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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Have you noticed?

Have you noticed that the regular Monday, Wednesday, Friday posts....have stopped? If you've been missing the posts I'm so sorry....let me explain.

When I first started this blog I had so much to post. I was cooking and baking up a storm! I would spend a chunk of my mornings, all of nap time, and then my after bedtime hours (waiting for my filmmaker husband to get home from shooting) writing recipes and typing blog posts. I got to where I had months worth of posts pre-scheduled...every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Then the most wonderful thing happened! I GOT PREGNANT! YAY! After a year of trying we were finally blessed with this wonderful gift of a baby in my belly....which also brought, dizziness, fatigue, NAUSEA (oh the nausea), grouchiness, depression (from being so sick all the time) and an aversion to FOOD and my KITCHEN. I stopped cooking. I stopped thinking about food. I was in survival mode ladies. Big time.

I kept thinking, "Man, I'm sure glad I wrote all those blog posts before I got pregnant! Now I don't have to feel bad about neglecting the blog along with my son and husband while I lay in bed miserable all day." I had guessed by the time the nausea was suppose to go away I would have just run out of scheduled posts and be ready to start cooking again...it was suppose to work out just perfect.

Did it work out that way? NO. Obviously not. You see, then I got food poisoning (word to the wise: DO NOT GET FOOD POISONING. Especially when you are with child). I didn't eat anything for 3 days...food is scary after an experience like that.

Also...I am 13 weeks pregnant today and still nauseous. I'm not at my worst but I'm not 100% - that's for sure. I still don't want to go in the kitchen and the smell of pretty much all food just makes me so sick. So sorry guys...I don't know when I'll be back but hopefully it will be soon. Will you all pray that it will be soon? Thanks...you're awesome.

But because I'm nice...and trying to crawl out of my whole...I will share a recipe with you.

We are going to Pittsburgh this weekend for a Pirates Baseball Vacation (YAY!) and I want to try to bring as much healthy vegetarian fare with us as possible so I started looking for recipes and found this one. I am going to make these, wrap them up tight in some plastic wrap and foil and stick them in the cooler. I hope they are as good as they sound!

Hummus and Grilled Vegetable Wraps (click title to go to original recipe)

2 medium zuchinni, cut lengthwise into 1/4 in slices
2 tsp olive oil
salt and pepper
1 cup hummus
4 pieces whole wheat wrap bread
1/4 cup pine nuts
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
2 cups of fresh baby spinach, lightly packed
1/2 cup red onion, thinly sliced into half moons
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves

1. Brush olive oil onto zucchini and lightly salt and pepper. Grill until slightly browned and tender.

2. Spread 1/4 cup of hummus onto each piece of bread. Sprinkle pine nuts of top of hummus. Then evenly distribute the rest of the wrap ingredients onto each piece of bread.

3. Roll them up tight and cut in half. ENJOY!

p.s. I actually LOVE the Sabra Hummus with Roasted Pine nuts...so I'm using that instead of

buying the extremely expensive little pack of pine nuts.

Have you tried it? So yummy!

1 comment:

Ronda said...: Looks like it is time for your partner, Ronda to step up to the plate. I am at my sisters house in Utah for the next two weeks trying to cook up a storm and leave her with a stocked freezer for her new baby coming in November. I should have plenty of material as I am cooking for a small army while I am here! My first post on Monday will be easy picnic and travel ideas for veggie lovers. Have a great weekend.; July 2, 2011 at 9:26 AM

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Doctrine and Covenants 89:10-16

"I say unto you, all wholesome herbs God hath ordained for the constitution, nature, and use of man—Every herb (plant) in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof; all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving. Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly; And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine. All grain is ordained for the use of man and of beasts, to be the staff of life, not only for man but for the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, and all wild animals that run or creep on the earth. And these hath God made for the use of man only in times of famine and excess of hunger. All grain is good for the food of man; as also the fruit of the vine; that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground." (emphasis added)

John A. Widstoe

"It was shown in the history of plant science that plants contain all the necessary food substances: proteins, fats, starches and the carbohydrates, minerals...water {and} vitamins. The Great builder of the earth provided well for the physical needs of His children. Countless varieties of edible plants, vegetables, cereals, fruits and nuts are yielded by Mother Nature for man's daily food. If one uses meat it must be used sparingly and in winter or famine only...They who wish to be well and gain the promised reward stated in the Word of Wisdom must obey all of the law, not just part of it as suits their whim or their appetite, or their notion of its meaning." (The Word of Wisdom, a Modern Interpretation, 1950)

Doctrine and Covenants 59:16-21

"...the fulness of the earth is yours, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and that which climbeth upon the trees and walketh upon the earth; Yea, and the herb, and the good things which come of the earth, whether for food or for rainment, or for houses, or for barns, or for orchards, or for gardens, or for vineyards; Yea, all things which come of the earth, in the season thereof, are made for the benefit and the use of man, both to please the eye and to gladden the heart; Yea, for food and for raiment, for taste and for smell, to strengthen the body and to enliven the soul. And it pleaseth God that he hath given all these things unto man; for unto this end were they made to be used, with judgment, not to excess, neither by extortion. And in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things, and obey not his commandments." (emphasis added)

Ezra Taft Benson

"There is no question that the health of the body affects the spirit, or the Lord would never have revealed the Word of Wisdom...Disease, fever and unexpected deaths are some of the consequences directly related to disobedience...To a great extent, we are physically what we eat. Most of us are acquainted with some of the prohibitions of the Word of Wisdom...but what need additional emphasis are the positive aspects - the need for vegetables, fruits, and grain, particularly wheat. We need a generation of people who eat in a healthier manner." (Ensign, September 1988, p. 5)

Ezra Taft Benson