tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post1765750954660288732..comments2024-03-29T18:36:44.216+11:00Comments on A peaceful day: Eating real foodJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09573473465011631325noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-89215415755266352532010-03-05T07:26:01.082+11:002010-03-05T07:26:01.082+11:00Thanks for the nice compliment AND, I totally agre...Thanks for the nice compliment AND, I totally agree with you.This week has been bizarre--I have ended up cooking NOTHING. That happens maybe one or two weeks a year. We eat very healthy--especially for where we live! Keep on doing it your way!Hopewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510172065585770709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-46644685138040463852010-03-05T01:27:41.035+11:002010-03-05T01:27:41.035+11:00Yes. Yes. Yes! There's so much to be said o...Yes. Yes. Yes! There's so much to be said on this subject, but I'll just say "thanks" for this balanced perspective.Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612716398097555419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-32500443897294322442010-03-04T17:44:47.050+11:002010-03-04T17:44:47.050+11:00Wow. She is amazing, but so are you. Guess I hav...Wow. She is amazing, but so are you. Guess I have a lot to learn. I am making healthier choices all the time, but I have to admit - my first thoughts were - (not harshly, but realistically)<br /><br />1. How many children does she have?<br />2. How much money does she have to buy the supplies/tools/organics she needs?<br />3. Does she homeschool?<br />4. Does she minister in any way? Bible study, volunteering, etc.<br /><br />We moms MANY things to be concerned about and I would love to learn from her, but I have to be realistic about my own life...my priorities would be #3 and #4 on my list!<br /><br />Thanks for the great challenge. I know we're all thinking of ways we can improve our health.Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182293568554955242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-27814686212668877822010-03-04T17:42:36.222+11:002010-03-04T17:42:36.222+11:00Hi Jeanne,
We cook all of our meals from fresh ing...Hi Jeanne,<br />We cook all of our meals from fresh ingredients, and best of all, we even grow our own meat, chicken, milk and eggs.<br /><br />In our home, with three asthmatics and one suffering with arthritis, fresh is best. :)<br /><br />We also make our own bread, but I wouldn't go so far as to mill our own flour. :P<br /><br />In our home, everybody is present at meals, whether we have them around the dining room table or in the loungeroom over stable tables, watching the news.<br /><br />Our tomatoes and sweetcorn are home-grown, but the sparrows pulled all of our broccoli and cauliflower seedlings out. :P<br /><br />We make our own ice-cream, too, using goat's milk and goat's cream, and it's delicious.<br /><br />We do buy Saladas as a savoury biscuit, but that is about the limit of our prepared foods.<br /><br />Have a wonderful week,<br />Blessings,<br />Jillian ♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-63029446121815615612010-03-04T17:08:26.930+11:002010-03-04T17:08:26.930+11:00Hi Jeanne,
I can see where you are coming from! I...Hi Jeanne,<br />I can see where you are coming from! I do think, from reading American blogs, that they use a lot more packaged cake mixes and things like that - I mean if we want to make a cake, we make the cake, not add some liquids to a packet mix!!<br />However, I have had to try and almost totally rethink our eating habits due to severe eczema and other allergies in my children. It has really rocked my world! We have found a source of raw milk, which I'm thankful for, as so many of the nutrients are stripped by milk processing. But we have egg & gelatine allergies - very difficult. No more quiches or eggy bakes, no more baking with egg - we are finding some nice egg-free ones, but I do miss my muffins! Gelatine is very awkward - practically all sweets (they are junkfood anyway, but grandparents love to treat the kids, as well as store-bought yoghurt and sour cream, and citrus & tomatoes seem to make them itch too. I am supposed to be avoiding dairy, but I am persevering with the raw milk.<br />We make our own bread now, which doesn't need to be difficult - just check out www.artisanbreadinfive.com. I have their books - the idea is that you mix up the dough in about 5 mins, let it rise on the bench for 2 hours and it's ready to shape & bake. No kneading required and they have some delicious bread recipes! <br />The other thing I am trying to cut out is MSG and all its flavour-enhancing mates. This means no store-bought sausages, meat pies or corned beef. I need to find a source of organic meat next, but these things are so expensive! <br />I better stop there, but if you're wondering why my blog's not being updated much lately this is partly to blame!rachaelnzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17750543424225301783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-1191033626538870322010-03-04T15:33:23.852+11:002010-03-04T15:33:23.852+11:00Hah Mel! Love the grandma rule of thumb. It'...Hah Mel! Love the grandma rule of thumb. It's a goodie!!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573473465011631325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-11913146928335348232010-03-04T15:22:54.669+11:002010-03-04T15:22:54.669+11:00Hi Jeanne, what a great post. Well, I think most p...Hi Jeanne, what a great post. Well, I think most people are fairly educated about healthy eating habits these days - it's just whether we have the self discipline and the motivation to stick to them! I could never go as far as making my own cheese though! I just haven't got the time, nor the inclination. Still, she (Jennifer) is very inspirational. I try to keep our diet healthy here with lots of whole foods. My kids love to bake though, so we often have homemade goodies like choc chip cookies - but we do use wholemeal flour and brown sugar when we can (really truly!) I always ask myself 'did my grandma eat this?' If she didn't then it's probably not that good for us!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01103643232928794226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-20112957323961840702010-03-04T13:32:30.330+11:002010-03-04T13:32:30.330+11:00We have a fruit and vegetable stand near our home ...We have a fruit and vegetable stand near our home here in Japan. It is quite cool and feels so old-fashioned. I buy Fuji apples there because they are low calorie, plus recently I have been buying strawberries to satsify our sweet tooth. (In Japan it is now beginning to be strawberry season.) I also tend to buy basics like carrots and potatoes. <br /><br />One day ds said he wanted to make soup, so we went there and I let him pick out what he wanted in it. I need to do that again!J's momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-760569918172507892010-03-04T13:14:50.499+11:002010-03-04T13:14:50.499+11:00I agree with you 100% and yet I understand where t...I agree with you 100% and yet I understand where the real food foodies are coming from. Here, in America, people just eat so much rubbish. <br /><br />I think the idea behind real food is that people need to engage their food. Learn where it comes from. Learn how it is made. Taste real food so that you recognize when the stuff in the box is a poor substitute.<br /><br />I'm not the type to make my own lard or grind my own wheat, but I do enjoy seeing people get back to making some of their own foods such as biscuits, trail mix, etc. <br /><br />I think you did a great job of finding the balance in all of it.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15315109355687283907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-41838287984220813212010-03-04T11:50:58.146+11:002010-03-04T11:50:58.146+11:00Oh Jeanne,
I would love to be dining at your plac...Oh Jeanne, <br />I would love to be dining at your place. Yum, yum.<br />I think we eat fairly well too, with plenty of fruit and veg. Being CQers we maybe eat a little too much meat. We have treats in moderation and my pantry has lots of packet noodles, pasta etc. Time is a factor, energy, etc. I think you are way ahead on the curries and sauces. I reckon, one day, post home schooling, I need to take an asian cooking course.<br /><br />Re rendering lard. When we used to kill our own meat, in my golden childhood :-) Mum kept a dripping container near the stove which all the rendered fat went into. Ugh.. sounds a bit yucky now but that's how she kept it. It was used and reused unless really yucky.<br /><br />Glad to be back after my self imposed gagging yesterday!<br />If you read my blog today you will see we have had a "Lemony Snickets" moment! (I hope)<br /><br />Have a great day and I reckon stick with your current plan of eating, it looks great!(Used my whole Morning Tea break here)Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705309602853231946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-77317728045783315752010-03-04T10:15:41.799+11:002010-03-04T10:15:41.799+11:00Amen! Amen! and Amen!
I'm totally with you Jea...Amen! Amen! and Amen!<br />I'm totally with you Jeanne!<br />Over here, we try to include lots of fruit and vegies in our diet, and eat things that are wholemeal rather than white (though we do eat Basmati white rice not brown). This may include things out of a packet for sure! I seriously don't have the time to grind my own flour and make my own lard:)<br />Everything in moderation is the key for us and we do indulge in a bit of chocolate and doughnuts and other things as long as they don't make up the main part of our diet:) <br />Each one has to do what is best for them and I am happy right now with how we are eating. <br /><br />p.s. you are doing way better than me though....making your own thai curry pastes and pesto etc wow!Joyfulmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01888086629467112175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-62239505185466337572010-03-04T10:14:44.393+11:002010-03-04T10:14:44.393+11:00I'm with you too!
Do you know about www.living...I'm with you too!<br />Do you know about www.livingmath.net? It's where I got the inspiration to look for living math books, sort of CM inspired concept.<br />The domino book is basic for Jemimah but the other is called Mathemagic, it's also a volume of the Childcraft old encyclopedia but i believe you can purchase separately, and that book is good for your darling's age. It has riddles, stories related to math, and math poems! I LOVE it and recommend it. In livingmath there are lots of suggestions for us moms and for children. It has changed my whole approach on math.Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-68738361945006888292010-03-04T09:41:52.204+11:002010-03-04T09:41:52.204+11:00Food is never going to be important enough at the ...Food is never going to be important enough at the Knot House to render our own lard ~ or grind our own flour. We used to make our own yoghurt but not any more. I've been known to forget it & given enough time even yoghurt will do strange things. ☺ For someone who is not a foodie I think we do pretty well. Our bread has all the nuts & seeds & grains crammed in that is available ~ with the occasional French stick. We have fruit salad [at least 6 different fruits each morning]with yoghurt & toast for breakfast. In winter semolina or oats. Lunch tends to be hit & miss but with 2 semi~vegetarians in the house we have lots of veggies with our evening meal. We cook from scratch but make use of bottled sauces [time saver] pre~prepared rice & pasta. We bake our own biscuits & cakes using sugar & flour & real butter.<br /><br />That being said we live on an island & we travel a lot & our travel times often clash with hungry times so Ditz & I often eat fast food several times a week. We try to make healty choices as a rule but some nights when the wind is howling & the rain is bucketing down in torrents & you know you have another 20 minutes to stand about in the freezing cold before that boat arrives what we want is hot comfort food & I can assure you healthy does NOT come into the picture. ☺Ganeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176246964466185315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-65891393356719753852010-03-04T09:21:09.473+11:002010-03-04T09:21:09.473+11:00Jeanne, as usual, I love this post. My hat is off ...Jeanne, as usual, I love this post. My hat is off to folks like Jennifer; but I also think, wow, does she have time for anything else? 'Cause I'm sort of busy. And I humbly confess that I sometimes take advantage of food in boxes. Honestly, Jeanne, you do better than I do with your family's food choices! But in the end, I think most of us do the best with what we have regarding both time and money. That's all we CAN do.Ellenhttp://bluestockingbelle.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-77816073015952919572010-03-04T09:15:21.562+11:002010-03-04T09:15:21.562+11:00You said it so well. Can I just add an "AMEN...You said it so well. Can I just add an "AMEN"?!<br /><br />I would definitely consider sushi real food. Can you imagine sushi with brown rice? My husband would faint!<br /><br />Could I please join you on Thai curry night? You got my mouth watering!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508033779758406137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-55775857380601148592010-03-04T08:52:46.338+11:002010-03-04T08:52:46.338+11:00I agree with you. Eating real food to me means not...I agree with you. Eating real food to me means not eating things with additives and preservatives or processed food. I love my real food in a packet! <br /><br />If I made everything from scratch, I'd have no time to do the important things like homeschool, play outside with the kids etc. xoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com