Good morning! It's a beautiful morning here in northern Illinois. Don calls these days "Grand Marais" days. Grand Marais is a beautiful little Lake Superior town on the northeastern edge of Minnesota and it's one of our favorite places to visit - if not the favorite. We've canoed in and out of Grand Marais several times, camped in their municipal campground, and even stayed in one of their little motels a time or two. But you have to get their before October 1st because the "World's Finest Donut" shop closes October 1st. You won't want to miss it!
All is well...this is our week off from chemo. It seems a nice break. My friend, Rita, a 5+-year cancer survivor, invited me to a cooking class she's taking with the Healing Pathways folks. I went last night and it was very interesting. It's all about the "right" foods to eat to prevent cancer (oops...!) and to help in the event you are diagnosed with cancer. It's a "vegan" diet, though our demonstrator didn't use that word until later in the demonstration. Last night was all about fiber - very interesting. Only plants have fiber - nothing with a face or a mother contains fiber. We laughed, but it's true. She made these meatless burrito/taco things with refried beans, guacamole (made with half frozen peas...not bad, actually, but the visual of peas whirring around in a food processor? Not so much!), a mixture of onions, zucchini, mushrooms, and red peppers with some seasoning, lettuce, all topped with a mango salsa and wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla. Very good. I will never be truly "vegan" (my first drawing ever in school was of a t-bone steak!) but it tasted good and I really enjoy the veggies and beans. And the best part? We got a cookbook to go with our class!
Have a great weekend!
Love,
Deb
I was just watching a movie and the mother of a newborn was excited to see some fennel seed from the indian woman that she was living with. I wasn't sure what the excitement was so I googled it like I do everything these days, and found out that fennel seeds can be cancer fighting. There were some warnings about how you use it but I thought I would try the tea because it also reduces cholesterol and high blood pressure. I have also been making a cilantro tea that is just some sprigs of cilantro with coriander and cinnamin and filter through a coffee filter. Very tasty good for flatuance, (JD needs to try) upset stomach, keeps salmonella away, blood sugar down, cholesteral down. Anyways Genesis does talk about what our food supply is from God why wouldn't it work perfectly for our bodies. Are you a tea drinker?
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