Cabbage Soup - No, WAIT! - Come back!
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Hi Rose,
Just reread your post and I'm in the same boat with eliminating sugar and processed foods. I've "dieted" my whole life and sick of it all, and now it's more of a choice to eat well to stay well. I am no longer obese and don't fret about putting on a bathing suit. I'm not a size 2 either. No more diets, and there's such a peace about that way of living...no charting or counting of calories or points...just eating quality whole foods. It can be challenging, but you stockpile some good recipes, and it's easier. I'm not fanatical either (ice cream has its way with me, so I try not to keep it in the house.) I made your recipe with the homemade ranch dressing mix, and it was love at first sight! I've cranked it out twice already. Another good tip would be to not use canned tomatoes. Canning with BPA and the acid from tomatoes is a lethal mix. I use Pomi tomatoes in the boxes now (buying them on sale, of course!) Just wanted to share my 2 cents' worth and to THANK YOU for an awesome addition to my recipe file!
Just reread your post and I'm in the same boat with eliminating sugar and processed foods. I've "dieted" my whole life and sick of it all, and now it's more of a choice to eat well to stay well. I am no longer obese and don't fret about putting on a bathing suit. I'm not a size 2 either. No more diets, and there's such a peace about that way of living...no charting or counting of calories or points...just eating quality whole foods. It can be challenging, but you stockpile some good recipes, and it's easier. I'm not fanatical either (ice cream has its way with me, so I try not to keep it in the house.) I made your recipe with the homemade ranch dressing mix, and it was love at first sight! I've cranked it out twice already. Another good tip would be to not use canned tomatoes. Canning with BPA and the acid from tomatoes is a lethal mix. I use Pomi tomatoes in the boxes now (buying them on sale, of course!) Just wanted to share my 2 cents' worth and to THANK YOU for an awesome addition to my recipe file!
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Me too on the MSG! So many things have it in there too.
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Hi Rose,
Just reread your post and I'm in the same boat with eliminating sugar and processed foods. I've "dieted" my whole life and sick of it all, and now it's more of a choice to eat well to stay well. I am no longer obese and don't fret about putting on a bathing suit. I'm not a size 2 either. No more diets, and there's such a peace about that way of living...no charting or counting of calories or points...just eating quality whole foods. ...
Just reread your post and I'm in the same boat with eliminating sugar and processed foods. I've "dieted" my whole life and sick of it all, and now it's more of a choice to eat well to stay well. I am no longer obese and don't fret about putting on a bathing suit. I'm not a size 2 either. No more diets, and there's such a peace about that way of living...no charting or counting of calories or points...just eating quality whole foods. ...
Restaurants are a huge pitfall. They know that their customers want rich, sweet, salty, fatty food in huge portions and that if they don't dish it up their competitors will. Once in awhile there will be new restaurants that try to emphasize healthier offerings, but they tend not to last long. The vast majority of Americans want their junk food. If you sit down and they don't quickly bring you a mound of fried chips or rolls you feel something's missing, and the first thing they ask you when taking your order is what you'd like to drink. Almost all the beverage choices are loaded with sugar and/or fat, and many have caffeine or alcohol. The latter will loosen your inhibitions about what and how much to eat, so everyone goes away happy until we wind up in the hospital with a coronary.
I also agree about the canned tomatoes and ought to make more of an effort to avoid cans. For quite awhile I've been a bit cavalier about some risks figuring that since both my parents died in their 60's, there's not much likelihood I'll ever be old, but at some point I decided to focus on the fact that I had aunts on both sides who lived into their 90's. If I happen to take after them, I could have as much as 30 more years. Why squander that? Genes are only part of the picture, and a lot can be done to minimize whatever strikes we may have against us from that source. Also, being of the generation that lived through WW2, my parents both had a lot of stresses in their early lives that I was fortunate enough to have been spared.
On the subject of BPA, did you know that it's frequently found at dangerous levels in the thermal paper often used to print receipts?! http://www.thefactfinders.org/1/post...-receipts.html I don't know how to rate this level of risk, but the risk-to-benefit trade-off here is zilch. We don't get any good whatever out of this and should be demanding that stores abandon this technology immediately.
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I have made it AGAIN. I have added some cooked chicken cutlets and meatballs at times to add a little heft and made it my lunch. It is so good and so adaptable......A wonderful recipe....low cal and healthy. Both times I've made a large pot and have frozen half......this has become a staple at my house. Thanks again, QuiltE
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