should be close by. Again, this is a long-term change, but I think a good one.
* Can we start living in smaller houses, so that we need less heating and cooling and land and maintenance and cleaning? We can if we buy less stuff, which leads to …
* Can we start buying less stuff? We don’t need all the stuff we buy.
* Can we start celebrating things like birthdays and Christmas without spending sprees? We could do nice things for each other instead, or make things, or bake something.
* Can we start buying locally more? I know a lot of people already do this, but it would be great if this trend continued. It supports local farmers and drastically reduces the amount of resources needed to get food to our homes.
* Can we start packaging food less? Even non-food items (like toys) come with ridiculous amounts of packaging these days. I’d like to see a return to olden ways, when you scooped flour out of a huge bin into a container or something like that. Packaging we throw away (or even recycle) is so wasteful.
* Can we stop buying so much processed food? Real food is so much healthier, requires fewer chemicals and resources, and tastes better once you wean yourself from the addiction to processed foods.
* Can we eat slower, and enjoy the food more, instead of rushing through meals?
* Can we stop our addiction to mobile devices and being connected all the time, so that we can enjoy the pleasure of other people’s company without interruptions, or enjoy solitude or a nice quiet walk without being connected?
* Can we design cities and towns so that they aren’t based on the automobile, so that perhaps private vehicles parked at the outside of cities, and then people used public transportation or walked within the cities? We’d reclaim the streets for the pedestrian, make them alive once again with street markets, cafes, parks, children running around without fear of death, people exercising and doing tai chi and jogging and walking and enjoying a fume-free outdoors.
http://zenhabits.net/steps-towards-a-more-sustainable-life-of-less/
Here are but a few ideas — I’m sure you could contribute some of your own:
* Can we walk to more places and drive less? We’d get fitter and use less fossil fuel. We’d have to loosen up our schedules to do this, but I think that’s a good change anyway.
* Can we start building more livable communities, where things are less spread out, so that we can walk more instead of driving everywhere? Where everything we need is a 10-20 minute walk away, or at least reachable by bike or public transportation? You might already live in a place like that, but not where I live, and not in lots of places. Even work should be close by. Again, this is a long-term change, but I think a good one.
* Can we start living in smaller houses, so that we need less heating and cooling and land and maintenance and cleaning? We can if we buy less stuff, which leads to …
* Can we start buying less stuff? We don’t need all the stuff we buy.
* Can we start celebrating things like birthdays and Christmas without spending sprees? We could do nice things for each other instead, or make things, or bake something.
* Can we start buying locally more? I know a lot of people already do this, but it would be great if this trend continued. It supports local farmers and drastically reduces the amount of resources needed to get food to our homes.
* Can we start packaging food less? Even non-food items (like toys) come with ridiculous amounts of packaging these days. I’d like to see a return to olden ways, when you scooped flour out of a huge bin into a container or something like that. Packaging we throw away (or even recycle) is so wasteful.
* Can we stop buying so much processed food? Real food is so much healthier, requires fewer chemicals and resources, and tastes better once you wean yourself from the addiction to processed foods.
* Can we eat slower, and enjoy the food more, instead of rushing through meals?
* Can we stop our addiction to mobile devices and being connected all the time, so that we can enjoy the pleasure of other people’s company without interruptions, or enjoy solitude or a nice quiet walk without being connected?
* Can we design cities and towns so that they aren’t based on the automobile, so that perhaps private vehicles parked at the outside of cities, and then people used public transportation or walked within the cities? We’d reclaim the streets for the pedestrian, make them alive once again with street markets, cafes, parks, children running around without fear of death, people exercising and doing tai chi and jogging and walking and enjoying a fume-free outdoors.
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Brine Chicken
How to make the best chicken, brine then flash up on bbq
http://ruhlman.com/2010/10/how-to-brine-chicken-quick-brine-recipe.html
http://www.jamieoliver.com/foodwise/article-view.php?id=2029
http://ruhlman.com/2010/10/how-to-brine-chicken-quick-brine-recipe.html
http://www.jamieoliver.com/foodwise/article-view.php?id=2029
Monday, 11 October 2010
Vietnamese Cooking
Really interesting.....
Famous for its lively, fresh flavors and artfully composed meals, Vietnamese food and cooking is the true 'light cuisine' of Asia. Abundant fresh herbs and greens, delicate soups and stir-fries, and well-seasoned grilled foods served on, or with, rice or noodles are the mainstays of the Vietnamese delicacies. Even the beloved sweets for snacks or desserts are often based on fresh fruits served with sweetened rice or tapioca. Rarely does any dish have added fats.
While the Vietnamese cuisine relies on fresh vegetables, subtle seasonings and rice, Vietnamese cooking also reflects its Chinese and French influences and it has numerous regional difference; in the south, look for plentiful fresh seafood and in the colder north, you'll find slightly heartier meals with beef. In central Vietnam, around the ancient royal capital Hue, the food may contain influences of the former court cooks.
But regardless of the region, home-style Vietnamese cooking calls for an array of simple dishes that make complementary partners at a family's communal meal. Dinners customarily call for a soup, probably a platter of leafy greens accompanied by rice papers and a dipping sauce, seafood or grilled meats or poultry, a vegetable stir-fry, and rice or noodles in some form - with hot tea as the preferred beverage. While such meals may look complex to outsiders, most dishes come together easily, and some call for advance preparation to avoid last-minute conflicts. And, as in any type of cooking, planning ahead makes putting together meals much easier.
Modern cooks with well-equipped kitchens and handy appliances will find preparing a Vietnamese meal both rewarding and relatively easy. And with the widespread popularity of Asian recipes and foods, locating ingredients is not a challenge as most supermarkets carry such basics as fresh ginger and spring onions, lemongrass and chilies, even coconut milk and Asian noodles.
* Recipe For The Month *
Hue Stuffed Pancake Recipe - Serves 4
Ingredients:
6tbsp oil for frying
2 eggs
55g seasoned flour
Pancake Batter
85G RICE FLOUR
1/4 salt
43 eggs beaten
Pancake Filling
Chopped ginger
garlic
soy sauce
white sauce
crabmeat
mushrooms chopped
green onions
bean sprouts
pepper salt
Method :
Combine rice flour, coconut milk, 3 eggs and salt to make a pancake batter.
Heat a little in an 8 in nonstick frying pan, add enough batter to coat the bottom. Make pancakes in the usual manner until all batter is used. Blend ginger, garlic, soy and white sauces. Add crabmeat, mushrooms, green onions (scallions) and bean sprouts. Season to taste. Place 1 tablespoon of the mixture on each pancake. Tuck in ends and roll like a burrito, so mixture doesn't escape. Carefully roll each pancake in seasoned flour then in remaining beaten egg. Deep fry until golden. Serve on lettuce leaves, sprinkled with chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves, accompanied by nuoc cham sauce with finely sliced, seeded red chili pepper. As a variation, use thinly rolled puff pastry or dough instead of pancakes. Pancakes can also be filled and served without deep frying.
Famous for its lively, fresh flavors and artfully composed meals, Vietnamese food and cooking is the true 'light cuisine' of Asia. Abundant fresh herbs and greens, delicate soups and stir-fries, and well-seasoned grilled foods served on, or with, rice or noodles are the mainstays of the Vietnamese delicacies. Even the beloved sweets for snacks or desserts are often based on fresh fruits served with sweetened rice or tapioca. Rarely does any dish have added fats.
While the Vietnamese cuisine relies on fresh vegetables, subtle seasonings and rice, Vietnamese cooking also reflects its Chinese and French influences and it has numerous regional difference; in the south, look for plentiful fresh seafood and in the colder north, you'll find slightly heartier meals with beef. In central Vietnam, around the ancient royal capital Hue, the food may contain influences of the former court cooks.
But regardless of the region, home-style Vietnamese cooking calls for an array of simple dishes that make complementary partners at a family's communal meal. Dinners customarily call for a soup, probably a platter of leafy greens accompanied by rice papers and a dipping sauce, seafood or grilled meats or poultry, a vegetable stir-fry, and rice or noodles in some form - with hot tea as the preferred beverage. While such meals may look complex to outsiders, most dishes come together easily, and some call for advance preparation to avoid last-minute conflicts. And, as in any type of cooking, planning ahead makes putting together meals much easier.
Modern cooks with well-equipped kitchens and handy appliances will find preparing a Vietnamese meal both rewarding and relatively easy. And with the widespread popularity of Asian recipes and foods, locating ingredients is not a challenge as most supermarkets carry such basics as fresh ginger and spring onions, lemongrass and chilies, even coconut milk and Asian noodles.
* Recipe For The Month *
Hue Stuffed Pancake Recipe - Serves 4
Ingredients:
6tbsp oil for frying
2 eggs
55g seasoned flour
Pancake Batter
85G RICE FLOUR
1/4 salt
43 eggs beaten
Pancake Filling
Chopped ginger
garlic
soy sauce
white sauce
crabmeat
mushrooms chopped
green onions
bean sprouts
pepper salt
Method :
Combine rice flour, coconut milk, 3 eggs and salt to make a pancake batter.
Heat a little in an 8 in nonstick frying pan, add enough batter to coat the bottom. Make pancakes in the usual manner until all batter is used. Blend ginger, garlic, soy and white sauces. Add crabmeat, mushrooms, green onions (scallions) and bean sprouts. Season to taste. Place 1 tablespoon of the mixture on each pancake. Tuck in ends and roll like a burrito, so mixture doesn't escape. Carefully roll each pancake in seasoned flour then in remaining beaten egg. Deep fry until golden. Serve on lettuce leaves, sprinkled with chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves, accompanied by nuoc cham sauce with finely sliced, seeded red chili pepper. As a variation, use thinly rolled puff pastry or dough instead of pancakes. Pancakes can also be filled and served without deep frying.
Monday, 4 October 2010
Prayer Rope
St. Kosmas Aetolos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_rope
How to make one...
http://www.wattfamily.org/prayerope.html
http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_6949809_knot-prayer-rope.html
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
The First King of Shannara
http://www.theworldofshannara.com/Main_Page
Locations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_locations_in_Shannara
History
The Sword of Shannara's events take place 2000 years[3] after an apocalypse has occurred: nuclear holocaust has wiped out most of the planet. During this time, Mankind mutated into several distinct races: Men, Dwarves, Gnomes, and Trolls, all named after creatures from "age-old" myths. Also, the Elves begin to emerge after having been in seclusion and hiding for centuries. The warring that caused the holocaust is referred to as the "Great Wars" throughout the novel. These wars rearranged the planet's geographical attributes and wiped out most life forms on Earth. As a result of the Great Wars, most advanced technology has been lost, thus most of the events in the Shannara series take place in a medieval setting. However, magic is also back into the world, rediscovered after the loss of the technology.
1000 years before The Sword of Shannara, an Elf named Galaphile gathered all of the people who still had some knowledge of the old world to Paranor in an attempt to bring peace and order to all of the races. They named themselves the First Council of Druids. However, a rogue Druid named Brona and a few followers left, taking the Ildatch with them; this magical tome had subverted their minds and had brought them under its control. 150 years later, Brona began the First War of the Races when he convinced all Men to attack the other races. He almost succeeded in seizing rule of the Four Lands, but the tide turned, and the war ended with his defeat and subsequent disappearance. The Druids divided the Four Lands among the races to reduce interracial tension, and then became reclusive, withdrawing to Paranor because of their shame at the betrayal by one of their own members.
Two and a half centuries after the First War of the Races, Brona returned as the Warlock Lord, now with Skull Bearers as his servants. Chronicled in the prequel novel First King of Shannara, the Second War of the Races began with the destruction of the Druid Order. A lone Druid, Bremen, then forged a magical talisman for the express purpose of destroying the Warlock Lord; it was given to the Elven King, Jerle Shannara. As it takes the form of a blade, the talisman was named the Sword of Shannara. It succeeded in banishing the Warlock Lord, though he was not killed, while his entire army was subsequently defeated by the combined armies of the Elves and Dwarves. Yet peace came at a high price, as interracial tension was renewed and the Druids had seemingly vanished from the land.
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Monday, 13 September 2010
Sunday, 5 September 2010
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Need to Read
David Yeah Dave Romanelli
http://www.amazon.com/Yeah-Daves-Guide-Livin-Moment/dp/0767929489/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227918018&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Yeah-Daves-Guide-Livin-Moment/dp/0767929489/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227918018&sr=8-1
Monday, 5 July 2010
Baby Maca-Coco Shot
Give your sunday a little lift with this lovely Maca-Coco Shot...
Ingredients:
1 x tsp Bee pollen
1 x tbsp Cacao
100ml soya milk
Ingredients:
1 x tsp Bee pollen
1 x tbsp Cacao
100ml soya milk
Thursday, 1 July 2010
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Super Green Super Shot
1 x tsp wheatgrass
1 x tsp spirulina
200ml water
5ml Orange squash
Shake well (you don't need to use a blender)
1 x tsp spirulina
200ml water
5ml Orange squash
Shake well (you don't need to use a blender)
Quick Lunch-time Mirowave Chinese Soup
Ingredients: Quick Noodles
Frozen Spinach
Frozen Green Beans
1 little tub chicken stock
Method:
Add 500ml hotwater to the noodles - let stand for 5minutes
Add the vegetables and microwave for 5minutes
Enjoy!
My Home-made Sprouter
I don't want to go out and buy a sprouter if I don't know if I'll be using it allot...
So I'm going to use an old Bookers Plastic Herb Jar without the lid and use muslin to cover the front.
I'm using the lid to keep the plastic Jar at an angle.
The Muslin is tied at the front with an elastic band.
The first seeds I'm sprouting is Cabbage Seed
So I'm going to use an old Bookers Plastic Herb Jar without the lid and use muslin to cover the front.
I'm using the lid to keep the plastic Jar at an angle.
The Muslin is tied at the front with an elastic band.
Here are the sprouting seeds I bought my local nursery:
The first seeds I'm sprouting is Cabbage Seed
Monday, 28 June 2010
Growing Wheatgrass
Cheap link
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/133705_Goodness_Wheat_Grain_3kg.html#reviews
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/133705_Goodness_Wheat_Grain_3kg.html#reviews
Guide to Sprouting
Sprouting is when you use all different kinds of beans, moisten and leave at room temperature for a few days and let the bean sprout. These are very healthy and good for you.
Quick intro to sprouting:
http://www.living-foods.com/articles/sprouting.html
Sprouted Seeds offer:
Can I buy dried beans and sprout them?
No you have to make sure you buy organic beans that haven't been treated with pesticide - these can be used to sprout.
Quick intro to sprouting:
- Rinse Seeds twice a day & drain
- Ready to eat when the sprout is as long as the seed itself.
- Sprout using a big open mouth glass jar & cheese-cloth as a top cover (easy to drain)
http://www.living-foods.com/articles/sprouting.html
Sprouted Seeds offer:
- Increases in Protein Quality
- Increase in crude fibre content
- Increases in essential fatty acids
- Increases in vitamin content
- Increase in minerals
- make sure seeds don't dry out
- Don't leave seeds in water
- Make sure room temperature is not too high or too low
- Make sure you have rinse the seeds properly
- Make sure you use clean equipment
- Make sure you have proper air ventilation
- Make sure you use filtered water
- Azuki Beans
- Barley grass
- Brocolli
- Buckwheat
- Clover
- Garden cress
- Dill
- Fenugreek
- Chick Pea (Garbanzo)
- Lemongrass
- Lentils
- Lettuce
- Milk thistle
- Mizuna
- Mung Bean
- Pea
- Quinoa
- Radish
- Soybean
- Sunflower
- Tatsoi
- Wheat
- Yam
Can I buy dried beans and sprout them?
No you have to make sure you buy organic beans that haven't been treated with pesticide - these can be used to sprout.
Sunday, 27 June 2010
Mega Maca Sunday Shot
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Ingredients:1 x tsp maca powder
100ml coconut water
100ml peach and white grape juice
Blend and enjoy
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Superfood smoothie
Ingredients1 x tsp wheatgrass powder
1 x tsp spirulina powder
1 x tsp maca powder
1/4 cup soaked goji berries (soak overnight)
handfull of frozen rasberries
1/4 cup cold water
Blend together.
This makes more than a big glass each this is enough for 2 people.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Superfoods.........
Right I've just bought my superfood mixed pack of Wheatgrass, bee pollen, spirulina, maca and goi berries...
A few recipes for me to try soon
http://www.beautyok.co.uk/superfood-recipes
A few recipes for me to try soon
http://www.beautyok.co.uk/superfood-recipes
Monday, 21 June 2010
Introduction to Superfoods
Very trendy....but lets have a closer look
http://www.thesuperfoodco.co.uk/bee-pollen-maca-spirulina-wheatgrass-selection-p-344.html
http://www.buygojiberriesonline.co.uk/tibetan-goji-berries.html
http://chaiwallahs.co.uk/downloads/CW_Menu_Inside.pdf
Above is a few sites...but the best one I like so far will ahve to be the superfood selection pack from www.thesuperfoodco.co.uk - This way you can try 4 different ones without paying a heap of cash for it.
I've decided to research Wheatgrass, Maca, Spirulina, goji berries and Bee pollen.
Bee Pollen is the main source of food for bees, consisting of honey and pollen
"Bee Pollen is a treasure trove of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, anti-oxidants and other nutrients, the widest range to be found anywhere in nature. It contains a full spectrum of vitamins especially vitamins B12 and E; and significant amounts of B1, B2, B3, B5, C, and vitamin D and various minerals including calcium, manganese, phosphorous, iron, sodium, potassium, aluminium, magnesium and copper. "
Adv: prevention of hay fever
Disadv: if you are allergic to pollen be careful to use this
Wheatgrass is a plant related to wheat but looks like plain grass in its earlier stages.
Adv: high in a number of amino acids, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, chlorophyll, and fiber.
Drinking a high dosage of wheatgrass is good for serious detoxing.
Maca is from the root of a peruvian maca plant.
Adv: Premote energy and support strength. Some people called it the "peruvian ginseng".
Spirulina: is a natural microscopic fresh water plant
Adv: Ideal anti-aging, "It has the highest concentration of beta carotene, vitamin B-12, iron and trace minerals and the rare essential fatty acid GLA" increase your energy, vitality and level of well-being. Spirulina satisfies the appetite as it provides essential nutrients to weight watchers and nourishes people who have digestive, assimilation and elimination problems.
Goji Berries comes from the himalayan/Tibetan region also know as "wolf berries"
" Goji berries are sweet in taste and neutral in nature; they act on the liver, lung, and kidney channels and enrich yin. Goji berries can be eaten raw, brewed into a tea, or prepared as a tincture.
Goji berries are nutritionally rich, containing beta-carotene, Vitamins C, B1, B2 and other vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and amino acids. Companies marketing Goji claim the berries contain such nutrients as isoleucine, tryptophan, zinc, iron, copper, calcium, germanium, selenium, phosphorus, B6, and vitamin E."
http://www.thesuperfoodco.co.uk/bee-pollen-maca-spirulina-wheatgrass-selection-p-344.html
http://www.buygojiberriesonline.co.uk/tibetan-goji-berries.html
http://chaiwallahs.co.uk/downloads/CW_Menu_Inside.pdf
Above is a few sites...but the best one I like so far will ahve to be the superfood selection pack from www.thesuperfoodco.co.uk - This way you can try 4 different ones without paying a heap of cash for it.
I've decided to research Wheatgrass, Maca, Spirulina, goji berries and Bee pollen.
Bee Pollen is the main source of food for bees, consisting of honey and pollen
"Bee Pollen is a treasure trove of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, anti-oxidants and other nutrients, the widest range to be found anywhere in nature. It contains a full spectrum of vitamins especially vitamins B12 and E; and significant amounts of B1, B2, B3, B5, C, and vitamin D and various minerals including calcium, manganese, phosphorous, iron, sodium, potassium, aluminium, magnesium and copper. "
Adv: prevention of hay fever
Disadv: if you are allergic to pollen be careful to use this
Wheatgrass is a plant related to wheat but looks like plain grass in its earlier stages.
Adv: high in a number of amino acids, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, chlorophyll, and fiber.
Drinking a high dosage of wheatgrass is good for serious detoxing.
Maca is from the root of a peruvian maca plant.
Adv: Premote energy and support strength. Some people called it the "peruvian ginseng".
Spirulina: is a natural microscopic fresh water plant
Adv: Ideal anti-aging, "It has the highest concentration of beta carotene, vitamin B-12, iron and trace minerals and the rare essential fatty acid GLA" increase your energy, vitality and level of well-being. Spirulina satisfies the appetite as it provides essential nutrients to weight watchers and nourishes people who have digestive, assimilation and elimination problems.
Goji Berries comes from the himalayan/Tibetan region also know as "wolf berries"
" Goji berries are sweet in taste and neutral in nature; they act on the liver, lung, and kidney channels and enrich yin. Goji berries can be eaten raw, brewed into a tea, or prepared as a tincture.
Goji berries are nutritionally rich, containing beta-carotene, Vitamins C, B1, B2 and other vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and amino acids. Companies marketing Goji claim the berries contain such nutrients as isoleucine, tryptophan, zinc, iron, copper, calcium, germanium, selenium, phosphorus, B6, and vitamin E."
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Add Fibre to your day...........
At Breakfast
1. Fill your juice glass with nectar instead of a watery juice from concentrate. Nectar is apricot, peach, pear, or papaya juice, mixed with fiber-rich pulp. It packs more than a gram (g) of fiber per 8-ounce glass.
2. Drop a whole orange into the blender to flavor your morning smoothie. (Uh, peel it first.) One orange has nearly 3 g more fiber than even the pulpiest orange juice.
3. Spice up your eggs. A third of a cup of chopped onion and a clove of garlic will add a gram of fiber to a couple of scrambled eggs. Or fold the eggs omelette-style over a cup of cooked broccoli for 2 additional grams.
4. Heat up a bowl of oat bran instead of oatmeal; it has nearly 2 g more fiber. And add even more flavor and fiber by stirring in a quarter cup of raisins or chopped dates before nuking it.
5. Sprinkle toasted wheat germ over your favorite cold cereal, or stir a few spoonfuls into yogurt. Two tablespoons equals close to 2 extra grams of fiber.
6. Grab an Asian pear instead of the regular kind. They taste similar, but the Asian variety has significantly more fiber—4 g per pear.
7. Buy spreadable fiber, a.k.a. almond butter, for your whole-wheat toast. Two tablespoons adds a couple of grams of fiber, along with a healthy dose of heart-protecting fats and vitamins like E.
8. Whip up a pack of hot-chocolate mix instead of a second cup of coffee. Most instant-cocoa mixes have up to 3 g fiber per cup.
1. Fill your juice glass with nectar instead of a watery juice from concentrate. Nectar is apricot, peach, pear, or papaya juice, mixed with fiber-rich pulp. It packs more than a gram (g) of fiber per 8-ounce glass.
2. Drop a whole orange into the blender to flavor your morning smoothie. (Uh, peel it first.) One orange has nearly 3 g more fiber than even the pulpiest orange juice.
3. Spice up your eggs. A third of a cup of chopped onion and a clove of garlic will add a gram of fiber to a couple of scrambled eggs. Or fold the eggs omelette-style over a cup of cooked broccoli for 2 additional grams.
4. Heat up a bowl of oat bran instead of oatmeal; it has nearly 2 g more fiber. And add even more flavor and fiber by stirring in a quarter cup of raisins or chopped dates before nuking it.
5. Sprinkle toasted wheat germ over your favorite cold cereal, or stir a few spoonfuls into yogurt. Two tablespoons equals close to 2 extra grams of fiber.
6. Grab an Asian pear instead of the regular kind. They taste similar, but the Asian variety has significantly more fiber—4 g per pear.
7. Buy spreadable fiber, a.k.a. almond butter, for your whole-wheat toast. Two tablespoons adds a couple of grams of fiber, along with a healthy dose of heart-protecting fats and vitamins like E.
8. Whip up a pack of hot-chocolate mix instead of a second cup of coffee. Most instant-cocoa mixes have up to 3 g fiber per cup.
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
"The Magicians" by Lev Grossman
Funny, witty, easy to read. I love the alice in wonderland feeling of the book. At some places the author feels a bit bored and tends to drag out unimportant feelings or views.
Its different....light...new and refreshing.
Towards the end of the book it felt like I was re-reading the End of Mr Y, where everyone went fucking insane bit by bit...then recovered to their normal moral standings.
Almost in Fallory.....
Its different....light...new and refreshing.
Towards the end of the book it felt like I was re-reading the End of Mr Y, where everyone went fucking insane bit by bit...then recovered to their normal moral standings.
Almost in Fallory.....
eau-de-vie
An eau de vie (plural, eaux de vie; also spelled eau-de-vie and eaux-de-vie) is a clear, colorless fruit brandy that is produced by means of fermentation and double distillation. The fruit flavor is typically very light.
home-made
http://scorpius.spaceports.com/~goodwine/fruitbrandy.htm
home-made
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