Quote du Jour
Food is an important part of a balanced diet. ~ Fran Lebowitz
Finding Roots along the
Routes
I have a theory...that the original people who lived in the American southwest ate an
excellent plant-based diet. Basic vegetable ingredients in their diet were beans and
corn, with other indigenous plant-based foods to the North/South American continent: tomatoes, potatoes, chili peppers, chocolate...oh my goodness...doesn't
this make you feel grateful to be alive in 2013? Life without chocolate? Eeks!
On our road trip, we decided that our best strategy for sticking to a plant-based diet was eating at Mexican Restaurants. Rice, beans, salsa, guacamole, and tortillas are on every menu, all excellent and very flavorful plant-based dishes that have been around for centuries, easy to prepare and awesomely delicious.
excellent plant-based diet. Basic vegetable ingredients in their diet were beans and
corn, with other indigenous plant-based foods to the North/South American continent: tomatoes, potatoes, chili peppers, chocolate...oh my goodness...doesn't
this make you feel grateful to be alive in 2013? Life without chocolate? Eeks!
On our road trip, we decided that our best strategy for sticking to a plant-based diet was eating at Mexican Restaurants. Rice, beans, salsa, guacamole, and tortillas are on every menu, all excellent and very flavorful plant-based dishes that have been around for centuries, easy to prepare and awesomely delicious.
Rooting for Local Ingredients
Stopping by grocery stores, we're finding interesting varieties of beans, with the stand-out Anasazi beans. White and speckled rust and red, the flavor is "meaty."
Dried corn - not cornmeal, corn grits or popcorn - but a variation that looks like corn flakes.
Dried corn - not cornmeal, corn grits or popcorn - but a variation that looks like corn flakes.
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I'd never seen this product before. It looks like corn
flakes. Added to vegetable soup, it thickened the broth
and provided its sweet corn flavor.~VeggieBound.org
Another benefit from Plant-based Eating TravAils Have you ever experienced a change in your body's regularity while traveling? I've always thought it was because of the change in water or sitting too long in the car. Can a plant-based diet healthy for the traveler? Duh, yes! Eating plant-based, high fiber meals has eliminated any problems folks seem to get while traveling…I'll call this travails…aka constipation, food poisoning, bloating, “food comas.” These specific benefits of eating plant-based foods certainly simplifies taking care of ourselves while traveling. |
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| Feelin' Fine! |
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