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

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Re: [fast5] OT (Heather - Cooks magazine/website

There is a book out called Ratios. It is new and the idea behind it
is you don't need a zillion recipes if you undertand certain
principles. Might be worth looking into. Haven't seen it myself,
but heard about it on The Spendid Table.

Ellen

On 8/25/09, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cooks comes out once a month, or maybe even once every two
> months. So you'd need to do something else for a daily meal.
> Maybe have them plan meals, put the ingredients in SparkPeople
> or some such to see what the actually nutrition levels are.
>
> I don't subscribe to any other food magazines. I have a bunch
> of old cookbooks and LaVrenne Practique, and a couple of books
> on "science in the kitchen" (which are awfully fun: they have some
> food experiments in "how to fossilize your hamster" too).
>
> Food science and nutrition are two different topics though, and
> each deserves it's own unit. Most of the "how too" books are divided
> up logically, and you could just follow the book layout. I
> haven't found a good food nutrition book though, and
> most of the current ones I highly disagree with. (Like, for
> starters they want you to eat 3-5 small meals a day ... ).
> Science doesn't seem to have the recipe for "how to
> feed a human" yet.
>
> My daughter went through a nutrition class though, and it was interesting.
> The teacher found, when analyzing her diet, that she wasn't
> eating enough calories to sustain a person her size and weight ...
> she does IF too (albeit not on purpose) and she is not skinny.
> She is very muscular and a good athlete. Also the teacher found
> that she couldn't improve on my daughter's food choices. She
> mostly eats meat, fruits, vegies and some homemade desserts,
> but I look at what she eats and can't figure out how it sustains
> her either. She must be incredibly good at absorbing nutrients.
>
> Anyway, my daughter is in "alternative schooling" and so is home
> much of the time. I have her make meals a lot, and now she is
> very proud that when friends come over she can cook for them,
> while most of her friends couldn't boil an egg. Basic stuff
> like "how to make hash browns", or "carmelizing onions",
> or "chicken soup" or "steak". I guess if I was organizing a lesson
> plan I'd do something like:
>
> 1. Cooking in water (boiling, braising, soups).
> 2. Cooking over fire (that one is really fun!)
> 3. Cooking in oil (sautee, etc)
> 4. Cooking in an oven
> 5. Eating raw (salads, sashimi ... pros and cons, dangers and
> advantages. Raw lettuce is a big possible source of food illness, and
> also nice to eat!).
> 6. Fermented foods (how do they make vinegar, cheese, yogurt, kimchi,
> kefir?).
>
> Then go through ingredients: what are the nutrients in pastry flour?
> In an egg? In a fish? In an apple? Potato? Different kinds of oil?
> How do the different methods of cooking affect the nutrients? Antinutrients?
> (solanine in potatoes? Gassiness from eating cabbage?).
>
> Then I'd go through food history: How did people cook 50 years ago?
> 100 years ago? In China? Japan? Germany? Whatever your heritage is?
> Ask grandma and grandpa what THEY ate when they were kids.
>
> Anyway, I think when a kid leaves home, they should be equipped
> to feed themselves something besides TV dinners and chips.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Karen<laurvick@charter.net> wrote:
>> Thank you!
>>
>> I'll have to see what the GFCFNN forum is all about (as if I have more
>> time!).
>>
>> The Cook's magazine doesn't come out once/wk, does it? Or do you have
>> OTHER
>> magazines you subscribe to?
>>
>> I was sharing with Ellen that I'd like to work up a nutrition unit study
>> for
>> my two remaining home schooling kids.
>>
>> Do YOU have any suggestions (books, etc)?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
>> Heather Twist
>> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 2:10 PM
>> To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [fast5] (Heather - Cooks magazine/website (GFCF baking mix)
>>
>> Their website has good recipes, but I spend too much time online
>> anyway. So I just go thru one magazine a week. As a school project,
>> going the the recipes in one month would be a good one! Some are
>> difficult to do GF, but a lot of them are about stuff like pot roast,
>> cuts of meat, etc. They sell a yearly summary too, which
>> is nice (or you can get the recipe books). But I like having it
>> "dosed out" so I don't go overboard.
>>
>> I haven't tried their forum. For cooking advice I tend to stick to the
>> GFCFNN forum, where people understand where I'm coming from.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Karen<laurvick@charter.net> wrote:
>>> Thanks, again, for this great input. I really appreciate it!
>>>
>>> Sounds like I need to spend time at your website! May be just like
>> sitting
>>> in your kitchen, eh?
>>>
>>> I'd missed your rec. to get the Cooks magazine. Just ordered a free
>> sample
>>> from them. If it end up like I'm hoping, my DD and I will make a school
>>> course out of cooking! Would you recommend joining their web site forum
>> (it
>>> is a paid forum)?
>>>
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