Comments on: I’ve been thinking about food… http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2009/10/10/ive-been-thinking-about-food/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:23:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nancy http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2009/10/10/ive-been-thinking-about-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2257 Nancy Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:34:02 +0000 http://www.countdowntomexico.com/?p=1792#comment-2257 Jennifer, thanks for the heads up, I haven't found the show yet but will keep looking. Billie, I love having beans so handy, plus when you feel like it you can make your own refritos! And it is just another thing that we can do to make the food we eat higher quality and no preservatives. Jan, I think any diet that feels like deprivation isn't going to work for long. That's why I rave about food so much I think, as I make meals that make my taste buds happy! Right now I am dying for some sweet potatoes to make some oven roasted french fries. MMMMMMM Alice, I have substituted peruanos for cannellinis but sometimes I find the cannellinis in the "gringo" section of the grocery store. Jennifer, thanks for the heads up, I haven’t found the show yet but will keep looking.

Billie, I love having beans so handy, plus when you feel like it you can make your own refritos! And it is just another thing that we can do to make the food we eat higher quality and no preservatives.

Jan, I think any diet that feels like deprivation isn’t going to work for long. That’s why I rave about food so much I think, as I make meals that make my taste buds happy! Right now I am dying for some sweet potatoes to make some oven roasted french fries. MMMMMMM

Alice, I have substituted peruanos for cannellinis but sometimes I find the cannellinis in the “gringo” section of the grocery store.

]]> By: Alice http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2009/10/10/ive-been-thinking-about-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2254 Alice Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:02:44 +0000 http://www.countdowntomexico.com/?p=1792#comment-2254 Picked up Julie & Julia last week for the plane ride back, and kept trying to hide that hideous movie cover! :) So you substitute peruanos for cannellinis in the minestrone soup? I'll give it a try! Picked up Julie & Julia last week for the plane ride back, and kept trying to hide that hideous movie cover! :) So you substitute peruanos for cannellinis in the minestrone soup? I’ll give it a try!

]]> By: Jan Ambrose http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2009/10/10/ive-been-thinking-about-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2253 Jan Ambrose Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:54:04 +0000 http://www.countdowntomexico.com/?p=1792#comment-2253 Nancy, I am inspired by your blog always. Bruce and I are on a diet; a serious diet; he really has to be in top shape to fight his ataxia, and I'm basically cutting out a lot of carbs and using more fresh vegetables. Beans are really good too and I will try the ones you recommend. I love using the olla but I've always used black or red beans - no particular reason. You and Leslie are both such good cooks and just the way you write about it is enticing! Thanks. Nancy, I am inspired by your blog always. Bruce and I are on a diet; a serious diet; he really has to be in top shape to fight his ataxia, and I’m basically cutting out a lot of carbs and using more fresh vegetables. Beans are really good too and I will try the ones you recommend. I love using the olla but I’ve always used black or red beans – no particular reason. You and Leslie are both such good cooks and just the way you write about it is enticing! Thanks.

]]> By: Billie http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2009/10/10/ive-been-thinking-about-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2252 Billie Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:04:14 +0000 http://www.countdowntomexico.com/?p=1792#comment-2252 Nancy, Love the idea of cooking up a pot of beans and using them in all kinds of stuff during the week. The peruano beans has become my favorite....so creamy. I'll have to try the flor de mayo. I've read both Omnivore and in Defense of Food. Love both of them. And it does make you stop and think about what you are eating and where it comes from. Nancy, Love the idea of cooking up a pot of beans and using them in all kinds of stuff during the week. The peruano beans has become my favorite….so creamy. I’ll have to try the flor de mayo. I’ve read both Omnivore and in Defense of Food. Love both of them. And it does make you stop and think about what you are eating and where it comes from.

]]> By: jennifer http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2009/10/10/ive-been-thinking-about-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2251 jennifer Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:24:31 +0000 http://www.countdowntomexico.com/?p=1792#comment-2251 Hey Nancy, just a heads up for your bit torrents - a show called 100 miles premiered last night on the Food Network. Its all about trying to eat food from no more than 100 miles from home. I bet you find it interesting ;) Hey Nancy, just a heads up for your bit torrents – a show called 100 miles premiered last night on the Food Network. Its all about trying to eat food from no more than 100 miles from home. I bet you find it interesting ;)

]]> By: Nancy http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2009/10/10/ive-been-thinking-about-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2250 Nancy Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:51:44 +0000 http://www.countdowntomexico.com/?p=1792#comment-2250 Thanks, Lauren. But for me the thing I love about food in general and this book in particular is that it is about eating real food. Cooking it in your own kitchen using the best ingredients you can afford. Sharing it with people you love. Not worrying about nutritional supplements and all that jazz. JUst eating good food, whole food, real food. That is it for me. NOt eating crap, drive through, supplements, etc. I have to admit I only read the Amazon info on the book but from that I don't think it is what I'm about. Thanks, Lauren. But for me the thing I love about food in general and this book in particular is that it is about eating real food. Cooking it in your own kitchen using the best ingredients you can afford. Sharing it with people you love. Not worrying about nutritional supplements and all that jazz. JUst eating good food, whole food, real food. That is it for me. NOt eating crap, drive through, supplements, etc. I have to admit I only read the Amazon info on the book but from that I don’t think it is what I’m about.

]]> By: laurencancun http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2009/10/10/ive-been-thinking-about-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2249 laurencancun Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:24:28 +0000 http://www.countdowntomexico.com/?p=1792#comment-2249 If I can make just one more book recommendation - The Thrive Diet. The book is amazing, and me and my family try and live by it.... Learned a lot as well! If I can make just one more book recommendation – The Thrive Diet. The book is amazing, and me and my family try and live by it…. Learned a lot as well!

]]> By: Nancy http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2009/10/10/ive-been-thinking-about-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2247 Nancy Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:03:06 +0000 http://www.countdowntomexico.com/?p=1792#comment-2247 Leslie, You are right, I am starting to live more Mexican. Even with the siesta and the bigger lunch, smaller dinner. Love your recipes, thank you! Neil, So funny since daughter Jess had her Kindle when she was here for a week so we got to really get to know it. My only reservation is that the Google book project is in a different format. I need to decide today though since my son is going to be in the US and said he'd bring it back if I sent it to his home office. But I wouldn't buy the International one since there will be lots fewer books available for it and I don't mind using a USB cord to download them to the Kindle from my computer. Beth, Thanksgiving is about the getting together and sharing a meal, maybe you can save some kitchen work for everyone to do together? Theresa, I am already downloading books for whichever format reader I decide on. Lots of books are available in pdf or txt files. Any classic is probably available no problem. Mexican Trailrunner, The zuchinni was so awesome last night, I am going to make it again tonight. Really delicious. Chrissy, Peruanos are so creamy and delicious, I agree! Leslie, You are right, I am starting to live more Mexican. Even with the siesta and the bigger lunch, smaller dinner. Love your recipes, thank you!

Neil, So funny since daughter Jess had her Kindle when she was here for a week so we got to really get to know it. My only reservation is that the Google book project is in a different format. I need to decide today though since my son is going to be in the US and said he’d bring it back if I sent it to his home office. But I wouldn’t buy the International one since there will be lots fewer books available for it and I don’t mind using a USB cord to download them to the Kindle from my computer.

Beth, Thanksgiving is about the getting together and sharing a meal, maybe you can save some kitchen work for everyone to do together?

Theresa, I am already downloading books for whichever format reader I decide on. Lots of books are available in pdf or txt files. Any classic is probably available no problem.

Mexican Trailrunner, The zuchinni was so awesome last night, I am going to make it again tonight. Really delicious.

Chrissy, Peruanos are so creamy and delicious, I agree!

]]> By: Chrissy http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2009/10/10/ive-been-thinking-about-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2245 Chrissy Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:22:41 +0000 http://www.countdowntomexico.com/?p=1792#comment-2245 yummy, I love peruanos. Mine dont make it past Tuesday. Maybe once we get down there. yummy, I love peruanos. Mine dont make it past Tuesday. Maybe once we get down there.

]]> By: Mexican Trailrunner http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2009/10/10/ive-been-thinking-about-food/comment-page-1/#comment-2244 Mexican Trailrunner Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:59:34 +0000 http://www.countdowntomexico.com/?p=1792#comment-2244 YUM, Nancy! You ladies - you and Leslie - have inspired me once again. Cooking for one is about the most un-inspirational task and I need all the kickin'-in-the-butt I can get to make healthy and time consuming meals on a regular basis. Or, maybe it was the 22 years in the restaurant business that burned me out. . . Anyway, thanks for the good posts on food, keep 'em coming. -MT YUM, Nancy! You ladies – you and Leslie – have inspired me once again. Cooking for one is about the most un-inspirational task and I need all the kickin’-in-the-butt I can get to make healthy and time consuming meals on a regular basis. Or, maybe it was the 22 years in the restaurant business that burned me out. . .
Anyway, thanks for the good posts on food, keep ‘em coming.
-MT

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