Vegetarian
Cooking
Free recipes, and top
secrets on vegetarian cooking J
A Vegetarian is one who does
not eat Fish, Meat or Poultry, & may or may not eat Milk, Dairy or Eggs....
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choice! 
Try
all of these very easy, healthy Vegetarian Recipes. Mostly, the secret is
experimenting with Herbs & Spices for different combinations & enjoying
the cooking... once you have the basics down, it's very
simple
J
Above, you will find many of our
favorite Vegetarian
Recipes, most of which we have designed or "modified" over the
years...see below for further details on healthy vegetarian living.
Why
we don't eat meat...
Many people today are becoming
aware of the many health benefits of a vegetarian diet. The vast increase
in the number of deaths from Cancer, Heart Disease, Osteoporosis,
etc. have woken up a lot of people. Almost everyone in the Western world has
lost a loved one to one of these diseases, which are often brought on by a meat-centered diet....
Meat is not necessary for
strength: It is a fallacy that meat is necessary for strength. There
are many examples of athletic & Olympic champions being vegetarians. The
strongest beasts in the animal kingdom do not eat meat. In Dr. Bernard
Jensen's studies of people who live to a long age, it was discovered that none
of these very healthy people (from all over the world) were heavy
meat-eaters, most ate meat only rarely.
"I consider the step to vegetarianism,
& in particular, the understanding of it, the most important step in my
life. It has changed my health for the better, but more importantly, it has
changed how I view life. Only after changing to a vegetarian diet did I
truly understand the phrase reverence for life". - Peter
Burwash, Professional Tennis Player
Meat-eating introduces
disease: Nutritionally, the only possible justification for eating meat is
it's protein content. This protein is received via the animal when it eats
grasses, wheats etc. and therefore becomes second-hand protein for the human who
eats the slaughtered animal - think how much more beneficial it would be if the
protein was directly digested!
There have been numerous
experiments performed on human subjects which demonstrate that animal fats raise
the cholesterol level of the blood, while vegetable fats lower it. There is
also abundant evidence that cholesterol is an important factor in the incidence of
arteriosclerosis & coronary heart disease and the fat in meat is mostly made
up of fatty acids - a lot of cholesterol! Meat has also been found to cause gallstones,
accelerate the heart's action & elevate blood pressure.
Flesh eating also introduces
poisonous waste products into the body:
By the very process of living,
waste products (urea, uric acid, cretin, leukomain, etc.) are continually being
formed in the body. These are normally removed from the body through the
organs of elimination. However, when an animal is slaughtered,
un-eliminated waste products remain in the tissues! When the flesh of the
animal is eaten, we must therefore, eat not only the nutritive portions, but the
poisonous waste products as well!
Also, the amount of waste
products present in the dead animal is much greater than when the animal was
alive, or even at the time of slaughtering. Because, during life, the
tissues are washed by the pure stream of blood which gathers up the waste
products and carries them to the liver, kidneys, lungs & skin for
elimination. When the heart ceases to beat, this cleansing process stops
and the poisons, which are ever forming, accumulate at a rapid rate until the
vital fluids are so saturated, that every living structure is destroyed - and
this flesh is then processed & eaten!
When that meat is eaten, with all
accompanying poisons, your liver will deal with some of the uric acid, but can
only destroy about one-half of the uric acid circulating in the blood. The
carnivorous animal's liver however, can destroy from 10-15 times as much uric
acid as the liver of man; a fact which clearly shows that man is not
physiologically made to eat flesh foods. The surplus uric acid contained
in meat (when eaten by the human) acts as a poison and is stored up in the
tissues, which causes rheumatism & many other diseases.
After the liver has failed to
deal with the poisons, the meat is passed on to the intestines. Due to the
long, convoluting intestines in man, animal flesh sits & decays at body
temperature for at least 24 hours, causing considerable putrefaction in the
large intestine. Toxins are absorbed through the intestine wall to the
blood stream & are then circulated throughout the body. Therefore, the
nutritional value of meat is considerably lowered & in fact, is contradictive
to perfect health!
Iron
Deficiency?
Our Family have been vegetarians for approx 25
years now - I have never tasted meat, fish or eggs...and have no desire to. Many
people, (lovingly concerned), inquire over our health, saying "Don't
you need Liver for Iron?" etc... The answer is a resounding NO!
Over the years, we have carefully studied all avenues of Natural Health, and
now, I believe we have a good balance of all body requirements, (vitamins
& minerals) as well as delicious flavors - the most important part! J
We regularly use seeds & nuts,
both sprouted, crushed, soaked & roasted, (which supply many needed
proteins) dried fruits, and pulses & grains in Dahl's &
soups. Buckwheat (which is not actually a grain) is very high in
nutrients & especially handy for wheat-free diets. Kelp is a very
handy source of nearly all nutritional elements known to man, particularly rich
in Iodine, Spirulina - a "wonder food" with Iron, Protein,
& many others, & twice the amount of B12 than beef liver, Tahini
(sesame seed butter) is rich in calcium, Brewers Yeast - full of all the B
Vitamins including the elusive B12, Whey - which contains 20 times the mineral content of liquid
milk, lactose, sodium, calcium, magnesium & minerals, Molasses - high
in Iron & Calcium, & Cider Vinegar
- excellent for healthy body functioning. We juice vegetables & fruits
regularly, & our diet is full of fresh & cooked fruit & veggies - see
below for more information!
Handy Hint - Add Kelp to your Salt
shaker at a ratio of 3 parts Salt to 1 part Kelp. Highly nutritious &
nobody notices!
We also grow most of our own Organic Vegetables, See
our Organic Gardening Page, and Fruit, use many Herbs &
common 'Weeds', see our Healing Herbs
Page, & try to keep that balanced
with fun exercise & Positive Thinking... it's always an ongoing learning
process
More Delicious Vegetarian Recipes are coming!
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