Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Autism & Vaccines Cover-Up

Like us parents that had their child change over night after vaccinations didn't already know...

Friday, May 6, 2011

How to make yummy fideo…

Instead of Spanish rice cook fideo!



 







Ingredients


1 tablespoon olive oil

2 tablespoons minced onion

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning

1/2 tablespoon chili powder

7 ounces vermicelli pasta

4 cups chicken stock

2 cubes tomato-flavored bouillon

1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce



Directions

Heat the oil in a large sauce pan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir the onion in the hot oil for 1 minute. Then add the minced garlic. Cook for another minute. Stir in the vermicelli and cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes.

Add the stock, bouillon cubes and half the can of tomato sauce. Add the cumin, Italian seasoning and chili powder. Stir to blend all ingredients.

Simmer until the vermicelli is tender, 10 to 11 minutes or until the fideo is tender and sauce has thickened.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Because this is just so adorable, cute & funny...

A baby penguin being tickeled. That is all...



Makes me want to find a baby penguin to tickel!  ;) I love how this lil one comes running all excited because it's tickel time!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

French Toast Casserole


Yield: 12 Servings

Ingredients:
1 loaf or 10 ounces of french bread, cut into 1 inch cubes or you can tear off pieces
8 eggs
3 cups of milk
4 teaspoons of sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon of sea salt

Directions:
Butter insided a 13x9x2 inch baking dish. Place bread inside. Mix eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, and salt in a mixing bowl. Then pour over bread. Cover & refrigerate overnight or for 8 hours.

Topping:

2 tablespoons of butter or margarine
3 tablespoons of sugar
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
maple syrup

Take out from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Dot with butter. Add sugar & cinnamon on top.

OR

Put cinnamon in mixture with milk, eggs, vanilla, sugar & salt. When french toast casserole is ready sprinkle powdered sugar on top & then add maple syrup. This is my favorite way.    :)

Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes. Use a toothpick to check if center comes out clean. Let stand for 5 minutes & enjoy!

Monday, April 18, 2011

Alzheimer's Breakthrough

I read this following article last week & found it interesting. Today I finally saw the show as I DVRd it.


http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/alzheimers-diabetes-brain

Alzheimer's hits close to home as I lost a dear uncle to Alzheimer's two years ago. Recently my mother in law lost her mother, or my husband's grandmother, or my son's "Granny" to Alzheimer's. I wish to never see this cruel disease on any of my family members again.

Please see the videos taken from the show. It is very informative & great information!

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/alzheimers-breakthrough-pt-1

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/alzheimers-breakthrough-pt-2

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/alzheimers-breakthrough-pt-3

Alzheimer's breakthrough was found "by accident." It is called now diabetes of the brain. You can have diabetes of the brain, but no diabetes in the rest of the body. The brain makes its own insulin.

Foods to avoid are namely nitrites which are found in meats such as deli meats, smoked meats, processed meats, ground meats, bacon, etc. Read the ingredient label, if you see nitrites do not buy it, and buy an alternative. I have already practicing this due to my son's autism. If it were not for autism I would not be already taking measures to assist in my son's progress. However, there are many alternatives out there. I know because I still by deli meats and bacon without nitrites. However, the only ground meats I buy are turkey or chicken. I said no to ground beef. Applewood brand makes many nitrite free meats as well as Farmland All Natural.

Avoid white foods such as bread, pasta, rice & sugars.

Some beer can contain nitrites. However not all may contain it. No ingredient list on beer means we have no way to know if they do or do not have nitrites on every brand of beer. I say go for the wine, wine has shown several health benefits. See, I knew being a wino was not a bad thing!  ;)

Avoid processed cheese, say no to Velveeta & any other processed foods.

Do your best to avoid processed foods & foods with preservatives. Eat wholesome & eat organic.

What do all these foods do? The brain has a barrier that protects it from being attacked. These nitrites or nitrosamines break down the blood brain barrier. Then the brain becomes attacked by toxins. Thus, the onset of Alzheimer's begins.