German Style Pressure Cooker Potato Salad

3 cups diced potatoes

1/4 c olive oil

celery stalks chopped

onions, chopped

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

2 tablespoons water

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon prepared mustard

Adobo seasoning

chopped fresh parsley or scallions optional

Hippocampal Neurogenesis

Aside from the metaphysical benefits of swimming, research has shown that it can actually change the brain for the better through a process known as hippocampal neurogenesis, in which the brain replaces cells lost through stress.
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Coleslaw with Peanut Sauce

I used my peanut marinade cooked for 5 minutes, to make a coleslaw sauce.


wine vinegar

sesame oil + olive oil

3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter

1 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon brown sugar

2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger root

1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic

5 cups thinly sliced green cabbage

2 carrots, julienned

6 red onions, chopped

1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
salt + pepper

Marinade Tips
Over-marinating can result in mushy food
By Peggy Trowbridge Filippone

Don't overdo the marinade!
As a rule, poultry and seafood are not tough cuts and could turn to mush or leather if left in a tenderizing marinade for an extended period. In fact, fish can be "cooked" in acid, requiring no heat at all as in one of my favorite dishes, Ceviche. Extended marination of tender seafood can actually toughen it by "overcooking" it.

Marinated recipes that will not be eventually oven-cooked may specify a much longer time. Thirty minutes to one hour is usually sufficient time to successfully marinate poultry.
Using leftover marinades
It seems a shame to discard that flavorful mixture, but do not be tempted to reuse leftover marinade without first cooking it. During the contact with raw foods, the marinade most likely has picked up harmful bacteria that could make you very ill. For the same reason, it's wise to cook leftover marinade before using it to baste with.

Frugal cooks can put the leftover marinade to use as a sauce, but it must first be boiled for five minutes to destroy any harmful bacteria. Of course, this boiling process will render it useless as a tenderizing marinade, but it can still impart some flavor as a sauce. Alkalines leaked from the first marinated food will interact with the acids to diminish the sharpness or acidity of the original marinade.

Okra Kale Beans and Grits

My nephew lives in Asheville NC and he is teaching people how to become self sufficient homesteaders. He is about to graduate. I bought okra, kale, grits, and beans and cooked them in his honor.

Parade Season has Begun!

We opened for the Rumford Little League Saturday and it was a perfect day. We played our tunes around the neighborhood with all the leagues following us. Then we played Take me out to the Ball Game and the National Anthem. We played bloops and blips in between announcements. Yes, Rumford RI is famous for Rumford baking powder which I devotedly use. Afterwards we continued playing under a fur tree. I looked up and noticed a triangular and patterned piece of bread, resting on a branch 10 feet above my head. It was a slice of pizza in the tree!

Kale Shirt

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Three Tier Sprouter

Perfect for the apartment gardener.

Make your own gourmet sprouts. Healthy, fresh, easy and quick!
This compact kitchen countertop device lets you make one, two or three trays of gourmet sprouts. Sprout three different kinds of grains or salad sprouts all at the same time! Each tray takes one tablespoon of small seeds (broccoli, alfalfa, mustard, or radish) or three tablespoons of larger seeds (mung bean).

Multi Grain Sourdoughs

I love to blend flours. I have a grain mill hand cranked grinder but sometimes I don't use it I blend the grains whole and they puff up when rising overnight.
My very first bread was this one when attending an art banquet at Mamaroneck High School in 1976.

WHEAT-SOY-SESAME BREAD
1 pkgs. or 1 tbsp. Fleishmann's Instant (not quick rise) baking yeast
2-3 c. wrist-temperature water
1 Tbs kosher salt
3/4 c. ground unhulled sesame seeds
1/2 c. soy granules or soy flour
4-5 c. whole wheat flour

Now I use poppy seeds, unhulled barley, corn or soy grits, groats, oats, rice, flint corn, soybeans, tofu, lentils, flax, millet sunflower seeds, cashews, raisins, on and on.

Have fun!!

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Kale, Potatoes, Okra + Beans

I'm a southern cook today.

Grain+Seed blend for Bread

Try this: whole oat berries or groats, millet, rye berries, corn grits, wheat berries, flax seeds, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, and sunflower seeds.

Blowing Your Horn

Could Blowing Your Horn Cut Your Odds for Sleep Apnea?
FRIDAY, April 24, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Playing a wind instrument may reduce your risk of sleep apnea, a new study suggests.
Researchers in India tested the lung function of 64 people who played a wind instrument and 65 others who didn't.
Even though there was no difference in the two groups' lung function tests, the people who played a wind instrument had a lower risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea.
This is likely because playing a wind instrument results in stronger muscles in the upper airways, the researchers said. Sleep apnea is a potentially serious disorder involving disrupted breathing.
"The findings of our small study present an interesting theory on preventative measures or treatment in sleep apnea," study author Silas Daniel Raj, from the Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital in Tamil Nadu, India, said in a European Lung Foundation news release.
"If the findings are confirmed in larger groups, wind instrument playing could become a cheap and non-invasive method of preventing sleep apnea in those at risk of developing the condition," Raj added.
The study was presented April 17 at the Sleep and Breathing Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Findings presented at meetings are generally considered preliminary until they've been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
More information
The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about sleep apnea.
SOURCE: European Lung Foundation, news release, April 16, 2015
-- Robert Preidt

Grits Groats Rice Barley Wheat + Poppy Seeds

I love grits and I love groats. I made sourdough using all o f these grains.
Grits Groats Rice Barley + Wheat + Poppy Seeds

Small Plates

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New England Bonsai

Best in North America!

Hilarious

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Our First Picnic

Yesterday after the Rumford Little League parade we picked up some sale items at Jamie Sullivan's. We were still in costume! We bought boneless ribs on sale and Jeff bought 3 pounds chuck on sale to make hamburgers. We had our first picnic BBQ. I made a peanut sesame soy wine marinade for the pork, and we had my kidney and garbanzo beans my coleslaw and my latest six grain bread. I made cider-seltzer beverages. We invited our neighbor Mark who takes care of the neighborhood. It was perfect.

Loving Eyes by Jenise Harmon

Feeling good about one’s body, no matter the size, begins in early childhood. Parents have much influence over how their children feel about their bodies. There are several things that you can do to help your children love their bodies.

Don’t use the word “diet.” Instead, talk about eating healthier.
Speak positively about your own body. Tell your kids how your legs are getting stronger and they help you run, or how you exercise because you want your body to be healthier.
Do not talk about your kids’ size or weight. Don’t mention that it looks like they’re gaining weight or looking a bit pudgy. Don’t tell them they can’t have dessert because they’re getting too big. Instead, talk about how their bodies allow them to jump high and kick a ball, how it’s important to give our bodies good food to help us be stronger and grow.
If you’re struggling with your weight, do not involve your children. Talk about your struggles with a friend or partner where your kids cannot hear.
Expose your kids to stories and pictures of strong women and men, regardless of their size.
Point out your kids’ many strengths that have nothing to do with looking cute or being pretty.

As parents, we have the responsibility to both model and teach our children how to have a positive body image, and it needs to begin when they’re young. It requires us to monitor our own sense of ourselves and deal with our insecurities, which can be uncomfortable. But the commitment to gaining a more positive sense of self can also be healing and empowering. It’s a gift to the next generation.
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I Love Beans!

We could live on boiled beans and fresh bread and we do!

Gloop + Garbanzo + Kidney Beans

Leftover chicken carrot gloop is in my freezer in quart containers. I took one quart and defrosted it, and mixed it with my cooked garbanzo and kidney beans. I added hot sauce and it is a fabulous chili. Red onions add another dimension. Corn tortillas and cheese could work too.

Chocolate Pudding

I see Redi Whip cannisters in the bushes next to Walgreen's on my walks all the time. Sadly it's not because people are putting whipped cream on their desserts. It's a poor boy's high to inhale the propellant. Frankly, I'd rather have choc pudding and whipped creamHere.

Melting Chocolate and Reading

Quotes

Kundalini and Drugs

Our meditations are nothing but drugs — perfect drugs, without any chemicals in them. A man who can meditate will not be able to enjoy the drug, any drug. Because, his meditation gives him so much peace and the drug will disturb it.
-Osho

Porridge Bread (part 2)

It came out great! I baked five loaves!!

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