Mom and I have been doing some major diet makeover in our kitchen lately. It's been on the to do list for quite some time but getting around to doing the to do list isn't always as easy as it sounds. A while back I bought the book Whole Foods And Healing Recipes by Ron Lagerquist. It gathered dust for about 5 months before I felt so bad about keeping it hidden away in the bedroom that I brought it out to re-read. By some miracle I was able to persuade mom to read it too and next thing I knew we were buying carrots, corn, and cantaloupe!
Now speaking of cantaloupe, we've been buying "herds of cantaloupe"(as Lagerquist says) each week for a dollar a piece at the roadside stand. Now mom is not convinced yet that we should juice the whole cantaloupe rind and all but did you know that is the most nutritious way to eat a cantaloupe? According to Lagerquist's research, cantaloupe(rind and all) are high in vitamin A and C, myoinositol, and a large amount of digestive enzymes. They are also good for weight loss and in fighting off certain types of cancer!
Learning some of these fascinating facts on cantaloupe has been enough to keep me interested in eating it for breakfast...but the rinds? A few year back(honestly it was like 13 years back) we realized that our cat Mimi LOVES cantaloupe! We found it funny so we tried feeding her all sorts of fruits and veggies. She didn't really catch on to the vegan concept. We did have another cat that liked peaches and pineapple, and our cat Amy tasted Dr. Pepper once...um that's another story though. So, back to the rinds. Last year I had too many cantaloupe in the garden and they were starting to rot so I took little old Mimi out there and showed her where to harvest and she just dug those fanged teeth right into the rind and began eating. So the cat knows what's good for her and she's not going to let the taste of a tough cantaloupe rind get in the way of her raw food consumption! So take a lesson from my cat and eat your rinds.
Well so far each morning I'm still throwing the rinds out the back door hoping to hit the compost bucket and occasionally I'll throw one toward the cat. And if one of these mornings you catch me gnawing on cantaloupe rind...don't raise your eyebrows at me, I'm just trying to follow Mimi's good example.
Shalom Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post. It is sooooooo funny ....your cat eating cantaloupe! I thought our cat was a bit off when we found out that (opal) {she's the female} likes olive oil, crackers, potato chips, and raisins. I'm a cat lover; so I enjoy studying them. It seems to me that the females tend to have a wider food variety than the males. I have a theory as to why this may be. If you'd like to know; please visit my blog and indicate so and I'll come back and share it with you ok?
Shalom and thanks for your post...it takes the cake (as some would say)
On the subject of diet; what are some of the changes you two are making?
ReplyDeleteWe have eliminated white and brown sugar and replaced that with natural sweeteners such as agave, honey, sucanat, etc. We are eating a lot of raw food, probably at least 50% raw fruits and veggies plus nuts and seeds. Eliminating caffeine, cutting back on animal fats, adding in good oils, cutting back on gluten. It's supposed to be a gradual change taking place over three months which transitions to an all natural diet and at least 70% raw. The hard one for me is dealing with sugar cravings, I'll be so thankful when this first part of the transition is over with and the cravings no longer there. :)
ReplyDeleteIs all this the result of reading the book you mentioned in your post?
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I and our 4 children have been vegan for some time now. We have this great site that we have visited from time to time which talks about the benefits of a near total raw diet. I hope and pray all goes well with you guys and that you do well. Is your Dad in this as well?
btw did you get my last email about cats?
Shalom In Messiah.
The website that inspired my diet is Freedomyou.com I bought the recipe book from Freedomyou, which is now guiding our transitional diet.
ReplyDeleteOk. We visit http://www.hacres.com/home I'll check yours out. Thanks for the link.
ReplyDeleteShalom In Messiah.
We had two cats born of the same litter. One loved cantaloupe and the other wouldn't touch it. I thought it was funny that our cat loved the fruit, but I see now that it isn't as uncommon as I thought!
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