Sunday No-Sunday

Well, no sun again here in SoGerm but some nice morning dove songs to wake to and that's enough to get the day started in a pleasant way. Yesterday, as I made my way to campus I happened upon a school lunch and education conference where they were serving all kinds of free food, a pretty nice score. The DGE (German Nutrition Society) hosted the event. They promote nutrition, nutrition research, events and educational materials. It's pretty great to see an organization invested in proper childhood nutrition and health!

Breakfast

coffee + fruit

FREE Lunch

salad

maltauschen + tomato cream sauce and mushrooms

* maltauschen are a typical Schwaben ravioli type thing served in a variety of ways that I feel like a could list in the same way Forest Gump talks about shrimp. But here are the ways I've had them: in a brothy soup, pan friend with onions and eggs, served with a brown gravy and onions. If you click here, then you can read a funny anecdote about how they were invented to hide meat from God--mein God--(because even though God is an all knowing, all seeing being, did you know he can't see inside ravioli?). There's also a recipe that looks like it would take WAY too long to make, but nonetheless I feel compelled to try at some point ;)

the free lunch also included a nice piece of wholewheat bread with hummus and a two-bite chocolate mousse dessert and I may, or may not have taken a couple FREE apples for later (für spätere) too.
  Snacks

While some find that withholding calories encourages productivity, not me. Snacks for me, are what a dangling carrot in front of a rabbit is, or a dangling rabbit in front of a greyhound.

carrots and celery + senf (mustard)
apples + peanut butter

Dinner

legendary curry + brown rice
* get the brown rice going first
* while that cooks, slice potatoes + carrots + zucchini or what ever veg you want
* add garlic (using the press or chopped) to the pan + veg
* add turmeric, coriander, cumin, ginger, bay leaves, fish sauce optional + salt to pan
* add coconut milk + (secret ingredient) coconut butter (not to be confused with the oil)
* water if desired
* simmer until potatoes are soft
* serve over brown rice

note: the spices used in curries are not only delicious but have healing properties. Turmeric in particular, is great for reducing inflammation.

sharing is caring: 

Here's a link to an article about a paper linking certain chemicals found in pesticides to various health problems. I took a look and the paper they refer to from the journal Entropy and overall the authors suggest an organic, non-gmo diet, especially for pregnant women, to avoid some of the health implication of pesticides and chemicals. 

Here the authors say:  

"Exposure to toxic metals such as aluminum, mercury and lead, and to toxic chemicals such as those found in commonly used herbicides, further deplete the supply of sulfate and other micronutrients to the blood stream and the tissues, potentially leading to a life-threatening state of blood instability"  
and another important conclusion here: 

"Proposed remedies involve simple changes such as abundant sun exposure, avoidance of environmental toxins and chelating agents, avoidance of dietary processed foods, grains and sugars, and greater intake of sulfur-containing foods."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-04-25/lifestyle/sns-rt-us-roundup-health-studybre93o13h-20130425_1_glyphosate-biotech-crops-roundup

Paper: Is Encephalopathy a Mechanism to Renew Sulfate in Autism?
Stephanie Seneff 1,*, Ann Lauritzen 2, Robert M. Davidson 3 and Laurie Lentz-Marino 4, January 2013.