Sunday, October 28, 2012
Salt
10 SINISTER SOURCES OF SALT
10. Soy Sauce:
About 3 tablespoons, 2,818 mg sodium
Sodium Equivalent: 564 Fritos corn chips
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Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce
About 3 tablespoons, 900 mg sodium
9. Teriyaki Sauce:
About 3 tablespoons, 1,916 mg sodium
Sodium Equivalent: 16.5 cups microwave popcorn
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Sweet and Sour Sauce
About 3 tablespoons, 255 mg sodium
8. Canned Anchovies:
About 12 anchovies, 1,834 mg sodium
Sodium Equivalent: 288 salted peanuts
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King Oscar Sardines in Pure Spring Water
1 can, 200 mg sodium
7. Capers:
About 5 tablespoons, 1,482 mg sodium
Sodium Equivalent: 5 dill pickle spears
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Canned Olives
About 5 tablespoons, 360 mg sodium
6. Cooked Turkey Bacon:
About 3 slices (48 g), 1,142 mg sodium
Sodium Equivalent: 14 salted pretzel twists
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Hillshire Farm Turkey Smoked Sausage
2 oz. (56 g), 510 mg sodium
5. Salami:
About 6 thin slices, 1,130 mg sodium
Sodium Equivalent: 39 Ritz crackers
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Oscar Meyer Shaved Honey Ham
6 slices, 650 mg sodium
4. Microwaved Pork Bacon:
About 4 slices (20 g), 1,036 mg sodium
Sodium Equivalent: 3 orders of McDonald's large French fries
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Pre-Cooked Pork and Turkey Sausage
1 oz. (28 g), 245 mg sodium
3. Ramen Noodles :
1/2 package, 1,001 mg sodium
Sodium Equivalent: 5 cups honey roasted almonds
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Annie Chun's Teriyaki Noodle Bowl
1/2 bowl, 440 mg sodium
2. Smoked Salmon:
About 3 thin slices, 1,000 mg sodium
Sodium Equivalent: 222 Goldfish crackers
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Smoked Red Salmon Filet
3 oz. , 42 mg sodium
1. Shredded Parmesan:
About 10 tablespoons, 850 mg sodium
Sodium Equivalent: 26 saltine crackers
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Shredded Cheddar
About 10 tablespoons, 439 mg sodium
You can find this article online at:
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slideshow/10-biggest-sources-salt
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Golden Rule
The "Golden Rule" Stores
By: Rick Boxx
October 24, 2012
In 1902, in a small mining town in Wyoming, there were twenty-one saloons and one unethical department store. A man and his wife decided to bring a new and unconventional approach to the town. They launched a department store called "The Golden Rule" store.
According to the story referenced in "The Integrated Life" by Ken Eldred, the "Golden Rule" store applied Matthew 7:12 to its business model and customers, "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."
The store grew to a chain of 30 stores and eventually national acclaim. The owner eventually changed the name of the chain of stores to JC Penney's.
Never forget that using God's principles in business does work.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
7 Shocking Reasons to Go Organic
From Organic Gardening:
7 Shocking Reasons to Go Organic
Created 2012-02-29 13:22
The commonsense eating option.
You probably already know that choosing organic food helps protect your family from toxic pesticide residues commonly found on fruit and veggie skins. But there are much broader benefits to choosing organic, too, including feeding the world. In fact, in 2008, the United Nations found that African farmers who switched from chemical to organic systems enjoyed double the yield in many instances. Last year, the Rodale Institute, a nonprofit organic research institution, wrapped up a 30-year, side-by-side trial of chemical and organic crops. In normal years, both types of farming created about the same amount of food. In years of drought, though, organic came out on top.
Organic also makes perfect sense when it comes to your household dinners. If you're dealing with family members who don't see the benefits of eating organic—or if you still don't see the point—read on for some inspiration.
1. It's raining corn chemicals.
U.S. farmers are using so much glyphosate, the main component of weedkillers like Roundup, that researchers are finding it in rain, the air, and streams. According to USDA data, farmers sprayed a whopping 57 million pounds of glyphosate on food crops in 2009—mainly on genetically engineered corn and soy crops. Because glyphosate is a systemic chemical, it actually works its way inside the plant and winds up inside of food at alarming levels. The chemical is linked to potentially irreversible metabolic damage, infertility, obesity, learning disabilities, and birth defects.
What to do about it: Make as many of your food purchases organic as you can to keep this hormone-disrupting chemical out of the environment—and your body. If you live in an area where glyphosate in drinking water is a problem, the Environmental Protection Agency recommends granular activated carbon filters to remove glyphosate from water.
2. We're eating shampoo chemicals.
A 2010 study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives found that hormone-disrupting phthalates, common fragrance chemicals used in soaps and shampoos, are winding up inside produce. A potential source? Human sewage sludge applied as a fertilizer to farm fields. The sludge can be tainted with shampoo chemicals that wash down the drain—and wind up at the water-treatment plant, the source of the sludge. Luckily, the use of human sewage sludge is banned in organic farming.
What to do about it: If you buy your produce from local farmers who aren't certified organic, be sure to ask them how they fertilize the soil. If you use store-bought compost in your backyard garden, avoid compost that lists "biosolids" as an ingredient and bagged blends that are heavy and caked together or that put off an ammonia or sewer smell. High-quality compost should be crumbling, earthy, and dark.
3. Pesticides are making us fat.
Both pesticide applicators and farmers who use synthetic chemicals are experiencing a troubling health trend: an increased risk of becoming overweight and obese. Pesticides, even at very low doses, threaten the general public, too. Many chemicals commonly used to grow nonorganic food are hormone disruptors, and scientists are starting to discover that they tamper with our body's natural weight-loss chemistry. (They actually call them "obesogens.") Certain bug-killing organophosphate pesticides are linked to obesity, a known risk factor for many other diseases, including cancer and type 2 diabetes.
What to do about it: Eating organic for just five days can rid the body of virtually all pesticide residues. Think you can't afford it? Look for in-season deals at local farmers' markets, buy in bulk, and preserve the excess to enjoy during the winter months.
4. Pesticides may raise your diabetes risk.
In addition to acting as obesogens, pesticides are linked in a growing number of studies with diabetes. Though obesity and genetics remain the two biggest risk factors for the disease, certain pesticides may interfere with the way our bodies produce the blood-sugar-regulating hormone insulin. In one of the most recent studies looking into pesticides and diabetes, scientists concluded that it may not even be the active pesticide ingredients causing the problems but the "inert" ingredients added to formulations to aid with application, help the pesticide seep into soil, or prevent the formulation from washing away.
What to do about it: You can avoid diabetes-inducing pesticides by switching to an organic diet, but one of the inert ingredients used in pesticide formulations, phthalates, can crop up in common household items. Protect yourself completely by avoiding synthetic fragrances, soft vinyl products, and "slow-release" or gel-coated medications, all of which contain phthalates.
5. It is interfering with your vitamin D levels.
DDT, an organochlorine pesticide, was banned years ago because of its irreparable environmental damage. But pesticides in that same class of chemicals continue to be used on cotton, apples, citrus, strawberries, mint, beans, peppers, tomatoes, pecans, walnuts, stonefruit, cucurbits, and commercial lawns and fields. And a study in the online journal PLoS One found that those pesticides could interfere with vitamin D, the miracle vitamin that wards off cancer, diabetes, infections, heart disease, and broken bones and boosts your immune system. It's thought that these pesticides interfere with your body's metabolism of vitamin D, so even if you're getting enough, the pesticides prevent your body from absorbing it properly.
What to do about it: In addition to eating organic, get your recommended amount of vitamin D by spending at least 10 minutes of every day outside when the sun is at its strongest or by taking a 600 IU supplement of vitamin D3, which is a more beneficial form of the vitamin than vitamin D2, another supplement you might see at the store.
6. Factory-farmed meat can make you old, fast.
Factory farming, the process of raising thousands of animals in small, cramped spaces, has become so filthy that farmers not only inject low levels of antibiotics into animals, breeding antibiotic resistance in humans, but they've also had to resort to other questionable techniques to prevent e. coli and other bacteria from getting into the food supply. One example: After slaughter, factory-farmed chickens are washed in chlorine baths that contain 30 times more chlorine than an average swimming pool. To mask the chlorine odor and, ostensibly, according to chicken producers, to keep the bird moist while cooking, the chickens are then injected with a solution of water and phosphate, a chemical that can increase the risk of chronic kidney disease, weak bones, and even premature aging.
What to do about it: Opt for organic meat or meat produced by a local farmer. Most small-scale chicken producers don't bother with chlorine baths, and even in large-scale organic operations, chlorine baths can contain no more chlorine than is allowed in drinking water.
7. Organic farms could save rural economies.
Thanks to an increased reliance on pesticides and machinery, farms have been able to grow in size while cutting back on labor. And though that sounds like a winning formula for increasing profits for farmers, it doesn't. The Rodale Institute has found that organic systems are nearly three times as profitable as chemical agriculture systems. Organic systems see an average of $558 in net returns per acre per year, versus just $190 per acre per year for chemical systems. Research from the United Nations and others has also shown that organic farms provide 30 percent more jobs per hectare than nonorganic farms, and that organic farmers net $45,697 in profit, compared with just $25,448 for nonorganic farmers.
What to do about it: Find a local, organic farm to support, and keep your food investments in your own community.
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Chili
This is from Eat This not That:
Cook This: Serious Chili
One truth all serious chili heads can agree on is the fundamental importance of a good chili powder. That means skipping the bottled supermarket stuff and making your own secret spice powder
Texans and New Mexicans—both of whom lay claim to the advent of chili—disagree on most matters when it comes to this divisive dish. Beans or no beans? Tomatoes? Chunks of chuck or ground? One truth all serious chili heads can agree on, though, is the fundamental importance of a good chili powder. That means skipping the bottled supermarket stuff and making your own secret spice powder. This is a beginner powder, requiring nothing more than toasting two different dried chiles, then pulverizing them in a coffee grinder. Use leftovers to rub on steaks, spike dips, and dust on slices of mango.
You'll Need:
3 ancho chiles
10 dried chiles de arbol
1 Tbsp oil or bacon grease
2 lb chuck roast, but into 1/2" pieces
Salt and black pepper to taste
2 medium onions, diced
2 poblano peppers, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp ground cumin
1 can (28 oz) tomato puree
2 cups low-sodium beef stock
1 can (14-16 oz) pinto beans, drained
Diced onion, minced jalapeno, shredded cheese, chopped cilantro, and/or sour cream, for serving
How to Make It:
*Heat a cast-iron or stainless steel skillet over medium heat. Add the chiles and cook, turning occasionally, until lightly toasted and crispy. The chiles de arbol will take about 5 minutes; the anchos about 10. (Be careful not to inhale too deeply—chile smoke has been known to cause wild fits of coughing.) Discard the stems and seeds and place the chiles in a clean coffee grinder or food processor. Grind into a fine dust. That's your chili powder—the heart of this dish.
*Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Season the beef with salt and pepper and add to the pan. Sear the meat until all sides are nicely browned, then add the onions, poblano peppers, garlic, cumin, and 2 tablespoons of the chili powder. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes, until the vegetables are softened. Stir in the tomatoes and stock. Lower the heat and simmer for at least 45 minutes (but preferably up to 90 minutes), until the beef is fork tender.
*Stir in the beans a few minutes before serving, and heat through. Serve with any of the garnishes.
Makes 8 servings
Cost per serving: $1.89
380 calories
12 g fat (4.5 g saturated)
810 mg sodium
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Straw Wars
From Technabob blog:
Star Wars Scarecrows: Straw Wars, Nothing but Straw Wars…
Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:00 PM PDT
Scarecrows usually scare people (and crows) away, but this Star Wars scarecrow scene is just going to attract fans. If we are very lucky they will scare away the prequels, and keep Lucas from ever messing with the original saga again.
Imgur user jesusshuttlesworth34 created (or maybe just photographed) this awesome scene. I really don't care who created it, it's just great. All of your favorite characters are here.
There's a stormtrooper, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Vader, Palpatine, R2-D2, Jabba, the Death Star and more. There's even an Emperor with light-up Force lightning coming from his hands.
It must have taken a long time to prepare and make these scarecrows. I would never take them down. In fact, how do you feel about an all scarecrow Star Wars Halloween ChristmasNew Years Easter Labor Day special? Sounds great to me.
Hit the link to see more great images of this Straw Wars scene.
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Love
I would love for this to be my new motto. I think it is on the weekends. Just needs to be during the week. :-/
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Vodka
This looks amazing. Added to my must try list (as soon as I create one).
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Watch Out for Store-Bought Olive Oil
Saving Dinner
If you've seen my recipes, you know I love olive oil. And what's not to love -- it's both delicious and good for you (what a concept!) So imagine my surprise when some of the most respected media in America have been featuring articles on the widespread "Olive Oil Scandal" in US supermarkets and gourmet stores.
"What's up with this?," I wondered. "Probably just another silly health scare about a perfectly nutritious food, right?" Well, I did a little digging and found...it's actually worse than I thought! Get this...
* Independent tests at the University of California, Davis, have discovered that 69% of all imported extra virgin olive oils tested are fake, adulterated, stale, or even rancid. These include many of the most popular brands in the US! How can this be???
* The New York Times reports that "50 percent of the olive oil sold in America is, to some degree, fraudulent."
* "American grocery stores are awash in cheap, fake 'extra virgins,'" adds The Wall Street Journal.
* And CBS News chimes in: "Consumers who think they're buying one of the healthiest foods on the planet often get something very different."
What on earth is going on? Naturally, my next question was, how can we as health-conscious consumers (and guardians of our families' health!) avoid these shamelessly counterfeit and adulterated oils and get honest-to-goodness, fresh, 100% pure and delicious olive oil the way it's meant to be?
At a recent health conference, I learned a lot more about this "Great Extra Virgin Olive Oil Scandal" and want to recommend a special resource to you.
If you click on the link below, you'll read an MD's "consumer guide" to the world's purest, freshest, healthiest olive oils ... two tips on how to buy safe and pure olive oil no matter where you shop ... an olive oil expert's tip revealing the "code" on the bottle that should tell you how fresh the oil is (beware: it's NOT the "expiration" or "best used by" date!) ... how to store your oil so it doesn't grow stale or rancid ... and even how you can receive a free, full-size sample bottle of one of the best extra virgin olive oils in the world (independently lab-tested to be 100% pure extra virgin). In fact, this is the olive oil I'm using now and it's so flavorful, it's as if I never tasted real olive oil before. These days it's the only one I proudly serve my family and guests.
I'm really in love with this olive oil and the company behind it, and will mention them more in the future. But for now...
Click here to learn more and claim your free sample.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Electric Car Battery Maker A123 Systems Files Bankruptcy- Bloomberg
Another of Obummers failed investments, with our money.
http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-16/electric-car-battery-maker-a123-systems-files-bankruptcy.html?cmpid=yhoo
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http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-16/electric-car-battery-maker-a123-systems-files-bankruptcy.html?cmpid=yhoo
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Monday, October 15, 2012
October 15
October 15
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
Some people's homes are war zones. Families in conflict abound in our society. So much unhappiness comes from people no longer knowing how to share and give. Too many people are looking out for themselves, and they aren't willing to look out for each other. Mothers fight with daughters, sons with fathers, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, each feeding the beast of hurt and discord. We are lost without a peacemaker, one who knows our hearts and can pave the way to reconciliation. Luckily, Christians have such a peacemaker. Christ came to unite all God's children, brothers, and sisters in the faith. He works in the home to call us to a deep love that is consecrated in blood. If we strive for peace within the walls, then we are one step closer to peace between our nations. God will heal all wounds, if we will only welcome Him in.
Prayer: Christ, You have broken down the dividing walls of hostility, and You are waiting to build bridges of love. Begin with me, Lord, and move forth in love. Amen.
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Bailey's Brownies
Found on a blog:(wish I could find the link)
Bailey's Brownies
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (I used dark cocoa)
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
heaping 1/3 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup (4 Tablespoons) butter
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup Baileys Irish Cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line an 8×8-inch pan with foil and lightly spritz with cooking spray; set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt until combined. Set aside.
Place chocolate and butter in a large microwave-proof bowl and melt in 30 second spurts, stirring in between each interval until completely melted. Set aside to cool a bit. (Alternatively, melt chocolate and butter in a saucepan set over low heat, stirring frequently until melted. Set aside.)
Once the chocolate mixture is warm (not hot!) add eggs, one at a time, whisking constantly to incorporate the eggs. Whisk vigorously for about 10 seconds to incorporate fully. Add sugar, vanilla, and Baileys and whisk until combined.
Add the flour mixture into the chocolate mixture, folding until just combined (the flour JUST disappears).
Pour batter into the prepared pan, give it a quick wiggle to even out the batter. Bake at for about 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs attached. Enjoy and de-stress : )
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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