RE: Food; a raw possibility
mossgrove
Hello, I am new here, my name is Angie.
I wanted to comment on cooking. I have been thinking a lot about cooking lately actually how it makes some mothers and fathers feel tied down. I love food and like cooking if I enjoy it & if my children enjoy it, but something felt wrong about cooking, when I did some self examination I realized that I intuitively felt that raw foods was more natural for me. I am nowhere near going all raw and I don't think anyone has to go extreme in any direction, but the ability to follow your intuition, with food or habits, I think is important. If you don't like to cook you may enjoy raw foods. It involves planning ahead a couple of days in advance, or if you don't like planning you can just get some legumes and nuts and start them soaking and sprouting. Spouts usually take a couple of days, nuts and other things take a day or 2 to soak, there are appliances involved a lot, but do not be discouraged, anyone, any where can sprout & you can often find a food processor or blender on freecycle or craigslist. I make a smoothie for my children in the morning (really easy & fast) with some protein powder & spirillina (spiralina is a great way to spike your children's food if they don't feel like eating vegetables).
smoothie takes me 5 minutes.
If you have some things soaked or sprouted preparation is usually 5-10 minutes and the instructions are as complicated as "mix all ingredients & serve" or "put all ingredient in the food processor & serve". I have eaten food that feels so much more nourishing and alive and spent so little time cooking since getting in the habit of making more raw foods.
Here is a really simple great book if you interested:
"Living in the raw, recipes for a healthy lifestyle"
by Rose Lee Calabro
Here's one on the philosophies and wisdom behind raw foods if your interested:
"The Sunfood Diet Success system" by David Wolf
When I have a feeling I usually try and learn what it is leading me to and trust in my own wisdom and the wisdom of my children.
Please email me if you want to talk more about this~
Many Blessings~
~Angie, Cedar & Rowan Moss
I wanted to comment on cooking. I have been thinking a lot about cooking lately actually how it makes some mothers and fathers feel tied down. I love food and like cooking if I enjoy it & if my children enjoy it, but something felt wrong about cooking, when I did some self examination I realized that I intuitively felt that raw foods was more natural for me. I am nowhere near going all raw and I don't think anyone has to go extreme in any direction, but the ability to follow your intuition, with food or habits, I think is important. If you don't like to cook you may enjoy raw foods. It involves planning ahead a couple of days in advance, or if you don't like planning you can just get some legumes and nuts and start them soaking and sprouting. Spouts usually take a couple of days, nuts and other things take a day or 2 to soak, there are appliances involved a lot, but do not be discouraged, anyone, any where can sprout & you can often find a food processor or blender on freecycle or craigslist. I make a smoothie for my children in the morning (really easy & fast) with some protein powder & spirillina (spiralina is a great way to spike your children's food if they don't feel like eating vegetables).
smoothie takes me 5 minutes.
If you have some things soaked or sprouted preparation is usually 5-10 minutes and the instructions are as complicated as "mix all ingredients & serve" or "put all ingredient in the food processor & serve". I have eaten food that feels so much more nourishing and alive and spent so little time cooking since getting in the habit of making more raw foods.
Here is a really simple great book if you interested:
"Living in the raw, recipes for a healthy lifestyle"
by Rose Lee Calabro
Here's one on the philosophies and wisdom behind raw foods if your interested:
"The Sunfood Diet Success system" by David Wolf
When I have a feeling I usually try and learn what it is leading me to and trust in my own wisdom and the wisdom of my children.
Please email me if you want to talk more about this~
Many Blessings~
~Angie, Cedar & Rowan Moss
Robyn L. Coburn
<<<<(spiralina is a great way to spike your children's food if they don't
feel like eating vegetables).>>>>
In the absence of medical conditions, I'm generally against the concept of
"spiking". It goes against the principle of supporting children in
recognizing and trusting their own body's cues. If my daughter doesn't feel
like eating vegetables, I offer her what she does feel like eating.
If your kids like the spiralina, then that's great.
Robyn L. Coburn
www.Iggyjingles.etsy.com
www.iggyjingles.blogspot.com
www.allthingsdoll.blogspot.com
feel like eating vegetables).>>>>
In the absence of medical conditions, I'm generally against the concept of
"spiking". It goes against the principle of supporting children in
recognizing and trusting their own body's cues. If my daughter doesn't feel
like eating vegetables, I offer her what she does feel like eating.
If your kids like the spiralina, then that's great.
Robyn L. Coburn
www.Iggyjingles.etsy.com
www.iggyjingles.blogspot.com
www.allthingsdoll.blogspot.com
Sandra Dodd
Some other ideas along those lines are fancy salads, party platters of
artistically arranged things, fruit platters, monkey platters (raw or
not, just cutting or arranging foods that didn't need to be cooked).
Sandra
artistically arranged things, fruit platters, monkey platters (raw or
not, just cutting or arranging foods that didn't need to be cooked).
Sandra
Sandra Dodd
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In the absence of medical conditions, I'm generally against the
concept of
"spiking". It goes against the principle of supporting children in
recognizing and trusting their own body's cues.-=-
Good point.
If a child doesn't know what she's eating, how can she figure out on
her own what she should avoid or pursue, or what wasn't sufficient or
not?
It's good for parents to be honest, too. Marty doesn't like spinach.
I don't try to sneak it in on him. I could, but only at the cost of
my integrity and his trust. And he doesn't need spinach. He eats a
good variety of food.
Sandra
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In the absence of medical conditions, I'm generally against the
concept of
"spiking". It goes against the principle of supporting children in
recognizing and trusting their own body's cues.-=-
Good point.
If a child doesn't know what she's eating, how can she figure out on
her own what she should avoid or pursue, or what wasn't sufficient or
not?
It's good for parents to be honest, too. Marty doesn't like spinach.
I don't try to sneak it in on him. I could, but only at the cost of
my integrity and his trust. And he doesn't need spinach. He eats a
good variety of food.
Sandra
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what is a monkey platter? is it just veggies or fruit & veggies?? i'm a vegan? & want 2 do more raw so i'd love any ideas. also i'm never home & eat on the go.
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From: Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...>
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Sent: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 9:47 am
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] RE: Food; a raw possibility
Some other ideas along those lines are fancy salads, party platters of
artistically arranged things, fruit platters, monkey platters (raw or
not, just cutting or arranging foods that didn't need to be cooked).
Sandra
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 9:47 am
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] RE: Food; a raw possibility
Some other ideas along those lines are fancy salads, party platters of
artistically arranged things, fruit platters, monkey platters (raw or
not, just cutting or arranging foods that didn't need to be cooked).
Sandra
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