Guest guest Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Also a spoonful of mollases, cream of wheat, greens eat all of them, and hemp seeds and hemp butter. Donna --- On Thu, 1/15/09, Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird wrote: Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird Re: you are what you eat Thursday, January 15, 2009, 9:36 AM Spinach, definitely, for iron. I LOVE raw spinach -- I prefer my salads to be at least 1/2 baby spinach. Audrey S. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Carol Redding <dilledmutton@ >wrote: > Ok, help me out here. I grew up hearing you are what you eat and the way > my mother cooked, believe me I was. > I had years of problems besides not eating right. > An Indian friend of mine told me if I tried this I would feel better. > My granddaughter said that while she was doing it she felt better. > Some people say you get your iron from meat, if that was true, I shouldn't > be enemic. > I would love to know all the vegtables that would build up iron. > > I was raised as my parents were and now I'm looking to improve that. > Vegtables were the last thing I looked for except when I raised a garden. > I want to retrain myself and at my age it'll be teaching an old dog new > tricks. > But I want to learn. > Carol > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I like cream of wheat, can I ask a dumb question? What's hemp butter? Carol --- On Thu, 1/15/09, Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower wrote: Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower getting iron Thursday, January 15, 2009, 5:42 PM Also a spoonful of mollases, cream of wheat, greens eat all of them, and hemp seeds and hemp butter. Donna --- On Thu, 1/15/09, Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote: Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird (AT) gmail (DOT) com> Re: [vegetarian_ group] you are what you eat Thursday, January 15, 2009, 9:36 AM Spinach, definitely, for iron. I LOVE raw spinach -- I prefer my salads to be at least 1/2 baby spinach. Audrey S. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Carol Redding <dilledmutton@ >wrote: > Ok, help me out here. I grew up hearing you are what you eat and the way > my mother cooked, believe me I was. > I had years of problems besides not eating right. > An Indian friend of mine told me if I tried this I would feel better. > My granddaughter said that while she was doing it she felt better. > Some people say you get your iron from meat, if that was true, I shouldn't > be enemic. > I would love to know all the vegtables that would build up iron. > > I was raised as my parents were and now I'm looking to improve that. > Vegtables were the last thing I looked for except when I raised a garden. > I want to retrain myself and at my age it'll be teaching an old dog new > tricks. > But I want to learn. > Carol > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 This is one of my favorite iron building recipes, my Great Grandmother used to make it every fall and it was always on hand: 1/4 cup yellow dock root (fresh or dried) 1/4 cup nettle (fresh or dried) 1/8 cup dandelion root (fresh or dried) 1 quart of apple cider vinegar (I love Braggs) (can also use red or white wine vinegar) Add herbs to glass jar and completely submerge in vinegar. Put a lid on the jar and shake. Set it aside for a week shaking periodically. After a week to ten days strain out the herbs and press them well to extract as much liquid as possible. Store the vinegar in a clean glass container and use it in salads, on vegetables or when doing any other cooking. Can be stored unrefrigerated for a year or more. I love to lightly steam green beans and toss them in a vinegarette made with this, garlic and olive oil. My mom still takes two teaspoons daily as her morning pick- me-up. We used to have to take it with black strap molasses in some warm water in the morning before school (How I dreamed of Tang!) Oddly enough, I have seen more anemia in non-veg than I have in balanced vegetarians over the years so just remember that variety is not only the spice of life but the key to enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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