Health Truth or Dare!

My health is not perfect. After all, I’m 52, and I work every day.
I get a cold every 2-3 years, and a sore shoulder, back or leg, maybe every other year, but overall I enjoy excellent health. Five cavities, one (hand) surgery, and about three trips to the emergency room in the past 32 years, all minor.
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Seven Healthy Foods You Should Try

If you eat these foods regularly, you are probably healthier than your neighbors:

  1. Brown Rice (preferably pressure-cooked short grain, this time of year)
  2. Seaweed (Nori, Wakame, Kombu, Arame, Dulse, Hiziki, Agar)
  3. Mushrooms (white, portobello, shiitake, maitake, porcini, oyster, etc.)
  4. Daikon Radish
  5. Umeboshi Plums, paste, pills, etc.
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Best Eggless (Tofu) Salad Sandwich

Less animal food in our diet is a positive step towards better health. Here is a nice and easy recipe which everyone who likes egg salad will enjoy.

Best Tofu Egg Salad Sandwich

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 package The Bridge Tofu
  • 1 cup finely chopped vegetables (carrot, green cabbage, broccoli, celery, mushroom, scallion)
  • 1 TS vegenaise
  • 1 teaspoon country mustard
  • 1 teaspoon umeboshi paste
  • pinch seaweed shake
  • pinch turmeric
  • pinch dill
  • pinch black pepper
  • chopped lettuce
  • 6 slices of sourdough bread

Instructions:

  • Mash tofu well
  • Blanch veggies and place over tofu
  • Add in all ingredients except for lettuce and mix well
  • Put onto bread and top with lettuce and serve.
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Appreciation at Autumn time

Last night I cooked for a few friends, new and old, and they joined my family for dinner in Framingham. I had fun, and I think others did also.

Menu-
-Hot Sake
-Hearty Vegetable Miso Soup
-Late Summer Salad
-Millet with Sweet Vegetables
-Tofu ‘n Greens Egg Roll
-Pickles
-Apple Pie with topping
-Kukicha Tea

Here’s what I learned:

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