The Wholesome and Medicinal Foods is an indispensable companion for healthy-and superb-eating because it introduces organic foods like fruits, vegetables, wheat, grains, herbs, flowers, and etc. with their historical information and colorful anecdotes about the many foods it describes, as well as beautiful illustrations.
This article is for the person who browses through a health food store - be it for the first or the hundredth time - and feels overwhelmed or at least slightly confused. Also, Wholesome and Medicinal Foods for gourmets who have no intention whatsoever of giving up their croissants and espresso in favor of brewer's yeast or blackstrap molasses, but who would like to gently ease a little more health into their lives.
You do not have to completely change your lifestyle, become a bore on the subject, stop going out to dinner, or drop your unhealthy friends in order to reap the benefits of a more organic way of life. With only a few changes, and delicious ones at that, you can fulfill your wish to eat healthful and still have delicious food.
The health food field is burgeoning, becoming more intricate, and many questions arise. Just what is an organic vegetable-how is it better than its sprayed counterpart; does it taste better; why does it cost more; how can you be sure it's organic; what if it is organic but just doesn't taste as good as what you get at the supermarket? What to do with all those flours - stone ground, pneumatically ground; hard wheat, soft wheat; graham flour, pastry flour - what are the differences between them; what's best for what; can you turn out bread with them that will satisfy your family? Why buy raw milk; can certified raw milk be trusted? What is an organic vitamin; why is it more expensive than its chemical counterpart? What are organic cosmetics; how can you known they are really better than the usual ones when the labels do not tell you what is in them? How to answer all the questions? The wholesome and medicinal foods can be use as a dictionary - to clarify and to verify.
Also, the wholesome and medicinal foods have recipes. Here, you will find simple recipes based on only one or two health food items apiece - the rest of the ingredients you can scrounge out of the most ordinary kitchen (of course, the healthier the better). It also tell you how to make do with whole wheat flour when a recipe calls for pastry flour; how to substitute honey for sugar and vice versa; how to make flaxseed meal when all you have in the cupboard is flaxseed; and other helpful hints.
For more information, please visit: http://www.foods-vocabulary.blogspot.com
Happy reading, cooking, and eating to you, in the name of health and common sense.
This article is for the person who browses through a health food store - be it for the first or the hundredth time - and feels overwhelmed or at least slightly confused. Also, Wholesome and Medicinal Foods for gourmets who have no intention whatsoever of giving up their croissants and espresso in favor of brewer's yeast or blackstrap molasses, but who would like to gently ease a little more health into their lives.
You do not have to completely change your lifestyle, become a bore on the subject, stop going out to dinner, or drop your unhealthy friends in order to reap the benefits of a more organic way of life. With only a few changes, and delicious ones at that, you can fulfill your wish to eat healthful and still have delicious food.
The health food field is burgeoning, becoming more intricate, and many questions arise. Just what is an organic vegetable-how is it better than its sprayed counterpart; does it taste better; why does it cost more; how can you be sure it's organic; what if it is organic but just doesn't taste as good as what you get at the supermarket? What to do with all those flours - stone ground, pneumatically ground; hard wheat, soft wheat; graham flour, pastry flour - what are the differences between them; what's best for what; can you turn out bread with them that will satisfy your family? Why buy raw milk; can certified raw milk be trusted? What is an organic vitamin; why is it more expensive than its chemical counterpart? What are organic cosmetics; how can you known they are really better than the usual ones when the labels do not tell you what is in them? How to answer all the questions? The wholesome and medicinal foods can be use as a dictionary - to clarify and to verify.
Also, the wholesome and medicinal foods have recipes. Here, you will find simple recipes based on only one or two health food items apiece - the rest of the ingredients you can scrounge out of the most ordinary kitchen (of course, the healthier the better). It also tell you how to make do with whole wheat flour when a recipe calls for pastry flour; how to substitute honey for sugar and vice versa; how to make flaxseed meal when all you have in the cupboard is flaxseed; and other helpful hints.
For more information, please visit: http://www.foods-vocabulary.blogspot.com
Happy reading, cooking, and eating to you, in the name of health and common sense.