I just read "Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats". This was a really interesting book - another one talking about the benefits of a diet of real food - not packaged, processed, sugared, etc. Given all the books I have read over the years on this topic, it was not super insightful to me, although I never knew about preparing food traditionally in order to enhance enzyme production and digestion. I'm excited to try a few recipes. There is one main reason I am blogging about this book - the best sentence I have ever read in an eat-healthy book... "use as much good quality butter as you like, with the happy assurance that it is a wholesome - indeed, an essential - food for you and your family." Yippeeee!!!!!! I love butter. Especially the grass-fed, pasture butter that I am now buying. And it is healthy! For somone whose philosophy with butter is the more the better, this is revolutionary! And, the fact that the book also touts popcorn as being a healthy snack really has made my day. I can eat my favorite snack, with TONS of butter and not feel guilty! Who says real food has to be bad???
I agree that the enzyme production part was the most interesting, especially the lacto-fermented beverages and canning and stuff. In fact, we even had sauerkraut for dinner last night--nope, I still don't really like it! :) The other day I picked up some Kimchi (the one I got was just about the SPICIEST thing I've ever eaten!) at the asian market--reminded me of my Chicago days w/lots of fun international culinary adventures. And the asian market is full of lots of interesting pickled things. I made beet kvass--interesting, and kinda good. I also can't wait to try Kombucha. A new natural foods coop is opening soon about a mile from our house & if I can fight the crowds through the front doors (everyone's very excited), it's going to be like going into Aladdin's cave of wonders, I think!
ReplyDeleteI love natural food coops! We have one here - they have 8 or 9 outlets so it is almost like a chain. But local and very informative. No HFC products at all in the store. And they label everything that is gluten-free. Makes shopping so much easier. AND, no trashy magazines at check-out!
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