Base Cookies (makes 40) (Make twice the amount of each cookie and you are set for weeks)
200g butter ( soft)
200g sugar (unrefined)
2 tbs molasses or honey mix all ingredients in mixer
2 eggs
pinch of salt
400g unbleached flour
1 tbs baking powder
After mixing line a cooky sheet with parachment paper. With a icecream scoop place scoops of dough closely together on the tray then freeze when frozen transfer into Ziploc bag. This cookie can be made in big batches and is frozen unbaked. They are baked fresh 15 min and baked frozen for 20 min at 375 F keep space between cookies. Tip: Only bake as many cookies as you need.
You can add to this cookie and make it a total different experience.
Lemon-Poppyseed-Coconut
Add to base: 100g coconut shreds, 2 lemon zest finely grated, 2 tbbs poppyseed
Or Superpower Cookies
Add to base: ½ cup each raisins, gogi berries, pecans, walnuts and 2 teasp cinnamon
Remember to use as many organic ingredients as possible.
Nutrient Dense Meal
Zucchini Lasagna (serves 4)
2 lbs zucchini -sliced in lengthwise 1 cm thick
Filling
1 lbs ground beef; 200 gr spinach; chop following: – fry onions and add burger fry until
1 onion; parsley, basil; majoran brown; add rest of ingredients and season
3 cloves garlic; 1 tbs oat flakes ; 1 can of tomatoes (try it with 1 teasp green curry)
or 4 fresh tomatoes cubed
Béchamel Sauce:
1 tbs butter, 1 tbs flour, 1c of milk or cream; 1 c grated cheese, sea salt, pepper and nutmeg
– Melt butter and stir in flour add milk or cream until it’s simmers for 5 min season with sea salt and nutmeg
Preheat oven to 375F
2tbs butter -Use 2 tbs butter for casserole dish, pour in ½ of filling cover it with ½ of the zucchini slices, then pour ½ of béchamel sauce on top repeat. Bake at 375F for 40 min.
Enjoy with kimchi!
Myths Unveiled
Violent behavior part 2
THE TOXIC ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN (excerpt from Wise Traditions journal spring 2013 for references also check this journal)
According to a study by the Environmental Working Groups, blood samples from newborns show exposure to over two hundred eighty-seven toxins, including mercury, fire retardants, pesticides and Teflon—exposure that occurs even before they are born. Of these, one hundred eighty cause cancer in humans or animals; two hundred seventeen are toxic to the brain and nervous system. Common exposures have been documented for mercury from vaccines, amalgam fillings, and fish; for lead from paint, soil and water fixtures; for arsenic from treated wood, pesticides and shellfish; for aluminum from processed food, cookware and deodorants; for cadmium from shellfish, paint, pesticides and piping; for antimony from Scotchgard; for manganese from soy milk, welding and metal works; and for fluoride from water, tea, medications and soy. All of these metals are documented to be extremely neurotoxic.
Heavy metal exposure compromises normal brain development and neurotransmitter function, leading to long-term deficits in learning and social behavior. Studies show that hyperactive children and criminal offenders have significantly elevated levels of lead, manganese or cadmium compared to controls; high blood lead at age seven predicts juvenile delinquency and adult crime.
High lead, copper, manganese, or mercury levels are associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), impulsivity, anger, aggression, inability to inhibit inappropriate responding, juvenile delinquency and criminality.
Manganese toxicity has a known association with impulsive and violent behavior. A poor diet increases the susceptibility to lead and manganese toxicity. The most significant dietary source is soy infant formulas, which typically have very high levels of manganese.
Lead has been the subject of extensive research documenting its relationship to all of these conditions and to juvenile delinquency. Based on a national sample of children, there is a significant association of lead body burden with aggressive behavior, crime, juvenile delinquency and behavioral problems.
Communities using silicofluorides in the water supply also report higher rates of learning disabilities, ADHD, violent crime and criminals using cocaine at the time of arrest. The use of fluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6) to fluoridate public water supplies significantly increases the amounts of lead in the water. Data from analysis of a national sample of over four thousand children show that water fluoridation is associated with a significant increase in children’s blood lead, with especially strong effects among minority children.
Studies have found that heavy metals such as mercury, cadmium, lead, aluminum, nickel, and tin affect chemical synaptic transmission in the brain and the peripheral and central nervous system. They also disrupt brain and cellular calcium levels, significantly affecting many body functions. Inadequate calcium levels in the brain can adversely affect cognitive development and contribute to degenerative CNS diseases. Calcium-dependent neurotransmitter release results in depressed levels of serotonin, norepinephrine, and acetylcholine, all conditions related to mood and motivation.
Many factors in the environment are new since World War II and have been implicated in violent behavior. These include changes and additions to the food we eat leading to severe nutrient deficiencies, changes in American agriculture and fertility of the soils, more chemicals in the environment, cheaper goods and services, heavy use of personal care and building materials that contain lethal toxins, vaccination programs and others. Above all the most influential factor in the course of increasing violence has been changes in our food system and loss of nutrients for children and growing teens.
These changes, coupled with an increase in medicalization of the mind with psychotic drugs, have provoked a crisis in mental health with appalling consequence: mass school killings by our youth
It will take a grass-roots effort to return the balance in our food system. Recently efforts are slowly turning the tide. These include farmers markets, buying local, farm shares, home gardens, and a return to natural products such as raw milk, pastured eggs and meat. Cooking and eating real food at home for our families cannot be emphasized enough in resolving these major issues.
A Walk Through Your Pantry/Medicine cabinet:
GET RID OF: Any soy products unless it is fermented. Check labels. Remember food that contain soy have high levels of manganese and can result in violent behavior. Almost all soy is genetically modified.
REPLACE WITH: Use protein from raw milk dairy products, grassfed meats, eggs from pastured chickens and wild fish. Remember to know your sources and buy certified organic whenever possible.
Brought to you by Jasmin Schellenberg
Inspired by and resourced from “Nourishing Traditions” by Sally Fallon; and: www.westonaprice.org Plan to join the next Wise Tradition conference. Regional Portland, OR – September 21-22. International Conference – Nov 8-11, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia Topic: Curing the Incurable: Holistic Therapies for Chronic Disease
For “Nourishing our Children” newsletters of the past visit: www.pasture-to-plate.com or www.thegreengazette.ca
