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Jesus I don’t even know where to begin with this. I’m gonna break it down the way I would for my toddlers.
I understand that you feel badly for being mean to Sarah, but do you think the problem will be solved by being mean to Luke and Scott? How would you feel if they sat you down and said “listen dad. We’ve been giving mom a really hard time lately so we’ve decided that for Mother’s Day this year we’re going to send her on an all expenses paid trip to Hawaii for the weekend. You’re gonna go too, but you have to pay your own way. Also, we’re giving you a new set of grill tongs for Father’s Day. Fair is fair!” You’d probably feel like they don’t care about you as much right?
The way to solve this problem is not by throwing money at your daughter and shoving your other kids’ faces in it. You could have avoided this ENTIRELY by not telling them IN FRONT OF SARAH exactly what you were giving her as a birthday gift. Also, once weekly veggie burger night is like the bare minimum you can be doing for your daughter food wise. Buy this book and do better.
How to Cook Anything replaced Joy of Cooking as my favorite general cooking reference.
Need to know how long to steam a artichoke, or the ratio of stock to rice in risotto, or what to do with that random ingredient you bought at the store. It's got all the basics covered.
I used the recipe from America's Test Kitchen Mediterranean cookbook. Eggs got a little overcooked--yolks were soft but not runny. Otherwise, this is the best shakshuka I've ever had, much less made!
I did have to make one substitution; the recipe calls for piquillo peppers and since I wasn't able to find them, I used some roasted red peppers along with some calabrian peppers. I knew the calabrian would make it a little spicier than intended so I left out the cayenne pepper to offset. Still ended up with the perfect amount of kick--a little bit of a runny nose but lots of flavor behind the heat.
Adding to this, check out America's Test Kitchen The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook. The first section of the book is all about how to cut, use, and cook different vegetables. Check to see if your local library has it. Budget Bytes also has some great and really easy to follow recipes.
I am absolutely sold on an anti-inflammatory diet for my pain. My partner and I were very strict for the first few months on the diet and I was feeling great. My pain was better than it had been in months, I was happier, and I had more energy, which allowed me to take more proactive steps at managing my pain. Win-win in my book. I recently fell off the diet wagon and have definitely noticed a difference in my pain levels, so I’m working on getting back on track.
I started with some random googling and stumbled upon this book on Amazon. I’m not affiliated with it in any way and I’m sure there are better resources out there, but I like this for a few reasons. It gives a full description of good, only in moderation, and bad foods for inflammation. It also gives suggested meal plans and shopping lists if that is your jam. Additionally there’s lots of recipes that are “partial” meals so you can mix or match.
Overall I’m sold. All of my physicians have recommended a more anti inflammatory approach, and this gave me a framework to start with. I’m also a big fan of a Mediterranean style diet, so often times It wasn’t feeling like a “diet” more so just healthier eating.
I’d be happy to answer any specific questions you have!
It's both. He's got some information on kitchen tools, technique, herbs, sauces, then recipes with tips sprinkled throughout. It doesn't have any pictures of finished food though, since he's shoved 2000 recipes into the book. There are illustrations on techniques though.
Amazon has a preview with a good sampling of what's in the book.
I was able to reduce my cholesterol significantly by doing the Mediterranean diet for 4 months. The link to the cookbook I used is below. Every dinner started with a salad (easy tub salad with oil & vinegar), soup (I made a big batch of soup from the Med cookbook at the beginning of the week), veggie course, protein/starch course (fish 4 days a week, meat 2 days a week, vegetarian 1 day a week smaller than average US standard because I was getting full), fruit course (simple sliced fruit). It took dedication only because it’s a lot of courses but it really worked.
The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook: 500 Vibrant, Kitchen-Tested Recipes for Living and Eating Well Every Day (The Complete ATK Cookbook Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1940352649/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_MQVH8RKY0XCPM4J63QYZ
Yes!
I avoided dairy, red meat, peanuts, sugar, processed foods, refined carbohydrates, vegetable oil, alcohol, processed meat, and limited my coffee to one cup a day (I’d also have a tiny amount of sugar in there, but I couldn’t be perfect lol).
I ate more fish, eggs, almonds, fruit like berries and oranges, green leafy vegetables, tomatoes, olive oil, and green tea.
I followed it really strictly for the first month, but now I’m probably eating 80% anti-inflammatory food and 20% food that isn’t. Losing weight while doing the diet was nice, but it wasn’t my intention.
Also, I bought this book to help me with cooking: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1623159040/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_SPF93YBY4Z7JS9HXFB9M?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Really the diet is mainly focused on vegetables and beans (black, white, navy, etc), so you should be fine.
From what I’ve learned myself, I’m not an expert here, chicken is fine like, twice a week or something. It’s just not meant to be eaten every single day ya know? So you’re good. I wouldn’t worry about the fish thing since you can look for vegetarian style recipes.
The nuts I see the most are like pine nuts and almonds, but again not completely necessary. I don’t really care for pine nuts so I just substitute it for almonds or omit it completely if I’m not feeling them.
Basically I think you should find protein sources you enjoy and look for Mediterranean recipes that include those. Again there’s soooo many vegetable, soup, pasta, rice etc recipes to work with. The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook has tons of ideas if you wanna check it out at the library or buy it.
I think he has a vegetarian version as well. I skimmed through my copy and it looks like about half of the original book is devoted to meat which still leaves you with around 450 pages of vegetarian options. If I were you I would probably check out the vegetarian version though as it's far more relevant for your diet.
I am a lover of the America's Test Kitchen Vegetarian Cook Book. There are a ton of options without citrus or nuts. This book helped me to be a better cook and a healthier vegetarian. Link to Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UGBBWFK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
“The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook” from America’s Test Kitchen has been an invaluable resource for me
The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook: 500 Vibrant, Kitchen-Tested Recipes for Living and Eating Well Every Day https://www.amazon.com/dp/1940352649/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_lMQHJWdjXLFLn
The America's Test Kitchen Mediterranean cookbook is fantastic! I love it.
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Mediterranean-Cookbook-Vibrant-Kitchen-Tested/dp/1940352649
Start with a great cookbook. I own this one and recommend it highly (not an affiliate link): https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Vegetarian-Cookbook-Foolproof-Recipes/dp/1936493969
I'm a veggie and celiac too! I roast a lot of veggies on Sunday and reheat them throughout the week. I don't mind plain steamed broccoli and cauliflower. I buy frozen bags and just put them in the microwave when I get home. Do you have a Mexican restaurant near you? The restaurants near me mostly use corn based products. I agree with other posters here. Amy's frozen dinners are a life saver and omelets for dinner are great. It's an adjustment but I learned to love cooking for myself. I found it to be really stressful ordering out and waiting to get sick. PM me if you want! I'm happy to talk about my experiences.
I found this book to be really helpful.
The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook: A Fresh Guide to Eating Well With 700 Foolproof Recipes
Sure, "How To Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman. It's the new "Joy of Cooking," written for an audience that's been exposed to The Food Network for the past twenty years, i.e. a more cosmopolitan book than JoC's super-American scope.
To your specific example, depending on who you ask a medium pot is 4-6qts. Salted water is water with a teaspoon or so of salt -- I never measure, I just give a healthy pinch from my salt bowl. You're not an idiot, it's just that cooking is effectively an oral tradition, no matter how much written detail a recipe might have. Authors like Mark Bittman try to cut through that fog a bit.
How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman. This is the book I used to learn how to cook things more complicated than pancakes. Also, old episodes of Good Eats are good for learning how and why things work the way they do. Alton Brown is an excellent teacher.
Personally I recommend Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything.
I've used it for years now and it's still useful.
You can't go wrong with Mark Bittman to guide you. He's got a vegetarian cookbook as well which is wonderful, but his basic 'how to cook everything' cookbook has my faves, I like a little meat with my veggies.
This was the first cook book I bought myself and remains one of very few I use. You get chapters on knives, stove features, indexes of spices and how to use them, different ways to cut things, lists of different cooking processes with directions, along with the base recipes + simple variations. Recipes are sorted very well and a glossary makes everything easy to find. I often cross-reference this book when trying a new dish to find the "core" recipe of the dish.
https://www.amazon.ca/How-Cook-Everything-Completely-Anniversary/dp/0764578650
I am a huge fan of America's test kitchen, and they have their own vegetarian cookbook. It gives some nice blurbs about why the recipes work and also some prep instructions. Jack Bishop of ATK also has a few vegetarian cookbooks as well (his Italian one is particularly good imo).
Another rec, is How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. It's a massive book and as you can expect a ton of recipes. I feel this one is a good book for getting the starting fundamentals. The recipes aren't "blow your mind" good, but they are solid especially for getting the basics down.
there's a meditteranean cookbook, that's the name. I simplified a lot in the book and slowly realized it was a matter of cutting out certain things and using certain ingredients.
no salad dressing, just oil and vinegar and then mix it lemon/dijon etc..
Cut back on processed foods. simple snacks like hummus came naturally.
greek yogurt.
after i kinda saw what the staples of the diet were i made up things. Stuffed peppers with hummus and feta, my lentil soup. A lot of salads and things like tuna salad in pita.
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Mediterranean-Cookbook-Vibrant-Kitchen-Tested/dp/1940352649
is the book i started with. I recommend finding things you know you'll make and like to eat, don't get focused on what's the healthiest. It'll come naturally. I can toss a salmon in the oven with tomatoes, onions, sweet peppers, drizzle wit olive oil and spices and be completely happy. You may not like that, find what you like.
i still eat red meat, chicken and what not but it's as a means to get those types of nutrients on occasion and when i do make a steak i add a ton of other healthy stuff to it.
This quote is from Pollan's excellent (and very short) book Food Rules.
It's a book designed to answer the question you're asking. It's full of simple and memorable advice like:
- try to not buy foods with more than five ingredients
- try to avoid foods with ingredients you can't pronounce
- shop the perimeter of the supermarket, avoid the center as much as possible
- eat as much fried food as you want so long as you only make it at home
In an age when many people have outsourced cooking to corporations that load up their products with sugars, seed oils, and preservatives, it's helpful to have a few basic ground rules about what to avoid.
Not sure about the entrees to causing that. Is he on other meds? Sometimes entresto combined with other heart related meds can cause side effects.
As for low sodium, low potassium, I recommend you pick up this cookbook to start:
Roasting vegetables in coconut oil and herbs , baked chicken, 93% lean ground beef meatballs..
Lemon pepper seasoning is a great one to keep for flavor without salt. Eventually you won’t even miss salt because you notice how inflammatory it is.
Good luck!!!
Kundalini awakening!? …go on. I don’t know much about awakenings or how to attain them, but it sounds like an enticing pursuit. I guess I sort of fall into the new age camp, though I’m a healthy skeptic to a certain degree.
Diet can play a huge role on well being. Years ago I tried a reductive-paleo approach (via The Paleo Solution) in which you eliminate pretty much everything and slowly reintroduce things to your system - the idea being you get to see your body’s inflammation response when you reintroduce different foods - potatoes might not be your friend. :P Worth checking out, it’s an interesting experiment and read.
I’m no pro by any means but as far as meal prepping for my week on the ambulance I marinate a pound of chicken in lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, parsley, and Mediterranean seasoning.
Cook it up, then make whole wheat pita wraps I put tzatziki & hummus Chicken Olives Cherry tomato’s cut in half/quarters Diced red onions Baby arugula Cucumbers diced small & feta cheese
TASTES AMAZING.
Now this is just one of the meals I love. I do one with scrambled eggs for breakfast that’s very similar in ingredients except I replace the arugula with sautéed baby spinach and add roasted red peppers.
Honestly like I said I’m no pro but the gist is colorful vegetables, EVOO, cheese, fish, whole grains, legumes and you know…some wine ;)
HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK
I think that I would start with How to Cook Everything. It is certainly a step up from how to boil water, but is very clear and offers a lot of insight into workable combinations of flavors and techniques. You will not be bored or disappointed with the recipes; she will have explanations and ideas that let her take creative control, even if you are still the coach.
I usually find recipes for Mediterranean dishes online (most of my cookbooks are old workhorses like How to Cook Everything). For Lebanese recipes I like Mama's Lebanese Kitchen
I also took a look around and I think this Complete Mediterranean Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen looks promising
I usually find recipes for Mediterranean dishes online (most of my cookbooks are old workhorses like How to Cook Everything). However, I took a look around and I think this Complete Mediterranean Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen looks promising.
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