Rita (vegetable lady) shopping
in Curacao
VEGETABLE LADY NEWSLETTER
Volume I * Number 2
May 2001
The Partner's in Health Network brings this newsletter to you at your request. The Vegetable Lady Newsletter is sent monthly only to those who have subscribed to it. The Vegetable Lady, Rita Cheek, is passionate about sharing what she has learned about food and nutrition and other lessons in life she has been privileged to experience.
In
this month's issue:
1. Healthy, quick, and yummy desert recipe
2. What's for Dinner?
3. Mother's Day/Father's Day Idea
4. Our Natural First Aid Kit
1. Rita's Carob Pecan Clusters
2 cups of pecans
1 cup of carob chips
½ cup of rice syrup (purchase at health food store)
1 t. vanilla
pinch of salt
Roast pecans in cast iron skillet under medium low heat until fragrant
being careful not to let burn. Add carob chips and as they are melting
add rice syrup and salt while stirring constantly. When carob chips
are completely melted add the vanilla and stir. Using the wooden spoon
drop the mixture into clusters onto a lightly greased surface (I use
a large platter). Cool and remove from the platter onto a pretty plate
and serve. I even have individually wrapped these clusters and included
them in packages to my college kids. Everyone loves this quick and easy
desert that takes less than 10 minutes to prepare.
2. What's for Dinner? Roasted Vegetables in a Skillet
This afternoon my daughter Vanessa brought home a girl movie for the
two of us. Since I spend many evenings on the phone the afternoon is
a great time for us to chill together. We knew if we were going to watch
a late afternoon movie we had better put dinner on so she scrubbed and
chopped the carrots in hunks while I peeled (optional) and quartered
the small organic potatoes and chopped the onions. We were done in 10
minutes and were off to watch our movie. When the movie was finished
a great aroma was coming from the kitchen. We then poured the vegetarian
chili on top of the roasted vegetables (soy cheese optional) and heated
a few minutes more and supper was done.
We used:
10 peeled and quartered potatoes
6 peeled and cut in hunks carrots
1 large onion chopped
Add above to oven dish sprayed with olive oil. Cover with oven lid or
foil. Cook in moderate oven for one and a half-hour. Then add 2 cans
of vegetarian chili and return to oven until heated through.
This meal is easy enough for kids to do and beats eating fast food out
any day! We have also used this dish as a great campout dinner. We put
individual packets of vegetables in foil and make sure we put them on
early enough in the day to get done. We also like to experiment on the
vegetables using green peppers, corn, or zucchini. If chili is not used
then we brush a mixture of olive oil and tamari on top of the vegetables.
3. Mother's/ Father's Day Gift
We would like to challenge you to rethink what you have done in the
past for your gift giving. Just imagine having a service that would
send out a gift of health to your loved ones, a gift that could make
a difference in their lives in a beautifully done gift box with a personal
note from you. A stamped thank you note addressed to you is even included.
It is as easy as calling an 800#. Go to www.vegetablelady.com
and click on to our link called our gifts for health. Then click on
the link from there to find out more details in helping you select your
gift. Make this an occasion that marks a new tradition in gift giving;
a tradition that says "I love you" and want you to be healthy.
4. Vegetable Lady's Natural First Aid Kit
I have put together a little bag that I have given my college children
(especially important for Hilary studying in Spain) because I know having
what you need when you need it is crucial. I have a pill tackle box
and a waterproof zipper bag from a backpacking store that holds the
pillbox nicely. There is enough space around the edges for a bottle
of Life Plus COLLOIDAL SILVER spray and a bottle of Life Plus TEA TREE
OIL. There are plenty of divisions in the pillbox for the supplements
I take while traveling and for the items needed for emergencies. This
kit is ready then in a flash for those unplanned times of sickness and
accidents and is also easy to pop in a suitcase or backpack at a moment's
notice.
In addition to the supplements I have listed on the next page I put
a couple of packets of dried Miso Soup with sea vegetables (purchased
at the health food store) that can bring nourishment and provide strength
to a sick person with only some hot water available. On the next page
you will find the supplements I keep in my Natural First Aid Kit. All
can be purchased from my web site (www.vegetablelady.com) either on
the link My Favorite Supplements or What Can I Take? Link. I am not
a doctor and am not offering medical advice or diagnosing. If you are
ill check with your doctor.
Our Natural First Aid Kit
1.
Combat is a product that is needed on hand at the onset of illness.
If you wait until you need this product to order it you have already
missed an opportunity. My kids swear by Combat. Everyone around them
may be sick and they will be great because they have taken their Combat
as soon as they feel sluggish, etc.
2. Alko-Mar has the ability to boost the immune system on a long-term
basis.
3. Proanthenols are needed in times of stress when our body needs more
help with free radicals. We up our daily dose when stressed.
4. Magnesium is helpful with muscle pain, cramps, or even headaches.
5. Colodyne is important to be used on a daily basis, especially if
not doing the Biobasics, and most important when we are sick because
we know the colon is where most of our problems start. Our family secret
is to clean the colon the minute we are feeling bad. I believe that
is why out of our five children none of them have had to have antibiotics.
The Colodyne has various fibers and herbs to help cleanse the lower
intestine, especially the colon. When I say cleanse, I mean heavy metals,
some parasites, and undigested food particles are affected. That is
why Colodyne is a great product (or the Biobasics which has the Colodyne
in it) to take along while traveling. Many people pick up intestinal
parasites especially while traveling abroad and think they have food
poisoning. The Colodyne is like having an insurance policy.
6. Wonder Gel is great to have on hand to apply topically for aches
and pains and works well penetrating in to the needed muscles and doing
its healing work.
7. MSM lotion is soothing also for aches and pains; it worked well on
my skin after too much sun on the beach. Good all round lotion.
8. Colloidal Silver spray had been proven to be useful against many
different infections. Usually, an antibiotic kills a half dozen or so
bacteria, but silver kills some 650. Resistant strains do not develop
to silver like they do with antibiotics. We spray it in our eyes or
throats; it even works well with pets. This is a safe and effective
alternative product to antibiotics. Every family needs this product
in their medicine kit.
9. Tea Tree Oil is a first aid kit in a bottle. I have used tea tree
oil for over 20 years for all kinds of problems. It is an antiseptic
and antifungal weapon and bugs hate it! We have used it for sore throats,
earaches (diluted with olive oil), all kinds of bug and insect bites,
bacterial or fungal skin problems, burns, cuts, and on and on. Next
month I will talk more about tea tree oil.
10. Somazyme is an enzyme to be taken away from food (not to be confused
with Sustenase that is to be taken with food) so that it can go straight
to the blood and do its work. Somazyme is a proteolytic enzymes that
is a scientific formula of nutrients, bio-cultures, stabilizers, activators
and anti-inhibitors that nutritionally support the immune system and
help to create many other healthy functions. When taking Somazyme away
from food, it breaks down larger molecules of toxic overload in the
blood. It is a little like Pac Man cleaning the body of metabolic waste.
It is good for the immune system and circulation and inflammation therefore
speeds healing. My mother tripped and fell (she is 79) and found she
had a severely bruised rib that was extremely painful. After taking
the maximum amount mentioned on the bottle for 2 days she no longer
had any pain. (Her doctor had told her the pain would be there for 4-
6 weeks). She now always keeps Somazyme on hand for emergencies. .
