Is anyone else an atheist with BC besides me?

CLC

Ooooh...gg...you have piqued my interest. I want to try that!

Wren44

I discovered I LOVE yoghurt on veggies. We use it on baked potatoes, peas, in soups. I don't care for it with fruit.

Anonymous

AH, CLC, now THAT IS REAL YOGURT!  ;-)))  I was thinking of the plastic pots full of stuff in supermarkets called "super natural good for you with whatever" yogurt.  Especially those with the cutsey natural names, tho owned by HUGE French conglomerates...

I am using a lot of coconut milk - liking it a lot.

gardengumby

Wren, have you tried it with raspberries?

Wren44

Garden, Our raspberries are so good, they are eaten plain. Might go with rhubarb tho. I'm not much of a fruit lover. DH is and keeps serving it to me. Good for me lol.

gardengumby

I love raspberries plain, too.    I love 'em with anything, to be honest. 

Cindyl

But they are best with dark chocolate... just saying.

gardengumby

well - yeah - ANYTHING is best with dark chocolate... 

Anonymous

even dark chocolate is good with dark chocolate...

River_Rat

Hmmm...dark chocolate with dark chocolate - my favorite dessert!

CLC

Dried apricot with dark chocolate is a staple of my diet...:)

gardengumby

oh yes!!! 

AnneW

My current decadent kick is crystalized ginger slices coated in dark chocolate! Found in bulk at Whole Foods!

Anonymous

Crystalized ginger - yummy, also at Trader Joe's - I bought some dried mango and "crystaized it" for myself...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/candied-ginger-recipe/index.html

You can "add" stuff, sometimes a little cinnamon works for me - or powdered ginger - for extra zip.

Find it hard to find dried fruits without SULFATES/sulfur ( which my stomach really doesn't like)- but LOVE them so much.

Bought a dehydrator - mostly use it to dry apples.

gardengumby

I do my own crystalized ginger - easy peasy - found the directions on the internet...    I haven't tried doing mangos yet.

I had a dehydrator for years and years and never used it, so I sold it in a garage sale a couple of years ago.  Now.... wish I had it back. 

Wren44

Our yard is planted with a ton of fruit trees (thx to DH). We dry the fruit and reconstitute it later for pies. Never tried to crystalize anything.

ananda8

Ladies, you are inspiring to take out my dehydrator and start using it again this summer.  Has anyone dehydrated string beans?  I wonder what they would be like.

River_Rat

Notself, I don't have a dehydrator, but I've strung string beans on thread and hung them to dry and they're wonderful.  

ananda8

Thanks. Next Spring, I'll try the dehydrator.  I love Blue Lake beans and it's wonderful to have them in stew during the Winter.  Freezing works but I want to try dried.

Maria_Malta

Hello all, haven't come on in ages, and see that this thread has been pretty quiet, so I'd like to wish you all season's greetings. I don't see why we can't enjoy these celebrations despite the fact that this is the atheist thread! So wishing you all the best, enjoy a calm and tranquil day tomorrow with family and friends, and a healthy and happy 2013, xxx

Tazzy

Maria:  Ditto to that.   May you spend these festivities surrounded by people you love and make you laugh.  Here's to us !!

River_Rat

Holiday wishes for loving celebrations for all!

CLC

Super Saturnalia, Satisfying Solstice and Wonderful Winter to you all!

ananda8

Best wishes for the holidays, a pause to appreciate the wonder of our lives. 

Wabbit

Happy Holidays to you all!  Wishing you peace, love and a spot on Santa's good list ... 

 

AnneW

Been quiet here! Great op-ed piece in the NYTimes today I thought I'd share.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/opinion/sunday/the-blessings-of-atheism.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

ananda8

Great essay except for the premise suggesting that atheism has a moral high ground over religion because we have only this life.  People regardless of religion or no religion either live moral lives or don't.

The important point made is that atheists/agnostics are starting to speak up again (like they did 100 years ago) not in an effort to "convert" anyone but in an effort to let other non believers know they are not alone.  http://abcnews.go.com/WN/atheist-ministers-leading-faithful/story?id=12004359

Tazzy

Thanks for the links ladies.   Interesting indeed and nice to see people 'coming out' about it.

River_Rat

Anne and notself, thanks for the links.

Anonymous

Hi, all,

just reading the paper now ( hard copy) - my favorite Sunday activity.  It isn't delivered where I live, so we have t drive to the store to pick it up.  Always a copy waiting for me, with my name in the corner .  Love living in a small community.

Happy, healthy, HEALTHY, HEALTHY, peace filled 2013 to us all....