Archives for: December 2007
Cream of Refrigerator Soup
December 27th, 2007 , by adminI know I should eat more vegetables. I even like vegetables! But I get tired of plain ol’ veggies, and hate to take the time for anything fancy.
Monday evening, I was craving vegetable stew. There wasn’t much to choose from, though, so I basically cleaned out the refrigerator: a couple of small carrots, the tail end of a bunch of celery, one large parsnip – and four kohlrabis that had gotten pushed to the back of the shelf last summer (they were sprouting seed stalks but still tasted fine). I chopped everything up and put it in a pot with some frozen spinach and a little water. The only thing I left out was the three beets – I just wasn’t in the mood for a potful of red stew!
The cooking aroma was surprisingly good for such a random combination, and the concoction looked appetizing too. The problem was that the kolrabis softened up only enough to show that they were tough and spongy. I added a package of frozen peas and then, not to be stymied by a root vegetable, pureed the mixture. (For a heartier dish, I could have pureed some canned beans in with everything else.)
I stirred plain yogurt into that night’s serving, and enjoyed Cream of Refrigerator Soup. It looked something like split-pea soup, but none of the individual vegetables dominated the flavor (not even all those kohlrabis). Instead, everything had mellowed together, like a stew that’s been in the fridge overnight, with a tangy overtone contributed by the yogurt.
Yesterday, I put a spoonful of peanut butter into a pan, gradually stirred in some of the leftover vegetable puree, then reheated it slowly. That was really good, too, and appeared on the menu as African Refrigerator Stew.
I doubt that I will ever again have two carrots, a few stalks of celery, one parsnip, and four sprouting kohlrabis to deal with, but I will certainly remember this experience. What I learned is not a new recipe, but a simple new technique for getting more vegetables into my diet – dump whatever sounds good into the pot and then puree it!
Open Soon Under New Management
December 3rd, 2007 , by adminDr. D'Adamo recently posted the following in his blog:
"... not a whole lot of BTD blogging is going on these days, so perhaps I’ll convert the remaining active bloggers [to the new software] ... and move the rest to a searchable archive."
I'm not sure where that will leave my blog, so I'm letting you know that if/when I can no longer post here, I will continue on http://Carol-the-Dabbler.home.mindspring.com. There's nothing there yet. When I have a rudimentary site up, I will come back here and see if I can figure out how to make that URL into a real link -- assuming that I can still post here at that point (if not, you can always copy & paste).
Posts to my new blog will be a bit more eclectic than what I've been posting here. I'll still cover the Blood Type Diet, of course, as well as more on celiac disease and gluten intolerance. But since I will be on my own turf, I'll feel free to post on just about anything.
.......:-).....Pavarottitis...... :-)
December 3rd, 2007 , by adminguten Morgen (noch 11.45Uhr :-) meine Liebchen.....
bin hin und weg und entsetzlich verliebt..ja..ja.jaaaa...in eine Stimme :-) ich könnte in den Kasten reinkrabbeln und singe entsetzlich falsch mit zuhause oder auch in meinem Wagen während der Fahrt :-)
prima...auch wenn's noch so falsch ist, ist mir egal, es tut gut .....einfach nur gut loszujammern,mitzuschwingen in einer Stimme die einfach umwerfend lebendig ist :-)....grrrrrandiooos !!!
Das Tollste an der Sache ist, jedesmal sind meine Schulterhalsschmerzen weg ,wenn ich aus meiner Gurke aussteige, die ein Auto sein soll :-)...... und ich bin absolut entspannt und fühle mich riesig...einfach gut!
Dito lösen sich fast alle Verkrampfungen in Sachen upper and down Rückenpartie... hey und ganz ohne Physio...... na scheinbar bin ich hierüber erreichbar :-)).....
Das, was ich besonders intensiv spürte ist, sein ganz gewisser Tonfall mit dem gewissen Etwas und Pepp,
löst scheinbar bei mir alle Spannungen auf.....ok...nicht immer, ganz früh am Morgen brauche ich absolute Stille :-)......da könnte ich niemanden brauchen der pfeiffend im Bad rumnölt......chuckle......
Tja und wenn ich mir überlege, dass eventuell diesem guten Mann hätte geholfen werden können gerade mit BTD...ich denke er war ein O nonnie und da waren eben diese Art von Nudeln u.a. und anderen
Leckereien nichts für ihn.....stellt Euch vor in seinen besten Zeiten wog er über 180 kg's ...... schon ein bisschen arg viel :-(..... auch für seine Grösse.....aber leider ist keiner auf die Idee gekommen mit ihm direkt zu arbeiten und BTD....das hätte bestimmt funktioniert & BIT auf der ganzen Ebene, dann muss man(n) nichts mehr kompensieren :-)...........
Es grüsst Euch mit Pavarotti-Untermalung .....(jaauull)
xoxox eine schöne Zeit wünschend Eure Isa

