"Food Matters" Film Free For One Week. My Melons Aren't the Problem Sir. Dr. G on Listeria Hysteria. Wild Dog Chases. Bill Maher & Rick Santorum.

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Elizabeth Kucinich on Capitol Hill by VegTV
Talking about the subsidies that make us sick.

Listeria Hysteria
Dr. G has a new blogpost about the recent Melon Madness.  It's funny, funny strange not funny hysterical, that Melons get SO much press when 85% of Listeria is caused by Meat.  Most of the time when Fruits & Veggies are contaminated, it is from Factory Farm runoff or byproducts of Factory Farming.  If we didn't cram animals in small places and call them "livestock", giving them zero space to move, feeding them tons of drugs, and not cleaning up their massive amounts of feces in a proper way-these outbreaks wouldn't really exist.  They just don't need to exist.  They exist because of greed.  Money is more important than human lives, animal lives, or our environment.  Just one of the joys of our "free market" in which the Meat & Dairy industry is somehow heavily subsidised (how is that a free market??).  This listeria outbreak may actually be from human sludge this time.  Looks like we aren't really handling that properly either.  It seems like we think if we throw something out, that it somehow won't come back to us.  We throw all our old electronic stuff out and ship them to China.  Then our kids get poisoned with Lead paint and other toxic substances, often made with the very stuff we shipped there in the first place!  Ironic or Karma?  But the Melon Market doesn't really have all of the subsidies to "protect themselves" against the Media War.  Check out Dr. G's post to find out about what is really causing foodborne illnesses in the States.

And just another Saturday Morning.  Pj & the Crew (I am behind the camera) on an EARLY Saturday Morning Adventure.  Pj, of Gateway Pet Guardians, and the Gateway Girls are looking for Dodie's Puppies.  Pj feeds these dogs every single day, and then tracks them if they are pregnant.  She isn't sure if Dodie does have pups or not, but suspects she might.  (Sometimes the dog is pregnant but the puppies die).  What does looking entail?? It entails going through abandoned homes.  Homes that are falling to the ground.  The floor is covered with the walls and part of the ceiling.  Debris is everywhere.  The floors are rotted through in parts.  Then we go through the wooded area, looking, listening for signs.  We talk about "3rd World Countries" in the States.  As if the States really has it all worked out.  I assure you that if you have been to East St. Louis, you will realize that we have not taken care of our own.  We have forgotten the people, the city, the environment there.  There has been massive corruption there, but instead of actually dealing with it, it seems the State of Illinois has "ignored" it and moved on.  I have been there a lot, but it still blows my mind just a little bit how places like this can exist within our "First World Wonder".  



Raw Vegan Pad Thai from VegaDeli.  Look for upcoming Vegan Taste of St. Louis Post.

Something that made me very sad and shocked.  I am jaded, but I did think it at least wasn't socially acceptable to be anti-gay in public anymore.  Does keeping "sex" out of it mean that Soldiers can't hang photos of their women on the walls or visit prostitutes? I am no longer voting democrat (unless the threat from the other side is just too much) but since I actually like blacks, Jews, Palestinians, Muslims AND Gays, then that puts me at pretty strong odds with the "other side".

Something that cracked me up.  I need to belly laugh fairly regularly.  I like the part about the drive thru partial birth abortions.


Recent Posts About Real Food Fears:


*Bladder Blues. Did chicken cause your bladder infection? Anupy's Arsenic & UTI Free, Tradtional Vegan Zero Chicken Curry. Bill Maher & Jane Lynch for "Weinerlogues" and Belly Laughs.


* Toxic Cock Syndrome. 92% are Poopy Cocks.


  *Weiner Woes. Smaller Shorter Schlongs Caused By Eating Cock.


* Weiner Warts.  STD's from Meat? HPV in the Kitchen.  "No Honey, it wasn't another man.  Just a slab of bacon".  "Cock Cancer".  It's not Just For the Chickens.


*Meat eating Tea Partiers and Republicans accepting Welfare? Why Meat Eaters have to PAY for sex.


*Jay Nixon has been Neutered. Bend over & ditch the KY, this is a Rough One. (Just in case you thought it was just Republicans & Tea Partiers that I vented about!)




What do you vegans & animal lovers do about politics??  What do you do when there is No One to vote for?  I feel a little defeated these days by the majority of the blowhards in office.  I will not quit voting, but not sure what to do at this point. As you can see from the above link about Jay Nixon, I am in no hurry to vote for him.  Missouri has gifted the States with some real "gems" like members of the Blunt Family, John Ashcroft, and Todd Akin.  But if the "other" side doesn't offer any refuge, I refuse to vote for them.  Jay Nixon is continuing to work with opponents of the Puppy Mill Law to further weaken an amendment for which had already passed by the Missouri Voters.  

Bladder Blues. Did chicken cause your bladder infection? Anupy's Arsenic & UTI Free, Tradtional Vegan Zero Chicken Curry. Bill Maher & Jane Lynch for "Weinerlogues" and Belly Laughs.

Bladder Infections got ya down??  I remember lots of girls having chronic problems with bladder infections and they got worse when they travelled to a high meat consumption country!  Never put the two together, until now.  But turns out you may save money on all that cranberry juice by just ditching the meat!  There's more to E Coli than we realize!  Millions of women get UTI's a year!  Billions of dollars of healthcare a year.  ExtraIntestinal E coli.  Hundreds of Thousands of Lives lost a year. 1648 types of food tested, and chickens were the worst!

50% of Poultry Samples were infected! What to do??  Buy Anupy's book and start Cooking!!  Other reasons to cook veggies??

To Avoid more Weiner Worries and Bladder Blues Check out:


* Toxic Cock Syndrome. 92% are Poopy Cocks.


  *Weiner Woes. Smaller Shorter Schlongs Caused By Eating Cock.


* Weiner Warts.  STD's from Meat? HPV in the Kitchen.  "No Honey, it wasn't another man.  Just a slab of bacon".  "Cock Cancer".  It's not Just For the Chickens.

The Indian Slow Cooker: 50 Healthy, Easy, Authentic Recipes

So try some Arsenic Free.  Chicken Free. Cholesterol Free. And healing spice filled

Veganized Chicken Curry.  Most of Anupy's "The Indian Slow Cooker" book is already Vegan.  But....like most wives, we like to please our husbands.  And her husband loves Chicken Curry.  Turns out he actually prefers it with zero veggies.  I prefer it with zero chicken.  So I just used a lot of veggies and veganized the dish (Apologies to Anupy's husband).  I can't wait for her next All Vegan book to come out in 2012!  

Dr. Oz really NEEDS Anupy!!  Deepak is okay.  Andrew Weil is okay-but did you know he was the one who tattled on Ram Das & got him fired from Harvard??  Rumor has it  Weil was a Wee bit jealous because Ram was hanging out with the students and they really dug him.  So Weil told on him!
These guys are okay, but not my favorites.  Enough Indian Spiritual Men.  Enough Overweight Holistic Health Men.  It's cool that they are getting some different information out there,  but sometimes a few people get all the fame!  Anupy can show everyday people how to cook for pennies and uses all of the "must have" spices!  Hot Peppers, Cinnamon, Turmeric, Cloves, Fenugreek!

Of course  now I have my handy dandy Spice Tiffin and it takes me all of 10 seconds to dish out all those spices!

This is "Methi" or Fenugreek.  Leaves.  Often you buy the seeds but this recipe uses the leaves.  Supposed to be  great for helping blood sugar.  I was surprised at what a mild flavor they had.  

I don't usually keep this stuff around, but splurged for this dish.

"Dump & Push".  SO easy.  Get your slow cooker out now for the winter time!

You don't have to subject yourself to pounds of GMO canola oil to get your Punjab on.

Zero Oil!!  Zero Cholesterol!!  Lots of healing spices like Turmeric (Curcumin) that is being touted everywhere for reducing inflammation and may even help prevent/slow Alzheimer's.  Methi for blood sugar.  Cayenne for the heart & metabolism.  

These were just some of the veggies I put in there!!  Later during cooking I added mushrooms and whatever else I could find that might be going bad!  Beans & Zucchini from my parent's garden.

Just dump everything in the pot.  Run around the house.  Clean.  And in my house, maybe one room would be done by the time this was done!

Topped with fresh cilantro and onions.  Everything tastes better with Raw Onions! 

Just another amazing dish from Anupy.  And it had a slightly different flavor because of the fenugreek & Yogurt.  Great way to get your veggies in & also use up whatever you have in your fridge!  During gardening season, you got your dish for Zucchini!

These are my helpers.  She is truly a "touched by fire" artist.  She can't really function normally or bother with being cordial 24/7 because she is slightly tormented.  Creating.

Here she is being a bookmark in "The Indian Slow Cooker" Book.  She gets ticked when I give anything or anybody more attention than her.

And since I need to belly laugh (hence all the "Weiner" Posts) because at heart I truly am a bit over serious.........Well going with the "Weiner" Theme.  I have to stress that Bill Maher did not write this script!  These words are from Mr. Weiner's conversation with the "Blackjack Dealer".  Nothing Changed.  No embellishments!  Warning. Slightly Adult Content! It does  have a couple of  "bad words".  But it was on the HuffPost so it's not that bad!

And it may result in a belly laugh.  Think they need to be sucking carrots in the future though.......based on all of the videos from recent posts!

Vegan Healthy Homemade Hummus from Rip Esselstyn's "Engine 2 Diet" book. Colin Campbell (The China Study) on Real Time with Bill Maher.

Vegan Standby.  Hummus from Rip Esselstyn's "Engine 2 Diet" Book.

While I have a zillion and a half books, do love the addition of Engine 2.  There's no junky food in it & that's refreshing because usually I have to sift through recipes to avoid stuff that has sugar or flour (tend to avoid both a bit for daily eating) to find the healthy stuff.  Rip's recipes are also made for "real people" so he doesn't have you going to buy kilos of Goji Berries from the Mountains of China or Argentine Mesquite Powder (although I did just buy this one on sale!).  The food tends to be normal for people who don't eat an eccentric diet.  After all, he got his fellow firefighters in Texas (gasp) to eat this way & it probably saved some of their lives.  Rip not only wrote "The Engine 2 Diet" book, but was also featured in the "Forks Over Knives" movie & book.  His father, of course, is Caldwell Esselstyn, uber important Heart Doctor.  He has his own website, Heart Attack Proof.

Engine 2 Diet.  Rip Esselstyn.

Talk about recession food.  I used DRIED chickpeas & cooked them in the slow cooker.  Which works out great in this disgusting sweltering heatwave in the Midwest.  Also, organic chickpeas cost pennies and a tub of Whole Foods brand hummus (I don't even think it's organic), costs 4.69, as of today.  So I am thinking I can get over 2 lbs. dried chickpeas for 4.69.  Organic at that.  My  hubby is the guilty verdict of the tubs of hummus.  It's easy.  No mess, no fuss.  But, their Hummus does actually  have tahini in it also, which if you are avoiding oil, doesn't work so well.  So the Engine 2 Diet Hummus has no nut/seed butters.  Just chickpeas & flavors.

Of course the amount of garlic is always a "suggestion" as some people are garlic whores (me), and others meditate daily & avoid garlic & onions because it disturbs the stillness of the mind.  I think my Yerba Mate & my Speed Freak Smoothies (recipe to come) probably already do that, so garlic & onions are not going to further f**k up my monkey mind.

Make sure you use Gluten Free Tamari if you have a GF guest eating!  Lots of people forget that there is gluten in regular soy sauces.  They usually have wheat ingredients.  However, it is pretty standard to find GL soy/Coconut Aminos/et.... substitutes easily.

You just put in your almighty food processor & go until it is your desired texture.  I like to leave a few beans just slightly chunky.  I actually loved this hummus recipe and could not stop eating it which resulted in a stomachache shortly after.  The rest of you probably aren't addicted to beans, so you will most likely avoid that problem.  :)


Rip is featured in this post also, "More Forks Over Knives" Dr. Oz show & how plants may help cure cancer, diabetes, heart disease & more.  There is a video of him on "The Today Show" on this post.



Why Americans are Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. And why Politicians are Douchebags.
Another post featuring Rip.  This time there is video of him on "Good Morning America".



And on the "Forks Over Knives" Movie Post.  Rumor (the "news") has it that he & CEO John Mackey (Whole Foods) are going to come out with a line of foods that meets the "Forks Over Knives", "Fire Engine 2", "China Study" kinds of diet principles.  Should be interesting.  And of course if you don't eat "cooked" hummus, check out the Raw Vegan Hummus I made from Zucchinis from the "Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 people book".



Raw Vegan Hummus.


Super easy "Raw Food made Easy for 1 or 2 people"!  Great for virgins. (ha.)


And a little treat.  Bill Maher (my friend's future ex-boyfriend as although he is witty & wise, he may not be a chic's best pick for a man!)   But Mr. Bill did have Colin Campbell, author of "The China Study" on his "Real Time with Bill Maher" show!!  Yeah!







Just wondering how many of you are familiar with all of these books.  Is there anyone reading that doesn't know the ideas behind the "Engine 2 Diet" or are not familiar with "Forks Over Knives" or "The China Study"??  Also, please keep a Mother & Daughter in your thoughts.  Jess & her mom are fighting cancer & going au natural (standard treatment quit working on Jess, well, they would have done more, by chopping her arm off).  She has a donation link on her blog & all money donated goes to helping pay for the materials they need to do "The Gerson Therapy".  Please read my post about "The Groovy Gerson Girls"  & then go to Jess's blog, "The Wellness Warrior" to keep up with them.  Jess writes inspirational & honest posts about what this whole experience has been like.  Jess is in her twenties, not when ya expect to have to being doing this sort of thing.



Norwalk Juicer.
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