Recipes, Food Tips, Healthy Eating & More
Some of the members of the Gratitude Discussion Group were interested in having a place to share recipes and food ideas. I’m hoping that we can use this thread as a place to have that kind of discussion. I’d love to hear your ideas for quick meals, comfort food, healthy snacks, and more.
Personally, I’ve just been through a bad reaction to one of my medications that left me with a very queasy stomach. I would love to hear ideas – or recipes – that might be used when you need to get something on your stomach, but don’t want to overdo it.
Hopefully, this thread will even be a place where we can share recipes for special treats and yummy rewards. It doesn’t always have to be healthy!
I’d love to hear from members who have been part of other discussions AND from new members who have good ideas, recipes and food tips to share. I’m excited to see who might start us off here with an awesome food suggestion!
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Hi @jakedduck1 I have always liked chocolate and since I don’t like a lot of sugar dark chocolate is perfect. I now eat even more because of its health benefits.
I made homemade molasses cookies today and thought of you but I used less sugar. I am sure you would not like that even though cookies are in your favorite food group. 🤓 Best Wishes. Toni
@imallears I actually thought of Jake when I had a piece. The bar is named "Wicked Dark". Obviously they are made in Boston. Taza does have ones with less cocoa, about 50% even. I like the ones with chili in them for a little heat too.
JK
Thanks, great idea. I've been on a kick with mandarin orange slices dipped in 80% chocolate. The juicy orange allows the harden chocolate to be 'just right'.
Yes, yes! THIS I will try. Thanks.
I’m so glad you posted this video. At first I thought, ‘this is 45 minutes long' . Oh my gosh! Then I viewed it in it's entirety. Very good. Now I’m going back to view it again. Thanks for sharing.
Peggy
Thanks for the suggestion. I did some reading and decided to try Taza. I have a serious problem with sweets and hope this leads me to a better direction.
@mockinbrd I love Taza. They are a bit pricier than some of the others but they're worth it. I just picked a few up at Whole Foods where they were on sale.
JK
@mockingbird thanks. I learned a lot from the video. Dr. Chris Knobbe talks about fatty liver and glucose intolerance too. I am willing to give it a try to see if I feel better. I am being more cautious with the ingredient labels of foods. It takes more time to eat healthier without the vegetable oils. I know it can be difficult for some folks but I do have the time to cook my own foods. I remembered simple sweet treats my grandmother made using sesame seeds and honey. I have made that and molasses cookies. I make small batches so I can move on to make other sweet treats more often. I do also buy Kind Dark Chocolate bars. They come in a variety of flavors and are not sweet all. Real sugar or honey is used for the sweetener. I don’t buy products using alternatives even if they are natural like Stevia. I am not a diabetic but I still manage to consume low carbs. I guess with diabetes increasing so much it has become a big money maker. Best wishes. Toni
Smiles to you, @mockinbrd. You need to meet our @jakedduck1 who is famous for his "sweet" posts and touts the 5 Food Groups of : candy, cookies, cakes, pies and ?
@avmcbellar, Toni, this eye opening presentation was both a highly informative and an alarming wake up call. The graphs, charts and study summaries made clear even to a non-medical person the effects that vegetable oils have on obesity and other major health issues of today.
Like you, I use virgin olive oil (and butter) in my food preparations. I didn't see olive oil mentioned specifically in his presentation. Is it to be avoided along with all the other "seed"/vegetable oils?
I'll be forwarding this health improving link to family and friends in the hope that they also will become aware of the harmful effects these bad oils and our increased consumption on them can have on longevity and quality of life. Sincerest thanks for this post!