Most pasta is made with wheat flour, but you can make a healthy gluten-free lasagne by substituting veggies for the pasta. Also a good thing for the waistline if you want to look cute during the' hellidays'.
What to do;
- slice some aubergines, courgettes and Portobello mushrooms lengthwise to make long strips.
- lay the strips on a baking sheet and brush with olive oil
- sprinkle salt over the veggies
- bake until slightly brown
- now layer the veggies with the lasagne sauce where you would normally layer the pasta sheets
- Yum with loads of salads.
A gluten experiment
Gluten is extremely difficult to digest and is a common food allergy that many people don't even know they have.
Take some bread flour and add enough water to be able to knead it into a ball of dough. Now take this dough and hold it under running tap water while you work with it in your hands. Milky water will flow out of it. This is the carbohydrate starch leaving the dough. After a few minutes, you will be left with an extremely sticky gluey mass. This is the gluten that is in the wheat. Now ...... imagine your digestive enzymes trying to break this down.
Physiological Comparisons between meat-eater/herbivore and man
Meat eater - has claws, no skin pores and perspires through the tongue, sharp front teeth for tearing, no flat molar teeth for grinding, intestinal tract 3 times body length so rapidly decaying meat can pass out quickly, strong hydrochloric acid in stomach to digest the meat.
Herbivore - no claws, perspires through skin pores, no sharp front teeth has flat rear molars, intestinal tract 10-12 times body length, stomach acid 20 times less strong than meat-eaters.
Man - no claws, perspires through skin pores, no sharp front teeth has flat rear molars, intestinal tract 12 times body length, stomach acid 20 times less strong than meat-eaters.
It's obvious which category we fall into.
Today I am grateful for;
- choosing healthy eating options to build my immune system
- another day closer to holidays
- the cute pic of Morgan sleeping like a princess
- the fabulishiously relaxing Sunday I had yesterday - bliss
Quote
As Henry Ford said "Obstacles are just those frightful things you see when you take your eye off your goal."
Today, think questions that bounce you upwards for 2010;
- What can I do to move forward?
- How can I grow from challenges and life-lemons chucked my way?
- What's within my control to change?
Remember, if you ask depressing questions you WILL get depressing answers.
Peace 'n whirlpools of luv
xxx
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