Re: Convincing others!

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It amazes me that you grow most of your own food.  I have never tried the

homemade sodas.  I try to have a soda only once a day and to drink water other

times.  I feel for your daughter's friends though I don't care that much for

doritos but some salt free maize chips with cheese (either out of that jar or

shredded or torn up sharp cheddar does call to me. 

 

But I'mtrying to think more of veggies.  I planted some today and can only hope

they grow.  I think the container will be good as it has that well of water

underneath it.  I did stuff a red pepper and would have done a yellow one but

it had a little hole in the bottom and some bite marks inside so I tossed it

even though it looked good from the outside.  I was disappointed.  Those came

from the store though.  I did use meat and rice in it and tomatoes and seems

like catsup provides the sugar to make it taste good.  And a bit of cheese.  I

thought about adding some black beans to it as well.  I made tacos for lunch

and used the ground meat in both dishes.  Have more left for the stuffed pepper

so may go back to store to get another to parboil and fill.  Maybe I should get

some cabbage too for stuffed cabbage.  I haven't figured out how to do all this

without the meat.  I know y ou would probably do it with beans. 

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 11:16 AM

Subject: Re: Convincing others!

 

Being vegetarian, and growing most of our own food, I rarely set foot in a

grocery store. On the rare occasion that I do, I can SMELL the crappy chemicals

and stuff. About the only time we have storebought food in our house is when my

daughter is having a sleep over, and the smell of it makes me gag-(think doritos

and jarred cheese sauce) My daughter doesn't touch the stuff, but her friends

are used to it, so we get it sometimes, but more often than not, they are

happier with our fresh food and homemade sodas (they love that they can pick

what goes in to their soda and have fun making it-fresh ginger, lime, and honey

seems to be the favorite) I am THRILLED that I developed food allergies years

ago and had to learn the truth about food...I think my daughter's health is far

better for it, since she was raised on fresh stuff, not packaged crap. She has

none of the " teenage " issues that her peers do, such as acne, painful periods,

weight issues etc. Her

doctor says he wishes all of his patients were in the same boat.