New Ingredients

We picked up our CSA share which is all yummy stuff but then we had to hit the health food store for a few new ingredients.

Surprisingly I am very fond of a rice/potato/soy spaghetti I found.  It was not sticky or chewy and the girls nor Steve really noticed a difference.



The only, small, complaint I have is that I no longer make just one big fruit shake for the family.  I make Steve's then the girls and I, per usual, drink where ever the left over is.

The girls typically get just fruit and milk or juice.  Steve's is now seeds, nuts, fruits, water and coconut butter to make it creamy.  I have to say it is really delicious. 

I think I've nailed the fruit shakes.  I have found a satisfactory pasta substitute and we are really digging the white quinoa as a substitute for rice.  It took a time or two to cook it just right.  We add chicken stock but it doesn't soak in the flavor it kind of sits on it so the product tasted really salted.  We just need to watch that.  The best part is the girls are not noticing any changes.
Once again the biggest challenge is the cost.  The second is learning not only how to cook but how to cook with unfamiliar ingredients. 

We'll get there, slowly but surely!

Nopal

I've heard wonderful things about taking a shot of Nopal daily.   In fact when I was at the health food store I was asking the lady there about different items I was looking at when I got to Nopal.  She said it is amazing!  In fact the owner, she said, takes it daily and has psoriatic arthritis.  Since she has been taking it she has felt no pain and her medical prescription is almost non-existent.

She had me at psoriatic.

However the first day Steve took a shot of this he felt dizzy all day.  There are other factors that could have come into play with this but I'm wondering if anyone else has had this experience?
Any comments would be helpful.

It's Expensive Getting Healthy

We live on the Eastern Shore in world a little behind the rest of the world.  We have one health food store locally and it's expensive!  But what are you supposed to do when you need certain products like chia seeds and hemp seeds.
Until we really figure out what we like and will continue to use I don't want to make any big purchases on-line.
On the flip side, we have so many wonderful farms in every direction you look.  And that is well worth living here.
Our CSA crop is a wonderful addition to our diet.  We just picked up this weeks crop and have spaghetti squash on the mind.
Tomorrow is a beach day but then some serious experimenting is going to happen.  And when I say experimenting I mean it.  I am NOT a cook.  I don't like to cook so this is a double challenge.
Stay tuned!