Re: the mind is a funny thing ...

November 12, 2005

This is a great point I kept hearing everyone else talk about the black bean

chocolate cake and I kept saying yeah well they are used to eating all this

stuff and have forgotten how great REAL choclotate cake is. Black beans in cake

just sounded gross. Well.........I made it yesterday and took it to a church

function. The only thing I did different was to melt a russell stovers sug free

candy bar in the microwave and add just enough half and half to thin it out.

then I cut a hole in the corner of a zip lock bag and made a design on the top.

Not only did everyone love it but many had a second piece over a whole table of

other deserts. It was the talk of the party and everyone wanted the receipe.

Even my mom who as most of you know has been anti anything no sugary and sweet.

She keeps saying I can't taste anything that makes it not taste like regular

chocolate cake. She even called her friends and said we have to make this again

and bring it for you to try. who would of

thought a cake made with black beans could get my mom motivated to make some

changes but she said I'm starting Mon if they can make healthy cake taste this

good I'm willing to try.

Lani leilani037@...> wrote: I used to teach preschool and, every year on

or near St. s day we would read " Green Eggs and Ham " to the kids and make

green eggs in the classroom. It never failed that I would have a few students

who said " I don't like eggs " but when we made green eggs (scrambled eggs with a

drop or two of green food coloring), they loved them. Their parents were amazed

that their son/daughter would go home and ask for green eggs. LOL This taught

me that the mind is a funny thing. We might think that we don't like something

but when it's made in a different way, we might like it. I try to keep this in

mind while looking over different recipes and trying new foods.

The word vegetable was NEVER in my vocabulary when I was planning meals before

SBD, but now I can't imagine a meal without them. I found that I gag with canned

spinach, but if it's fresh leaf spinach in my salad or chopped up in my quiche

or soup, I like it. I always have broccoli, fresh spinach, celery, green

peppers, green onions, olives, cauliflower, green beans, cabbage and sweet

onions around my house for meals. There are a few veggies that I havent tried

.... yet, but I am going to try eventually. Sometimes I crave a potatoe so I make

a sweet potato instead (baked with a little smart balance and sprinkled with

cinnamon - or cut up like french fries and baked with olive oil and a dash of

cinnamon or nutmeg). Now you will find that you honestly don't like certain

things no matter how they are fixed, but you owe it to yourself (and your

family) to at least TRY different ways of making things.

I hope this helps open some minds to trying new things or trying old things in

a different way.

Lani

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November 12, 2005

I had a close encounter with broccoli not too long ago. I avoid

broccoli, but I run into it in restaurant vegetable medleys. A few

months ago, on a road trip, a little broccoli from the medley got

mixed in the rice side dish. So I ate it. I figured diluted like that,

the rice might make the broccoli palatable, and I'd get a little more

vegetable than otherwise. I was surprised that the broccoli-rice combo

tasted great. It made the rice even better. I suppose I don't like the

texture of broccoli, but the flavor, at least in " spice " quantity,

after all these years, I find I do like.

Bob

> ...

> We might think that we don't like something but when it's made in a

different way, we might like it. I try to keep this in mind while

looking over different recipes and trying new foods.

> ...

>

> Lani

November 12, 2005

OMG-

I could live off of broccoli and sugar. The sugar is what I am trying to

reduce. Unfortunatly, broccoli costs more than a bag of cookies and only lasts

for a meal or two.