Thanks for the tips! We love avocados and they are very popular around
here - we call it "guacamole" - avocado with lemon juice mixed in. It's
very good on chalupas. We prefer whole wheat tortillas and Pace Picante
sauce made here in San Antonio. Now that I've explained my recipe for
boiling water, here is my recipe for cooking brown rice:
Ingredients:
1 cup of short grain, organic brown rice.
2 cups of filtered water.
Wash the brown rice.
Then, put the rice into a pan with a lid (preferably a Reverware pan
with a copper bottom).
Bring the rice to a boil, then put on simmer for about twenty minutes.
Note: Do not take the lid off before the rice is fully cooked. Use a
timer if necessary.
Serve with organic Tamari soy sauce, San-J Shoyu.
On 12/11/2013 1:46 PM, Share Long wrote:
Richard, my doc told me I could get diabetes II just like my Mom so I
went low glycemic about 5 years ago, lost 40 pounds and have kept off
30 of those. I admit my diet doesn't have a lot of variety, except
when I go to visit my family. BUT...my diet contains food that I love
so that I don't feel deprived. For example, I eat an avocado every day
and that pretty much satisfies my taste for something creamy. Very
good source of fat. Since you and Rita like tacos, you could figure
out how to make a really healthy taco and then fix those at home. Corn
is a pretty sugary veggie so if you could find another kind of
tortilla that would help.
A great dip that's healthy is humuus mixed with salsa and you can make
it as thick or liquidy as you want.
Keep up the good work (-:
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 1:31 PM, Richard Williams
<pundits...@gmail.com> wrote:
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I'm supposed to be on a diabetic diet, so I avoid table sugar and
sweets, white bread and pasta - Rita is on a lose weight diet - no
candy, carbs or soft drinks. That pretty much limits what we can eat.
We don't buy much packaged food at the store anymore. We eat a lot of
chicken and vegetables and salads.
So what do people eat?
For years, I followed a "Zen Macrobiotic" diet - I love eating organic
brown rice and vegetables cooked with olive oil in a wok and served
with organic soy sauce like San-J Shoyu. I still like that dish, and
prepare it at home at least once or twice a week.
At least once a week I used make Italian food - spaghetti with meat
balls - now it's just meat balls and sauce. We also eat a lot of home
made salads with olive oil. Rita's sister sent us a bottle of Leo's
Greek Dressing.
They make a pretty good burger at the Texas Roadhouse and they have
good draft beer too, so about once a month we go there to have some
fun. Sometimes we watch a Spurs basketball game or a Cowboys football
game on the big screen. Sometimes we go out to the Olive Garden with
friends to get their all-you-can-eat salad, but we avoid the bread sticks.
We both like to eat out at Mexican cantinas like Taco Haven, one of
the most popular places to eat out in San Antonio. It's actually
Tex-Mex food - if you want authentic Mexican food you'd have to go to
Jalisco downtown. There's also a place on the south side called Taco
Flats that is pretty good, if you can get in.
We like beef tacos made with corn tortillas; chalupas made with flour
tortillas; and plates of steaming hot fajitas and sometimes a couple
of cheese or beef enchiladas - all in moderation. For those of you
unfamiliar with Mexican food - it's all the same food, just arranged
on the plate differently. Don't forget the salsa!
For those of you just getting into home cooking, here is my recipe for
boiling water (I'm sure Alex or Curtis could improve on this).
Ingredients:
Three cups of filtered tap water.
Pour the water into a kettle, place on the stove, and bring to a boil.
Remove the kettle when you hear the whistle.
It's that simple. Enjoy!
