cookbooks

February 14, 2008

Hi , I have found several recent soup cookbook titles, but was

wondering if there were any cookbooks devoted to the sick, because I

have not been able to find any.

Good luck with your eye exam. I will tell you from experience that I

prefer hospitals for such exams to any private practice.

February 14, 2008

Lee wrote:

> Hi , I have found several recent soup cookbook titles, but was

> wondering if there were any cookbooks devoted to the sick, because I

> have not been able to find any.

It seems like that I have seen ads for one called " foods that heal " or

something like that. But, as far as it goes, my mother (long dead) was

a nurse, and one of her cookbooks was an old nursing text that told you

how to do all kinds of things from scratch (boil eggs, make toast,

porridge, etc) and had notes like " good for patients who are suffering

from (X) symptoms " printed with the recipes.

Kowalkski has one for lowering your cholesterol through diet

modification that seemed a lot more straightforward than the other 3 I

saw in the library when I was researching for my husband. We got his

cholesterol down a lot and we'd have gotten it down to normal levels if

only he had exercised. But he'd go do stupid stuff like go to a buffet

when he was off at conferences or training without me and pig out on

eggs AND (5 pieces of) bacon AND (3 links plus several patties of)

sausage AND (a couple of pieces of) ham all in one meal. He did that

once right before a blood work session at the doctor and I finally told

him to take the damn pills she was pushing as he obviously didn't want

to pay any attention to his diet. If (when) it all goes pear-shaped,

he'll have to exercise and modify his diet because his meds won't always

be available, and I will have to ride his case hard to exercise, but

I'll be in total control of his diet since the man is not going to cook.

Meat won't be his mainstay food because it won't be available cheaply

and plentifully, he'll actually have to balance his diet and eat mostly

plants and fruits. He won't be able to tell me he'll eat the meat now

and have veggies later and then " forget " to have veggies. I feed him

soups and casseroles so he can't weasel out on eating veggies all the

time even though I'm not terribly fond of " one dish meals " .

Part of the problem is that foods we eat today aren't the same as the

foods people ate even 50 years ago. Milk is full of hormones and

antibiotics, eggs come from chickens on " farms " that have thousands of

birds that never touch the ground and never get any real food, duck eggs

were once a staple sold along side chicken eggs, but no more because of

a salmonella outbreak. Vegetables have been bred to have more fiber and

less nutrition so they ship better and look appealing on grocery store

shelves longer, fruits are picked green and gassed to " ripen " on

shelves. Stuff is shipped for hundreds if not thousands of miles.

Nothing is really fresh, and nothing is ever " out of season " , so people

don't have to vary their diets seasonally. I won't even go into genetic

modification of food to be resistant to pesticides or produce their own

pesticides and the fact that they were " grandfathered " in with no real

testing required in this country.

Then too, people don't cook any more either. I rarely use a recipe when

I cook my mainstay soups, and I'm sure it's never the same twice, but

it's always edible. I make my own bread. I grow some of my own veggies,

and I'm going to be trying my hand at growing grain next year, if not

this year. Instead of freezing everything, I am going to learn to can

and dehydrate this year.

Ah well, I'll shut up now. Food is one of my soapboxes. ;-)

I will see if I can't find some " sick people " cookbook titles for you.

November 20, 2009

>

> Hi All,

>

> I am nearly brain-dead from all the reading on Bee's various wonderful sites

today and am nearly 100% I am going to throw myself whole-heartedly into this

diet and rid myself of candida, which I know I have BADLY. (I'm just about done

with the denial part of this journey I think!).

>

> Anyway...my biggest hurdle (as it is for most) will be cooking foods that my

family will eat. Hubby's not the problem....it's the kids...thankfully I make

everything from scratch anyway, but I want to make sure I can make stuff that

they'll eat, and not whinge about, too. If I'm going to do this, we all have to

do it, which I'm thinking might be challenging. SO I'm wondering, are the

recipes in Childs' books and in Nourishing Traditions more for once you're

well established with this new way of cooking/eating, or can the recipes be

implemented from the beginning? ie. are the ingredients allowed and will they

still facilitate the starvation of the candida? Or should I just stick to the

recipes on Bee's site for the first few weeks? Am I making any sense? lol

+++Hi Keri. You must be careful to adjust any foods or ingredients in recipes

from Childs or Nourishing Traditions cookbooks so they match the candida

diet, and eliminate damaging foods and toxins, sugars, etc.

Also see these recipes on my website:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/recipes/index.php

Bee

November 20, 2009

Good morning Keri,

I am a " from scratch, old-fashioned Southern cook " and so far I have no problem

from my children or husband.

Eating Bee's way is really not that difficult if you've been accustomed to

eating Good Natural Foods anyway. You just have to wrap your mind around not

eating the breads, starchy veggies, etc.

Last night's supper was chicken and cauliflower soup. I made a small batch of

the tomato sauce (I found the receipt on Bee's site). The chicken had been

seasoned up and slow cooked in the crock-pot overnight. The cauliflower was melt

in your mouth delicious. It was delicious, very flavorful and received a thumbs

up from dear husband.

On the other hand, my children ate burgers. Made from 73/27 ground beef. These

were fried in bacon grease. They praised them as being juicy and full of flavor.

They have decided that bread makes them " feel full " but then within no time they

are hungry so they no longer eat bread.

They have replaced their cheese with coconut oil or real butter. They say it

tastes really good that way, especially with the sea salt.

Also I have noticed that by adding the fat to it they no longer crave ketchup

like they did.

As we were eating supper last night, we decided this " medicine " sure taste a lot

better than a prescribed chemical buffet of toxic poisons that so many are

" enjoying " *cough* for supper.

By the way, since veggies are not an issue at this point, we don't push them to

eat them. Although, on their own, they will most often chose to eat a little.

Just don't push your children...it's like " money see, money do " . *smile*

Have a Blessed Weekend dear Keri. And do keep us updated on how well your family

adjust.

Lovingly, a

Oh one last thing...for inspiration, go to the Bee's recipe group, Mz

Voilet has lots of great ideas/receipts!

Anyway...my biggest hurdle (as it is for most) will be cooking foods that my