[AT] Healthy Eating, was "Just checking"

[Stephen Offiler]

Thanks!  Short answer is Kerrygold brand.  Imported from Ireland, where the
entire cattle industry is done different from here.  It's ALL pasture in
Ireland.

http://kerrygoldusa.com/products

Kerrygold shows up in Whole Foods as well as normal everyday grocery
stores, at least true where I live (CT/RI area).

Then, even better answer, would be to check out a local farmer's market, if
you have one.  We do.  In fact there's a raw milk dairy farm pretty much
walking distance from my home and we're quite friendly with the farmer.
Doesn't help you, but, figured I'd mention it.

http://www.buttercupfarmct.com/

They sell raw milk and they're working on butter and yogurt.  Building a
big new barn right now.


SO


On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Gayle Chew <gorrchew at gmail.com> wrote:

> Stephen, loved your post. Where do you find that good butter, short of
> making it yourself?
>
> Ron & Gayle
> On the CASE
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 6:39 AM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Thanks Stephen for you good post; hope you don't mind my changing the
> > title.
> >
> > From: Stephen Offiler
> > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 10:16 AM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Just checking....
> > My wife and I are both working people with long commutes; we're out of
> the
> > house 10-12 hours on weekdays.  She only likes to cook when the mood
> > strikes, and I never like it much, so we have developed some habits to
> eat
> > healthy and fairly low hassle.
> > Veggies should feature prominently... that's where a lot of nutrients are
> > hidden.  You can wrap a sweet potato in a paper towel and nuke it in
> about
> > 5 minutes, no mess, no extra utensils or dishes to wash.  In fact all
> > starchy veggies work pretty well in the microwave, take squash for
> another
> > example.  Frozen veggies can be thawed and heated in the nuke in a
> covered
> > glass dish, very easy.  Greens like baby spinach, arugula, kale, and
> mixed
> > lettuce can be purchased... they look horribly expensive at the store but
> > compared to eating out they are dirt-cheap.  We just throw a handful of
> > greens on a plate and put on some olive oil and vinegar, salt and pepper.
> > Takes about 15 seconds.  In season, tomatoes from the garden will be
> tossed
> > on the greens.  And we grow some of these greens too.  Oh, and avocadoes
> > are a frequent addition to that pile of greens.
> > Meat... no need to fear red meat, IN MODERATION.  Saturated fats are not
> > bad, unlike what the always-wrong media has been telling us for decades.
> > There are essential fatty acids ("essential" means you die without it)
> that
> > come from saturated fats.  Red meats as a food group are among the
> highest
> > in nutrition-per-unit-calorie.  We buy grass-fed beef from a local
> farmer,
> > and have burgers cooked on the grill a couple times a week.  Grilling
> means
> > no pots and pans to wash.
> > Chicken, we are in a CSA with the local poultry farmer and we have more
> > chicken than we know what to do with.  We do whole chickens on the grill
> > using the "beer can" method.  Google it.
> > Fish, about once a week, we buy the good stuff from a fish market or
> Whole
> > Foods.  Wild-caught not farmed.  Again done on grill, especially salmon
> > which you cook skin-side down on foil so the oils don't drip into the
> > flames.
> > Eggs:  GOOD FOR YOU!  Like the saturated fat in red meat, the cholesterol
> > in eggs is NOT bad for you.  Dietary cholesterol isn't even in the same
> > form as the cholesterol in the bloodstream.  Eggs are "nature's vitamin
> > pill" full of vitamins that are hard to find in other places.  We get our
> > eggs from the farmette across the street, free-range chickens.  Dark
> orange
> > yolks, very different from mass-produced eggs.
> > Salt:  if you're eating like I describe above, there's not much salt.  We
> > use Himalayan Sea Salt, which is pinkish to brownish in color due to high
> > mineral content.  Looks crazy-expensive on the shelf but that $10 bottle
> is
> > probably about 15 months old  and only half-gone.
> > Another quick and easy one is rice & beans.  Regular old rice, not Minute
> > Rice, cooked with plenty of real butter (from grass-fed cows... it is
> very
> > different in color and flavor from mass-produced butter) then when the
> rice
> > is about halfway done open up a can of red beans or black beans or
> > whatever, drain, and toss them in.  The beans are warm when the rice is
> > cooked.  Serve with salsa and some greens on the side.  Soak the dirty
> pan
> > overnight ;-)
> > Not zero, but, very small amounts of bread and pasta in our diet.
> > SO
> >
> >
> > Many people would like to Eat Healthy; what Stephen has described above
> is
> > not
> > that difficult or expensive. As Barbara and I sit down to enjoy such
> meals,
> > we feel
> > better (psychologically) even before we eat knowing that we are eating
> > healthier
> > (than years ago). Preparing such meals sometimes requires more planning
> and
> > sometimes more work, so I do the cleanup (unless I have something that
> > needs
> > attention real soon). This 'feeling better' continues through the meal,
> and
> > after.
> > Oh, a tip on that dirty pan; all it needs is 1/4" of water and decent
> > fitting lid
> > and in the morning any deposits have softened and will come off with one
> > wipe
> > of a paper towel and will go into the waste basket (not the septic
> system).
> > Enjoy. Herb(GA)
> >
> >
> >
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