Reboot

[lavendergem]

Lately, I've been thinking about rebooting my life. I'd love to reboot my house-- I thought I was doing that when I moved, but it turned out that I merely moved the mess and clutter from one house to the next-- there was no real clean slate

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[lavendergem]

Yes, reboots are very good. ;-) How's yours working so far?

[kerewyn]

Way to go! Looking forward to hearing how this works. Boyfriend is on a permanent raw food diet, so he'd be interested in the raw milk thing.

[lavendergem]

That's pretty cool! I'd love to get my raw foods ratio to about 60-80% after the milk diet. Granted, Matt and I eat a WHOLE lot more raw than we used too, but there's room for improvement.

I found that by fermenting things, it's easier in the long run to incorporate raw. I make my own mayo, using raw eggs (pastured, of course) raw apple cider vinegar, whey from my raw milk kefir, etc. I also make my own ketchup, but the draw back there is that I have to use canned tomato paste. There's really no way around it. Raw tomato ketchup is called "pico de gallo." lol But using the whey and ACV puts back the enzymes, and my ketchups and BBQ sauces are *very* good, if I do say so myself.

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

[anonymous]

Dawn,

I've recently taken a much stronger interest lately in thinking and reading about food. I'd strongly recommend you check out the book "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" by Michael Pollan. (Who knew that food needed a defense?) There are sparse mentions toward his evolutionary thought; however, they do not affect his research or main arguments. This is the book I read in 2009 that got me to think deeply and change an aspect of my life more than any other book all year.

On a completely separate note, my top "life-changing" book so far in 2010 is Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters by Dr. Meg Meeker (make sure Matt reads this.... and it would be good for you to read it too!).

-- Eric

Re: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

[lavendergem]

Hey Eric, I think I own that book! I have several of Pollan's books, like Omnivore's Dilemma, and his book on gardening. I think I got In Defense... as well, but it's been a while since I read it.

Yes, a lot of the books regarding health and nutrition are still colored by evolutionary thought... but perhaps you and I will write one from a Christian perspective! ;-)

I will definitely check out the Meg Meeker book. His birthday is coming up, so it would be a perfect gift for him!

[bojojoti]

I hope this works for you.

[lavendergem]

Me too! Something's gotta give here. :-P I'm keeping a video diary as well, but haven't figured out how to successfully post them.