It's unfortunate about the latest affirmative action Jim Crow ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, because it means states will be allowed to continue protecting and increasing the hate criminals on US university campuses, including ROTC, military academies, and other military officer training programs.
Eventually, this will exponentially increase the numbers of domestic terrorist militia groups, like Hutaree, KKK, neonazis and white supremacists. Don't we already have enough international drug cartels and gang violence in our major cities? These same domestic, militarized terrorist organizations are protected by those drug cartels and gangs. Protecting one is the same as protecting the other.
That ruling came with serious, long-term ramifications, because it puts our already vulnerable female minority, lower middle class in a more precarious socioeconomic position. Increased hate crimes, domestic violence and employment discrimination will go unpunished, at a much higher rate. The Mathematics, Science, Technology literacy rate for poor female minorities will plummet, which is a victory for every type of white supremacist or neonazi everywhere, unfortunately.
What a terrible blow to American civil rights activists everywhere...and following on the very heels of Nelson Mandela's passing. He would turn in his grave if he knew about that ruling and the NBA basketball team Clipper's owner's horrific, racist remarks about African Americans. Isn't this just typical of a country that normalizes and legalizes hate crimes against female minorities and openly promotes segregated proms?
The more we stand by silently, not advocating for inclusiveness, diversity, equality, the more we continue promoting a society overtaken by international drug cartels, violent gangs, hate criminals, and militarized domestic terrorist organizations.
Democratic Party leaders will need to enter every university and pass out free copies of "African Athena" to university professors. It may have a beneficial trickle-down effect to their students. Every little thing helps. There is a butterfly effect, no matter how helpless each of us truly are in this corrupt society. Over time, we'll learn that disempowering the poorest classes, races, gender, non-heterosexual orientations will lead us into another Great Depression. Overseas investors measure our family values as an indicator for long-term financial stability.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
NYT article on tornado-proofing w/ steel/concrete dome construction
http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/dotearth/2014/04/29/dome-it-schools-can-affordably-survive-tornadoes/?from=science
It would be great if this could be available for the retirement homes, hospitals and assisted living facilities.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Mini Air Conditioner with Stroller Upgrade Kit Review
http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Stroller-Cooling-System-Upgrade/product-reviews/B0041BCF9I
This would work better than a stroller fan for the hot, subtropical climates. There are UPF 50 rated car seat and strollers shades accessories too.
:-)
This would work better than a stroller fan for the hot, subtropical climates. There are UPF 50 rated car seat and strollers shades accessories too.
:-)
Figs & Rosewater Pistachio Baklava Recipe
http://www.allaboutyou.com/prima/baklava-with-figs-pistachios-recipe
Delicious and romantic recipe for baklava. Great item to learn how to make into a heart-shaped wedding cupcake tower. ***Also, a second Mexican cacao nibs with roasted chestnuts baklava could be an excellent groom's wedding cupcake tower. Couldn't this ever happen in Denver, where there are plenty of Mexican-American pastry chefs?***
No real wedding would allow a guest to leave unless they have ten different types of baklava (each the size of a gigantic New York pizza slice) into them.
Every honeymoon cruiseliner needs to have a balava dessert room, with a professional Greek pastry chef. Otherwise, it's not worth going, no matter what the destination.
:-)
Delicious and romantic recipe for baklava. Great item to learn how to make into a heart-shaped wedding cupcake tower. ***Also, a second Mexican cacao nibs with roasted chestnuts baklava could be an excellent groom's wedding cupcake tower. Couldn't this ever happen in Denver, where there are plenty of Mexican-American pastry chefs?***
No real wedding would allow a guest to leave unless they have ten different types of baklava (each the size of a gigantic New York pizza slice) into them.
Every honeymoon cruiseliner needs to have a balava dessert room, with a professional Greek pastry chef. Otherwise, it's not worth going, no matter what the destination.
:-)
Food and Wine's Pistachio Baklava Recipe
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/pistachio-baklava
Love this recipe! I'll try substituting the sugar with stevia and the butter with Smart Balance or a Rice Bran Oil butter substitute. The phyllo dough can be made from scratch with reduced fat, organic barley flour also.
Love this recipe! I'll try substituting the sugar with stevia and the butter with Smart Balance or a Rice Bran Oil butter substitute. The phyllo dough can be made from scratch with reduced fat, organic barley flour also.
Easy, Child-Friendly Garden Projects
Forcing paperwhites and amaryllis bulbs in brightly handpainted, stenciled terracotta pots
Painting birdhouses from Michael's or arts and crafts stores in bright, glow in the dark paints
Growing red wiggler worms for enriching the soil
Releasing ladybugs to naturally eat aphids
Growing mealworms and drying them to feed the birds that eat the pine beetles
Digging holes to plant late spring-blooming, naturalizing daffodils with organic bone meal
Creating an indoor kitchen herb and pepper plants garden for making a salsa, pizza herb or French herb garden
Making dried wreaths and bouquets from the garden
Making organic soaps and candles from the garden
Painting birdhouses from Michael's or arts and crafts stores in bright, glow in the dark paints
Growing red wiggler worms for enriching the soil
Releasing ladybugs to naturally eat aphids
Growing mealworms and drying them to feed the birds that eat the pine beetles
Digging holes to plant late spring-blooming, naturalizing daffodils with organic bone meal
Creating an indoor kitchen herb and pepper plants garden for making a salsa, pizza herb or French herb garden
Making dried wreaths and bouquets from the garden
Making organic soaps and candles from the garden
Gardening at High Altitude in Colorado (7,500 ft above sea level)
Colorado State University has an excellent website for hardy, native, easy care, water-wise, disease-resistant plants. Look up CSU's Plant Select database and list of Plant Select local nuseries for hardened off plants and shrubs. High Country Gardens and Bluestone Perennials websites and catalogues also carry a large selection of grass seeds and garden plants.
Look for zone 3, poor soil compatible, xeric/water-wise and at least 5" deep pots. Plant only after the second week of June, to avoid frost, for perennial or flowers. If you have roses, always spray them 3x/year with organic neem oil, as they're prone to fungal diseases. The Nearly Wild Rose Shrubs are a hardier variety.
Gradually harden off all plants and shrubs from the nurseries before planting them with mycorrhiza granules in the planting hole. This may take an entire month, so they can gradually adjust to the tough, high altitude, outdoor conditions.
They'll need to be moved back and forth from a sheltered outdoor spot back into an indoor garden room with bright sun, and kept watered if it gets cold, windy, evening or too hot for them. Keep them completely moist during this time.
Water new plants deeply, everyday for a whole week, using a diluted, organic root shock treatment liquid, along with the room temperature water. Plan enough room around the plant for growing to its full-size. Don't overcrowd each plant. Some plants don't like to be moved around, such as flowering, long-living peonies.
Remember to account for the plant sinking down, as it's watered. Add an extra three inches of soil amendment to bottom of each planting hole.
A good beginner gardener soil is: Miracle Gro, Moisture Control, for outdoor plants with a 12 month, time-released fertilizer. If on a tight budget, mix it 50/50 with organic mushroom compost. Always amend the soil, even for plants that do well in poor soil, such as rock garden/xeric ones. This will help the plant establish a stronger root system. Even with xeric or rock garden plants, they need to be babied and watered well the first two years.
Mulch heavily, at least three inches deep, and ideally, 3 inches away from the base of the plants. You can sometimes get free mulch from local tree companies also.
Here are some hardy choices for a high-altitude lawn and garden:
Artemisia, silver-mound (after digging out dandelion roots, plant these in their places and water them deeply for the first three months, 3x/week, at least 3 liters of water per plant). Remember not to mow them for a year, since they're in the lawn.
Nepeta, "Six Hills Giant," "Walker's Low," and "Blue Wonder" varieties (Six Hills Giant easily grows to the size of a small shrub with little care, within one year)
Lamb's Ear
Snow-in-summer
Salvia, "Sensation Deep Rose Improved," and "Marcus Dwarf Blue Sage"
Liatris Punctata, "Gayfeather"
Purple Prairie Clover
Gray-Headed Coneflower
Blue Glow Globe Thistle
Susanna Mitchell Maguerite Daisy
Berlandiera Lyrata, 'Mora County Mix' (Extra Cold Hardy Chocolate Flower)
Coronation Gold Yarrow
Dakota Sunshine Maximilian's Sunflower
Llano Indian Grass
Drummond's Pink Creeping Phlox
Mock Orange Shrubs
Nearly Wild Rose Shrubs
Lilacs, only for zone 3, which needs a gallon or two of organic bone meal added/worked into the soil around it every year. Plant lilacs with daffodils, which also needs full sun, well-drained, poor soil, with organic bone meal.
From High Country Gardens website/catalogue:
Western Xeriscape Seed Mix for the dry, poor soil patches in the lawn
Native West Mix (wildflowers to overseed lawn for natural invasive weed control)
"Low Work and Water" Lawn Seed Mix, an excellent grass seed mix for low maintenance lawns suitable for children, dogs, deer and elk traffic. Seed the lawn in early spring, mid-March. It will need a foot of well-aged, organic compost power-raked into the lawn, prior to seeding it. Put twice the amount of seed recommended so you can control for weeds organically. Also, it will grow well, if watered deeply everyday, for the first week, minus snowfall days.
Then, water deeply every other day for the second week. After that, water deeply 3x/week the next three months, so it can establish a strong root system. Don't mow it for five months after seeding the lawn. For the first five times mowing it, set the mower on the highest height, so it doesn't cut the grass too short. That will keep the grass from drying out/over-exposure to sun.
Look for zone 3, poor soil compatible, xeric/water-wise and at least 5" deep pots. Plant only after the second week of June, to avoid frost, for perennial or flowers. If you have roses, always spray them 3x/year with organic neem oil, as they're prone to fungal diseases. The Nearly Wild Rose Shrubs are a hardier variety.
Gradually harden off all plants and shrubs from the nurseries before planting them with mycorrhiza granules in the planting hole. This may take an entire month, so they can gradually adjust to the tough, high altitude, outdoor conditions.
They'll need to be moved back and forth from a sheltered outdoor spot back into an indoor garden room with bright sun, and kept watered if it gets cold, windy, evening or too hot for them. Keep them completely moist during this time.
Water new plants deeply, everyday for a whole week, using a diluted, organic root shock treatment liquid, along with the room temperature water. Plan enough room around the plant for growing to its full-size. Don't overcrowd each plant. Some plants don't like to be moved around, such as flowering, long-living peonies.
Remember to account for the plant sinking down, as it's watered. Add an extra three inches of soil amendment to bottom of each planting hole.
A good beginner gardener soil is: Miracle Gro, Moisture Control, for outdoor plants with a 12 month, time-released fertilizer. If on a tight budget, mix it 50/50 with organic mushroom compost. Always amend the soil, even for plants that do well in poor soil, such as rock garden/xeric ones. This will help the plant establish a stronger root system. Even with xeric or rock garden plants, they need to be babied and watered well the first two years.
Mulch heavily, at least three inches deep, and ideally, 3 inches away from the base of the plants. You can sometimes get free mulch from local tree companies also.
Here are some hardy choices for a high-altitude lawn and garden:
Artemisia, silver-mound (after digging out dandelion roots, plant these in their places and water them deeply for the first three months, 3x/week, at least 3 liters of water per plant). Remember not to mow them for a year, since they're in the lawn.
Nepeta, "Six Hills Giant," "Walker's Low," and "Blue Wonder" varieties (Six Hills Giant easily grows to the size of a small shrub with little care, within one year)
Lamb's Ear
Snow-in-summer
Salvia, "Sensation Deep Rose Improved," and "Marcus Dwarf Blue Sage"
Liatris Punctata, "Gayfeather"
Purple Prairie Clover
Gray-Headed Coneflower
Blue Glow Globe Thistle
Susanna Mitchell Maguerite Daisy
Berlandiera Lyrata, 'Mora County Mix' (Extra Cold Hardy Chocolate Flower)
Coronation Gold Yarrow
Dakota Sunshine Maximilian's Sunflower
Llano Indian Grass
Drummond's Pink Creeping Phlox
Mock Orange Shrubs
Nearly Wild Rose Shrubs
Lilacs, only for zone 3, which needs a gallon or two of organic bone meal added/worked into the soil around it every year. Plant lilacs with daffodils, which also needs full sun, well-drained, poor soil, with organic bone meal.
From High Country Gardens website/catalogue:
Western Xeriscape Seed Mix for the dry, poor soil patches in the lawn
Native West Mix (wildflowers to overseed lawn for natural invasive weed control)
"Low Work and Water" Lawn Seed Mix, an excellent grass seed mix for low maintenance lawns suitable for children, dogs, deer and elk traffic. Seed the lawn in early spring, mid-March. It will need a foot of well-aged, organic compost power-raked into the lawn, prior to seeding it. Put twice the amount of seed recommended so you can control for weeds organically. Also, it will grow well, if watered deeply everyday, for the first week, minus snowfall days.
Then, water deeply every other day for the second week. After that, water deeply 3x/week the next three months, so it can establish a strong root system. Don't mow it for five months after seeding the lawn. For the first five times mowing it, set the mower on the highest height, so it doesn't cut the grass too short. That will keep the grass from drying out/over-exposure to sun.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Similac Expert Care Alimentum Formula For Food Allergies To Dairy Proteins
http://m.similac.com/feeding-expert/expert-quick-guides/food-allergies
This one has predigested proteins for reducing colic symptons and other chronic digestive problems. Coupled with the supplementary liquid lactase and liquid simethicone, formulated for infants, it may help them to thrive.
Try also feeding them in smaller amounts (split the baby bottle into four, burping the baby every fourth of the way). You can also use smaller-sized bottles, with smaller-sized holes in the nipples. The bottles that are angled to prevent air bubbles are excellent too.
After they consume a quarter of their bottle, burp them, then repeat that process every quarter of their bottle. Burping more frequently, using an angled bottle, and having a smaller hole on the baby bottle nipples can help them to digest it better.
Also, a wedge cushion, specifically designed to slip under their crib mattress helps with spitting up safely, along with acid reflux. They may need a referral from their board-certified pediatrician to see a board-certified pediatric gastroenterologist.
Also, they may need a nutritionist recommended by their pediatrician or pediatric gastroenterologist. That's why a food diary with all your recipes in it is so important for the first three years of their lives. After six months of age, they'll start to eat and then you could catch signs of a nutritional deficiency or food allergy.
Best to put all their formula/baby food into a free electronic nutritional calculator/diary like fitday.com's, but for infants. It would be good to redesign that site specifically for infants, toddlers, small children suffering from Type I diabetes or food allergies: a software program for calculating total glycemic index, glycemic load, gluten, lactose, and nuts.
It'll need to extract nutritional data for every infant formula and baby (toddler, adult too) food on the market that's sold at all major grocery store chains, WALMART, TARGET, Sam's Club, Costco, Whole Foods, including beverages, foods from all chain/franchise restaurants and drugstores.
Even if they weren't allergic as an infant or small child, over time they could develop more antibodies to nuts, for instance. That could increase their risk of developing a severe nut allergy. Try to vary their proteins, so it doesn't come from nut butters when they're under twelve years of age, even if not allergic to nuts. Instead of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches everyday, try a whole grain tortilla, with oven-roasted turkey breast, fresh triple-washed baby kale, finely-shredded, peeled carrots and pasteurized shredded, part-skim mozzarella cheese.
This one has predigested proteins for reducing colic symptons and other chronic digestive problems. Coupled with the supplementary liquid lactase and liquid simethicone, formulated for infants, it may help them to thrive.
Try also feeding them in smaller amounts (split the baby bottle into four, burping the baby every fourth of the way). You can also use smaller-sized bottles, with smaller-sized holes in the nipples. The bottles that are angled to prevent air bubbles are excellent too.
After they consume a quarter of their bottle, burp them, then repeat that process every quarter of their bottle. Burping more frequently, using an angled bottle, and having a smaller hole on the baby bottle nipples can help them to digest it better.
Also, a wedge cushion, specifically designed to slip under their crib mattress helps with spitting up safely, along with acid reflux. They may need a referral from their board-certified pediatrician to see a board-certified pediatric gastroenterologist.
Also, they may need a nutritionist recommended by their pediatrician or pediatric gastroenterologist. That's why a food diary with all your recipes in it is so important for the first three years of their lives. After six months of age, they'll start to eat and then you could catch signs of a nutritional deficiency or food allergy.
Best to put all their formula/baby food into a free electronic nutritional calculator/diary like fitday.com's, but for infants. It would be good to redesign that site specifically for infants, toddlers, small children suffering from Type I diabetes or food allergies: a software program for calculating total glycemic index, glycemic load, gluten, lactose, and nuts.
It'll need to extract nutritional data for every infant formula and baby (toddler, adult too) food on the market that's sold at all major grocery store chains, WALMART, TARGET, Sam's Club, Costco, Whole Foods, including beverages, foods from all chain/franchise restaurants and drugstores.
Even if they weren't allergic as an infant or small child, over time they could develop more antibodies to nuts, for instance. That could increase their risk of developing a severe nut allergy. Try to vary their proteins, so it doesn't come from nut butters when they're under twelve years of age, even if not allergic to nuts. Instead of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches everyday, try a whole grain tortilla, with oven-roasted turkey breast, fresh triple-washed baby kale, finely-shredded, peeled carrots and pasteurized shredded, part-skim mozzarella cheese.
Similac Advance Organic, Best Infant Formula To Donate To Churches, Worship Centers
http://m.similac.com/baby-formula/similac-advance-organic
Make sure we ask for only this one to be donated, in bulk, economy-sized, powdered form in metal cans (sealed well from roaches, ants, rats and mice, so it requires a can opener, along with an air-tight, recyclable, hard plastic lid). Also get the bulk infant simethicone liquid drops (for intestinal gas, 2 economy-sized bottles per economy-sized can of formula), and economy-sized bottles of liquid infant lactase drops to help help them digest the lactose (2 economy-sized bottles per economy-sized can of formula).
Among the poor immigrant babies, it could be harder for them to digest the lactose from the infant formulas. Some Asian-American babies can't tolerate lactose, so it can hopefully work better with the liquid lactase and simethicone drops. Lactase is the enzyme needed to break down lactose. Simethicone breaks up the gas bubbles in their intestinal tract.
Make sure you get large amounts of laminated, large font, bilingual brochures to go with it, about dosing infant formula (powdered tbl amounts per cups of water), lactase and simethicone, by age in weeks, and infant weight, to the poor immigrant communities, because they could be malnourished or have a failure to thrive medical condition otherwise. The soy-based formulas may possibly impair or adversely affect the boys' reproductive development too. As much as possible, choose the easy-to-digest, organic, UHT cow milk-based formulas, not soy.
The reason we need it in bulk, economy-sized is because we can't switch back and forth between brands. It'll upset the babies' digestive tracts. If that's not affordable, go with a store-brand that's equivalent and easy to obtain. Check at Sam's Clubs and Costcos for their best organic store brands. Hopefully we can find one that's also always available at Walmart too. That way the infants can just stay with the same formula brand.
If you pick an organic, UHT, goat milk-based formula, it has to have the equivalent nutrients found in Similac Advance Organic. Goat milk has to be mixed differently, as it has different nutrients and levels than cow milk. Also, the USDA already checked and there's no hexane in the infant formulas now.
The worry about hexane is for the farming and factory workers' health, long-term though. Hopefully all the workers have a comprehensive health benefits package, are full-time, not seasonal or part-time employees (to control health safety risks) and especially get protective clothing and respiratory gear for the hexane. It can be absorbed through the skin, digested, or inhaled. They need culturally sensitive, bilingual training on that, in both Spanish and English.
At least 120 paid classroom hours worth of bilingual training for hexane safety is important for protecting the poor factory and farming workers, who are all illiterate. The corporate trainers need to have a real Ph.D in Chemistry, one recognized and approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics, along with being bilingual also.
By the way, the simethicone and lactase can be purchased generic-brand, in bulk, probably. The churches, temples, synagogues and all worship centers will need this sales tax-free, along with a 50% bulk discount and free Sam's Club, Costco memberships to keep the poor infants on the exact same formulas. Get the local politician to negotiate the bulk discount for everyone poor with Sam's Club and Costco. Many small, rural, economically depressed factory and farming towns don't even have a single politician assigned to them by the state senators. Those are also the internment camps, ghettos, barrios and "inner cities" that we continue to run in our country.
Make sure we ask for only this one to be donated, in bulk, economy-sized, powdered form in metal cans (sealed well from roaches, ants, rats and mice, so it requires a can opener, along with an air-tight, recyclable, hard plastic lid). Also get the bulk infant simethicone liquid drops (for intestinal gas, 2 economy-sized bottles per economy-sized can of formula), and economy-sized bottles of liquid infant lactase drops to help help them digest the lactose (2 economy-sized bottles per economy-sized can of formula).
Among the poor immigrant babies, it could be harder for them to digest the lactose from the infant formulas. Some Asian-American babies can't tolerate lactose, so it can hopefully work better with the liquid lactase and simethicone drops. Lactase is the enzyme needed to break down lactose. Simethicone breaks up the gas bubbles in their intestinal tract.
Make sure you get large amounts of laminated, large font, bilingual brochures to go with it, about dosing infant formula (powdered tbl amounts per cups of water), lactase and simethicone, by age in weeks, and infant weight, to the poor immigrant communities, because they could be malnourished or have a failure to thrive medical condition otherwise. The soy-based formulas may possibly impair or adversely affect the boys' reproductive development too. As much as possible, choose the easy-to-digest, organic, UHT cow milk-based formulas, not soy.
The reason we need it in bulk, economy-sized is because we can't switch back and forth between brands. It'll upset the babies' digestive tracts. If that's not affordable, go with a store-brand that's equivalent and easy to obtain. Check at Sam's Clubs and Costcos for their best organic store brands. Hopefully we can find one that's also always available at Walmart too. That way the infants can just stay with the same formula brand.
If you pick an organic, UHT, goat milk-based formula, it has to have the equivalent nutrients found in Similac Advance Organic. Goat milk has to be mixed differently, as it has different nutrients and levels than cow milk. Also, the USDA already checked and there's no hexane in the infant formulas now.
The worry about hexane is for the farming and factory workers' health, long-term though. Hopefully all the workers have a comprehensive health benefits package, are full-time, not seasonal or part-time employees (to control health safety risks) and especially get protective clothing and respiratory gear for the hexane. It can be absorbed through the skin, digested, or inhaled. They need culturally sensitive, bilingual training on that, in both Spanish and English.
At least 120 paid classroom hours worth of bilingual training for hexane safety is important for protecting the poor factory and farming workers, who are all illiterate. The corporate trainers need to have a real Ph.D in Chemistry, one recognized and approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics, along with being bilingual also.
By the way, the simethicone and lactase can be purchased generic-brand, in bulk, probably. The churches, temples, synagogues and all worship centers will need this sales tax-free, along with a 50% bulk discount and free Sam's Club, Costco memberships to keep the poor infants on the exact same formulas. Get the local politician to negotiate the bulk discount for everyone poor with Sam's Club and Costco. Many small, rural, economically depressed factory and farming towns don't even have a single politician assigned to them by the state senators. Those are also the internment camps, ghettos, barrios and "inner cities" that we continue to run in our country.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Sprouted Quinoa Seed Flour
Grind sprouted quinoa seeds into a flour using a mill or coffee grinder.
Mix with organic barley flour, at a 50/50 ratio, or 75/25 to be used as a healthier white flour substitute for doughs, muffins or cakes. The more sprouted quinoa flour, the lower the glycemic index.
I'm currently reading a book titled, "Glycemic Index Cooking Made Easy" by Dr. Brand-Miller, Foster-Powell, and McMillan-Price. A lot of excellent recipes for lamb, and a "Baked Ricotta Cheesecake" dessert one are in it too.
:-)
Mix with organic barley flour, at a 50/50 ratio, or 75/25 to be used as a healthier white flour substitute for doughs, muffins or cakes. The more sprouted quinoa flour, the lower the glycemic index.
I'm currently reading a book titled, "Glycemic Index Cooking Made Easy" by Dr. Brand-Miller, Foster-Powell, and McMillan-Price. A lot of excellent recipes for lamb, and a "Baked Ricotta Cheesecake" dessert one are in it too.
:-)
Samosa Dough & Filling Recipe
http://www.finedininglovers.com/blog/food-drinks/how-to-make-samosas-like-a-chef/
America's Test Kitchen also has an excellent and fail-safe Indian naan flat bread recipe.
America's Test Kitchen also has an excellent and fail-safe Indian naan flat bread recipe.
Executive Chef Raheem's Authentic Samosa Dough Recipe
http://muslim-wife-kitchen.blogspot.com/2011/02/homemade-samosas.html?m=1
Adjust this recipe for altitude and you can possibly substitute the flour with an oat or brown rice flour, as long as you mix it 50/50 with a high-protein flour, like quinoa flour too. McCann's steel cut oats is fantastic, so hopefully can be turned into a flour for baking. Also, chestnut flour mixed in could be delicious too.
Maybe add 2 tbl of oat, chestnut, whole wheat or brown flour at Denver altitude, plus 2 tbl water, cold. At 8,000 feet above sea level, maybe try 3 tbl of extra oat, brown rice flour, plus 4 tbl of water, cold. Reduce temperature when cooking 25 degrees Farenheit less, perhaps.
A good substitute, if available, that has enough proteins to hold structure (not too crumbly dough) might be a 50/50 ratio of:
50% organic amaranth flour or organic, certified gluten-free quinoa flour
50% organic Jerusalem artichoke flour
Then, maybe for the filling, substitute the potatoes with fresh, peeled, mashed, organic Jerusalem artichoke tubers and spiced, ground, organic, skinless, boneless chicken breast meat.
Epicurious Website's Indian Cilantro Mint Chutney Recipe
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Cilantro-Mint-Chutney-238020
This would be good with a Maui or Vidalia, organic sweet onion, finely diced. Also, I would probably increase the cilantro leaves amount by 25%.
This would be good with a Maui or Vidalia, organic sweet onion, finely diced. Also, I would probably increase the cilantro leaves amount by 25%.
Thit Ca (South Vietnamese) Coconut Soda Chicken & Rice
12 fresh, or thawed, organic, boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1 and a half cups of peeled, finely-minced, fresh garlic cloves
4 cups clear, sparkling coconut soda (usually in green 2-liter at an Asian or Mexican grocery store) or you can just use the clear (non-cream/non-milk) coconut water, plain, available at Albertsons or King Soopers.
2 cups reduced-sodium tamari or reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 cup peeled, finely-minced, fresh ginger root
1/4 cup coarsely-ground black pepper
Steam the rice to serve with this first. Then, simmer all of the above ingredients in a large, deep, non-stick frying pan. Set it on medium heat, covered for about 35 minutes. Stir every ten minutes. Check with a meat thermometer. Serve with goi, or South Vietnamese angel-hair/finely-shredded cabbage and carrot salad.
Goi or South Vietnamese Raw Cabbage Salad Recipe:
Overview:
1/2 of it is typically raw, uncooked, finely-shredded/angel-hair cabbage
The rest is typically raw, uncooked, shredded carrots, chopped mint leaves, various assorted (hard to find) green, tangy Southeast Asian herbs and chopped cilantro leaves.
Boiled shrimp instead of boiled, diced chicken breasts is used here. Either can be used.
Also, added is pickled lotus roots (baby-sized, about 3-inches long, and less than 1/4 or one quarter inch circumference per root, available at Pacific Ocean Market in the glass jar, pickles section).
Ingredients:
You'll probably have to cut this recipe size down. It serves about 10 people, all being adults.
12 cups of washed, raw, finely-shredded, or angel-hair cut cabbage (precut in bags)
4 cups washed, peeled, organic, finely-shredded carrots (precut in bags)
4 English cucumbers, washed, peeled and horizontally sliced (finely/thinly)
2 cups fresh spearmint leaves, washed, stems removed, chopped finely, into 1/4 inch pieces (I prefer 2 to 4 cups of organic watercress, fresh, hydroponically grown, bought with roots still attached. It should be washed, roots and stems removed, with only the leaves chopped into 1/4 inch pieces)
4 cups fresh cilantro leaves, washed, stems removed, chopped into 1/4 inch pieces (finely)
2 cups baby lotus roots, pickled in vinegar, baby-sized, or 3 inch long segments, each 1/4 inch circumference or less, drained, rinsed of excess sodium and vinegar, chopped into four pieces
5 cups of fresh, raw, medium-sized shrimp: headless, de-shelled (including tail), de-veined. Boil 15 minutes, cool for at least five minutes in drainer/colander, then slice each shrimp horizontally.
3 cups of canned (in natural juices only), organic, high-fructose corn syrup-free pineapple tidbits (no added sugars either), drained, rinsed, added to the salad
1/4 cup of coarsely-ground black pepper
1 to 2 cups of organic chia seeds, dark
(I prefer it with 2 cups, personally)
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together. Then, add about 3 to 4 cups of your dressing of choice and toss it again.
Dressing for the goi depends on personal preference. Some use nuoc cham sauce or a teriyaki sauce or a Japanese salad dressing with a mixture of dark sesame oil, organic, reduced-sodium tamari, and rice wine vinegar. For ones who don't prefer tamari, soy sauce of fish sauce, try a fat-free, organic, creamy raita or Indian-style yogurt and cucumber dressing. Here's a link on how to make a traditional raita dressing from epicurious.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Traditional-Indian-Raita-242185
1 and a half cups of peeled, finely-minced, fresh garlic cloves
4 cups clear, sparkling coconut soda (usually in green 2-liter at an Asian or Mexican grocery store) or you can just use the clear (non-cream/non-milk) coconut water, plain, available at Albertsons or King Soopers.
2 cups reduced-sodium tamari or reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 cup peeled, finely-minced, fresh ginger root
1/4 cup coarsely-ground black pepper
Steam the rice to serve with this first. Then, simmer all of the above ingredients in a large, deep, non-stick frying pan. Set it on medium heat, covered for about 35 minutes. Stir every ten minutes. Check with a meat thermometer. Serve with goi, or South Vietnamese angel-hair/finely-shredded cabbage and carrot salad.
Goi or South Vietnamese Raw Cabbage Salad Recipe:
Overview:
1/2 of it is typically raw, uncooked, finely-shredded/angel-hair cabbage
The rest is typically raw, uncooked, shredded carrots, chopped mint leaves, various assorted (hard to find) green, tangy Southeast Asian herbs and chopped cilantro leaves.
Boiled shrimp instead of boiled, diced chicken breasts is used here. Either can be used.
Also, added is pickled lotus roots (baby-sized, about 3-inches long, and less than 1/4 or one quarter inch circumference per root, available at Pacific Ocean Market in the glass jar, pickles section).
Ingredients:
You'll probably have to cut this recipe size down. It serves about 10 people, all being adults.
12 cups of washed, raw, finely-shredded, or angel-hair cut cabbage (precut in bags)
4 cups washed, peeled, organic, finely-shredded carrots (precut in bags)
4 English cucumbers, washed, peeled and horizontally sliced (finely/thinly)
2 cups fresh spearmint leaves, washed, stems removed, chopped finely, into 1/4 inch pieces (I prefer 2 to 4 cups of organic watercress, fresh, hydroponically grown, bought with roots still attached. It should be washed, roots and stems removed, with only the leaves chopped into 1/4 inch pieces)
4 cups fresh cilantro leaves, washed, stems removed, chopped into 1/4 inch pieces (finely)
2 cups baby lotus roots, pickled in vinegar, baby-sized, or 3 inch long segments, each 1/4 inch circumference or less, drained, rinsed of excess sodium and vinegar, chopped into four pieces
5 cups of fresh, raw, medium-sized shrimp: headless, de-shelled (including tail), de-veined. Boil 15 minutes, cool for at least five minutes in drainer/colander, then slice each shrimp horizontally.
3 cups of canned (in natural juices only), organic, high-fructose corn syrup-free pineapple tidbits (no added sugars either), drained, rinsed, added to the salad
1/4 cup of coarsely-ground black pepper
1 to 2 cups of organic chia seeds, dark
(I prefer it with 2 cups, personally)
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together. Then, add about 3 to 4 cups of your dressing of choice and toss it again.
Dressing for the goi depends on personal preference. Some use nuoc cham sauce or a teriyaki sauce or a Japanese salad dressing with a mixture of dark sesame oil, organic, reduced-sodium tamari, and rice wine vinegar. For ones who don't prefer tamari, soy sauce of fish sauce, try a fat-free, organic, creamy raita or Indian-style yogurt and cucumber dressing. Here's a link on how to make a traditional raita dressing from epicurious.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Traditional-Indian-Raita-242185
Ginger-fried, Quail Egg Rice Recipe
8 cups steamed, organic, brown jasmine rice, prewashed and drained 3x before steaming it
(Steam the rice grains in organic, fat-free, reduced sodium chicken broth for extra flavor)
4 red bell peppers, washed, de-seeded, diced into 1-inch cubes
2 and a half cups of peeled, finely-minced ginger root
4 large, organic eggs, beaten up
1 large, organic, yellow onion, diced
2 cups of boiled, peeled quail eggs
4 organic, boneless, skinless chicken breasts, boiled, then cut into 2-inch cubes
2 bunches of fresh cilantro leaves, stems removed, washed, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces (Add cilantro into pan during the last 5 minutes of stir-frying)
1 and a half cups of reduced-sodium, organic tamari or soy sauce
1 and a half cups dark, sesame oil, organic
Sautee for 5 minutes, on medium heat, in large, deep, non-stick frying pan, the diced red bell peppers, minced onions, sesame oil and minced ginger first, then add the rest of ingredients, for ten to fifteen minutes. Stir it frequently. You can replace the brown rice with cooked quinoa or cooked amaranth seeds also.
(Steam the rice grains in organic, fat-free, reduced sodium chicken broth for extra flavor)
4 red bell peppers, washed, de-seeded, diced into 1-inch cubes
2 and a half cups of peeled, finely-minced ginger root
4 large, organic eggs, beaten up
1 large, organic, yellow onion, diced
2 cups of boiled, peeled quail eggs
4 organic, boneless, skinless chicken breasts, boiled, then cut into 2-inch cubes
2 bunches of fresh cilantro leaves, stems removed, washed, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces (Add cilantro into pan during the last 5 minutes of stir-frying)
1 and a half cups of reduced-sodium, organic tamari or soy sauce
1 and a half cups dark, sesame oil, organic
Sautee for 5 minutes, on medium heat, in large, deep, non-stick frying pan, the diced red bell peppers, minced onions, sesame oil and minced ginger first, then add the rest of ingredients, for ten to fifteen minutes. Stir it frequently. You can replace the brown rice with cooked quinoa or cooked amaranth seeds also.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Comforting Wonton Soup Recipe
Comforting Wonton Soup Recipe:
This is a great recipe for a cold, winter Sunday dinner. It can be served with a bowl of steamed, brown jasmine rice, or stir-fried rice, to make it more filling.
*Don't allow any toddlers or young children into the kitchen under age twelve when making this recipe, as it involves boiling large pots of water that can tip over and scald them. They can help with the wonton rolling at the dinner table once they're over age twelve though.***
Ingredients:
Organic, fat-free, reduced sodium chicken broth, 24 cups
12 cups of water
Mix this together for the wonton soup base. Bring to a full boil, then allow to cool for at least 10 minutes.
***You'll boil the wontons for 15 minutes, in a separate pot with separate plain, cold water though. Have two large pasta pots and one large, metal strainer or colander for this.***
Wonton wrappers for a large lasagna pan worth of finished wontons (approximately 5 pkgs)
For the garnish:
Scallions, or green onions, organic, bottom 2 inches removed, washed, finely-minced, 4 bunches
Cilantro leaves, organic, stems removed, washed, finely-minced, 5 bunches
For the wonton filling (1.5 tbl per wonton/a melon baller worth for each):
Organic, extra-lean, ground pork or organic, ground, boneless, skinless, heritage chicken breasts, 4 pounds
Cleaned, finely-minced, organic, white button mushrooms, 4 cups
Large, organic carrots, washed, peeled, and finely-shredded, 4 cups
Directions:
Mix the wonton filling together with 1 tbl salt, 1 tbl coarsely-ground black pepper and 1 tbl stevia powder per pound of ground meat. For this recipe, use 4 tbl of each seasoning.
So, add:
4 tbl salt
4 tbl coarsely- ground black pepper
4 tbl stevia powder
You can use your hands to knead it all together well. Make sure to incorporate the seasonings evenly into the ground meat, carrots and mushrooms, just like a meatloaf.
To roll the wontons, which have to be prepared the same hour it's made, beat up two to three large, organic eggs in a small bowl. Put it next to your large plate for rolling wontons. Have a cookie sheet or large, lasagna pan nearby to place finished, raw wontons.
Put your wonton wrapper onto your plate. Then, you'll measure a 1.5 tbl amount of filling, placed into the center of your wonton wrapper. Fold it into a triangle (in half). Seal the edges with eggwash. Then fold that triangle in half again. Seal the edges with more eggwash. Put into cookie sheet or lasagna pan. Continue until all wonton filling is used up.
Boil plain, cold water, about 3 gallons, in a large pasta pot with a strainer. After it comes to a full boil, put 2 cups of dark, sesame oil into the water. Carefully (slowly) place half of your finished, raw wontons into the boiling water. It can splash as you do this, so be careful. You'll do this in two to three batches, depending upon the size of your pasta pot.
Boil the wontons for 10 to 15 minutes. Strain it carefully into sink, so you don't drop it or get spashed with the hot water. Run cold water immediately over your cooked wontons in the sink, with a colander or strainer and drizzle with 2 cups more dark, sesame seed oil to prevent it from sticking.
Repeat this process with 3 more gallons of plain, cold water in a large pasta pot to cook the last half or third of your wontons.
Then, get your wonton soup base boiled for 5 minutes in a large pasta pot. Stir it together and cool for at least 10 minutes.
Last steps:
Serve 12 drained wontons, plus ladle 4 cups worth of wonton soup base per large soup bowl, garnished with fresh cilantro and scallions on top. Use 1/2 cup of fresh cilantro & fresh scallions, washed and finely-minced per soup bowl.
This is a great recipe for a cold, winter Sunday dinner. It can be served with a bowl of steamed, brown jasmine rice, or stir-fried rice, to make it more filling.
*Don't allow any toddlers or young children into the kitchen under age twelve when making this recipe, as it involves boiling large pots of water that can tip over and scald them. They can help with the wonton rolling at the dinner table once they're over age twelve though.***
Ingredients:
Organic, fat-free, reduced sodium chicken broth, 24 cups
12 cups of water
Mix this together for the wonton soup base. Bring to a full boil, then allow to cool for at least 10 minutes.
***You'll boil the wontons for 15 minutes, in a separate pot with separate plain, cold water though. Have two large pasta pots and one large, metal strainer or colander for this.***
Wonton wrappers for a large lasagna pan worth of finished wontons (approximately 5 pkgs)
For the garnish:
Scallions, or green onions, organic, bottom 2 inches removed, washed, finely-minced, 4 bunches
Cilantro leaves, organic, stems removed, washed, finely-minced, 5 bunches
For the wonton filling (1.5 tbl per wonton/a melon baller worth for each):
Organic, extra-lean, ground pork or organic, ground, boneless, skinless, heritage chicken breasts, 4 pounds
Cleaned, finely-minced, organic, white button mushrooms, 4 cups
Large, organic carrots, washed, peeled, and finely-shredded, 4 cups
Directions:
Mix the wonton filling together with 1 tbl salt, 1 tbl coarsely-ground black pepper and 1 tbl stevia powder per pound of ground meat. For this recipe, use 4 tbl of each seasoning.
So, add:
4 tbl salt
4 tbl coarsely- ground black pepper
4 tbl stevia powder
You can use your hands to knead it all together well. Make sure to incorporate the seasonings evenly into the ground meat, carrots and mushrooms, just like a meatloaf.
To roll the wontons, which have to be prepared the same hour it's made, beat up two to three large, organic eggs in a small bowl. Put it next to your large plate for rolling wontons. Have a cookie sheet or large, lasagna pan nearby to place finished, raw wontons.
Put your wonton wrapper onto your plate. Then, you'll measure a 1.5 tbl amount of filling, placed into the center of your wonton wrapper. Fold it into a triangle (in half). Seal the edges with eggwash. Then fold that triangle in half again. Seal the edges with more eggwash. Put into cookie sheet or lasagna pan. Continue until all wonton filling is used up.
Boil plain, cold water, about 3 gallons, in a large pasta pot with a strainer. After it comes to a full boil, put 2 cups of dark, sesame oil into the water. Carefully (slowly) place half of your finished, raw wontons into the boiling water. It can splash as you do this, so be careful. You'll do this in two to three batches, depending upon the size of your pasta pot.
Boil the wontons for 10 to 15 minutes. Strain it carefully into sink, so you don't drop it or get spashed with the hot water. Run cold water immediately over your cooked wontons in the sink, with a colander or strainer and drizzle with 2 cups more dark, sesame seed oil to prevent it from sticking.
Repeat this process with 3 more gallons of plain, cold water in a large pasta pot to cook the last half or third of your wontons.
Then, get your wonton soup base boiled for 5 minutes in a large pasta pot. Stir it together and cool for at least 10 minutes.
Last steps:
Serve 12 drained wontons, plus ladle 4 cups worth of wonton soup base per large soup bowl, garnished with fresh cilantro and scallions on top. Use 1/2 cup of fresh cilantro & fresh scallions, washed and finely-minced per soup bowl.
Available on YouTube: ArmindaHeart's "How to sew a cloth diaper"
Check out ArmindaHeart's YouTube tutorial on "How to sew a cloth diaper." It's based on an easy, beginner-friendly sewing pattern with 1-inch wide velcro closures. The soaker cloth is folded in half, lengthwise, then encased into the nappy. First, sew a waterproofing, eco-PUL fabric for the exterior, with flannel-backing. Then, sew the velcro closure system onto it. Next, you'll attach your absorbant layer, such as a 500 gsm weight bamboo and organic cotton soaker liner into the middle. You may need to fold it in half lengthwise to make it more leak-proof. Last you'll sew two layers of smooth flannel to the interior of the entire nappy, to prevent chafing with flat, elastic-encased seams. Cover-stitching is more stretchable for the nappies in this last step. Some sergers don't have this feature though. The velcro closure is easier than a metal snap system for beginners, because it doesn't have to be lined up perfectly. Try to find old flannel, flat bed sheets and cotton terry towels at the thrift stores, to make this on a tight budget.
You can always ask at the local arts centers if they're offering beginner sewing lessons, with sewing machines available for rental. Groupon and Living Social websites also offer discounted sewing lesson packages for beginners too. Sometimes it's more economical to get a membership to the arts or sewing centers, in order to finish your new baby layette projects with an experienced sewing instructor, and not buy the expensive equipment until you aquire the basic fabric cutting, pinning and interpreting sewing pattern skills. The seam allowances are necessary to keep in mind when interpreting sewing patterns too. Also, pressing all seams with an iron correctly is a challenge for beginners without experienced instruction.
Look for reconditioned sewing machines, with a 1 year free parts and labor warranty from a Better Business Bureau member. You can get a better machine, with more features (500 stitches vs 200) than new that way. It needs to be recalibrated, so the stitches actually run true. Over time the needle holding parts can actually warp with high volume use or heavy fabric. If it's over five years old, try to negotiate for a new foot pedal attachment for it also. That can wear down over time and affect the machine's motor speed not running consistently for you. For beginners, it's especially important that you can use the foot pedal to go at a slower, controlled speed, and have that extra time to pull the sewing pins out.
Plug it in, auto-thread at least one black thread spool, and sew a quick, white, standard-sized pillowcase to see how straight the stitches are, in each stitching mode, using both the foot pedal and the auto modes. Bring junk fabric along (like an old, white, flat bed sheet) and black thread for testing your used sewing machine before you actually purchase it. Assign one half of your junk fabric to the foot pedal test and the other half to the auto mode to check for straight, consistent width, non-dropped stitching. Try to stitch two full circles, with a 10-inch circumference on the free stitching mode too. One free-stitching circle on foot pedal mode and the second free-stitching circle on the auto mode. Make sure you get a free instruction manual, that's well-written and clearly illustrated with the reconditioned machine.
You can always ask at the local arts centers if they're offering beginner sewing lessons, with sewing machines available for rental. Groupon and Living Social websites also offer discounted sewing lesson packages for beginners too. Sometimes it's more economical to get a membership to the arts or sewing centers, in order to finish your new baby layette projects with an experienced sewing instructor, and not buy the expensive equipment until you aquire the basic fabric cutting, pinning and interpreting sewing pattern skills. The seam allowances are necessary to keep in mind when interpreting sewing patterns too. Also, pressing all seams with an iron correctly is a challenge for beginners without experienced instruction.
Look for reconditioned sewing machines, with a 1 year free parts and labor warranty from a Better Business Bureau member. You can get a better machine, with more features (500 stitches vs 200) than new that way. It needs to be recalibrated, so the stitches actually run true. Over time the needle holding parts can actually warp with high volume use or heavy fabric. If it's over five years old, try to negotiate for a new foot pedal attachment for it also. That can wear down over time and affect the machine's motor speed not running consistently for you. For beginners, it's especially important that you can use the foot pedal to go at a slower, controlled speed, and have that extra time to pull the sewing pins out.
Plug it in, auto-thread at least one black thread spool, and sew a quick, white, standard-sized pillowcase to see how straight the stitches are, in each stitching mode, using both the foot pedal and the auto modes. Bring junk fabric along (like an old, white, flat bed sheet) and black thread for testing your used sewing machine before you actually purchase it. Assign one half of your junk fabric to the foot pedal test and the other half to the auto mode to check for straight, consistent width, non-dropped stitching. Try to stitch two full circles, with a 10-inch circumference on the free stitching mode too. One free-stitching circle on foot pedal mode and the second free-stitching circle on the auto mode. Make sure you get a free instruction manual, that's well-written and clearly illustrated with the reconditioned machine.
Inspiring Social Studies Curriculum: Hmong English-as-a-Second-Language Story Cloths
http://www.internationalfolkart.org/eventsedu/education/handmadeplanet/hmongstorycloth.html
I found this Social Studies Curriculum Plan on Hmong Story Clothmaking for English-language learners. It can be adjusted for all grade levels, including impoverished, adult, immigrant English-learners, I think. It's similar to making a personal mandala or art journaling which would be more culturally sensitive and empowering for them. Wouldn't this work well as a ghetto/barrio/inner city community quilting project too?
I found this Social Studies Curriculum Plan on Hmong Story Clothmaking for English-language learners. It can be adjusted for all grade levels, including impoverished, adult, immigrant English-learners, I think. It's similar to making a personal mandala or art journaling which would be more culturally sensitive and empowering for them. Wouldn't this work well as a ghetto/barrio/inner city community quilting project too?
500 GSM Bamboo/Organic Cotton Super Heavyweight Nappie Fabric
http://www.diapersewingsupplies.com/bamboo-super-heavy-fleece-fabric/
This is probably the best fabric for nappies, with 70% bamboo and 30% organic cotton, at 500 GSM weight for extra absorbancy. It can be passed down for an entire generation to other babies, for an enduring, heirloom nappie design. Wouldn't that be nice, to have that as part of any new baby layette, monogrammed with your parent's initials? Like a cheaper version of having a chest filled with vintage, heirloom quilts?
Make sure it organically dyed. You can actually make your own organic vegetable, herb dyes in the kitchen too. Whole Foods organic hair dye kits could work for adjusting the fabric colors also. Those can actually be used for batik dyeing nappies, with hand-painted, melted beeswax to "monogram" or print personalized messages onto the fabric. It could look beautiful with Hmong quilt and wall hanging designs too. That would require intricate "storytelling" embroidery though.
This is probably the best fabric for nappies, with 70% bamboo and 30% organic cotton, at 500 GSM weight for extra absorbancy. It can be passed down for an entire generation to other babies, for an enduring, heirloom nappie design. Wouldn't that be nice, to have that as part of any new baby layette, monogrammed with your parent's initials? Like a cheaper version of having a chest filled with vintage, heirloom quilts?
Make sure it organically dyed. You can actually make your own organic vegetable, herb dyes in the kitchen too. Whole Foods organic hair dye kits could work for adjusting the fabric colors also. Those can actually be used for batik dyeing nappies, with hand-painted, melted beeswax to "monogram" or print personalized messages onto the fabric. It could look beautiful with Hmong quilt and wall hanging designs too. That would require intricate "storytelling" embroidery though.
Baby Lock Crescendo Sewing & Quilting Machine:
http://babylock.com/quilting/compare/
Baby Lock's Crescendo Sewing & Quilting Machine is also excellent as a donation choice to all the churches, synagogues, mosques and temples. That will have all the necessary features and hopefully fit the reusable nappies that they donate to the poor in every community. It's not a long arm quilting machine to make quilts and baby crib bedding though.
It would be good to get free lessons negotiated from a personal instructor for two weeks or 40 hours classroom time, for 2 experienced quilters at the congregation, on how to fully and efficiently utilize the machine. It has a lot of new features, so would be quite complicated to use.
Baby Lock's Crescendo Sewing & Quilting Machine is also excellent as a donation choice to all the churches, synagogues, mosques and temples. That will have all the necessary features and hopefully fit the reusable nappies that they donate to the poor in every community. It's not a long arm quilting machine to make quilts and baby crib bedding though.
It would be good to get free lessons negotiated from a personal instructor for two weeks or 40 hours classroom time, for 2 experienced quilters at the congregation, on how to fully and efficiently utilize the machine. It has a lot of new features, so would be quite complicated to use.
Sprouted Pineapple Shrimp Summer Rolls in Rice Paper
For the dipping sauce:
Combine in blender:
8 cups of store-bought House of Tsang peanut sauce (from most Denver-area grocery stores in the Asian section), or any Indonesian/Malaysian peanut satay sauce with 2 cups of reduced-fat coconut cream (you can get this canned, from Pacific Ocean Market in Denver or Westminster). To make it less spicy, also add 3 cups of organic, creamy peanut butter. Look for the pre-stirred kind with honey and sea salt in the ingredients list. That one tastes better.
While at Pacific Ocean Market, pick up:
5 pkg's of of rice paper wrap, or tapioca starch wrap, largest size available
(3 rice paper wraps per roll)
1 pound of rice noodles, vermicelli
(1 cup per roll)
1 container of fresh pea sprouts in produce aisle
(1/4 cup per roll)
4 large carrots, to peel and finely-shred
(4 tbl per roll)
4 bunches of fresh cilantro, to remove stems, wash, then chopped into 1/2 inch pieces. Add 3 tbl per roll.
4 English cucumbers, to peel, then horizontally slice (thinly) *you may need to go to King Soopers or Albertson's for this*
(4 tbl per roll)
1 pound of medium shrimp, headless, de-shelled, de-veined, and raw (boil it for 15 minutes, drain, cool, then slice horizontally)
Add 4 total shrimps, or 8 slices per roll.
1 pineapple, fresh, soft/ripe/yellow-colored, without much green color to it
Cut all exterior skin and the core out of it. Then, cut it into thin 4-inch long strips. Grill it for 2 minutes per side, medium heat, depending on thickness/grill. Cool for 10 minutes before adding it to the summer rolls. Add 4 strips per roll.
To roll everything up like a burrito, soak the rice paper or tapioca starch paper in a deep dish lasagna pan filled with hot water, but not boiling or too hot for your hands. It takes 2 minutes to soften adequately for rolling in there. It may tear, so use two to three rice paper/tapioca starch paper wraps per roll.
To bring to a pot luck, wrap two summer rolls completely in plastic wrap, so it doesn't dry out. Then, after wrapping them in pairs of two's, put them in a large Ziploc bag.
Combine in blender:
8 cups of store-bought House of Tsang peanut sauce (from most Denver-area grocery stores in the Asian section), or any Indonesian/Malaysian peanut satay sauce with 2 cups of reduced-fat coconut cream (you can get this canned, from Pacific Ocean Market in Denver or Westminster). To make it less spicy, also add 3 cups of organic, creamy peanut butter. Look for the pre-stirred kind with honey and sea salt in the ingredients list. That one tastes better.
While at Pacific Ocean Market, pick up:
5 pkg's of of rice paper wrap, or tapioca starch wrap, largest size available
(3 rice paper wraps per roll)
1 pound of rice noodles, vermicelli
(1 cup per roll)
1 container of fresh pea sprouts in produce aisle
(1/4 cup per roll)
4 large carrots, to peel and finely-shred
(4 tbl per roll)
4 bunches of fresh cilantro, to remove stems, wash, then chopped into 1/2 inch pieces. Add 3 tbl per roll.
4 English cucumbers, to peel, then horizontally slice (thinly) *you may need to go to King Soopers or Albertson's for this*
(4 tbl per roll)
1 pound of medium shrimp, headless, de-shelled, de-veined, and raw (boil it for 15 minutes, drain, cool, then slice horizontally)
Add 4 total shrimps, or 8 slices per roll.
1 pineapple, fresh, soft/ripe/yellow-colored, without much green color to it
Cut all exterior skin and the core out of it. Then, cut it into thin 4-inch long strips. Grill it for 2 minutes per side, medium heat, depending on thickness/grill. Cool for 10 minutes before adding it to the summer rolls. Add 4 strips per roll.
To roll everything up like a burrito, soak the rice paper or tapioca starch paper in a deep dish lasagna pan filled with hot water, but not boiling or too hot for your hands. It takes 2 minutes to soften adequately for rolling in there. It may tear, so use two to three rice paper/tapioca starch paper wraps per roll.
To bring to a pot luck, wrap two summer rolls completely in plastic wrap, so it doesn't dry out. Then, after wrapping them in pairs of two's, put them in a large Ziploc bag.
Friday, April 25, 2014
Baby food recipes: Amaranth & Ground Lamb
Save all those pasta sauce glass jars. Wash and reuse for refrigerating baby food jars. To freeze, put it into tiny Tupperware sauce containers. Make sure to put a label with the date it was made and list the contents on everything.
Babies stay on an exclusively breast milk or infant formula diet until six months of age. After that, they can try a couple servings of infant formula or breast milk mixed with infant rice cereal per day. After a month of that, without any diarrhea or vomiting, they can try all of that with organic mashed bananas.
Gradually introduce small quantities of new foods to them, as they can be allergic, or unable to digest it. It's best to keep an electronic food diary with specialized software to see if they're getting all their calories and vitamins that they need per day.
Find a free online one that tracks vaccinations including for the flu virus, their height, weight, gender, age by weeks, head circumference, allergies to food, drugs, or bee stings, skin allergies, blood sugar levels, temperature, over the counter and prescription drugs, especially for asthma or diabetes, and results from all blood tests or cultures.
Make sure it's recommended or approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics. If this isn't available, create one for free, for poor immigrants, with links to the American Academy of Pediatrics for the poorest WIC and all food bank centers within each state, in both Spanish and English languages.
You'll need to put bilingual brochures in every single ethnic grocery store, WIC branch, food bank, Head Start, elementary school, VNA, or Visiting Nurses Association, small, minority- owned pharmacies, and bilingual doctor's offices' waiting rooms to inform them of the free health tracking website also. Make sure it's printed in only large fonts, bolded, because of the lack of eyeglasses available to the poor. Arial 14 pt, bolded font should be the smallest font on the brochures.
Ban fruit juices, kool aid, sodas and excessive desserts from their diets. It causes increased hyperactivity and empty calories.
Recipes:
Baby Food Organic Amaranth Seed & Ground Lamb Stew (Cut recipe in 1/3 of measurement to fit into an at-home, large-sized crockpot):
Ingredients:
Ground organic lamb meat, extra-lean, browned, drained, 3 lb. (ask the Whole Foods butcher to grind this for you if it's not available)
Organic amaranth seeds, uncooked, 8 cups (iron-rich)
Organic chicken broth, fat-free, reduced sodium, 14 cups
2 to 4 cups raw, peeled, finely-shredded, organic carrots
2 to 4 cups organic, frozen peas
1 cup of natural vitamin E oil, food-grade, organic, as a natural preservative
Put everything into a large crockpot, on high heat for 3 hours to soften and fully cook. Let it cool for 30 minutes. Pour it into air-tight containers. Label and freeze or refrigerate. Make sure you stir the hot spots out when you reheat it in a steamer or microwave oven. Stirring a cup of cold, organic chicken broth into it will help.
Organic Quinoa, Sweet Potatoes, Brown Rice & Ground Turkey Breast Stew Recipe:
Ingredients:
4 cups organic, uncooked quinoa (a complete protein)
4 cups organic, raw, peeled, diced, orange sweet potatoes (rich in beta carotene)
3 lbs organic, heritage, ground, browned, drained turkey breast (ask the Whole Foods butcher to grind that for you if it's not available)
4 cups organic brown rice, uncooked, prewashed & drained in warm water 3x
12-14 cups organic, fat-free, reduced sodium chicken broth
1 cup food-grade, organic, natural vitamin E oil, as a natural food preservative
Put all ingredients into a large crockpot on high heat, for 3 hours until well-softened, fully cooked. Cool for 30 minutes, before putting it into jars or Tupperware, labeled.
Babies stay on an exclusively breast milk or infant formula diet until six months of age. After that, they can try a couple servings of infant formula or breast milk mixed with infant rice cereal per day. After a month of that, without any diarrhea or vomiting, they can try all of that with organic mashed bananas.
Gradually introduce small quantities of new foods to them, as they can be allergic, or unable to digest it. It's best to keep an electronic food diary with specialized software to see if they're getting all their calories and vitamins that they need per day.
Find a free online one that tracks vaccinations including for the flu virus, their height, weight, gender, age by weeks, head circumference, allergies to food, drugs, or bee stings, skin allergies, blood sugar levels, temperature, over the counter and prescription drugs, especially for asthma or diabetes, and results from all blood tests or cultures.
Make sure it's recommended or approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics. If this isn't available, create one for free, for poor immigrants, with links to the American Academy of Pediatrics for the poorest WIC and all food bank centers within each state, in both Spanish and English languages.
You'll need to put bilingual brochures in every single ethnic grocery store, WIC branch, food bank, Head Start, elementary school, VNA, or Visiting Nurses Association, small, minority- owned pharmacies, and bilingual doctor's offices' waiting rooms to inform them of the free health tracking website also. Make sure it's printed in only large fonts, bolded, because of the lack of eyeglasses available to the poor. Arial 14 pt, bolded font should be the smallest font on the brochures.
Ban fruit juices, kool aid, sodas and excessive desserts from their diets. It causes increased hyperactivity and empty calories.
Recipes:
Baby Food Organic Amaranth Seed & Ground Lamb Stew (Cut recipe in 1/3 of measurement to fit into an at-home, large-sized crockpot):
Ingredients:
Ground organic lamb meat, extra-lean, browned, drained, 3 lb. (ask the Whole Foods butcher to grind this for you if it's not available)
Organic amaranth seeds, uncooked, 8 cups (iron-rich)
Organic chicken broth, fat-free, reduced sodium, 14 cups
2 to 4 cups raw, peeled, finely-shredded, organic carrots
2 to 4 cups organic, frozen peas
1 cup of natural vitamin E oil, food-grade, organic, as a natural preservative
Put everything into a large crockpot, on high heat for 3 hours to soften and fully cook. Let it cool for 30 minutes. Pour it into air-tight containers. Label and freeze or refrigerate. Make sure you stir the hot spots out when you reheat it in a steamer or microwave oven. Stirring a cup of cold, organic chicken broth into it will help.
Organic Quinoa, Sweet Potatoes, Brown Rice & Ground Turkey Breast Stew Recipe:
Ingredients:
4 cups organic, uncooked quinoa (a complete protein)
4 cups organic, raw, peeled, diced, orange sweet potatoes (rich in beta carotene)
3 lbs organic, heritage, ground, browned, drained turkey breast (ask the Whole Foods butcher to grind that for you if it's not available)
4 cups organic brown rice, uncooked, prewashed & drained in warm water 3x
12-14 cups organic, fat-free, reduced sodium chicken broth
1 cup food-grade, organic, natural vitamin E oil, as a natural food preservative
Put all ingredients into a large crockpot on high heat, for 3 hours until well-softened, fully cooked. Cool for 30 minutes, before putting it into jars or Tupperware, labeled.
Excellent Serger Machine: Baby Lock 8 Thread Evolution
http://babylock.com/sergers/evolution/
This one is best (or similar) for donating to all the churches, temples, synagogues and mosques. It needs to come with a free instructional dvd, plus a warranty that includes all parts and labor for 2 years at that price though. It'll hopefully withstand making 340 nappies per poor baby multiplied by 500 of the community's poor babies per year also. That's a total of 170,000 donated nappies per year. It saves $5,000 per baby as opposed to using disposables. That amount saved pays for about two years of generic brand baby formula, homemade baby food, and used/consigned clothes that they need. Also, it's better on the landfill. It saves a full acre of precious farmland per child, to supply them with infant formula dairies. Even with the water and energy consumed in laundering them, plus the expenses from buying the sewing machines and sergers, reusable nappies are a better long-term investment.
This one is best (or similar) for donating to all the churches, temples, synagogues and mosques. It needs to come with a free instructional dvd, plus a warranty that includes all parts and labor for 2 years at that price though. It'll hopefully withstand making 340 nappies per poor baby multiplied by 500 of the community's poor babies per year also. That's a total of 170,000 donated nappies per year. It saves $5,000 per baby as opposed to using disposables. That amount saved pays for about two years of generic brand baby formula, homemade baby food, and used/consigned clothes that they need. Also, it's better on the landfill. It saves a full acre of precious farmland per child, to supply them with infant formula dairies. Even with the water and energy consumed in laundering them, plus the expenses from buying the sewing machines and sergers, reusable nappies are a better long-term investment.
Reusing cottons for nappies
Check the thrift stores for used cotton terry towels, for bath and kitchen. Also check for xxl men's cotton tee shirts and flannel fabric. Use 3 layers of cotton terry, with 2 layers of cotton jersey, cut from old tee shirts or two layers of flannel. The cotton jersey or flannel will be smoother, and less irritating against the baby's skin. To save on energy costs, pocket diapers are better than all-in-one. You can line dry the eco-PUL separately and it'll last longer too.
You can also reuse old, 100% cotton quilts with cotton insulating fabric and 100% cotton comforters also. Just serge them into a pocket diaper liner shape. Use quilting thread for the edging so it can withstand laundering. Presoak, wash, preshrink and iron everything first. If used fabrics, then soak 72 hours in eucalyptus or tea tree oil with liquid detergent in hot water.
Recipe for soaking used nappie fabrics:
1 cup tea tree oil/eucalyptus oil
5 gallons hot water
2 cups All Free and Clear liquid detergent
1 cup baking soda
Soak a load for 72 hours in that. Handwring it, then load into washing machine, on hot water setting, with 2 more cups of unscented, liquid detergent. Use a second rinse cycle of plain water for the washing machine. Also, it's good to add 2 cups of white vinegar to the second rinse cycle to get the residue off from those pre-soaking ingredients. Avoid using vinegar on the PUL fabric, or all-in-one diapers as it damages it.
This may help kill those dust mites, scabies, fleas, lice nits, bed bugs, crabs, ticks, chiggers, viruses, bacteria, fungus, roach eggs, rat/mice droppings, poisonous spider eggs, pinworms/intestinal parasites and anything else harmful in the used fabric for the reusable nappies.
To preshrink, so nappies don't bunch up and cause discomfort, put presoaked, washed fabrics into dryer on hottest temperature for 2 hours per load.
You can also reuse old, 100% cotton quilts with cotton insulating fabric and 100% cotton comforters also. Just serge them into a pocket diaper liner shape. Use quilting thread for the edging so it can withstand laundering. Presoak, wash, preshrink and iron everything first. If used fabrics, then soak 72 hours in eucalyptus or tea tree oil with liquid detergent in hot water.
Recipe for soaking used nappie fabrics:
1 cup tea tree oil/eucalyptus oil
5 gallons hot water
2 cups All Free and Clear liquid detergent
1 cup baking soda
Soak a load for 72 hours in that. Handwring it, then load into washing machine, on hot water setting, with 2 more cups of unscented, liquid detergent. Use a second rinse cycle of plain water for the washing machine. Also, it's good to add 2 cups of white vinegar to the second rinse cycle to get the residue off from those pre-soaking ingredients. Avoid using vinegar on the PUL fabric, or all-in-one diapers as it damages it.
This may help kill those dust mites, scabies, fleas, lice nits, bed bugs, crabs, ticks, chiggers, viruses, bacteria, fungus, roach eggs, rat/mice droppings, poisonous spider eggs, pinworms/intestinal parasites and anything else harmful in the used fabric for the reusable nappies.
To preshrink, so nappies don't bunch up and cause discomfort, put presoaked, washed fabrics into dryer on hottest temperature for 2 hours per load.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Colorado Organic Heritage Prosciutto & Honeydew Melon/Fresh Figs
Colorado Organic Honeydew Melons Wrapped in Colorado Organic Heritage Berkshire Prosciutto:
If you can find prosciutto that's organic, free-range, with heritage Berkshire pork, use thin slices to wrap it twice around 1 inch cubes of peeled, de-seeded, Colorado honeydew melons. Spear it with toothpicks.
To prepare the melons, scrub the tough melon skins with concentrated, antibacterial handwashing, unscented dish soap. Rinse off and towel well. Cut it into four sections, then de-seed it with a spoon. Using a knife, chop a checkerboard pattern into it, avoiding the skin. Finally, carve the squares of melon from the skin.
Ingredients for 12 guests:
4 Colorado Organic Honeydew Melons
5 pounds thinly-sliced prosciutto, organic, free-range, heritage Berkshire pork
Toothpicks
You can also wrap the remaining prosciutto slices around fresh, organic Californian figs.
Other quick, easy hors d'oeuvres would be:
Phyllo Baked Brie:
Reduced-fat, whole wheat phyllo dough, already prepared, to wrap around pasteurized (cow, not goat) triple-cream brie. Wrap store-bought, reduced fat, whole wheat phyllo dough around entire brie cheese wheels, then bake in oven. Use a cookie sheet lined with foil, misted with extra virgin olive oil blended with grapeseed oil. 50/50 blend to increase smoke point. Center rack, 325 degrees, 25 minutes, preheated.
Blue Cheese Baked Bella Mushrooms:
Large baby bella mushrooms stuffed with blue cheese, reduced fat, crumbled. Stuff caps and bake 20 minutes, 350 degrees,center rack until cheese bubbles in center.
Mini Italian Grilled Cheese & Sausage Sandwiches:
Organic, spicy Italian sausages, grilled, then sliced thickly. Serve sausage slices on top melted, organic, finely-shredded, pasteurized Monterey Jack cheese and freshly baked/reheated San Francisco sourdough baguette. After you assemble all ingredients, cut it into 4-inch pieces.
Also good to brush extra virgin olive oil, infused with garlic cloves onto the bread, both sides, prior to melting it with the finely-shredded cheese, completely wrapped in foil, in oven.
Heart-Shaped French Toast With Turkey Bacon:
Use heart-shaped cookie cutter after you make french toast. Whisk 8 beaten eggs, 4 packets of stevia, 5 tbl cinnamon, ground, 3 tbl nutmeg, ground, 2 tbl allspice, ground, with 5 tbl Mexican vanilla syrup together. Dip Pepperidge Farm brand raisin cinnamon bread, sliced thickly, into mixture. Fry in misted hazelnut oil, organic. Each side about 3 minutes, on medium heat with a pre-heated, non-stick frying pan. Finally, cut the french toast with the heart-shaped cookie cutter. Serve with cooked, reduced fat, reduced sodium turkey bacon, drained.
If you can find prosciutto that's organic, free-range, with heritage Berkshire pork, use thin slices to wrap it twice around 1 inch cubes of peeled, de-seeded, Colorado honeydew melons. Spear it with toothpicks.
To prepare the melons, scrub the tough melon skins with concentrated, antibacterial handwashing, unscented dish soap. Rinse off and towel well. Cut it into four sections, then de-seed it with a spoon. Using a knife, chop a checkerboard pattern into it, avoiding the skin. Finally, carve the squares of melon from the skin.
Ingredients for 12 guests:
4 Colorado Organic Honeydew Melons
5 pounds thinly-sliced prosciutto, organic, free-range, heritage Berkshire pork
Toothpicks
You can also wrap the remaining prosciutto slices around fresh, organic Californian figs.
Other quick, easy hors d'oeuvres would be:
Phyllo Baked Brie:
Reduced-fat, whole wheat phyllo dough, already prepared, to wrap around pasteurized (cow, not goat) triple-cream brie. Wrap store-bought, reduced fat, whole wheat phyllo dough around entire brie cheese wheels, then bake in oven. Use a cookie sheet lined with foil, misted with extra virgin olive oil blended with grapeseed oil. 50/50 blend to increase smoke point. Center rack, 325 degrees, 25 minutes, preheated.
Blue Cheese Baked Bella Mushrooms:
Large baby bella mushrooms stuffed with blue cheese, reduced fat, crumbled. Stuff caps and bake 20 minutes, 350 degrees,center rack until cheese bubbles in center.
Mini Italian Grilled Cheese & Sausage Sandwiches:
Organic, spicy Italian sausages, grilled, then sliced thickly. Serve sausage slices on top melted, organic, finely-shredded, pasteurized Monterey Jack cheese and freshly baked/reheated San Francisco sourdough baguette. After you assemble all ingredients, cut it into 4-inch pieces.
Also good to brush extra virgin olive oil, infused with garlic cloves onto the bread, both sides, prior to melting it with the finely-shredded cheese, completely wrapped in foil, in oven.
Heart-Shaped French Toast With Turkey Bacon:
Use heart-shaped cookie cutter after you make french toast. Whisk 8 beaten eggs, 4 packets of stevia, 5 tbl cinnamon, ground, 3 tbl nutmeg, ground, 2 tbl allspice, ground, with 5 tbl Mexican vanilla syrup together. Dip Pepperidge Farm brand raisin cinnamon bread, sliced thickly, into mixture. Fry in misted hazelnut oil, organic. Each side about 3 minutes, on medium heat with a pre-heated, non-stick frying pan. Finally, cut the french toast with the heart-shaped cookie cutter. Serve with cooked, reduced fat, reduced sodium turkey bacon, drained.
355 GSM Organic Cotton Sherpa Fabric (Reusable Baby Nappies)
http://www.naturesfabrics.com/organic-cotton-sherpa.html
355 GSM Organic Cotton Sherpa fabric is also good for making the absorbant layer for reusable, all-in-one nappies. Combine at least three layers together with the Eco-PUL waterproofing fabric. Or have it in separate layers for easier laundering.
Good quantity to have as a complete set:
***Include a 1/2 inch seam allowance on both sides, on top of adding an extra inch to the nappy's width and rise. So, below, one inch extra in the width or rise would actually equal two inches total, with the seam allowances.***
48 quantity of newborn-sized, equivalent to Huggies newborn, with umbilical cord area cut out, use one as a sewing guide, but add 1 inch to width to account for extra layer of cotton sherpa terry. ***Add 1 inch extra to the rise of the nappies. Add an extra inch in the rise, for each size up too.***
48 qty of size 1, equivalent to Huggies version, but add an extra 2 inches of width all around, to account for reusable nappies being thicker
48 qty of size 2, equivalent to Huggies, but add 3 inches to width
48 qty of size 3, equivalent to Huggies, but add 4 inches to width
48 qty of size 4, equivalent to Huggies, but add 5 inches to width
48 qty of size 5, equivalent to Huggies, but add 6 inches to width
48 qty of size 6, equivalent to Huggies, but add
7 inches to width
Total of 336 qty of reusable, all-in-one baby nappies. Babies can go through 14 diaper changes per day. Usually 14 nappies are being soaked with enzyme cleaner every night.
For laundering 24 reusable nappies:
Use the orange gallon of cat urine enzyme cleaner from PetsMart to soak 24 baby nappies for 24 hours: 4 cups of the enzyme cleaner, with 2 cups of All Free and Clear liquid detergent, plus 5 gallons of hot water. Keep a lid on it, to control odors.
Then, drain nappies (by handwringing it) to wash it in a large washing machine, on the warm water setting, with 1 scoop of oxiclean powder, plus 2 more cups of All Free and Clear, unscented liquid detergent. Always do a second rinse cycle of just plain water, with 2 cups white vinegar for all baby nappies and clothes. PUL nappie fabric will deteriorate faster if you use vinegar on it, unfortunately. If you have the all-in-one types, just skip the vinegar part.
Use Bounce Free and Clear, unscented dryer sheets, 1 dryer sheet per 24 nappies, 55 minutes long on permanent press, medium heat setting. Make sure nappies are completely dry, no dampness at the end of the dryer cycle. This will help to prevent dermatitis/sensitive skin rashes, along with bacterial and fungal infection diaper rashes.
Always apply 40% zinc oxide in entire nappie region, including the baby's groin folds and thighs to cover entire shorts area, at least 3x/day, especially at every bed time. The rest of the day, you can just use unscented corn starch powder or regular strength Desitin at nappie changing time. If you can't find unscented corn starch, just use the food-grade type.
All of the items listed above need to be donated to all churches, synagogues, temples and mosques. They all run daycares, preschools and public school break camps for impoverished children of all ages. Babies always have to be included for family values and literacy purposes too. Also, many poor latchkey and inner city school children get most of their nutritional needs met at those places when school is on break.
355 GSM Organic Cotton Sherpa fabric is also good for making the absorbant layer for reusable, all-in-one nappies. Combine at least three layers together with the Eco-PUL waterproofing fabric. Or have it in separate layers for easier laundering.
Good quantity to have as a complete set:
***Include a 1/2 inch seam allowance on both sides, on top of adding an extra inch to the nappy's width and rise. So, below, one inch extra in the width or rise would actually equal two inches total, with the seam allowances.***
48 quantity of newborn-sized, equivalent to Huggies newborn, with umbilical cord area cut out, use one as a sewing guide, but add 1 inch to width to account for extra layer of cotton sherpa terry. ***Add 1 inch extra to the rise of the nappies. Add an extra inch in the rise, for each size up too.***
48 qty of size 1, equivalent to Huggies version, but add an extra 2 inches of width all around, to account for reusable nappies being thicker
48 qty of size 2, equivalent to Huggies, but add 3 inches to width
48 qty of size 3, equivalent to Huggies, but add 4 inches to width
48 qty of size 4, equivalent to Huggies, but add 5 inches to width
48 qty of size 5, equivalent to Huggies, but add 6 inches to width
48 qty of size 6, equivalent to Huggies, but add
7 inches to width
Total of 336 qty of reusable, all-in-one baby nappies. Babies can go through 14 diaper changes per day. Usually 14 nappies are being soaked with enzyme cleaner every night.
For laundering 24 reusable nappies:
Use the orange gallon of cat urine enzyme cleaner from PetsMart to soak 24 baby nappies for 24 hours: 4 cups of the enzyme cleaner, with 2 cups of All Free and Clear liquid detergent, plus 5 gallons of hot water. Keep a lid on it, to control odors.
Then, drain nappies (by handwringing it) to wash it in a large washing machine, on the warm water setting, with 1 scoop of oxiclean powder, plus 2 more cups of All Free and Clear, unscented liquid detergent. Always do a second rinse cycle of just plain water, with 2 cups white vinegar for all baby nappies and clothes. PUL nappie fabric will deteriorate faster if you use vinegar on it, unfortunately. If you have the all-in-one types, just skip the vinegar part.
Use Bounce Free and Clear, unscented dryer sheets, 1 dryer sheet per 24 nappies, 55 minutes long on permanent press, medium heat setting. Make sure nappies are completely dry, no dampness at the end of the dryer cycle. This will help to prevent dermatitis/sensitive skin rashes, along with bacterial and fungal infection diaper rashes.
Always apply 40% zinc oxide in entire nappie region, including the baby's groin folds and thighs to cover entire shorts area, at least 3x/day, especially at every bed time. The rest of the day, you can just use unscented corn starch powder or regular strength Desitin at nappie changing time. If you can't find unscented corn starch, just use the food-grade type.
All of the items listed above need to be donated to all churches, synagogues, temples and mosques. They all run daycares, preschools and public school break camps for impoverished children of all ages. Babies always have to be included for family values and literacy purposes too. Also, many poor latchkey and inner city school children get most of their nutritional needs met at those places when school is on break.
Eco-PUL Reusable Baby Nappie Fabric
http://www.diapersewingsupplies.com/what-is-pul-eco-pul-fabric/
This one is a more eco-friendly, quieter/less crackly, more breathable PUL waterproofing fabric for making all-in-one, reusable baby nappies. This may also help to prevent nappie rashes since it's more breathable than regular PUL fabric.
This one is a more eco-friendly, quieter/less crackly, more breathable PUL waterproofing fabric for making all-in-one, reusable baby nappies. This may also help to prevent nappie rashes since it's more breathable than regular PUL fabric.
Bulk Organic Bamboo Double-Sided Terry Cloth Fabric
Perfect for making reusable, all-in-one, organic baby nappies. Combine 5 layers of the double-sided bamboo terry cloth together for the absorbant layer, depending upon the GSM/weight of it. Pre-wash, pre-shrink and iron all fabrics, except the PUL layer, before sewing.
Other items needed for this: PUL waterproofing fabric, organic pastel pink and pastel blue fabric dyes, large, sharp fabric shears, sewing pins, a steam iron, elastic thread, all-in-one nappie sewing patterns for preemie to 4 year old sizes, with umbilical cord cut-outs for preemie and newborns, an electronic sewing machine that has enough room for fitting five layers of thick terry and PUL fabric together, one ideal for quilting, adjustable metal snaps and velcro closures.
http://www.bamboofabricstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_12&products_id=3
It would make a great gift for a poor family, especially if you monogram the baby's first name, in pastel pink or pastel blue, depending upon gender, with organically dyed quilting thread also. If you can't find organically dyed quilting thread, go with undyed, organic quilting thread.
If you can't sew, hire a seamstress with a monogramming machine to make this.
This fabric would also be good for serging on a serging machine into 12 matching baby washcloths, and 12 bath towels for baby. Serging machines cost $500, or more. Every church, synagogue, temple and mosque needs one donated to their arts and crafts centers for making baby nappies and layette items. Just use a regular bath towel and washcloth for the sewing patterns. Using pastel pink or pastel blue thread for the edging would give it a little color, since it's undyed. Monogramming the baby's initials onto it, in matching pastel-colored thread is always great, for a new baby gift.
Other items needed for this: PUL waterproofing fabric, organic pastel pink and pastel blue fabric dyes, large, sharp fabric shears, sewing pins, a steam iron, elastic thread, all-in-one nappie sewing patterns for preemie to 4 year old sizes, with umbilical cord cut-outs for preemie and newborns, an electronic sewing machine that has enough room for fitting five layers of thick terry and PUL fabric together, one ideal for quilting, adjustable metal snaps and velcro closures.
http://www.bamboofabricstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_12&products_id=3
It would make a great gift for a poor family, especially if you monogram the baby's first name, in pastel pink or pastel blue, depending upon gender, with organically dyed quilting thread also. If you can't find organically dyed quilting thread, go with undyed, organic quilting thread.
If you can't sew, hire a seamstress with a monogramming machine to make this.
This fabric would also be good for serging on a serging machine into 12 matching baby washcloths, and 12 bath towels for baby. Serging machines cost $500, or more. Every church, synagogue, temple and mosque needs one donated to their arts and crafts centers for making baby nappies and layette items. Just use a regular bath towel and washcloth for the sewing patterns. Using pastel pink or pastel blue thread for the edging would give it a little color, since it's undyed. Monogramming the baby's initials onto it, in matching pastel-colored thread is always great, for a new baby gift.
MEXICAN TURKEY BREAST ROAST
1 boneless, skinless, organic, heritage turkey breast (fresh or thawed in fridge 2 days)
4 cups organic tomato soup, sodium free, fat-free
4 cups of crushed tomatoes, sodium-free, fat-free
4 cups finely-grated, peeled organic carrots
1 large, organic yellow onion, diced
1 cup Mexican oregano
1 cup cumin powder
1 cup garlic powder
1/4 cup of finely-ground sea salt
1/4 cup ancho chili powder
1/4 cup New Mexican hatch chilis, de-skinned
8 cups of peeled, organic Jerusalem artichoke tubers, cut into 4-inch pieces
12 large, organic carrots, peeled, cut into 4 inch pieces
Roast in oven bag, center rack, 350 degrees for about 55 minutes. Check with a meat thermometer. Serve this, thickly sliced on warm ciabatta bread rolls with a fresh salad: triple-washed baby kale, finely-shredded, peeled organic carrots, Stilton blue cheese, and peeled, sliced English cucumbers. Add 4 heaping tbl of organic chia seeds to the salad before dressing it. Ken's Steakhouse Light Blue Cheese dressing is also good.
4 cups organic tomato soup, sodium free, fat-free
4 cups of crushed tomatoes, sodium-free, fat-free
4 cups finely-grated, peeled organic carrots
1 large, organic yellow onion, diced
1 cup Mexican oregano
1 cup cumin powder
1 cup garlic powder
1/4 cup of finely-ground sea salt
1/4 cup ancho chili powder
1/4 cup New Mexican hatch chilis, de-skinned
8 cups of peeled, organic Jerusalem artichoke tubers, cut into 4-inch pieces
12 large, organic carrots, peeled, cut into 4 inch pieces
Roast in oven bag, center rack, 350 degrees for about 55 minutes. Check with a meat thermometer. Serve this, thickly sliced on warm ciabatta bread rolls with a fresh salad: triple-washed baby kale, finely-shredded, peeled organic carrots, Stilton blue cheese, and peeled, sliced English cucumbers. Add 4 heaping tbl of organic chia seeds to the salad before dressing it. Ken's Steakhouse Light Blue Cheese dressing is also good.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
[For about 14 guests, depending on number of children]
**All prepared and catered only by a small business, Greek-American family-owned:
15 cups organic amaranth seeds (Substitute with organic brown basmati rice if not available or affordable. Depending on the altitude, use 15 cups of pre-washed rice grains to 22.5, or twenty-two and a half cups chicken broth at Denver altitude level. One and a half times more broth than grains ratio.)
30 cups organic, fat-free, reduced sodium chicken broth (or substitute with organic, fat-free, reduced sodium chicken bouillon and water)
5 cups organic saffron, freshly and finely ground with a mortar and pestle, mixed in a blender with 5 cups of hot, boiled water, added in last 10 minutes of amaranth seeds or rice cooking (substitute with organic turmeric powder in same quantity if not available/affordable)
4 cups extra-virgin olive oil, from Greece, added only at the end, when you fluff the amaranth seeds or rice
Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer 25 to 35 minutes. Best to use a rice steamer. Finish cooking it the day of the wedding reception, two hours before the meal time.
OR
Use the Colorado Springs Broadmoor Hotel's recipe for "Baked Wild Rice" from the book, "The Best of Colorado's Gourmet Gold," first edition, Nov. 1982. Try it with organic amaranth seeds instead of rice for extra iron. Substitute the butter in that recipe with 1/2 Smart Balance, 1/2 extra virgin olive oil. For the mushrooms, try fresh, cleaned, thinly-sliced organic baby bella ones. Or cleaned, full-sized portabello mushrooms, with the dark brown "dirt"/portion underneath the caps removed.
OR
That same cookbook also has an excellent recipe for "Saffron Rice" by The Copper Kettle in Aspen, Colorado. Try Louis Jadot unoaked chardonnay for the white wine. It's about $17/bottle.
Entree:
2 whole, organic boer meat goats, 5 months old, from a halal butcher, each cut into twelve equal-sized pieces, heads, legs, and all organs removed (for regular-sized home oven roast, not commercial or industrial-sized cuts)
Order 3 months in advance from halal butcher. Keep on 8 bags of ice, in insulated ice boxes at pick-up.
Marinate goat meat, refrigerated for 5 days in brining solution:
4 bottles of Colorado's Holy Abbey Cross award-winning merlot
http://www.abbeywinery.com/
Or substitute with Blackstone Merlot if not available or affordable ($10/bottle)
7 cups garlic powder
7 cups onion powder
7 cups salt, sea (finely ground)
7 cups black pepper, coarsely ground
12 cups dried organic rosemary, freshly and finely ground
8 gallons of water, hot, boiled for 10 minutes with brining seasonings
12 cups of extra-virgin olive oil, from Greece
USDA tips for cooking goat meat in link below:
(Use only moist heat cooking, such as braising or stewing, not dry heat methods. Cook it in turkey oven bags, tied, with a few slits cut into it. Create a braising marinade with merlot wine that includes at least six months in new French oak barrels in description, 8 cups of oak-y smelling merlot per oven bag, add coarsely chopped vanilla beans, 3 cups per oven bag, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces, chopped fresh rosemary, 4 cups per oven bag, and diced, fresh shallots, 4 cups per oven bag, to completely cover the goat meat cuts, each inside turkey oven bags, after brining it, refrigerated, for five days. Also, add 2 tbls of finely ground sea salt and 4 tbls coarsely ground black pepper per 4 cups of merlot. If using eight cups of merlot per oven bag, then use 4 level tbl of salt, and 8 level tbl of coarsely ground black pepper. Add this to the merlot first and mix well. You can just tie the oven bags or use cooking twine afterwards.)
http://www.jackmauldin.com/usda_goat_cooking_tips.html
Cook and pre-carve the meat into the size of a deck of cards 24 hours before the wedding ceremony, allowing for reheating via steaming thirty minutes before reception meal. Precook it to medium rare, so it can be reheated, without ruining the texture.
Greek salad:
Prepare this 24 hours before the wedding ceremony and dress it two hours before the reception meal time.
Fresh, organic, flat-leafed parsley, stems removed, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces, 100 bunches
Organic, vine-ripened, red, heirloom tomatoes, large, 50 qty, washed, de-seeded, chopped into 1/4 inch cubes
10 large onions, Vidalia or Maui, diced
12 English cucumbers, peeled, diced
Seasoned, cooked instant tabbouleh, 12 cups, prepared two hours before reception meal
Dressing:
15 cups organic lemon juice
15 cups extra virgin olive oil, from Greece
Salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste: 1 tsp of each per cup of olive oil
Dessert:
Baklava, deep-dish style with organic pistachios, freshly and finely ground organic coriander seeds, cardamon pods on top, only sweetened with stevia syrup, not honey. Use reduced fat, sugar-free, whole wheat, phyllo pastry dough.
Serve everything with sparkling, sugar-free, stevia-sweetened rose lemonade, organic.
Have a table filled with freshly baked, whole wheat Greek olives and roasted garlic clove bread loaves and triple-cream pasteurized brie (cow, not goat) along with platters of Greek olives: kalamatas, marinated, de-pitted and green olives, de-pitted, marinated, stuffed with garlic. Marinated artichoke hearts, organic also.
Only order the white roses and pale pink peonies for the table centerpieces from a small business, Greek-American family-owned floral shop. Order 4 months in advance of wedding.
**All prepared and catered only by a small business, Greek-American family-owned:
15 cups organic amaranth seeds (Substitute with organic brown basmati rice if not available or affordable. Depending on the altitude, use 15 cups of pre-washed rice grains to 22.5, or twenty-two and a half cups chicken broth at Denver altitude level. One and a half times more broth than grains ratio.)
30 cups organic, fat-free, reduced sodium chicken broth (or substitute with organic, fat-free, reduced sodium chicken bouillon and water)
5 cups organic saffron, freshly and finely ground with a mortar and pestle, mixed in a blender with 5 cups of hot, boiled water, added in last 10 minutes of amaranth seeds or rice cooking (substitute with organic turmeric powder in same quantity if not available/affordable)
4 cups extra-virgin olive oil, from Greece, added only at the end, when you fluff the amaranth seeds or rice
Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer 25 to 35 minutes. Best to use a rice steamer. Finish cooking it the day of the wedding reception, two hours before the meal time.
OR
Use the Colorado Springs Broadmoor Hotel's recipe for "Baked Wild Rice" from the book, "The Best of Colorado's Gourmet Gold," first edition, Nov. 1982. Try it with organic amaranth seeds instead of rice for extra iron. Substitute the butter in that recipe with 1/2 Smart Balance, 1/2 extra virgin olive oil. For the mushrooms, try fresh, cleaned, thinly-sliced organic baby bella ones. Or cleaned, full-sized portabello mushrooms, with the dark brown "dirt"/portion underneath the caps removed.
OR
That same cookbook also has an excellent recipe for "Saffron Rice" by The Copper Kettle in Aspen, Colorado. Try Louis Jadot unoaked chardonnay for the white wine. It's about $17/bottle.
Entree:
2 whole, organic boer meat goats, 5 months old, from a halal butcher, each cut into twelve equal-sized pieces, heads, legs, and all organs removed (for regular-sized home oven roast, not commercial or industrial-sized cuts)
Order 3 months in advance from halal butcher. Keep on 8 bags of ice, in insulated ice boxes at pick-up.
Marinate goat meat, refrigerated for 5 days in brining solution:
4 bottles of Colorado's Holy Abbey Cross award-winning merlot
http://www.abbeywinery.com/
Or substitute with Blackstone Merlot if not available or affordable ($10/bottle)
7 cups garlic powder
7 cups onion powder
7 cups salt, sea (finely ground)
7 cups black pepper, coarsely ground
12 cups dried organic rosemary, freshly and finely ground
8 gallons of water, hot, boiled for 10 minutes with brining seasonings
12 cups of extra-virgin olive oil, from Greece
USDA tips for cooking goat meat in link below:
(Use only moist heat cooking, such as braising or stewing, not dry heat methods. Cook it in turkey oven bags, tied, with a few slits cut into it. Create a braising marinade with merlot wine that includes at least six months in new French oak barrels in description, 8 cups of oak-y smelling merlot per oven bag, add coarsely chopped vanilla beans, 3 cups per oven bag, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces, chopped fresh rosemary, 4 cups per oven bag, and diced, fresh shallots, 4 cups per oven bag, to completely cover the goat meat cuts, each inside turkey oven bags, after brining it, refrigerated, for five days. Also, add 2 tbls of finely ground sea salt and 4 tbls coarsely ground black pepper per 4 cups of merlot. If using eight cups of merlot per oven bag, then use 4 level tbl of salt, and 8 level tbl of coarsely ground black pepper. Add this to the merlot first and mix well. You can just tie the oven bags or use cooking twine afterwards.)
http://www.jackmauldin.com/usda_goat_cooking_tips.html
Cook and pre-carve the meat into the size of a deck of cards 24 hours before the wedding ceremony, allowing for reheating via steaming thirty minutes before reception meal. Precook it to medium rare, so it can be reheated, without ruining the texture.
Greek salad:
Prepare this 24 hours before the wedding ceremony and dress it two hours before the reception meal time.
Fresh, organic, flat-leafed parsley, stems removed, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces, 100 bunches
Organic, vine-ripened, red, heirloom tomatoes, large, 50 qty, washed, de-seeded, chopped into 1/4 inch cubes
10 large onions, Vidalia or Maui, diced
12 English cucumbers, peeled, diced
Seasoned, cooked instant tabbouleh, 12 cups, prepared two hours before reception meal
Dressing:
15 cups organic lemon juice
15 cups extra virgin olive oil, from Greece
Salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste: 1 tsp of each per cup of olive oil
Dessert:
Baklava, deep-dish style with organic pistachios, freshly and finely ground organic coriander seeds, cardamon pods on top, only sweetened with stevia syrup, not honey. Use reduced fat, sugar-free, whole wheat, phyllo pastry dough.
Serve everything with sparkling, sugar-free, stevia-sweetened rose lemonade, organic.
Have a table filled with freshly baked, whole wheat Greek olives and roasted garlic clove bread loaves and triple-cream pasteurized brie (cow, not goat) along with platters of Greek olives: kalamatas, marinated, de-pitted and green olives, de-pitted, marinated, stuffed with garlic. Marinated artichoke hearts, organic also.
Only order the white roses and pale pink peonies for the table centerpieces from a small business, Greek-American family-owned floral shop. Order 4 months in advance of wedding.
Monday, April 21, 2014
Newly-Built-Orphanage-in-Mexico Cupcakes
Red Banana Quinoa Cupcakes Steamed in Banana Leaves, Served With Hot Coconut Cream
*Use heart-shaped cupcake silicon pans*
4 cups quinoa flour, Mexican, fair-wage
2 cups stevia, Mexican, fair-trade
14 mini red bananas, Mexican, fair-trade, mashed, very ripe
4 large eggs, organic, Nest Fresh
1/2 pound rice bran oil butter
8 tbl Mexican vanilla extract, fair-trade, organic
1/2 tsp pink sea salt, finely ground
2 tsp baking powder
4 tbl rose oil, organic
30 banana or ti leaves from Pacific Ocean Market
8 cans of coconut cream, reduced fat, Mexican, fair-wage
Hand 2 silicone heart-shaped cupcake pans, a bamboo steamer, and above ingredients to a poor Mexican single mother with a new Habitat for Humanity house, to figure out how to steam it, heart-shaped for me. Make sure she gets a new child-safe electric stove, not a gas one. Also, 4 Nighthawk detectors, firescaped landscaping and a fireproofing sprinkler system installed free in her new house.
*Use heart-shaped cupcake silicon pans*
4 cups quinoa flour, Mexican, fair-wage
2 cups stevia, Mexican, fair-trade
14 mini red bananas, Mexican, fair-trade, mashed, very ripe
4 large eggs, organic, Nest Fresh
1/2 pound rice bran oil butter
8 tbl Mexican vanilla extract, fair-trade, organic
1/2 tsp pink sea salt, finely ground
2 tsp baking powder
4 tbl rose oil, organic
30 banana or ti leaves from Pacific Ocean Market
8 cans of coconut cream, reduced fat, Mexican, fair-wage
Hand 2 silicone heart-shaped cupcake pans, a bamboo steamer, and above ingredients to a poor Mexican single mother with a new Habitat for Humanity house, to figure out how to steam it, heart-shaped for me. Make sure she gets a new child-safe electric stove, not a gas one. Also, 4 Nighthawk detectors, firescaped landscaping and a fireproofing sprinkler system installed free in her new house.
Everything...but in a wonton wrapper
Different types of wonton fillings:
Ground rattlesnake and rabbit, sage, shallots and minced truffles
Smoked Colorado trout and mashed Jerusalem artichoke with cream cheese, blk pepper
A dessert wonton with baklava, spiced with finely ground cardamon pod, coriander seed powder
Ice cream, Mexican, fried
Dessert caramel flan, with dark chocolate, cayenne pepper
Ground rattlesnake and rabbit, sage, shallots and minced truffles
Smoked Colorado trout and mashed Jerusalem artichoke with cream cheese, blk pepper
A dessert wonton with baklava, spiced with finely ground cardamon pod, coriander seed powder
Ice cream, Mexican, fried
Dessert caramel flan, with dark chocolate, cayenne pepper
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Squash Blossoms & Zucchini Bread Urban Garden Design
List of donations for poorest elementary school in your nearest barrio/ghetto/site of former Japanese internment camp:
Plot of 1 full acre land hooked up to city water/drilled working well with excellent drinking water quality. Make sure federal government comes out monthly to test soil and water for lead, asbestos, mercury, radon, uranium, pH, HRT synthetic hormones, growth hormones, antibiotics, agricultural pesticides and insecticides.
The federal government scientists need to have a Ph.D in Chemistry, at the least. Check their credentials. Make sure they're not racist or classist against the barrios and ghettos. Ideally, they're also from the barrios and/or ghettos themselves.
100 used, giant, cleaned tractor trailer truck tires to use as garden beds (mechanical oil and brake dust-free), for 50 double-lined garden beds
100 used, good condition wood pallets for a vertical Mexican herb garden (structures stabilized with old, sealed deck wood, not pre-1980, to avoid lead paint risks)
50 five-foot high tomato towers, made from organic, unpainted bamboo and undyed twine/sisal ropes
50 bags of aphid-eating ladybugs from organic nursery to release second week of June, every year
100 gallons organic neem oil, not de-scented, without petroleum, for organic fungicide, insecticide every year. Reapply every single week, during growing season, especially after watering and any rainfall. Use drip watering, not overhead misting/watering on plants. Check all hoses, connectors, and sprayers on a weekly basis for deterioration and leaks.
Water irrigation system installed by a professional female, minority plumber with appropriate exterior connectors, hoses from the well or city water pipes to each garden bed. Use brand new metal or hard plastic hoses, made from recyled materials, not rubber or soft plastic for the drip watering system. Make sure there is no lead in it.
100 gallons of food-safe liquid beeswax, mixed with organic garlic, habanero and lemongrass oil, every year. 75% liquid beeswax, 25% garlic/habanero/lemongrass oils is okay for preventing rabbit browsing. It'll suffocate invasive insect larvae too. Avoid applying in windy conditions. Wear goggles and long gardening gloves. Don't let it get into contact with any of the children's skin or eyes.
Wash any herbs, or produce well in safe drinking water and a little bleach liquid to kill e. coli, salmonella, listeria and hepatitis. Soak in a well-mixed solution of 5 gallons cold, safe drinking water, with 4 full cups of chlorine bleach (liquid), 1 cup of concentrated liquid dishwasher soap (not for the dishwasher). Soak everything at least 30 minutes, including hand scrubbing some with a reusable dishwashing washcloth. Then, rinse everything well with safe drinking water. You need to ensure the spicy anti-wildlife/anti-insect spray oils are removed well from the herbs and produce. Never mix ammonia products with chlorine bleach. Just use generic-brand white vinegar to clean bathroom metal guard rails, glass, and mirrors. It's more economical and safer for everyone, including illiterate English language learners. Check all cleaning ingredients first.
Everything, even organic products must be locked up from the children, in a well-lit, well-labeled cleaning shed. Remember to label everything in both Spanish and English with photos, laminated. 8x10-inch labels. The poor can't always afford eyeglasses, or literacy so you need to always keep this in mind.
500 gallons of concentrated, phosphate-free, river-safe, ammonia-free dishwashing (not for the dishwasher) soap to hose off insects and caterpillars.
Bird and insect netting: enough to double net 50 garden beds, only made from recycled products. Use sealed (rust-resistant) steel rebars, 12 ft high, four per garden bed. Sink each steel rebar at least 4 ft deep into the well-tilled, enriched garden soil. 8 ft of steel rebar should stand straight from ground on all four sides of each garden bed. Then double net each truck tire garden bed. Cut down and sew velcro into double layered bird and insect netting so you can open it for pruning/spraying neem/beeswax oil, harvesting/soft twining to bamboo structures. You can collect used, well-cleaned window and door screens for this. Duct tape or wire it together.
Soft gardening twine, 200 quantity of twelve-foot high steel rebars for 50 garden beds total.
Heavy machinery to dig garden bed holes and install buried, double perimeter bear/rabbit/elk/deer-proof fencing. (Only use this after clearing your dig locations with the local utility company to prevent hitting a natural gas/buried power/sewage/water lines)
Aged, organic manure (from organic dairy goats/organic dairy sheep, free-range), enough to fill 12 of the largest-sized construction dumpsters or tractor trailer truck beds, manure aged at least 24 months, to be delivered twice a year, every year.
Till/mix it well (4 ft deep, with at least 3 passes over the ground) into soil before and after the planting/harvest times, but only after clearing this with your local utility company first, every single time you till it. Till it right before planting and right after you harvest, twice a year total. Remember not to do it until after you clear this every single time with your utility company first.
Double perimeter fencing to prevent rabbits, prairie dogs, bear, elk, and deer-browsing, at least 12 ft high from ground, metal, buried 6 ft underground. Fence should be 18 ft high total. Long enough to go twice around 1 acre plot of land.
24 well-lit, wheelchair-accessible (with covered, non-icy ramps, sturdy guard rails for varying heights), bathrooms with running water for flushing toilets, deep sinks (for washing hands, and produce). 12 for males, 12 for females, each for varying ages, including babies, toddlers and small, blind elementary-aged children in wheelchairs. Make sure you have 24 indoor water fountains in varying, wheelchair-accessible heights, inside each gender bathroom.
Two wide, lockable, well-lit entrances, large enough for four Ford F-350 trucks to fit through. One marked clearly for entrance only. The second marked clearly for exiting only. Both marked on both sides in Spanish and English, to prevent the English-as-a-Second-Language learning children from getting hit or run over by trucks and heavy machinery.
Organic, full-sized plants (hardened off gradually from indoor nursery conditions for outdoor climate, altitude) for making heirloom tomato salsas, Mexican zucchini quinoa breads, heirloom red, white and blue July 4th corn tamales and squash blossoms with red, white and blue bean July 4th soup. Plant after second week of June. Label plants clearly in Spanish and English with photos, laminated. Make sure it's 8x10 inches in size, since the poor barrio/ghetto don't have enough money for eyeglasses, which is a very typical, tragic challenge for them, as they struggle to learn how to read.
Use mulch only made and delivered from a small local, Mexican and Female-owned landscaping business that recycles old, cleaned tires in landfill into mulch. Check with the Small Business Administration for this. Make sure that same small business secures a small business loan at 0% interest rate, 30-year, fixed term, to cover ten years of overhead costs, with waived/zero loan processing fees. Sue the top ten largest banks in the state, in a class action discrimination lawsuit for the funds and 50% of their executive-level position jobs. Fill those slots with female, Democratic minorities from the actual barrios/ghettos. Also, ensure that same Mexican, Female-owned small business also wins the federal government bid to manage the educational July 4th garden for the local poorest Headstart/elementary schools in each state.
Gather the entire Democratic Party within each state to strategize, plan and execute this July 4th urban garden. They can make this all possible by July 4th, every year. Every year, plan on aquiring one more acre. Change is possible, but only one acre at a time, in every barrio/ghetto. As with gardening, civil rights victories can also occur with patience and persistence.
Plot of 1 full acre land hooked up to city water/drilled working well with excellent drinking water quality. Make sure federal government comes out monthly to test soil and water for lead, asbestos, mercury, radon, uranium, pH, HRT synthetic hormones, growth hormones, antibiotics, agricultural pesticides and insecticides.
The federal government scientists need to have a Ph.D in Chemistry, at the least. Check their credentials. Make sure they're not racist or classist against the barrios and ghettos. Ideally, they're also from the barrios and/or ghettos themselves.
100 used, giant, cleaned tractor trailer truck tires to use as garden beds (mechanical oil and brake dust-free), for 50 double-lined garden beds
100 used, good condition wood pallets for a vertical Mexican herb garden (structures stabilized with old, sealed deck wood, not pre-1980, to avoid lead paint risks)
50 five-foot high tomato towers, made from organic, unpainted bamboo and undyed twine/sisal ropes
50 bags of aphid-eating ladybugs from organic nursery to release second week of June, every year
100 gallons organic neem oil, not de-scented, without petroleum, for organic fungicide, insecticide every year. Reapply every single week, during growing season, especially after watering and any rainfall. Use drip watering, not overhead misting/watering on plants. Check all hoses, connectors, and sprayers on a weekly basis for deterioration and leaks.
Water irrigation system installed by a professional female, minority plumber with appropriate exterior connectors, hoses from the well or city water pipes to each garden bed. Use brand new metal or hard plastic hoses, made from recyled materials, not rubber or soft plastic for the drip watering system. Make sure there is no lead in it.
100 gallons of food-safe liquid beeswax, mixed with organic garlic, habanero and lemongrass oil, every year. 75% liquid beeswax, 25% garlic/habanero/lemongrass oils is okay for preventing rabbit browsing. It'll suffocate invasive insect larvae too. Avoid applying in windy conditions. Wear goggles and long gardening gloves. Don't let it get into contact with any of the children's skin or eyes.
Wash any herbs, or produce well in safe drinking water and a little bleach liquid to kill e. coli, salmonella, listeria and hepatitis. Soak in a well-mixed solution of 5 gallons cold, safe drinking water, with 4 full cups of chlorine bleach (liquid), 1 cup of concentrated liquid dishwasher soap (not for the dishwasher). Soak everything at least 30 minutes, including hand scrubbing some with a reusable dishwashing washcloth. Then, rinse everything well with safe drinking water. You need to ensure the spicy anti-wildlife/anti-insect spray oils are removed well from the herbs and produce. Never mix ammonia products with chlorine bleach. Just use generic-brand white vinegar to clean bathroom metal guard rails, glass, and mirrors. It's more economical and safer for everyone, including illiterate English language learners. Check all cleaning ingredients first.
Everything, even organic products must be locked up from the children, in a well-lit, well-labeled cleaning shed. Remember to label everything in both Spanish and English with photos, laminated. 8x10-inch labels. The poor can't always afford eyeglasses, or literacy so you need to always keep this in mind.
500 gallons of concentrated, phosphate-free, river-safe, ammonia-free dishwashing (not for the dishwasher) soap to hose off insects and caterpillars.
Bird and insect netting: enough to double net 50 garden beds, only made from recycled products. Use sealed (rust-resistant) steel rebars, 12 ft high, four per garden bed. Sink each steel rebar at least 4 ft deep into the well-tilled, enriched garden soil. 8 ft of steel rebar should stand straight from ground on all four sides of each garden bed. Then double net each truck tire garden bed. Cut down and sew velcro into double layered bird and insect netting so you can open it for pruning/spraying neem/beeswax oil, harvesting/soft twining to bamboo structures. You can collect used, well-cleaned window and door screens for this. Duct tape or wire it together.
Soft gardening twine, 200 quantity of twelve-foot high steel rebars for 50 garden beds total.
Heavy machinery to dig garden bed holes and install buried, double perimeter bear/rabbit/elk/deer-proof fencing. (Only use this after clearing your dig locations with the local utility company to prevent hitting a natural gas/buried power/sewage/water lines)
Aged, organic manure (from organic dairy goats/organic dairy sheep, free-range), enough to fill 12 of the largest-sized construction dumpsters or tractor trailer truck beds, manure aged at least 24 months, to be delivered twice a year, every year.
Till/mix it well (4 ft deep, with at least 3 passes over the ground) into soil before and after the planting/harvest times, but only after clearing this with your local utility company first, every single time you till it. Till it right before planting and right after you harvest, twice a year total. Remember not to do it until after you clear this every single time with your utility company first.
Double perimeter fencing to prevent rabbits, prairie dogs, bear, elk, and deer-browsing, at least 12 ft high from ground, metal, buried 6 ft underground. Fence should be 18 ft high total. Long enough to go twice around 1 acre plot of land.
24 well-lit, wheelchair-accessible (with covered, non-icy ramps, sturdy guard rails for varying heights), bathrooms with running water for flushing toilets, deep sinks (for washing hands, and produce). 12 for males, 12 for females, each for varying ages, including babies, toddlers and small, blind elementary-aged children in wheelchairs. Make sure you have 24 indoor water fountains in varying, wheelchair-accessible heights, inside each gender bathroom.
Two wide, lockable, well-lit entrances, large enough for four Ford F-350 trucks to fit through. One marked clearly for entrance only. The second marked clearly for exiting only. Both marked on both sides in Spanish and English, to prevent the English-as-a-Second-Language learning children from getting hit or run over by trucks and heavy machinery.
Organic, full-sized plants (hardened off gradually from indoor nursery conditions for outdoor climate, altitude) for making heirloom tomato salsas, Mexican zucchini quinoa breads, heirloom red, white and blue July 4th corn tamales and squash blossoms with red, white and blue bean July 4th soup. Plant after second week of June. Label plants clearly in Spanish and English with photos, laminated. Make sure it's 8x10 inches in size, since the poor barrio/ghetto don't have enough money for eyeglasses, which is a very typical, tragic challenge for them, as they struggle to learn how to read.
Use mulch only made and delivered from a small local, Mexican and Female-owned landscaping business that recycles old, cleaned tires in landfill into mulch. Check with the Small Business Administration for this. Make sure that same small business secures a small business loan at 0% interest rate, 30-year, fixed term, to cover ten years of overhead costs, with waived/zero loan processing fees. Sue the top ten largest banks in the state, in a class action discrimination lawsuit for the funds and 50% of their executive-level position jobs. Fill those slots with female, Democratic minorities from the actual barrios/ghettos. Also, ensure that same Mexican, Female-owned small business also wins the federal government bid to manage the educational July 4th garden for the local poorest Headstart/elementary schools in each state.
Gather the entire Democratic Party within each state to strategize, plan and execute this July 4th urban garden. They can make this all possible by July 4th, every year. Every year, plan on aquiring one more acre. Change is possible, but only one acre at a time, in every barrio/ghetto. As with gardening, civil rights victories can also occur with patience and persistence.
Rabbit Roast in White Wine/Shallots & Rice Bran Oil "Butter"
Make sure it's an organic, USDA-inspected, domestic meat rabbit, to avoid the risk of tularemia.
Roast a whole rabbit in turkey oven bag on top of large roasting pan in oven 350 degrees, center rack, about 1 hour. Marinate rabbit for 2 days in 4 tbl each of papain and bromelain meat tenderizing powder with one Louis Jadot unoaked chardonnay, $17/bottle
Pour melted rice bran oil "butter" with finely diced fresh shallots, 4 tbl salt, 4 tbl blk pepper, 4 tbl garlic powder over the top and inside of rabbit before closing oven bag. Buy 4 to 5 shallots, large, organic and 4 cups of rice bran oil butter substitute.
Roast a whole rabbit in turkey oven bag on top of large roasting pan in oven 350 degrees, center rack, about 1 hour. Marinate rabbit for 2 days in 4 tbl each of papain and bromelain meat tenderizing powder with one Louis Jadot unoaked chardonnay, $17/bottle
Pour melted rice bran oil "butter" with finely diced fresh shallots, 4 tbl salt, 4 tbl blk pepper, 4 tbl garlic powder over the top and inside of rabbit before closing oven bag. Buy 4 to 5 shallots, large, organic and 4 cups of rice bran oil butter substitute.
Quinoa Bean Tomato Stew with Downeast Maine Smoked Salmon
4 cups pre-cooked beans from Women's Bean Project
4 cups freshly smoked Downeast Maine smoked salmon fillets, boneless, but with the skin still on, chopped into 2 inch pieces
8 cups quinoa
8 organic red bell peppers, de-seeded, then diced 2 inch cubes
8 large organic carrots, peeled, then cut into 3 inch slices
4 large organic yellow onions, diced
1 cup finely-minced fresh, organic garlic cloves
4 bunches or 4 cups of fresh, organic, flat-leafed parsley, leaves only, chopped 1 inch pieces
1 cup cumin powder
1 cup ancho chili powder
1 cup Mexican oregano, dried, finely ground with mortar and pestle
16 cups crushed, organic Roma tomatoes
24 cups of water
4 cups freshly smoked Downeast Maine smoked salmon fillets, boneless, but with the skin still on, chopped into 2 inch pieces
8 cups quinoa
8 organic red bell peppers, de-seeded, then diced 2 inch cubes
8 large organic carrots, peeled, then cut into 3 inch slices
4 large organic yellow onions, diced
1 cup finely-minced fresh, organic garlic cloves
4 bunches or 4 cups of fresh, organic, flat-leafed parsley, leaves only, chopped 1 inch pieces
1 cup cumin powder
1 cup ancho chili powder
1 cup Mexican oregano, dried, finely ground with mortar and pestle
16 cups crushed, organic Roma tomatoes
24 cups of water
Downeast Clam Chowder ingredients list:
8 cups fresh, Downeast Maine clams, cleaned of grit internally, not whole belly, with the shells removed (call your local fish market 2 days to 2 weeks ahead of time for this, depending upon your location and pick up with a bag of ice to keep from spoiling)
4 cups organic butternut squash, peeled, de-seeded, cubed into 2 inch cubes
4 cups organic Jerusalem artichoke tubers, peeled, cubed into 2 inch cubes
1 large, organic, Vidalia or Maui sweet onion, diced
8 cups evaporated, fat-free UHT milk, organic
4 strips lean, reduced sodium turkey bacon, chopped into 1 inch pieces
4 to 7 bottles of Bar Harbor clam juice, to taste
4 cups of UHT organic, skim milk (from a small local farm that's female, minority and democratic-owned). Make sure it also contains pre- and probiotics, lactase and all necessary calcium, vitamins A & D fortification.
4 tbl Cavender's Salt-Free, All-Purpose Greek Seasoning (or an organic version)
4 cups organic butternut squash, peeled, de-seeded, cubed into 2 inch cubes
4 cups organic Jerusalem artichoke tubers, peeled, cubed into 2 inch cubes
1 large, organic, Vidalia or Maui sweet onion, diced
8 cups evaporated, fat-free UHT milk, organic
4 strips lean, reduced sodium turkey bacon, chopped into 1 inch pieces
4 to 7 bottles of Bar Harbor clam juice, to taste
4 cups of UHT organic, skim milk (from a small local farm that's female, minority and democratic-owned). Make sure it also contains pre- and probiotics, lactase and all necessary calcium, vitamins A & D fortification.
4 tbl Cavender's Salt-Free, All-Purpose Greek Seasoning (or an organic version)
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Quinoa, pumpkin seed, flax seed & chia seed granola bar link
http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/1030379/recipes-to-energize-your-body
Love this recipe:-)
Also, try it with a Mexican vanilla agave syrup. You could also substitute the creamy peanut butter with a creamy carob paste.
Love this recipe:-)
Also, try it with a Mexican vanilla agave syrup. You could also substitute the creamy peanut butter with a creamy carob paste.
Oily, acne-prone skincare
1x/week:
Image Skincare Clear Cell Medicated Acne Masque with 5% salicylic acid (leave on face and neck for 30 minutes, then rinse off with cool water, soft washcloth only)
3x/day:
Cleanse:
Skin Script's Blemish Control Cleanser
(2% Salicylic Acid & 2% Glycolic Acid with Tea Tree), leave on face and neck for 10 minutes, then rinse off with cool water, soft washcloth
Exfoliate and remove oils further:
Stridex Sensitive Skin, alcohol-free facial wipes
Protect:
Image Skincare's Daily Defense Matte Moisturizer, SPF 30, for oily skin with 18% zinc oxide
1x/month:
25% salicylic acid peel, no steaming, by professional esthetician (for 12 months). Don't wax, tweeze or use any exfoliating products for 14 days, post-peel. Just switch to Purpose or Cetaphil Oily Skin Cleansers and protect skin with Image Skincare's Daily Defense Matte Moisturizer for oily skin. Wear a wide-brimmed UPF 50+ hat in sun (available at REI).
For a daily sheer foundation, switch to PUR 4-in-1 Mineral Tinted Moisturizer. It doesn't irritate or clog pores, which can exacerbate acne. That's available at Ulta stores.
Vitamin Cottage supplements that may help, if not on prescription medications, including birth control:
Standardized, tablets/pills, 3x/day:
Burdock root
Milk thistle/silymarin
Hepar Sulfur
Garlicin
In Boulder, next to Pearl Street Mall, there's a place called Rebecca's Herbal Apothecary that carries Moroccan Red Clay powder, to mix with pure tea tree oil and witch hazel for an at-home, acne facial. They also have natural tea blends with willow bark, clover blossoms and burdock root for pms, and balancing women's hormones.
If that doesn't help, ask your MD or DO doctor about minocycline antibiotics by mouth, along with clindamycin phosphate topical solution, 1%, facial roll-on by prescription.
Take a daily supplement like Nature's Way Primadophilus Optima for Women, available in refrigerated section of Whole Foods, especially during and for a year following antibiotics.
Avoid eating foods with growth hormones and antibiotics, such as eggs, meats and dairy. UHT dairy is also safest.
Image Skincare Clear Cell Medicated Acne Masque with 5% salicylic acid (leave on face and neck for 30 minutes, then rinse off with cool water, soft washcloth only)
3x/day:
Cleanse:
Skin Script's Blemish Control Cleanser
(2% Salicylic Acid & 2% Glycolic Acid with Tea Tree), leave on face and neck for 10 minutes, then rinse off with cool water, soft washcloth
Exfoliate and remove oils further:
Stridex Sensitive Skin, alcohol-free facial wipes
Protect:
Image Skincare's Daily Defense Matte Moisturizer, SPF 30, for oily skin with 18% zinc oxide
1x/month:
25% salicylic acid peel, no steaming, by professional esthetician (for 12 months). Don't wax, tweeze or use any exfoliating products for 14 days, post-peel. Just switch to Purpose or Cetaphil Oily Skin Cleansers and protect skin with Image Skincare's Daily Defense Matte Moisturizer for oily skin. Wear a wide-brimmed UPF 50+ hat in sun (available at REI).
For a daily sheer foundation, switch to PUR 4-in-1 Mineral Tinted Moisturizer. It doesn't irritate or clog pores, which can exacerbate acne. That's available at Ulta stores.
Vitamin Cottage supplements that may help, if not on prescription medications, including birth control:
Standardized, tablets/pills, 3x/day:
Burdock root
Milk thistle/silymarin
Hepar Sulfur
Garlicin
In Boulder, next to Pearl Street Mall, there's a place called Rebecca's Herbal Apothecary that carries Moroccan Red Clay powder, to mix with pure tea tree oil and witch hazel for an at-home, acne facial. They also have natural tea blends with willow bark, clover blossoms and burdock root for pms, and balancing women's hormones.
If that doesn't help, ask your MD or DO doctor about minocycline antibiotics by mouth, along with clindamycin phosphate topical solution, 1%, facial roll-on by prescription.
Take a daily supplement like Nature's Way Primadophilus Optima for Women, available in refrigerated section of Whole Foods, especially during and for a year following antibiotics.
Avoid eating foods with growth hormones and antibiotics, such as eggs, meats and dairy. UHT dairy is also safest.
Gift List Ideas for Parents-to-be/Baby Showers:
Best to ask if there is a gift list registry available. If not, then at 6 months pregnancy or 3 months prior to adoption of a newborn baby, help collect these items for the expectant/adopting families:
120 disposable newborn diapers with umbilical cord cut out (Huggies brand)
120 disposable size 1 diapers, Seventh Generation brand
10 economy-sized Huggies unscented, natural, sensitive skin baby wipes
Rubbing alcohol and q-tips for cleaning umbilical cord 7x/day, 1 set
10 Desitin diaper ointment tubes, 40% zinc oxide
10 Desitin diaper ointment tubes, regular strength
Unscented baby diapering corn starch, 2 bottles
1 infant ear thermometer, with disposable covers
12 economy-sized cans of Similac infant formula
12 newborn baby bottle with nipples
12 regular-sized baby bottles with nipples
Nipple cleaning and baby bottle brushes, 2 each
1 baby bathing tub
5 bottles of infant gas drops, simethicone
5 bottles of Pedialyte liquid, clear, to mix with infant formula in case of diarrhea
2 breastfeeding pumps, with freezer-safe breastmilk containers
Johnson & Johnson tearless shampoos, 5 bottles
Dr Bronner's Mild, Baby, Liquid Castile Soap, 5 bottles
Unscented baby oil (organic jojoba oil, unscented), 2 bottles
Baby hair brushes, 1
Burpcloths (thick, waterproofing material on backs), 7
Baby washcloths, 7
Baby bibs, 4 newborn-sized, 4 regular infant-sized
2 piece organic, unbleached cotton pant & shirts: 12 in newborn, 12 in size 3 to 6 months
Infant organic, unbleached cotton socks and hand covers: 5 in newborn, 5 in size 3 to 6 months
1 infant nail clipper to trim nails every 2 weeks
2 newborn infant carriers with snap-in umbrella strollers
2 regular-sized car seats with snap-in umbrella strollers
1 diaper backpack, black, plain, so men can carry it too
1 baby jogger with UPF 50+, rain, mosquito covers
1 easy-to-clean baby carrier, for short hikes/walks/running errands/around the home
1 crib with crib mattress
1 crib mattress acid reflux wedge to elevate baby's head for spitting up safely in crib
5 complete bedding sheet sets, organic, unbleached cotton, with one musical mobile in red, black and white
1 play pen (travel crib) for living room
1 musical, wind-up, slowly rocking swing, with adjustable positions to let baby sit or sleep in slightly elevated position
Pacifiers, 2 newborn, 2 for 3-6 months
1 baby dresser with a change table, cushion on top of it
For twins, double above amounts and include gift cards to SuperTarget totaling at least $1,000. Collect another $1,000 in cash from everyone for the expectant mother of twins. Also, plan a free weekend babysitters list with contact info for all parents, so they can have one entire weekend per month of free babysitting, until their baby or babies reach 1 year of age.
Another good idea for families expecting twins would be to organize the financial (banking) community to give them a free single family house with adequate bedrooms and baths, through Habitat for Humanity. Make sure it's located within walking distance to an excellent, safe public elementary school. Remind everyone that a compassionate, generous, family-friendly community is a sign of a good, long-term real estate investment.
120 disposable newborn diapers with umbilical cord cut out (Huggies brand)
120 disposable size 1 diapers, Seventh Generation brand
10 economy-sized Huggies unscented, natural, sensitive skin baby wipes
Rubbing alcohol and q-tips for cleaning umbilical cord 7x/day, 1 set
10 Desitin diaper ointment tubes, 40% zinc oxide
10 Desitin diaper ointment tubes, regular strength
Unscented baby diapering corn starch, 2 bottles
1 infant ear thermometer, with disposable covers
12 economy-sized cans of Similac infant formula
12 newborn baby bottle with nipples
12 regular-sized baby bottles with nipples
Nipple cleaning and baby bottle brushes, 2 each
1 baby bathing tub
5 bottles of infant gas drops, simethicone
5 bottles of Pedialyte liquid, clear, to mix with infant formula in case of diarrhea
2 breastfeeding pumps, with freezer-safe breastmilk containers
Johnson & Johnson tearless shampoos, 5 bottles
Dr Bronner's Mild, Baby, Liquid Castile Soap, 5 bottles
Unscented baby oil (organic jojoba oil, unscented), 2 bottles
Baby hair brushes, 1
Burpcloths (thick, waterproofing material on backs), 7
Baby washcloths, 7
Baby bibs, 4 newborn-sized, 4 regular infant-sized
2 piece organic, unbleached cotton pant & shirts: 12 in newborn, 12 in size 3 to 6 months
Infant organic, unbleached cotton socks and hand covers: 5 in newborn, 5 in size 3 to 6 months
1 infant nail clipper to trim nails every 2 weeks
2 newborn infant carriers with snap-in umbrella strollers
2 regular-sized car seats with snap-in umbrella strollers
1 diaper backpack, black, plain, so men can carry it too
1 baby jogger with UPF 50+, rain, mosquito covers
1 easy-to-clean baby carrier, for short hikes/walks/running errands/around the home
1 crib with crib mattress
1 crib mattress acid reflux wedge to elevate baby's head for spitting up safely in crib
5 complete bedding sheet sets, organic, unbleached cotton, with one musical mobile in red, black and white
1 play pen (travel crib) for living room
1 musical, wind-up, slowly rocking swing, with adjustable positions to let baby sit or sleep in slightly elevated position
Pacifiers, 2 newborn, 2 for 3-6 months
1 baby dresser with a change table, cushion on top of it
For twins, double above amounts and include gift cards to SuperTarget totaling at least $1,000. Collect another $1,000 in cash from everyone for the expectant mother of twins. Also, plan a free weekend babysitters list with contact info for all parents, so they can have one entire weekend per month of free babysitting, until their baby or babies reach 1 year of age.
Another good idea for families expecting twins would be to organize the financial (banking) community to give them a free single family house with adequate bedrooms and baths, through Habitat for Humanity. Make sure it's located within walking distance to an excellent, safe public elementary school. Remind everyone that a compassionate, generous, family-friendly community is a sign of a good, long-term real estate investment.
Friday, April 18, 2014
Mexican "Fried" Rice
Salsa:
8 cups crushed, organic tomatoes, unsalted
4 limes, for juice, organic
4 bunches of fresh cilantro, stems discarded, finely chopped
1 large, organic Maui or Vidalia onion, finely minced
4 red jalapenos, de-seeded, finely minced
2 tbl de-skinned, New Mexican hatch chilis
4 tbl salt
Blend all ingredients together in blender. Keep in fridge, in Tupperware for marinating beef cubes for Mexican kebabs.
Marinate 8 cups of organic beef cubes in that for 24 hours, sprinkled with cumin powder, and ancho chili powder. Then arrange on kebab metal skewers, alternating with whole white button mushrooms, large red bell pepper chunks, and Vidalia/Maui sweet onion, in large chunks.
Serve with steamed brown rice, cooked in organic tomato soup and blended with pico de gallo, mild. 12 cups cooked rice with 5 cups mild pico de gallo, 1 cup cumin powder, 1 cup ancho chili powder, 5 cups drained, pre-cooked beans, using only the ones from the Women's Bean Project. Also add another 4 cups of fresh cilantro leaves, finely chopped. Mix together with 8 to 10 cups of grilled beef kebab ingredients for Mexican "fried" rice. Excellent for pot luck dinners.
8 cups crushed, organic tomatoes, unsalted
4 limes, for juice, organic
4 bunches of fresh cilantro, stems discarded, finely chopped
1 large, organic Maui or Vidalia onion, finely minced
4 red jalapenos, de-seeded, finely minced
2 tbl de-skinned, New Mexican hatch chilis
4 tbl salt
Blend all ingredients together in blender. Keep in fridge, in Tupperware for marinating beef cubes for Mexican kebabs.
Marinate 8 cups of organic beef cubes in that for 24 hours, sprinkled with cumin powder, and ancho chili powder. Then arrange on kebab metal skewers, alternating with whole white button mushrooms, large red bell pepper chunks, and Vidalia/Maui sweet onion, in large chunks.
Serve with steamed brown rice, cooked in organic tomato soup and blended with pico de gallo, mild. 12 cups cooked rice with 5 cups mild pico de gallo, 1 cup cumin powder, 1 cup ancho chili powder, 5 cups drained, pre-cooked beans, using only the ones from the Women's Bean Project. Also add another 4 cups of fresh cilantro leaves, finely chopped. Mix together with 8 to 10 cups of grilled beef kebab ingredients for Mexican "fried" rice. Excellent for pot luck dinners.
Quail Egg Kimchi Rice
8 cups organic, mild kimchi (Safeway produce section, refrigerated)
12 cups cooked, organic brown rice, prepared sushi rice style (steamed, then dressed with sushi rice dressing, mixed with chia seeds)
Blend kimchi and sushi rice together well.
Combine all ingredients with 8 cups of boiled, peeled quail eggs. You can buy them boiled and peeled, in cans, at Pacific Ocean Market. Drain and rinse those ones in a colander.
Serve with a warm (steamed) baby bok choy salad on side. If baby bok choy isn't in season, substitute with triple-washed baby kale. Mix finely-shredded, organic carrots into that, prior to steaming, for extra beta carotene.
12 cups cooked, organic brown rice, prepared sushi rice style (steamed, then dressed with sushi rice dressing, mixed with chia seeds)
Blend kimchi and sushi rice together well.
Combine all ingredients with 8 cups of boiled, peeled quail eggs. You can buy them boiled and peeled, in cans, at Pacific Ocean Market. Drain and rinse those ones in a colander.
Serve with a warm (steamed) baby bok choy salad on side. If baby bok choy isn't in season, substitute with triple-washed baby kale. Mix finely-shredded, organic carrots into that, prior to steaming, for extra beta carotene.
Meyer Lemon Teriyaki Dressing/Marinade
For fish or poultry salads as dressing and marinade:
4 cups reduced sodium tamari (no msg)
4 cups Meyer lemon juice
4 cups dark sesame oil
1 cup peeled, finely minced ginger root
1/2 cup black pepper, coarsely ground
1/2 cup garlic powder, unsalted
To grill, soak a cedar grill plank in water 24 hours for fish or poultry. Marinate boneless, skinless fish/poultry 24 hours in recipe. Grill on cedar planks.
4 cups reduced sodium tamari (no msg)
4 cups Meyer lemon juice
4 cups dark sesame oil
1 cup peeled, finely minced ginger root
1/2 cup black pepper, coarsely ground
1/2 cup garlic powder, unsalted
To grill, soak a cedar grill plank in water 24 hours for fish or poultry. Marinate boneless, skinless fish/poultry 24 hours in recipe. Grill on cedar planks.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Ground bison chili ingredients
5 pounds thawed, browned, drained, ground bison/buffalo or browned, drained, extra lean, organic, grass-fed beef
2 pounds authentic Mexican chorizo, browned, drained (no msg)
4 cups white button mushrooms, cleaned, minced
4 cups peeled, finely-shredded organic carrots
4 large Vidalia or Maui sweet onions, organic, diced
2 cups finely minced garlic cloves
7 cups drained, pre-cooked black beans, organic
4 sweet red bell peppers, de-seeded, diced into 2 inch cubes
4 tbl de-skinned New Mexican hatch chilis
4 cups steamed brown rice, jasmine, organic
20 cups tomatoes, organic, crushed
4 small tins, tomato paste
4 cups organic carrot juice
8 cups organic tomato soup
8 fresh, red jalapenos, de-seeded, minced
2 cups Mexican oregano
2 cups cumin powder
1 cup ancho chili powder
1 cup salt
1 cup coarsely ground black pepper
Combine all ingredients together in large pot. Simmer with a lid for 2 hours, stirring every 15 minutes.
Serve in San Francisco sourdough bread bowls with finely-shredded Mexican cheese on top.
2 pounds authentic Mexican chorizo, browned, drained (no msg)
4 cups white button mushrooms, cleaned, minced
4 cups peeled, finely-shredded organic carrots
4 large Vidalia or Maui sweet onions, organic, diced
2 cups finely minced garlic cloves
7 cups drained, pre-cooked black beans, organic
4 sweet red bell peppers, de-seeded, diced into 2 inch cubes
4 tbl de-skinned New Mexican hatch chilis
4 cups steamed brown rice, jasmine, organic
20 cups tomatoes, organic, crushed
4 small tins, tomato paste
4 cups organic carrot juice
8 cups organic tomato soup
8 fresh, red jalapenos, de-seeded, minced
2 cups Mexican oregano
2 cups cumin powder
1 cup ancho chili powder
1 cup salt
1 cup coarsely ground black pepper
Combine all ingredients together in large pot. Simmer with a lid for 2 hours, stirring every 15 minutes.
Serve in San Francisco sourdough bread bowls with finely-shredded Mexican cheese on top.
Nuoc cham dipping sauce/dressing
2 cups fish sauce
2 cups hot water
2 Thai red chili peppers, de-seeded, finely minced
4 packets of stevia
2 lemons, only the freshly squeezed juices
4 large garlic cloves, peeled, finely minced
1/2 cup peeled, finely minced ginger root
Use as a dipping sauce for S. Vietnamese rice paper-wrapped summer rolls or eggrolls. Also good as a dressing for goi, or South Vietnamese chicken cabbage salad.
2 cups hot water
2 Thai red chili peppers, de-seeded, finely minced
4 packets of stevia
2 lemons, only the freshly squeezed juices
4 large garlic cloves, peeled, finely minced
1/2 cup peeled, finely minced ginger root
Use as a dipping sauce for S. Vietnamese rice paper-wrapped summer rolls or eggrolls. Also good as a dressing for goi, or South Vietnamese chicken cabbage salad.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Check Peter Kuruvita's Mexican Fiesta on YouTube
Check Peter Kuruvita's Mexican Fiesta on YouTube for a tour of Mexico's culinary treasures. The Mexican vanilla and cacao beans displayed on the YouTube clip, are often harvested and sold at unethical prices to US consumers though.
Fair wage, fair trade products, made or harvested in Mexico continue to be challenging to find in the US. How much of Crate and Barrel's Mexican products are acquired at unethical prices from poor Mexican factory workers, too illiterate to demand and get humane working conditions, plus fair wages?
They should be pocketing at least 75% of the profits from all Mexican products, including glasswares, plus their cash crops, especially vanilla beans and cacao. They need to sue the largest US corporations in an international crime court with the United Nation's assistance for proper compensation.
It's time for Mexican President Nieto to create a profound legacy, with our US President Obama, of compassion for the poor Mexican farm and factory workers. When will they truly receive fair wages and working conditions, I wonder? It would help President Nieto's administration to fully fund drilling more wells for clean drinking water at the elementary schools, run adequate orphanages and food aid programs for the many homeless, little toddlers, who shiver in thin tee shirts and sleep on the dark, asphalt streets of Tijuana, Mexico alone.
So many small, innocent, malnourished children there have no shelter, let alone a mattress to lay upon. Many have never had a crib, running water or a fridge at all. These tiny orphans have never had a brand new, unopened jar of peanut butter to call their own even. Yet this is where American corporations repeatedly steal food from their poor mouths, no questions asked.
America continues to be allowed by the international business community to oppress, cause infighting, and disenfranchise its neighbor, Mexico, like a big bully. For the world to stand by without advocating for Mexico's helpless is to participate in this same oppression.
Fair wage, fair trade products, made or harvested in Mexico continue to be challenging to find in the US. How much of Crate and Barrel's Mexican products are acquired at unethical prices from poor Mexican factory workers, too illiterate to demand and get humane working conditions, plus fair wages?
They should be pocketing at least 75% of the profits from all Mexican products, including glasswares, plus their cash crops, especially vanilla beans and cacao. They need to sue the largest US corporations in an international crime court with the United Nation's assistance for proper compensation.
It's time for Mexican President Nieto to create a profound legacy, with our US President Obama, of compassion for the poor Mexican farm and factory workers. When will they truly receive fair wages and working conditions, I wonder? It would help President Nieto's administration to fully fund drilling more wells for clean drinking water at the elementary schools, run adequate orphanages and food aid programs for the many homeless, little toddlers, who shiver in thin tee shirts and sleep on the dark, asphalt streets of Tijuana, Mexico alone.
So many small, innocent, malnourished children there have no shelter, let alone a mattress to lay upon. Many have never had a crib, running water or a fridge at all. These tiny orphans have never had a brand new, unopened jar of peanut butter to call their own even. Yet this is where American corporations repeatedly steal food from their poor mouths, no questions asked.
America continues to be allowed by the international business community to oppress, cause infighting, and disenfranchise its neighbor, Mexico, like a big bully. For the world to stand by without advocating for Mexico's helpless is to participate in this same oppression.
Mexican Breakfast Casserole
Sweet potatoes, garnet, orange & white, only organic, skinned, cubed into 2 inch cubes
Butternut squash, organic, skinned, de-seeded, cubed into 2 inch cubes
8 cups of the above sweet potatoes & butternut squash
Boil ingredients with 2 TBL of salt on high for 15 minutes, al dente textured
In large, deep frying pan, nonstick, brown 8 cups of authentic Mexican chorizo, from Mexican butcher with:
4 cups El Tapatio restaurant's salsa. Add 5 tbl of de-skinned New Mexican hatch chilis to it.
Sautee into it also:
1 large yellow onion, organic, diced
1 cup cumin powder
1 cup Mexican oregano
1/2 cup ancho chili powder
1/2 cup garlic powder
Drain sweet potatoes and butternut squash
Arrange it into glass bakeware lasagna pan misted with grapeseed oil
Put chorizo and sauteed ingredients over top sweet potatoes and butternut squash evenly
Top with 2 inches of finely shredded Mexican cheese blend
Bake in preheated 325 degrees, on center rack of oven for 20 to 30 minutes
Serve with more El Tapatio restaurant salsa, a dollop of fat-free sour cream, garnished with a 50/50 ratio of fresh cilantro leaves, chopped into 1/4 inch pieces, fresh green onion/scallion tops, chopped into 1/4 inch pieces.
Make sure to always buy a gallon, every month, of your favorite Mexican restaurant's salsa to keep in your fridge for cooking. You can also bake or put into a crock pot a pkg of organic, boneless, skinless chicken breasts or line-caught, boneless, skinless barramundi, white fish fillets, completely covered in that salsa. Then slice it into strips, add finely shredded Mexican cheese, guacamole, chopped fresh cilantro leaves and fat free sour cream for quick whole wheat tortilla wrap ups for lunches.
Butternut squash, organic, skinned, de-seeded, cubed into 2 inch cubes
8 cups of the above sweet potatoes & butternut squash
Boil ingredients with 2 TBL of salt on high for 15 minutes, al dente textured
In large, deep frying pan, nonstick, brown 8 cups of authentic Mexican chorizo, from Mexican butcher with:
4 cups El Tapatio restaurant's salsa. Add 5 tbl of de-skinned New Mexican hatch chilis to it.
Sautee into it also:
1 large yellow onion, organic, diced
1 cup cumin powder
1 cup Mexican oregano
1/2 cup ancho chili powder
1/2 cup garlic powder
Drain sweet potatoes and butternut squash
Arrange it into glass bakeware lasagna pan misted with grapeseed oil
Put chorizo and sauteed ingredients over top sweet potatoes and butternut squash evenly
Top with 2 inches of finely shredded Mexican cheese blend
Bake in preheated 325 degrees, on center rack of oven for 20 to 30 minutes
Serve with more El Tapatio restaurant salsa, a dollop of fat-free sour cream, garnished with a 50/50 ratio of fresh cilantro leaves, chopped into 1/4 inch pieces, fresh green onion/scallion tops, chopped into 1/4 inch pieces.
Make sure to always buy a gallon, every month, of your favorite Mexican restaurant's salsa to keep in your fridge for cooking. You can also bake or put into a crock pot a pkg of organic, boneless, skinless chicken breasts or line-caught, boneless, skinless barramundi, white fish fillets, completely covered in that salsa. Then slice it into strips, add finely shredded Mexican cheese, guacamole, chopped fresh cilantro leaves and fat free sour cream for quick whole wheat tortilla wrap ups for lunches.
Thanksgiving Turkey & Stuffing
Turkey:
Use only heritage, organic turkey, fresh, not frozen
Use World Market brining solution for turkey
Add 4 cups Simply Orange juice, pulp free to brining solution
Add 4 cups, fresh rosemary, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces to brine
Brine 72 hours to 5 days in fridge
Roast in turkey oven bag after covering outside of turkey with melted, unsalted butter, coarse ground black pepper, juice from 4 Meyer lemons, garlic powder, dried rosemary powder (finely ground with mortar & pestle).
Stuff inside of turkey with 1 large, minced yellow onion, sliced kumquats (2 cups), 1 cup fresh ginger root (peeled, chopped into 1/4 inch slices), fresh sage leaves (2 cups, chopped into 1 inch pieces).
Stuffing (prepared & served separately):
Bar Harbor Barrio Stuffing:
12 long, French baguettes, cubed into 2 inch cubes, baked into croutons
4 to 8 anchovies, finely minced, to taste
2 bottles Bar Harbor clam juice
2 cans Bar Harbor smoked oysters, drained
1 bunch fresh leeks, 1/2 inch pieces
1 bunch celery, 1/2 inch pieces
1 large yellow onion, diced
1/2 cup minced garlic cloves
4 to 8 tbl Mexican oregano, dried, to taste
4 to 8 tbl cumin powder, to taste
2 tbl ancho chili powder
2 tbl hatch chilis, de-skinned, finely minced
2 cups melted, unsalted butter
4 red bell peppers, de-seeded, cubed into 1/4 inch cubes
4 cups, hot, boiled fat-free, reduced sodium, organic chicken broth
2 cups truffle oil
Sautee red bell peppers, hatch chilis, onions, celery, leeks, garlic in butter with clam juice, smoked oysters with spices until soft.
Mix with chicken broth well.
Pour over croutons.
Mix all ingredients together well.
Bake in oven, 325 degrees, 20 minutes.
A good dinnertime prayer for Thanksgiving would include a wish to God for all poor, female Mexican-Americans in the barrios to get safer housing and full scholarships into New England's finest, female-only, boarding schools.
Use only heritage, organic turkey, fresh, not frozen
Use World Market brining solution for turkey
Add 4 cups Simply Orange juice, pulp free to brining solution
Add 4 cups, fresh rosemary, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces to brine
Brine 72 hours to 5 days in fridge
Roast in turkey oven bag after covering outside of turkey with melted, unsalted butter, coarse ground black pepper, juice from 4 Meyer lemons, garlic powder, dried rosemary powder (finely ground with mortar & pestle).
Stuff inside of turkey with 1 large, minced yellow onion, sliced kumquats (2 cups), 1 cup fresh ginger root (peeled, chopped into 1/4 inch slices), fresh sage leaves (2 cups, chopped into 1 inch pieces).
Stuffing (prepared & served separately):
Bar Harbor Barrio Stuffing:
12 long, French baguettes, cubed into 2 inch cubes, baked into croutons
4 to 8 anchovies, finely minced, to taste
2 bottles Bar Harbor clam juice
2 cans Bar Harbor smoked oysters, drained
1 bunch fresh leeks, 1/2 inch pieces
1 bunch celery, 1/2 inch pieces
1 large yellow onion, diced
1/2 cup minced garlic cloves
4 to 8 tbl Mexican oregano, dried, to taste
4 to 8 tbl cumin powder, to taste
2 tbl ancho chili powder
2 tbl hatch chilis, de-skinned, finely minced
2 cups melted, unsalted butter
4 red bell peppers, de-seeded, cubed into 1/4 inch cubes
4 cups, hot, boiled fat-free, reduced sodium, organic chicken broth
2 cups truffle oil
Sautee red bell peppers, hatch chilis, onions, celery, leeks, garlic in butter with clam juice, smoked oysters with spices until soft.
Mix with chicken broth well.
Pour over croutons.
Mix all ingredients together well.
Bake in oven, 325 degrees, 20 minutes.
A good dinnertime prayer for Thanksgiving would include a wish to God for all poor, female Mexican-Americans in the barrios to get safer housing and full scholarships into New England's finest, female-only, boarding schools.
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