Any more newbies?

May 26, 2004

Yes, guess I am the newest one!

I am Bea, from Campinas, SP, Brazil.

I am almost 58 (October), divorced, 2 boys aged 33 and 32. I am a

former teacher but gave it up and now I am an artisan and I deal

with many crafts: weaving; basketry; biscuit; Patchwork & Quilling;

Cloth dolls/handbags/slippers/sandals; mosaic; stained glass; texture

on canvases/wood/glass; reclycled paper; papier maché; quilling; X-

stitching and Hardanger.

I have fought with food in general my whole life, chiefly with the

scale, lol!!! I am trying to be a 100% veggie again, but have not

succeeded very well. Hope it works this time with all the spicy

recipes I will be trying from now on.

Thanks for inviting me to join this group. I am sure I will love it

although I do not have too much time to post.

Thank you all for reading my post.

Wish you all a great day!!!

Hugs,

Bea

May 26, 2004

Welcome, Bea - we're pleased to have you in the group!

With such a busy life, you must surely have little time for cooking. Or is it

that

those who are busiest fit most things into their schedules?? I guess, eh? *lol*

Anyway, we should have lots of spicy recipes to keep almost anyone on a

nice vegetable-based or vegetable-enhanced diet. Some recipes are likely to

be more complicated - well, 'traditional' - than others. But I hope to be able

to

send in lots of Quick and Spicy recipes too ;=) These are especially important

when the summer is on us and we don't want to spend hours in the kitchen!

(However, I figure I collect my best 'winter' recipes during the summer when I

am sitting in the cool of my computer room ;=))

Enjoy the list. As for the scales, I haven't spoken to mine in at least two

weeks

after what they had to 'say' last time I nodded at them :=( Sympathies!!!

Let's hear more from you soon!

gf

May 26, 2004

I am fairly new to the list, but haven't introduced myself yet.

My name is Maida. I am retired and in transition. My husband and I are

in the process of relocating from south eastern Michigan to south

Florida. We have both been vegetarian for about 10 years. We both

turned vegan about 7 years ago, but he has reverted to having eggs and

cheese again. We both like spicy food, although I cannot handle spices

as well as I used to before getting arthritis and pain medication made

me more sensitive. I often have to compensate by having crackers, bread

or plain rice during or after eating spicy food.

May 26, 2004

Hi Maida - nice to meet you ;=)

I'm glad you're enjoying the list, but I'm totally sympathizing with you over

the

problem of your pain meds not going well with the spicy food :=( Those anti-

inflammatories, for example, play havoc with the tum and the spicy food kinda

makes things a bit more difficult. You can of course always leave the extra hot

spices out of your own portion and make sure you eat lots of rice with it all.

Not a bad idea anyway ;=) Curries, for example, were not meant to be eaten

in the western way as the main part of the meal but more as a condiment to

flavour and moisten the rice, which was, and mostly is for many in that part of

the world, the main point of the meal. In any case, you can make a little

flavour

go a long way ;=)

Please keep posting - it's good to hear from you.

gf

May 28, 2004

Hello, all! Another newbie here. Just received an invitation to

join this group sent to my email. Checked you all out, and signed

on! Happy to be a part of the group.

Anyone interested in RAW vegan (ethnic) recipes? I try to consume as

much fresh, raw, (preferably organic) produce as I possibly can.

, " Bea " <atearlier> wrote:

> Yes, guess I am the newest one!

> I am Bea, from Campinas, SP, Brazil.

> I am almost 58 (October), divorced, 2 boys aged 33 and 32. I am a

> former teacher but gave it up and now I am an artisan and I deal

> with many crafts: weaving; basketry; biscuit; Patchwork & Quilling;

> Cloth dolls/handbags/slippers/sandals; mosaic; stained glass;

texture

> on canvases/wood/glass; reclycled paper; papier maché; quilling; X-

> stitching and Hardanger.

> I have fought with food in general my whole life, chiefly with the

> scale, lol!!! I am trying to be a 100% veggie again, but have not

> succeeded very well. Hope it works this time with all the spicy

> recipes I will be trying from now on.

> Thanks for inviting me to join this group. I am sure I will love it

> although I do not have too much time to post.

> Thank you all for reading my post.

> Wish you all a great day!!!

> Hugs,

> Bea

May 28, 2004

Ok, ok, I'll come out of lurk-dom. Not being shy, just lazy - I have weeks of

unanswered email. *sigh* This group looked interesting because I just love to

eat & cook & try new recipes. I'm almost an omnivore(don't like seafood) but

like to make a few vegetarian meals/week. I'm Beth in Staten Island, NYC. I'm

a married, 37 yr old mom of 2 little girls 4 & 7.

Monica <certifiednutritionist wrote:Hello, all! Another newbie here.

Just received an invitation to