Why vegetables are so good for you.

A friend of mine send me this and I thought I would share. I now use it as a reminder for shopping and preparing recipes. Thanks Coni!

Gods Pharmacy:

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye. Science now shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow and function of the eyes.

Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has four chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function


Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Eggplant, Avocados and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? .... It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.

Grapefruits, Oranges , and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like body cells. Today's research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes .

Califlower Mashed Potato

1 head or a bag of frozen cauliflower
1/2 cup of Chevre cheese (or a softened cheese)
1/2 teaspoon minced or chopped garlic
Parmesan cheese
1 vegetable bullion
black pepper
teaspoon of rice milk
bacon salt (http://www.baconsalt.com/)
3 tablespoons unsalted butter

Clean and cut cauliflower into small pieces. Cook in vegetable bullion until well done. Drain cauliflower very well. Cauliflower will hold a lot of the bullion so pat cooked cauliflower very dry between several layers of paper towels. Don't let cauliflower cool off. Set the bullion aside. In a separate bowl puree garlic, rice milk, cheese, milk, bacon salt, Parmesan, pepper until almost smooth. Then mix and mash cauliflower. If too dry, add a little of the bullion. Feel free to add the cheese you like the most. Just remember, the melt factor is important.

ALTAS SOUTHERN FRIED FAUX KICK'N CHIK'N

Seasoning
1 tablespoon seasoning salt
1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 teaspoons black pepper
2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons (vegan) poultry seasoning (www.mckays.com)
1 teaspoon lemon-pepper
2 drops of olive oil
Morningstar Farms® Meal Starters™ Chik'n Strips made w/ Natural Ingredients)"http://www.seeveggiesdifferently.com/"

Spicy Chicken Batter:
2 eggs or egg whites or rice milk
1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 cups all-purpose flour
Vegetable oil, to fry
In a small bowl whisk together seasoning salt, red pepper flakes, black pepper, cayenne pepper, poultry seasoning, and lemon pepper. Reserve 2 tablespoons in a separate bowl.

Remove Chik'n from packaging, rinse with cool water and place in shallow baking dish. Sprinkle strips evenly with the seasoning and olive oil and let them marinate, covered and chilled, for 1 hour. Whisk eggs, hot sauce, red pepper flakes, black pepper, and cayenne pepper into a medium size mixing bowl. Reserve. Put the flour into a shallow dish or pie plate. Ready a large deep-fryer or large Dutch oven heat oil to 350 degrees F . Dredge chicken into the egg mixture then into the flour. Place a couple in at a time into the hot oil turning occasionally, until cooked through and golden brown. Remove to a paper towel lined sheet tray. Make sure oil returns to temperature before adding the next batch. Sprinkle the chicken with the reserved seasoning for extra hot wings!

Serve with my mashed cauliflower taters, green beans, Martha Stewart's Milk Punch (http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/brandy-milk-punch?lnc=4ef2dc5bfca40110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD)
or a tall glass of sweet tea and lotsa friends!