Re: Re: Alvin! ? not sure why alvin but tasty breakfast bar option

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Crispy Rice Treats or Breakfast Bars(24 servings)

1 tsp. cold-pressed sesame oil1

2 Tbsp. sesame tahini (or other nut butter)1

1/2 cup currants, chopped, dried apples, or dates (other good friet options

too) 

In a large pot, heat oil, rice syrup, and tahini; stir until bubbly.

Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Add remaining ingredients, mixing well

with a wooden spoon. Spoon mixture into a 13 x 9-inch pan and press flat. Allow

to sit at room temperature until set. Then, cut into squares and store in an

airtight container at room temperature. Makes 2 dozen squares.

You are only limited by your imagination when it comes to adding protien and

other flavors.  Package individually and great for grab and go.

/2 cup sunflower or pumpkin seeds (many other good seed options too)

2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

6 cups of a combination of:

puffed rice, puffed millet, or crispy brown rice/2 cup brown rice syrup

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From: <spinning4knitting@...>

Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 11:14 AM

Subject: Re: Alvin!

 

Thank you for saying what you said. I feel the same way.

I know plenty about natural foods, grew up on them in fact, and why we should

eat them, but there is still a lot I can learn. This group is very overwhelming

and making sense of it, finding my local sources, takes some time.

I think it's great that many of you can eat and can afford financially to eat

all natural foods, but many of us cannot.

I don't want to feel discouraged, but rather lifted up no matter where we are on

the way to eating all natural foods. It is a process that takes longer for some

than others and I'm not feeling this kind of energy/encouragement from the group

at this point. To be very honest I feel like I'm not good enough to be in this

group yet. I realize this probably isn't your intention, only my feeling.

I do hope to become more involved and eat more naturally as we can afford to,

almost doubling our food budget is not an option at this point, this being our

biggest struggle.

Thank you for listening,

Radzyuk

Anoka, MN

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> THANK YOU! For all your posts this morning.

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> May I add that seeing this group name-call/mock the producers that have gone

astray does not bring me comfort in being a newbie at this group, and actually

brings me to a level of distrust and not wanting to participate in group buys.

At what point will I become mocked and/or treated without integrity?

>

> Finally, I have been learning about natural health for 11 years, and though I

loathe to admit it, for the sake of the newbies-to-natural-health, who are

probably already overwhelmed and horrified at how far they are from their goals,

I will admit it: I do upon occasion, feed my kids those horrid protein bars from

Sam's Club. I am not proud of it, but I single parent 4 kids (ages 6 - 14) and

homeschool the younger 3. I am NOT a morning person, and so if I don't have

convenience food for my 14yo, she often DOES NOT EAT BREAKFAST at all. Am I

happy to be raising her on bars, bagels, yogurt, and other high carb grab-and-go

stuff for breakfast? NO. Am I glad she's not missing school monthly due to

malnourishment and illness this year? Yes.

>

> Life is a process. Not one of us has reached perfection and not one of us will

this side of heaven. I ask you, for the encouragement of others, to check your

pride and let your answers just be yes or no.

>

> For the newbies, just by changing one thing at a time, you're actually

changing two. If you do bars, for example, you'd be stopping the refined sugars

(yea!), and adding a healthy replacement. That's 2 steps up from where you were.

I like to start with small changes to get a few successes under my belt before

going on to larger changes.

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> If you're here because you've been recently told your family has food

intolerances, that's big enough, go with that, and that alone. Feel free to ask

me if you need help with wheat/gluten and/or dairy/casein. Yes, in addition to

homeschooling and single parenting, I have to cook everything from scratch. I'm

not picking the bar battle yet, and I refuse to feel guilty about it.)

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> For those of you who have mastered the bar problem, if you have gluten free,

dairy free (preferably soy free) convenience foods and/or recipes to replace the

necessary car/diaper bag snacks required by every parent of small children,

please, please share. It would rock my world.

>

> Thank you.

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