Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: Re: [fast5] (Heather

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Re: [fast5] (Heather - food gifts

It's funny, but in our family "cookies" are just "normal emergency
food". That is, we always have a cookie jar full of GFCF cookies,
and in an emergency (or if there is something like a potluck) we
grab some. When we bring them someplace, people really enjoy
them and want the recipe. But I wouldn't give them to someone
as a gift, because to "cookies" are like the bottom-rung food.
So I guess one's idea of "special food" really is a
mental issue.

I think for a workout partner I'd be tempted to make a dish of
fresh fruit salad: cut up fruit tossed with some lemon juice, some
toasted nuts, a bit of coconut, and chopped Marischino cherries.
A few chopped cherries make it seem really decadent, but really,
there aren't many calories in a few of them (the red food coloring
might be a problem for some people). Dried cherries or cranberries
works too.

It turns out my family LOVES fruit, but no one wants to cut it up.
So I've been making a point to have "cut up fruit" in the fridge. It
disappears quickly (faster than the cookies by a long shot). What
they REALLY want after a workout is some simple easy-to-digest
food that doesn't require thinking.

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Karen<laurvick@charter.net> wrote:
> I like to give condiments like hot sauces, etc. but it just doesn't say
> 'you're special' like cookies do! Guess that is a mental issue I have to
> deal with
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Heather Twist
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:46 PM
> To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [fast5] (Heather - fry recipe) (coconut oil)
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> Hm. Favorite food gifts ...
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> It's hard to say what people will like, once they start trying different
> things.
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