christina Pirello Appears on CBS, American National TV

[Guest guest]

from another group...

For those of you who might be interested, Pirello, who

remitted leukemia with macrobiotics many years ago and is now a chef

on Public Broadcasting in the U.S. recently appeared on a more

mainstream television show, on CBS.

has several cookbooks out and will be appearing again on the

Holistic Health Cruise. Some say she is not really macrobiotic.

Some say she is a leader with wider diet styles. Make up your own

mind about that.

The following is a transcript of her ten minute segment which appeared

on Saturday, 5 January, 2008 around 8 a.m. in the morning:

Cooks on CBS Morning Show, Saturday, 5 December, 2008

Chef on a Shoestring on our $40 budget

This Chef Beat Leukemia

Today's Menu

Escarole and collard green salad

pasta with white beans and tomatoes

orange scented chocolate cupcakes

"I was diagnosed with terminal leukemia and decided to take a healthy

approach. Although what we've done medically is wonderful, they

didn't offer me a whole lot. It was a long time ago, and

I was afraid of losing my hair. So I opted for a macrobiotic diet and

14 months later I was declared cancer free; so that set my feet on

the path I was supposed to be on. I was a vegetarian but a junk food

vegetarian. I discovered through macrobiotics what balance is."

What is macrobiotics?

Whole seasonal food that you eat from the same climate (in which you

live), whole, seasonal not processed food, no junk

Escarole and collard green salad

pomegranate vinaigrette; some honey and pomegranate juice as our base

3X olive oil to balsamic vinegar base

Demo is putting salt in oil and vinegar, says, using a salt

mill puts the nice coarse salt that I love in the salad. Dressing is

sweet and sour for a not so typical salad greens.

No Romaine? Says News Lady

"No, more bitter greens, endive, blanched collard greens and escarole;

in Chinese medicine, which is my specialty, I know that bitter greens

help liver function when everyone has overindulged", says

.

Written on screen: refrigerate escarole and collards 3 days, endive

only 1

grapes, pomegranate, tannin rich and key to staying young

chia seeds have omega 3. Omega 3 helps burn fat so you don't store.

Pasta with white beans and tomatoes

garlic and red onion sauteeing, and some chili good for circulation

and moves fat

don't burn garlic, or chili flakes

canned tomatoes, cook about 3 minutes until acidy flavor comes out of

the tomatoes.

adding white Beans cannellini beans, rich in calcium and magnesium,

high in protein,

pantothenic acid to help the body not age; be careful of salt in this

recipe, because olives are going in, fresh basil, freshness and

digestion

whole wheat pasta, Italian past

whole wheat pasta has 3X the fiber of regular pasta; high fiber,

better digestion

but you also get a whole grain and then carbohydrates and protein is a

complete protein

vegan cupcakes:

"Not using eggs, how can you make cupcakes without eggs?", says News

Lady

"For every egg use a tsp of baking powder", says . She

continues, "no white flour, bad for digestion, whole wheat flour and

mixed with semolina made from a white wheat, which lightens things up

but still a whole grain flour because made from a white wheat" For

sweetener we use honey, high in antioxidants and iron, vinegar to up

our chocolate flavor; (red wine vinegar); almond milk, because high

protein, low fat and no sat fat like in dairy, chocolate chips, non

dairy; Sunspire. Do not use butter, use oil (no type of oil specified)l

"Is it difficult to find these ingredients? Says News Lady

(No, lists the places you can get the ingredients some from

natural food stores and others from major markets)

Salad ingredients:

escarole, collard greens, red grapes, pecans, pomegranate juice,

tangerine, chia seeds

Pasta ingredients:

whole wheat penne, white beans, garlic, and/or red onion,

canned tomatoes, olives and basil

Cupcake ingredients:

whole wheat pastry flour, semolina flour, almond milk, orange and non

dairy chocolate chips

Rice milk can be more dry

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