Eating the Scenery: 2012: Winter CSA Boxes 8 and 9

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

2012: Winter CSA Boxes 8 and 9

Box 8: The toothsome kale! The spectacularly fresh salad greens! The rainbow of chard! The crisp, juicy Fuji apples! Little garlic heads, and a swatch of dried oregano.

And that other thing, there? I'm not ungrateful. But we don't eat grain flours anymore. The times, they are a'changin,' nutrition wise.

Box 9, below: More salad greens of exquisite, dewy freshness. Spinach ... and KALE! (Smiles all around). Split peas (already spoken for .. that means you, Vicki), dried sage, awesome Rowley and Hawkins dried tart cherries, and a cavalcade of apples. Me happy.

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radioactiveganMarch 16, 2012 at 9:48 PM
Man, kale and split peas? I got cilantro and white beans .. I'm jealous. Those cherries are AMAZING!
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BeckyMarch 17, 2012 at 6:12 PM
As a kale-o-holic, I was pleased. But cilantro is good! Yes, the cherries are tasty. They have already gone into coconut butter bark ... with chopped almonds ...
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Short and not so sweet

Grains, sugars and flours are high in dense carbohydrates, and when consumed, raise insulin levels in the body. Insulin instructs the carbohydrate calories to be stored as body fat, often on the belly. High circulating blood insulin (from eating frequently and/or ingesting high-carb foods) creates inflammation (a blood marker as high C-reactive protein), an indicator of several disease conditions.

Grains and legumes also contain lectins, mild toxins that over time irritate and damage the gut lining, causing food particles to pass through it into the bloodstream, setting off a host of autoimmune conditions. Grains and legumes are fed to cows to fatten them; cows were designed to eat, and prefer, grass.

Healthy fats are from fish, grassfed meats, ghee, coconut oil, avocadoes, eggs, and some nuts. Healthy fats do not cause heart disease, but help prevent it through reducing inflammation in the body. Extracted seed oils (canola, soy, cottonseed) raise Omega 6 levels and also promote inflammation. Inflammation promotes heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and a host of other diseases.

Packaged, processed foods designed for taste, addictive qualities, and thus profit, CAN be eliminated from the diet and replaced with fresh, whole foods.

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”

--Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher (1788 - 1860)

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

2012: Winter CSA Boxes 8 and 9

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