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I like to serve cold cucumbers with Korean or Chinese food. There’s just something about the cool, crisp texture next to a spicy helping of General Tsao’s Chicken that seems right to me. This is one of my favorite ways to serve cucumber:
In a small bowl, mix a teaspoon of raw honey, a teaspoon of sea salt, a tablespoon of organic creamy peanut butter, a tablespoon of organic soy sauce and a tablespoon of oil. I like macadamia nut oil in this because I find olive oil overwhelms the flavors. Stir it around well and drizzle over a large sliced organic English cucumber. English cucumbers are the longer ones sold in plastic wrap. They have fewer seeds and a slighly better flavor. That’s it. It’s simple, refreshing, tasty, and the enzymes in the soy sauce and honey will help you digest a serving of meat!
This post is part of the Saturday Salads and Simple Recipes blog carnivals.
I just got another wonderful email from Shawn Dady:
Hey everyone,
Fantastic news to report on the Raw Milk/Cow Share bill. Rep. Frank Nicely just emailed me and told me that the bill PASSED in the TN State House. WOW! Praise God! I cannot believe it! Seriously, can you hear the happy screaming all the way from Brentwood? That would be me and my kids! Anyway, if it passes the Senate and the Governor, it will be more reason to scream. Heck we could even throw a raw milk party! WOW, wow, wow, wow! (When I get really happy I scream and squeal, can you tell?)
Excited,
Shawn D.
www.tennesseansforrawmilk.com
A raw milk party. Now that’s my kinda open bar!
This post is part of Fight Back Fridays, hosted by Food Renegade.
Government is a squishy thing. Not at all the firm marble and granite structures in which they work, politicians are all too easily swayed by questionable science, fuzzy math and persuasive lobbyists. But I must give credit to the Federal Trade Commission, for it is due. They called this one right.
Statement of CSPI Legal Affairs Director Bruce Silverglade
The astonishing claims made by Kellogg that its Frosted Mini-Wheats improved children’s attentiveness by 20 percent were laughable on their face and never should have surfaced in an advertising campaign by a major food manufacturer.
The settlement announced today by the Federal Trade Commission is a strong sign the false advertising cop is back on the beat, and the agency will no longer tolerate misleading health claims. We hope this is the just the beginning of a coordinated new effort to rein in dishonest advertising and marketing by food companies. The FTC could require much stronger remedies, such as corrective advertising. In addition, Congress should expand the FTC’s authority to level civil penalties.
Incidentally, if Kellogg sincerely wanted to improve children’s attentiveness, it would phase out the use of Blue 1, Blue 2, Red 40, and any other synthetic food dyes that show up in some varieties of Mini-Wheats. Those dyes exacerbate some children’s hyperactivity and behavioral problems, and have no place in foods aimed squarely at children.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is also right. It’s time for megacorps to stop telling us (and especially our children) that their GMO-laden, ultra-processed nonfoods are nutritious, healthy and delicious.
The Dark Side of Fat Loss
