Guest guest Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 I haven't been around for a while although I manage to read most of the e-mail posts. I finally " got " the breakfast message! Took me long enough: how the old habits persist and resist. To make the time I simply delegated the opening of the gate and fetching the newspaper in the morning to my husband. As we say in this country: n boer maak n plan (a farmer makes a plan). My Indian friend who is a Hindu is on a month long fast and she has been rushing around buying all sorts of delicious vegetarian foods, so I tagged along and bought some too. They call it fasting but it's more of a feast for me! She would be horrified to dish up plain boiled veggies. So I've got some paneer which is a sort of Indian cottage cheese except it is very firm and very high protein and some veg prawns and spicy strips and wholewheat roti which looks like a tortilla. I just love not feeling hungry all the time. Wish I'd known about protein years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 Shirley, Namaste, Nice to hear from you. Indian Cooking is Amazing. I alway's find it like eating amazing tasting food which is really good for you & having the vibe that it's like going to a Pharmacy to get whats needed too. Bob , " shirley_creed " <screed wrote: > > I haven't been around for a while although I manage to read most of the > e-mail posts. I finally " got " the breakfast message! Took me long > enough: how the old habits persist and resist. To make the time I > simply delegated the opening of the gate and fetching the newspaper in > the morning to my husband. As we say in this country: n boer maak n > plan (a farmer makes a plan). > My Indian friend who is a Hindu is on a month long fast and she has > been rushing around buying all sorts of delicious vegetarian foods, so > I tagged along and bought some too. They call it fasting but it's more > of a feast for me! She would be horrified to dish up plain boiled > veggies. So I've got some paneer which is a sort of Indian cottage > cheese except it is very firm and very high protein and some veg prawns > and spicy strips and wholewheat roti which looks like a tortilla. I > just love not feeling hungry all the time. Wish I'd known about protein > years ago. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 welcome back Shirley nice to meet you! Loved your breakfast solution, a small change bringing such a difference - well done you. Indian food is my favourite. I cant tell you the amount of Indian restaurants near me in, say, a 2 mile radius - we are spoiled for choice. I do have to pack a brown, though. mosaic , " shirley_creed " <screed wrote: > > I haven't been around for a while although I manage to read most of the > e-mail posts. I finally " got " the breakfast message! Took me long > enough: how the old habits persist and resist. To make the time I > simply delegated the opening of the gate and fetching the newspaper in > the morning to my husband. As we say in this country: n boer maak n > plan (a farmer makes a plan). > My Indian friend who is a Hindu is on a month long fast and she has > been rushing around buying all sorts of delicious vegetarian foods, so > I tagged along and bought some too. They call it fasting but it's more > of a feast for me! She would be horrified to dish up plain boiled > veggies. So I've got some paneer which is a sort of Indian cottage > cheese except it is very firm and very high protein and some veg prawns > and spicy strips and wholewheat roti which looks like a tortilla. I > just love not feeling hungry all the time. Wish I'd known about protein > years ago. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 hi bob, shirley, et al i took my first pilgrimage to india last january - my first meal was superb in so many ways: it was cooked, served hot, with warming spices - everything my body loves! - and while i was there, all my food/eating issues disappeared (that was heaven!) - indian/tibet food is all i've eated since i came back (i was only gone 2 1/2 weeks) - half way through my trip i couldn't eat meat any more - my body/mind just refused - it's been and interesting year i've taught myself to cook indian/tibetan (i've made paneer cheese, yogurt, naan, chapati, tsampa, as well as lots of vegetable dishes), and prefer the indian restaurants in town to others (although i rarely eat out) in a few weeks i go back, this year for a month - i'm very excited - it's now my in tention to go every year leigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 Leigh, your past and future trips to India sound fabulous! What a wonderful thing to look forward to. I adore Indian food, too (though I can't say I've ever had Tibetan -- there's one Tibetan restaurant near me & I haven't yet been there). I have one Indian cookbook which I love, though I'd really like to learn at the hand of someone who really knows. If you have any favorite recipes, I'd love to see them! cheers, Cinzia , " Leigh Files " <leighfiles wrote: > > hi bob, shirley, et al > > i took my first pilgrimage to india last january - my first meal was superb > in so many ways: it was cooked, served hot, with warming spices - everything > my body loves! - and while i was there, all my food/eating issues > disappeared (that was heaven!) - indian/tibet food is all i've eated since i > came back (i was only gone 2 1/2 weeks) - half way through my trip i > couldn't eat meat any more - my body/mind just refused - it's been and > interesting year > > i've taught myself to cook indian/tibetan (i've made paneer cheese, yogurt, > naan, chapati, tsampa, as well as lots of vegetable dishes), and prefer the > indian restaurants in town to others (although i rarely eat out) > > in a few weeks i go back, this year for a month - i'm very excited - it's > now my in tention to go every year > > leigh > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 Leigh, I realize that I'm not being very specific here! I'd love to see any recipes you'd be willing to share for just about anything, but my personal preference is recipes for beans/lentils and recipes for veggies. Oh, and paneer. Yum. I do eat dairy (and eggs), so cheese, yogurt & butter work fine for me. I know that we have folks around here who follow various ways of being vegetarian or vegan, so recipes for each or both would be appreciated, I'm sure. One of my favorite veggie dishes is bengan bharta (sp?), that smoked/roasted eggplant puree. I'd love to have a good recipe for it. Or any recipes that you particularly like -- it sounds like you've been cooking up a storm! Recommendations for cookbooks would be terrific. I live in San Francisco and I just might try that Tibetan restaurant this weekend! cheers, Cinzia , " cinziatre " <domystic8 wrote: > > Leigh, your past and future trips to India sound fabulous! What a wonderful thing to look > forward to. > > I adore Indian food, too (though I can't say I've ever had Tibetan -- there's one Tibetan > restaurant near me & I haven't yet been there). I have one Indian cookbook which I love, > though I'd really like to learn at the hand of someone who really knows. If you have any > favorite recipes, I'd love to see them! cheers, Cinzia > > > > , " Leigh Files " <leighfiles@> wrote: > > > > hi bob, shirley, et al > > > > i took my first pilgrimage to india last january - my first meal was superb > > in so many ways: it was cooked, served hot, with warming spices - everything > > my body loves! - and while i was there, all my food/eating issues > > disappeared (that was heaven!) - indian/tibet food is all i've eated since i > > came back (i was only gone 2 1/2 weeks) - half way through my trip i > > couldn't eat meat any more - my body/mind just refused - it's been and > > interesting year > > > > i've taught myself to cook indian/tibetan (i've made paneer cheese, yogurt, > > naan, chapati, tsampa, as well as lots of vegetable dishes), and prefer the > > indian restaurants in town to others (although i rarely eat out) > > > > in a few weeks i go back, this year for a month - i'm very excited - it's > > now my in tention to go every year > > > > leigh > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 THanks for taking the time to post this, Leigh. I'll definitely check out that website. I can taste it all now...yum! Cinzia , " Leigh Files " <leighfiles wrote: > > cinzia, et al > > i will be away for a few days, so the specifc recipes will come later - > here's how i got started cooking indian food: > > i found a great website, masalaspice.com - a pakistani woman packages spice > mixes along with a list the vegetables/meat that go with them, and the > recipes to make the specific dish - curiously, she lives feww hours from me > and two of the local hfs carry her product > > then i looked at cookbooks, and ordered " the " everything indian cookbook', > because it sounded easy (it is) and two tibetan cookbooks: the lasa moon > tibetan cookbook (from the restaurant in san fran) and " food in tibetan > life " (out of print/hard to find) > > i googled some more and found some lowfat indian recipe websites, and went > to the library and found some of the books mentioned - i checked them out, > tried out the recipes (renewed the books as much as i could before returning > them) - then copied the recipes i liked before returning the books > > i've been mainly doing vegeatble dishes, a few desserts i've adapted, bread, > paneer and yogurt - beans/dal i just do plain because enough cooking is > enough! > > more to come > > leigh > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 For the lazy bhartha lovers, Ethnic Gourmet (that name always strikes me as somewhat odd) makes a frozen dinner of eggplant bhartha with brown rice that also has no sugar. I like to mix it in a big bowl with extra peas and chopped up protein of some sort. JoEllen , " cinziatre " <domystic8 wrote: > > THanks for taking the time to post this, Leigh. I'll definitely > check out that website. I can taste it all now...yum! Cinzia > > , " Leigh Files " > <leighfiles@> wrote: > > > > cinzia, et al > > > > i will be away for a few days, so the specifc recipes will come > later - > > here's how i got started cooking indian food: > > > > i found a great website, masalaspice.com - a pakistani woman > packages spice > > mixes along with a list the vegetables/meat that go with them, and > the > > recipes to make the specific dish - curiously, she lives feww > hours from me > > and two of the local hfs carry her product > > > > then i looked at cookbooks, and ordered " the " everything indian > cookbook', > > because it sounded easy (it is) and two tibetan cookbooks: the > lasa moon > > tibetan cookbook (from the restaurant in san fran) and " food in > tibetan > > life " (out of print/hard to find) > > > > i googled some more and found some lowfat indian recipe websites, > and went > > to the library and found some of the books mentioned - i checked > them out, > > tried out the recipes (renewed the books as much as i could before > returning > > them) - then copied the recipes i liked before returning the books > > > > i've been mainly doing vegeatble dishes, a few desserts i've > adapted, bread, > > paneer and yogurt - beans/dal i just do plain because enough > cooking is > > enough! > > > > more to come > > > > leigh > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 so this has been my porcess: i asked my meduitation teacher to borrow her indian cookbook,m abnd realized it was too sophistiacated for me (Lord Krisha's...) - i went online and found The Everything Indian cookbook, which i could handle - made a few things - then found these indian spice packets at the hfs and went to that website - and bought one of each of vegetarian dishes - very easy: all the spices you need for the dish, with specifc driections and a list of other ingredients (vegetables) - i felt like a pro and they tasted great -then i googled some low fat sites, printed the recipes i wanted - then i went to the library and checked outt he books they recommended - renewed them as long as i could, and xeroxed the recipes i wanted before returning them i have an o.k. repetoire of indian and a few tibetan - will post recipes when i get a chance leigh p.s. i was just on meditation retreat this weekend, had a great indian meal friday night and realized in the almost year i've been back from india, i've eaten all indian/tibetan meals except a handful (it helps that i live alone and cook for myself!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Oooooo! I'll look for this. Sounds yummy (and convenient). Thanks, JoEllen. ) Cinzia , " jocameron350 " <joellencameron wrote: > > For the lazy bhartha lovers, Ethnic Gourmet (that > name always strikes me as somewhat odd) makes > a frozen dinner of eggplant bhartha with brown rice > that also has no sugar. I like to mix it in a big bowl > with extra peas and chopped up protein of some sort. > > JoEllen > > > > > > , " cinziatre " <domystic8@> wrote: > > > > THanks for taking the time to post this, Leigh. I'll definitely > > check out that website. I can taste it all now...yum! Cinzia > > > > , " Leigh Files " > > <leighfiles@> wrote: > > > > > > cinzia, et al > > > > > > i will be away for a few days, so the specifc recipes will come > > later - > > > here's how i got started cooking indian food: > > > > > > i found a great website, masalaspice.com - a pakistani woman > > packages spice > > > mixes along with a list the vegetables/meat that go with them, and > > the > > > recipes to make the specific dish - curiously, she lives feww > > hours from me > > > and two of the local hfs carry her product > > > > > > then i looked at cookbooks, and ordered " the " everything indian > > cookbook', > > > because it sounded easy (it is) and two tibetan cookbooks: the > > lasa moon > > > tibetan cookbook (from the restaurant in san fran) and " food in > > tibetan > > > life " (out of print/hard to find) > > > > > > i googled some more and found some lowfat indian recipe websites, > > and went > > > to the library and found some of the books mentioned - i checked > > them out, > > > tried out the recipes (renewed the books as much as i could before > > returning > > > them) - then copied the recipes i liked before returning the books > > > > > > i've been mainly doing vegeatble dishes, a few desserts i've > > adapted, bread, > > > paneer and yogurt - beans/dal i just do plain because enough > > cooking is > > > enough! > > > > > > more to come > > > > > > leigh > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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