The Vegetarian Tree: The Fruit is Good!: Happy New Year 2012

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Happy New Year 2012

I don't know about you, but as soon as the holiday food clears out of my refrigerator, the first thing I want to do is get back to my basics. For me this would be a crock pot full of beans. This year I could tell that my children were also delighted to get back to the hearty filling food of vegetables and grains.

Last night we had a great meal of vegetable fajitas soaked in lime juice and olive oil with cumin, oregano, salt, and cayenne pepper then broiled on high a for a few minutes. We rounded this out with salty beans, avocados, corn tortillas, lettuce, and this fun Chipotle restaurant knock off Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe. It was DIVINE! My little chickies marched off to their long day of school today with cilantro rice and bean burritos all snug in their lunch box.

I hope you can find a night next week to enjoy the flavorful cilantro and lime rice with people you love.

Cilantro Lime Rice
Found on Food.Com adjusted to my liking :0)
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1/4 cup fresh cilantro chopped
2/3 cup brown basmati rice (Soak and Rinse for less nuttiness)
2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 lime
2 tsp better than bullion chickenless chicken flavor
Directions:
1In a 2-quart heavy saucepan, heat oil over low heat, stirring occasionally.
2Add rice and lime juice, stir for 1 minute.
3Add water, bullion, and salt, bring to a full rolling boil.(Some people have had success with 1 cup of water, but when I've made it with 2 it worked for me).
4At boiling, cover, turn down to simmer over low heat until rice is tender and the water is absorbed, about 25 minutes.
5Add in the cilantro and fluff rice with a fork.

Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/chipotle-copycat-lime-rice-recipe-147335#ixzz1ibQWuah8

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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