Sunday, March 21, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Traditional Jamaican Rice and Peas Recipe
Traditional Jamaican Rice and Peas Recipe
1 1/2 cups dried red kidney beans, soaked overnight and drained
1 1/2 cups rice
2 cloves garlic pealed and smashed
1 fresh coconut
3 scallions (green onions)
1 whole unbroken scotch bonnet pepper, prefferably green
12 allspice berries
½ teaspoon dried thyme (or 4 sprigs of fresh thyme)
¼ teaspoon salt (can ommit)
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Directions
Puncture one of the “eyes” of the coconut with the end of a sharp pointed knife. Try the “eye” nearest to the end of the coconut. Drain out the coconut water. Break open the coconuts. Taste to ensure the coconut is fresh. Remove the coconut “meat” from the shell with a knife. This is dangerous as you run the risk of cutting yourself. Therefore you should proceed cautiously until you get the hang of it. Cut the coconut “meat” into small pieces and chop up in a blender using the chop setting. Use
just enough water to chop coconuts in blender. Chop the coconut in batches until the coconut is a fine consistency and the liquid resembles milk. Use a large strainer to separate the coconut from the milk. Hand squeeze any remaining milk from the residue. You can discard the residue or use in the coconut drops and coconut filling for gizzadas recipes.
Place beans, garlic and all spice berries in a cooking pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a simmer and cook until the beans are tender, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. When the beans are tender, stir in the coconut milk, green onions, scotch bonnet pepper, and thyme, black pepper and increase the heat to a boil. Stir in the rice. Don't break the scotch bonnet pepper. You may need to add some water to bring the level to about ¾ of an inch above the level of the rice. Bring to a boil and cover immediately. Do not stir. Turn the heat down low and cook for 15-20 minutes or or until the rice is tender and has absorbed the liquid. Remove the scallions, scotch bonnet pepper and thyme (if you used sprigs of thyme).
You can find other recipes, including a simple Jamaican rice and peas recipe, here.
You can find other recipes, including a simple Jamaican rice and peas recipe, here.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Fighting Cancer with Food
Anticancer Choices
For better prevention, or better treatment results, nothing can beat the combination of conventional medicine (early screenings, or chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, etc.) with an anticancer way of life: A way of living through which we begin to nourish every aspect of health within our bodies:
1. Cleaning up our diet: reducing sugar -- which feeds cancer growth and inflammation. Refined sugar is abundant in desserts, soft drinks (one can of Coke contains 12 coffee-size packs of sugar...), sauces (Ketchup, ready-made salad dressing, etc.), white flour which is equivalent to sugar as far as the body is concerned (white bread, bagels, muffins, etc.), and reducing pro-inflammatory omega-6 fatty acids (red meats, dairy, corn, sunflower, soybean and safflower oils, and trans-fats).
2. Adding anti-cancer foods: including in our diet every day, three times a day, foods that help fight cancer. Such as anticancer herbs and spices (green tea, turmeric, ginger , thyme, rosemary, mint, basil, sage), omega-3 rich foods (salmon, sardines, mackerel, walnuts, green vegetables), cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage), garlic, onions and leeks, red berries, plums, blueberries for dessert, dark chocolate (more than 70 percent cocoa), and even a little bit of red wine.
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