Comments on: Real Food Goes Mainstream http://www.foodrenegade.com/real-food-goes-mainstream/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:24:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Sustainable Eats http://www.foodrenegade.com/real-food-goes-mainstream/#comment-1150 Sustainable Eats Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:16:03 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=533#comment-1150 I love that healthy eating is now radical. Tomorrow I'm donning a black beret in the kitchen. Those same people who find preparing real food a waste of time probably spend 2-3 hours a day in front of the television (when they could be prepping for the following day's meals.) I am new to NT style eating as well but a whole hearted convert - license to eat butter and coconut oil? You had me at hello! <abbr><em>Sustainable Eats I love that healthy eating is now radical. Tomorrow I’m donning a black beret in the kitchen. Those same people who find preparing real food a waste of time probably spend 2-3 hours a day in front of the television (when they could be prepping for the following day’s meals.)

I am new to NT style eating as well but a whole hearted convert – license to eat butter and coconut oil? You had me at hello!

Sustainable Eats

]]> By: Gail http://www.foodrenegade.com/real-food-goes-mainstream/#comment-1149 Gail Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:03:27 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=533#comment-1149 This is how my grandmothers and mother cooked. They raised their own vegetables, fruits, and meat. While I don't go all organic, slow food is not difficult to prepare. My kids were cooking entire meals "from scratch" by age 10. The time spent together in the kitchen is priceless. We buy organic, raw milk to drink and make yogurt. Homemade whole grain bread is not difficult if you use a stand mixer to knead the dough. Once, I bought canned biscuits, just so the kids could pop open the can. They were disappointed in the taste. We rarely use boxed mac and cheese. The kids can all make a white sauce and flavor it. This is how my grandmothers and mother cooked. They raised their own vegetables, fruits, and meat. While I don’t go all organic, slow food is not difficult to prepare. My kids were cooking entire meals “from scratch” by age 10. The time spent together in the kitchen is priceless.

We buy organic, raw milk to drink and make yogurt. Homemade whole grain bread is not difficult if you use a stand mixer to knead the dough.

Once, I bought canned biscuits, just so the kids could pop open the can. They were disappointed in the taste. We rarely use boxed mac and cheese. The kids can all make a white sauce and flavor it.

]]> By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/real-food-goes-mainstream/#comment-1148 KristenM Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:38:10 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=533#comment-1148 Meg -- We don't have a TV either, but we do use the internet to download shows or watch spots like this one. KAthy -- Well, I hope my kids have pleasant memories of eating this way!! I think it's far easier to start them off eating well when they're young than to try to convert a teenager. Thankfully, mine ARE young. <abbr><em>KristenM Meg — We don’t have a TV either, but we do use the internet to download shows or watch spots like this one.

KAthy — Well, I hope my kids have pleasant memories of eating this way!! I think it’s far easier to start them off eating well when they’re young than to try to convert a teenager. Thankfully, mine ARE young.

KristenM

]]> By: KAthy http://www.foodrenegade.com/real-food-goes-mainstream/#comment-1147 KAthy Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:49:28 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=533#comment-1147 I have to say that I have always love real food. I cooked mostly from scratch for my family when they were growing up. I was not saavy to soaking and fermenting, I did use vegetable oils in the skillet but it was because it was in the 80's and 90's and I simply didn't know any better( and I believed all the hype). I have been converting my kitchen for several months now and eating 95% in the Nourishing Traditions style. I am an RN. I have been AMAZED at the measurable difference in how I feel. I feel wonderful, I feel lighthearted and I love the food. I have to plan a little more and I take all of my meals with me to work( 9am-9pm) and I laugh at the younger ones who love to gather around to see what I have to eat . They act like only a factory can make yogurt. I haven't told them I make some of my pasta and I smell up the breakroom with my homemade Kimchi. I am happy that I was introduced to this way of eating. It makes so much sense and it is really easy once you get started. I really respect all of you with young children and jobs that are doing this. Your kids will always have those "good eating" memories. I have to say that I have always love real food. I cooked mostly from scratch for my family when they were growing up. I was not saavy to soaking and fermenting, I did use vegetable oils in the skillet but it was because it was in the 80′s and 90′s and I simply didn’t know any better( and I believed all the hype). I have been converting my kitchen for several months now and eating 95% in the Nourishing Traditions style. I am an RN. I have been AMAZED at the measurable difference in how I feel. I feel wonderful, I feel lighthearted and I love the food. I have to plan a little more and I take all of my meals with me to work( 9am-9pm) and I laugh at the younger ones who love to gather around to see what I have to eat . They act like only a factory can make yogurt. I haven’t told them I make some of my pasta and I smell up the breakroom with my homemade Kimchi. I am happy that I was introduced to this way of eating. It makes so much sense and it is really easy once you get started. I really respect all of you with young children and jobs that are doing this. Your kids will always have those “good eating” memories.

]]> By: Meg http://www.foodrenegade.com/real-food-goes-mainstream/#comment-1146 Meg Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:01:28 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=533#comment-1146 Thank you for sharing this video! We don't have television anymore, so I had heard nothing about it. I've been such a fan of Alice Waters for the longest time - she's such a kind, generous woman, and incredibly inspiring. Oh, and our microwave is used for heating hotpacks and THAT'S IT... I'm still so surprised when I see people actually using it to cook with! ("Wait, do you know what that does to your food? Wait, it wasn't really 'food' anyway. Go ahead.") I'm so glad I was raising knowing what good food tastes like, and that I can now pass that blessing on to our kids! <abbr><em>Meg Thank you for sharing this video! We don’t have television anymore, so I had heard nothing about it. I’ve been such a fan of Alice Waters for the longest time – she’s such a kind, generous woman, and incredibly inspiring.

Oh, and our microwave is used for heating hotpacks and THAT’S IT… I’m still so surprised when I see people actually using it to cook with! (“Wait, do you know what that does to your food? Wait, it wasn’t really ‘food’ anyway. Go ahead.”) I’m so glad I was raising knowing what good food tastes like, and that I can now pass that blessing on to our kids!

Meg

]]> By: lo http://www.foodrenegade.com/real-food-goes-mainstream/#comment-1145 lo Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=533#comment-1145 Thanks for sharing this video. Like Anna, I might not have seen it otherwise. I think this deserves additional press -- so rest assured I'll be linking it up and spreading the news myself. I have to laugh at people who can't imagine not having a microwave... we did it for years and years. The one we have now I used to melt chocolate. Period. <abbr><em>lo Thanks for sharing this video. Like Anna, I might not have seen it otherwise. I think this deserves additional press — so rest assured I’ll be linking it up and spreading the news myself.

I have to laugh at people who can’t imagine not having a microwave… we did it for years and years. The one we have now I used to melt chocolate. Period.

lo

]]> By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/real-food-goes-mainstream/#comment-1144 KristenM Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:16:03 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=533#comment-1144 Bryan -- Yes, with all the new "food safety" legislation being proposed, it is REALLY important to contact your representatives to let them know how you feel. Anne Marie -- We're about to buy a toaster oven. Our very first in over 10 years of marriage. We've been reheating leftovers on the stove or in our big oven, so this will hopefully help us save energy while being more convenient! Michelle -- That's what we're here for, right? Kathy -- I'm glad to be inspiring! We really are all in this together. Marc -- My kids are still quite young, so I can understand why parents want kids out of the kitchen. It takes a lot of patience to find things for them to do that are at their skill level, and to try to prevent disasters. But it's SOOO worth it! Anna -- I agree. You can't get enough of it! Bryan — Yes, with all the new “food safety” legislation being proposed, it is REALLY important to contact your representatives to let them know how you feel.

Anne Marie — We’re about to buy a toaster oven. Our very first in over 10 years of marriage. We’ve been reheating leftovers on the stove or in our big oven, so this will hopefully help us save energy while being more convenient!

Michelle — That’s what we’re here for, right?

Kathy — I’m glad to be inspiring! We really are all in this together.

Marc — My kids are still quite young, so I can understand why parents want kids out of the kitchen. It takes a lot of patience to find things for them to do that are at their skill level, and to try to prevent disasters. But it’s SOOO worth it!

Anna — I agree. You can’t get enough of it!

]]> By: Anna http://www.foodrenegade.com/real-food-goes-mainstream/#comment-1143 Anna Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:37:34 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=533#comment-1143 Bravo to you for sharing this video (I hardly ever watch network TV so was unaware of it). Good news about real food needs to be shared, over and over. Bravo to you for sharing this video (I hardly ever watch network TV so was unaware of it). Good news about real food needs to be shared, over and over.

]]> By: Marc Feel Good Eating http://www.foodrenegade.com/real-food-goes-mainstream/#comment-1142 Marc Feel Good Eating Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:58:53 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=533#comment-1142 What better time is there at night to listen to your children, to talk with your children while you're all getting ready for dinner? One of my daughters was with me last night (the other kids were with mom) and we love that time in the kitchen together. She's 12, some might be diffeent when she's 16 ;-) I just don't agree that it takes long at all to make whole real food. Here was dinner. In butter, sauteed some onion and garlic. Added thin diced zucchini and a few cherry tomatoes. Heated up some left over grilled chicken thighs (in a pan) and we had some chicken borth/soup with it. How's that for easy? I did not like the underlying tone of Ms. Stahl. And I usually like her..... <abbr><em>Marc Feel Good Eating What better time is there at night to listen to your children, to talk with your children while you’re all getting ready for dinner?
One of my daughters was with me last night (the other kids were with mom) and we love that time in the kitchen together. She’s 12, some might be diffeent when she’s 16 ;-)
I just don’t agree that it takes long at all to make whole real food.
Here was dinner.
In butter, sauteed some onion and garlic. Added thin diced zucchini and a few cherry tomatoes. Heated up some left over grilled chicken thighs (in a pan) and we had some chicken borth/soup with it. How’s that for easy?
I did not like the underlying tone of Ms. Stahl. And I usually like her…..

Marc Feel Good Eating

]]> By: Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet http://www.foodrenegade.com/real-food-goes-mainstream/#comment-1141 Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:53:55 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=533#comment-1141 Thanks for sharing this video. She is such a neat lady. <abbr><em>Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet Thanks for sharing this video. She is such a neat lady.

Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet

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