Today my good food choice was...

You'll think I'm crazy but the last time my friend and I went to Napa we blew our budget on wine tasting at the wineries and ended up in our hotel room with a bottle of Trader Joe's Syrah.  It was good.

Today I made quinoa with veggie broth, and I minced in half the remaining chicken breast. Spring greens on the side.   

red wine always used to turn my face red, fast.  someone told me it could be the sulfates??? is that what's different in organic? I'd love to try to.

I tried the kohlrabi veggie, it was easy to cook and pretty good.  gonna look up the nutritional stuff.

thank you all again for your suggestions and encouragement.  i've been pretty good with my meals since talking with all of you.

SAB is was good to see you on the after rads thread!

Oh wow, I didn't think about Thanksgiving - I think I'll be bringing the SALAD!!!! Not sure my family will make veggies without butter! lol.

Maybe I'll play around with Quinoa dishes....I tried the mango and pineapple with the quinoa, I think it needed mint though....

ok, I know this sounds like a dumb question but cooking was never my strong point - I think I was meant to be a "raw" vegan....but pan roasted - is in the oven? which veggies and which herbs?

Thanksgiving this year will have an organic turkey, mashed potatoes (I won't have) acorn squash (I will have) green bean casserole (I won't have), stuffing (I won't have), oven roasted brussel sprouts (I will have), cranberry sauce (I will have), white rolls (I won't have), whole grain baked bread (I will have). 

 I will have 20 people over for Thanksgiving, so most people are bringing something (the white potatoes, the green bean casserole, appetizers, apple pies, rolls etc...but the things in the parens (I will have) are all things that I am making:  Turkey, squash, brussel sprouts, cranberry sauce and whole grain bread.  I am toying with the quinoa idea, but I think I will be the only one who will eat it, so it is not making my must have list.

I am also making the pumpkin pies, while will be with organic pumpkin, organic crust, organic evaporated milk, omega 3 eggs.  This will also be something that I will have.

I read a great book called Anti cancer: A new way of life by Servan-Schreiber.  Hope I got all that right. It looks at lifestyle, diet, environment and mind-body connection.  The author had brain cancer and was an MD/PhD researcher who turned his energy towards understanding cancer. He encourages a continued reliance on western treatment with added integrative methods to fight the beast. It's a pretty practical book that tells you some basic changes you can make to make your body "unfriendly" to cancer.  I like it because it has enough science behind it to satisfy the skeptic in me.

My wants-to-be vegan daughter asks me to use banana instead of egg in baking.  One egg = half banana.I think silken tofu works too, but I have not tried it. The banana flavor would probably work for pumpkin pie.  I see some experiments in your future.

Tonight is whole wheat pasta tossed with grilled asparagus.

I made quinoa fruit salad with mint, finally, I've been thinking about it since one of you posted about your mango and pineapple quinoa. I used pineapple that I cooked a bit, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries.  Since eating vegan I seem to have lost my taste buds for sweet juicy fruit...weird...but anyway the fresh mint tied it all together.  I think I might drop a leaf of mint in the cooking quinoa next time.

cilantro, lime and onion are a staple here....my dad makes a chicken breast oven dish the same way.  I'll make beans like that too!!!!!!!!! yum add a little tomato and your favorite beer, so good.

I'm going to fix a big cabbage and radish salad with pumpkin seeds for dinner.  Everyone will have a different protein tonight.  Vegan daughter will have boca burger, DH tilapia and I will have a piece of the chicken breast I am working on this week.

Lunchtime--going to have my tomato soup with multi-grain Wasa.

Gina- Sounds yummy.  If you made it can you share the recipe please?  (c:

Adey, I bought a soup kit from the farmers market on Saturday. it was pricey, but well worth it - I can never get the seasoning right....I saved the ingredients list to try to duplicate but it doesn't have measurements other than the pound of green and red lentils.  I took a pic let me see if I can upload.

Today my good food choice tanked....I had Chinese food....so full of sodium.....noodles with veggies.

this is the quinoa fruit salad I made with mint.

Adey, PM me your address, I'll mail you a kit.  I looked up on line but I can't find the kits.  the company is hgd - the soup was alamo gristmill and spices brand.

Hi Ladies,

I like this thread! I have made some huge changes in our family menus since I was diagnosed in July. No more meat, dairy, etc. Today I ate a broccoli salad for lunch!!!  (Although it was followed by a few peanut m & m's...).