Healing body and mind macrobiotic whole plant-based vegan cooking
class #3 was help on September 24, 2015.
It has been a very hot and humid summer in Southern
California. Many people eat spicy, salty food and drink cold icy drinks too
much. I eat very carefully to not loose balance of principle of macrobiotic
eating, but I even seek out to eat a little more herbal and spicy food, more
raw salad, and raw seasonal fruits and drinks with more purified water cooler
barley tea. My focus is not too eating
too extreme so I loose the balance. It is easy to just eat spicy food and icy
drink to drop your body temperature, but in order to balance our body
temperature comes up again to stabilized to our normal body temperature. Our
body is very complex and well made if it is too hot and our body is healthy we
seat and lower the body temperature. When you go out the most places have air
conditioning systems and it is a way too cold for most of people who eat
healthy, but outside is so hot so in and out of this extreme temperature
difference whack our balance and our bodies are not able to use our natural
thermostat in our systems. It is the end
of September, but it is still hot but then once a while temperature drops
suddenly and we loose our health balance.
We focused
on:
How to cook for hot
summer to hot late summer transitioning in LA area:
How does this hot
humid weather effect our mind?
How do we take care
of our health differently?
Even it is hot weather and we feel we are drawn to eat
extreme food and drink for temporary relief, but we keep our principle and eat
some whole grains or noodles/pasta once a day with leafy green vegetables and
sea vegetables also and soup also.
Our menu was
White Navy Beans with
Corn Soup: Corn wasn’t originally in this recipe, but we chose to use it
when we saw it was near the end of the season at the farmers market which we highlighted
in this soup and it also gives nourishment
Millet and Kabocha
Squash with Roasted Pumpkin Seeds: Millet is high plant based protein whole
grain and we added sweet vegetables to relax our pancreas and spleen/late
summer organs
Miso-Glazed Grilled
Cauliflower: Using a BBQ grill to cook something yummy and easy. Everyone
loved this dish so much.
Pressed Raw Kale
Salad with Red Radish: This surprised most macrobiotic people how raw kale
can be tender and so tasty – the key was massaging kale gently, but well.
Quick Cucumber Ginger
Pickles with Arame: Eating sea vegetables is important in a plant-based
diet. Learn to eat variety way of eating.
Raspberry Mousse:
Fresh raspberries are in season. It is
not too sweet, but it gave us a good satisfaction to complete the meal.
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