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One shepherd, diced....... :dunno:
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Here are a number of recipes. My wife makes it from memory. Enjoy!JohnHuff said:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipe-collections/shepherds-pie/index.html
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John my recipe for Sheperds pie is different that most other's cause I hate boiled potatoes cause they lose too much taste for me.
I start with a glass baking dish with a good glass cover, I like to cook in glass whenever possible as I find the taste better out of glass. I peel and thinly slice the potatoes and layer them in the glass dish with thinly sliced fresh carrots and onion and a good chuck of unsalted butter and or Gee butter. I like to add fresh cut Cuban oregano, from my greenhouse. Then I bake this dish at 350 degrees for about a 45 min, until the potatoes are soft.
In the mean time, I prepare a pound of organic free range found beef, fry it till golden brown lightly, add fresh chopped garlic, salt and peoper to taste, and crumble the ground beef good. I then add this to the almost cooked potatoes dish and one can of beef gravy and pop back into the oven for another half hour.
It is hard for me to go back to boiled to death potatoes, and if I must boil the potatos, I boil them whole and unpeeled so they don't lose too much flavor....
I start with a glass baking dish with a good glass cover, I like to cook in glass whenever possible as I find the taste better out of glass. I peel and thinly slice the potatoes and layer them in the glass dish with thinly sliced fresh carrots and onion and a good chuck of unsalted butter and or Gee butter. I like to add fresh cut Cuban oregano, from my greenhouse. Then I bake this dish at 350 degrees for about a 45 min, until the potatoes are soft.
In the mean time, I prepare a pound of organic free range found beef, fry it till golden brown lightly, add fresh chopped garlic, salt and peoper to taste, and crumble the ground beef good. I then add this to the almost cooked potatoes dish and one can of beef gravy and pop back into the oven for another half hour.
It is hard for me to go back to boiled to death potatoes, and if I must boil the potatos, I boil them whole and unpeeled so they don't lose too much flavor....
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I also like to serve that dish with baked in butter brussel sprouts, also baked in smaller glass baking dish with glass lid. I bake the buttered brussel sprouts for half hour at 350 degrees.
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largest organic farm bought out by an ex CEO of GMO company.
http://aquariusparadigm.com/2013/12...pany-headed-by-pro-gmo-dean-foods-former-ceo/
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Humm, wonder if he knows more about the GMO crap and what made him change, or maybe he is just up to something.....
Meanwhile, Medicine Hat Front Page News..... Retired genetic engineer says anyone eating genetically engineered foods is basically eating a diet of Round Up! (Speaking to a capacity crowd at the Medicine Hat Library Thursday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Medicine Hat Front Page News..... Retired genetic engineer says anyone eating genetically engineered foods is basically eating a diet of Round Up! (Speaking to a capacity crowd at the Medicine Hat Library Thursday afternoon.
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This entire world is in trouble, can you trust any labels, any advertising, anything? except what you grow yourself and only if it non gmo seeds, which might be impossible to find.
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i posted a link for heirloom seeds in this thread.addy1 said:
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We have condemned this side of the planet with GMO toxic pollen blowing in the wind. If the truth must be known, the grass is cross pollening with trees, I have read, by playing God we have allowed this to happen and opened Pandora's box. Nothing is truly organic in this side of the world's hemisphere. I still try to do my part, and choose to grown only organic seeds that I save myself every year.
God has alot to say about GMO's....
God has alot to say about GMO's....
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I use heirloom seeds. Thanks for the link also.koiguy1969 said:
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Cinnamon Combined With Magnesium Decreases Blood Pressure More Than Any Hypertension Medication In The World
August 23, 2013 by MAE CHAN
Cinnamon Combined With Magnesium Decreases Blood Pressure More Than Any Hypertension Medication In The World
Supplementation with cinnamon has been found to lower blood pressure in pre-diabetic and diabetic people. Cinnamon combined with magnesium, diet and lifestyle changes may lead to overall reductions in blood pressure up to 25mm Hg, a reduction lower than any hypertension medication can achieve without side effects.
Data from 22 trials with magnesium supplements revealed that the mineral may reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure, researchers from the University of Hertfordshire report in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Combined with diet and lifestyle changes, magnesium and cinnamon supplementation may lead to an overall reduction of up to 25mm Hg more than any hypertension medication in the world with the advantage of no adverse effects.
Even Cinnamon Alone Will Reduce Blood Pressure
Valued in ancient times as currency and once considered more precious than gold, cinnamon -- one of the world's oldest known spices -- has one of the highest antioxidant values of all foods and its use in medicine treats everything from nausea to menstruation and energy to diabetes.
"Cinnamon itself has insulin-like activity and also can potentiate the activity of insulin. The latter could be quite important in treating those with type 2 diabetes. Cinnamon has a bio-active component that we believe has the potential to prevent or overcome diabetes," researcher Don Graves said in a prepared statement.
When it comes to the highest antioxidant values on the ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) scale, cinnamon comes in third only lower than clove and sumac. ORAC units or "ORAC score" were developed by the National Institute on Aging in the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While the exact relationship between the ORAC value of a food and its health benefit has not been established, it is believed that foods higher on the ORAC scale will more effectively neutralize free radicals. According to the free-radical theory of aging, this will slow the oxidative processes and free radical damage that can contribute to age-related degeneration and disease.
Numerous studies have reported that cinnamon and the compounds it contains may improve parameters associated with diabetes. The meta-analysis, performed by scientists from the University of Toronto (Canada), the University of West London (UK), and London South Bank University (UK) is said to be the first to evaluate the effects of cinnamon on blood pressure in diabetics.
Cinnamon alone without any diet and lifestyle changes is associated with reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure of 5.39 and 2.6 mmHg, report scientists in Nutrition .
Out of a possible 93 identified studies, Dr Akilen and his co-workers limited their meta-analysis to only three randomized clinical trials, two of which included diabetics while the third was with pre-diabetics.
The doses of cinnamon used in the studies ranged from 500 mg to 2.4 grams per day, and all the studies lasted for 12 weeks.
Crunching the numbers yielded the result that cinnamon intake was associated with significant decreases in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
Commenting on the potential mechanisms of action, Dr Akilen and his co-workers said that a recent review had "confirmed that cinnamon and components of cinnamon have been shown to have beneficial effects on virtually all of the factors associated with metabolic syndrome, including insulin sensitivity, glucose, lipids, antioxidants, inflammation, blood pressure, and body weight."
"In summary, this meta-analysis of three RCTs indicates that the consumption of cinnamon (short term) is associated with notable reduction of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients with prediabetes and [type-2 diabetes]," they wrote.
"However, the precise relationship between blood pressure regulation and the effect of cinnamon in humans remains unclear and to be established in future studies."
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Nutrition
Mae Chan holds degrees in both physiology and nutritional sciences. She is also blogger and and technology enthusiast with a passion for disseminating information about health.
August 23, 2013 by MAE CHAN
Cinnamon Combined With Magnesium Decreases Blood Pressure More Than Any Hypertension Medication In The World
Supplementation with cinnamon has been found to lower blood pressure in pre-diabetic and diabetic people. Cinnamon combined with magnesium, diet and lifestyle changes may lead to overall reductions in blood pressure up to 25mm Hg, a reduction lower than any hypertension medication can achieve without side effects.
Data from 22 trials with magnesium supplements revealed that the mineral may reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure, researchers from the University of Hertfordshire report in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Combined with diet and lifestyle changes, magnesium and cinnamon supplementation may lead to an overall reduction of up to 25mm Hg more than any hypertension medication in the world with the advantage of no adverse effects.
Even Cinnamon Alone Will Reduce Blood Pressure
Valued in ancient times as currency and once considered more precious than gold, cinnamon -- one of the world's oldest known spices -- has one of the highest antioxidant values of all foods and its use in medicine treats everything from nausea to menstruation and energy to diabetes.
"Cinnamon itself has insulin-like activity and also can potentiate the activity of insulin. The latter could be quite important in treating those with type 2 diabetes. Cinnamon has a bio-active component that we believe has the potential to prevent or overcome diabetes," researcher Don Graves said in a prepared statement.
When it comes to the highest antioxidant values on the ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) scale, cinnamon comes in third only lower than clove and sumac. ORAC units or "ORAC score" were developed by the National Institute on Aging in the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While the exact relationship between the ORAC value of a food and its health benefit has not been established, it is believed that foods higher on the ORAC scale will more effectively neutralize free radicals. According to the free-radical theory of aging, this will slow the oxidative processes and free radical damage that can contribute to age-related degeneration and disease.
Numerous studies have reported that cinnamon and the compounds it contains may improve parameters associated with diabetes. The meta-analysis, performed by scientists from the University of Toronto (Canada), the University of West London (UK), and London South Bank University (UK) is said to be the first to evaluate the effects of cinnamon on blood pressure in diabetics.
Cinnamon alone without any diet and lifestyle changes is associated with reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure of 5.39 and 2.6 mmHg, report scientists in Nutrition .
Out of a possible 93 identified studies, Dr Akilen and his co-workers limited their meta-analysis to only three randomized clinical trials, two of which included diabetics while the third was with pre-diabetics.
The doses of cinnamon used in the studies ranged from 500 mg to 2.4 grams per day, and all the studies lasted for 12 weeks.
Crunching the numbers yielded the result that cinnamon intake was associated with significant decreases in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
Commenting on the potential mechanisms of action, Dr Akilen and his co-workers said that a recent review had "confirmed that cinnamon and components of cinnamon have been shown to have beneficial effects on virtually all of the factors associated with metabolic syndrome, including insulin sensitivity, glucose, lipids, antioxidants, inflammation, blood pressure, and body weight."
"In summary, this meta-analysis of three RCTs indicates that the consumption of cinnamon (short term) is associated with notable reduction of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients with prediabetes and [type-2 diabetes]," they wrote.
"However, the precise relationship between blood pressure regulation and the effect of cinnamon in humans remains unclear and to be established in future studies."
Sources:
Nutrition
Mae Chan holds degrees in both physiology and nutritional sciences. She is also blogger and and technology enthusiast with a passion for disseminating information about health.
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DO NOT BUY A NEW APPLE COMING OUT... CALLED THE "ARCTIC APPLE" ..
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I buy organic apples. They say apples are on the dirty list if not organic
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So many apples around here on peoples trees go to waste each year. If I wanted an apple I could just walk down the road in the fall and they are all over the place. My neighbor gives me a bunch from her trees. No worms yet but hey just a bit of extra protein anyways :blueflower:
We had two granny smiths apple tree for several years. Those apples were soo good. Enough for us and the opposiums. LOL The bearing tree died from trunk bore worms.