Tasty Vegetarian

If you have ever tried to go vegetarian for any reason, be it loosing weight becoming more healthy or just for fun, than you probably know how hard it is to keep away from meat!

And it makes sense, because meat is all around us (restaurants, fast foods, commercials etc.) not to mention the fact that most of us grew up loving burgers and pepperoni pizza. To put it plain and simple, meat is hard to get away from!

Partly because it's so tasty and because it's everywhere and most people don't want to eat salads for the rest of their lives, right?

But what if you knew exactly how to...

"...make the tastiest vegetarian foods in the world that are just as good if not better than any dish with meat you have ever tried?"

My guess is that it would be a lot easier for you to stick with healthy vegetarian food if your mouth watered for it and you actually craved it.

If you actually loved the vegetarian food you ate, and looked forward to your meals every single day you wouldn't have a problem staying healthy because it would not be a chore, you would simply be eating the food you love every single day!

But is that even possible!?

Well, unless you have already been a vegetarian for quite sometime and have already cooked and tried all the foods yourself - probably not.

But lucky for you I have been researching, cooking and taste testing hundreds of veggie dishes for the last three months. Some were dull and almost tasteless just like most people would expect a dish with no meat to be. But a select few (about 100) were simply the best food I have ever tried in my life!

So what I did was take those great tasting, mouth watering healthy vegetarian foods, wrote down all the recipes and stuck them into an easy to follow, straight to the point guide...

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Well, let's just put it this way: you could take a friend out for a dinner for two, or you could discover the tastiest vegetarian foods in the world, start eating healthy and feel great about yourself.

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Steven Hupprich has spent the past several years helping people to find their Power, then unleash it to get what they want out of their lives --
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Submitted: 2006-08-31
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Raw Potatoes And Other Dining Adventures

I admit it: I’m a big fan of the Law of Attraction. It’s become one of the focal points of my life and of my coaching and teaching practice. However, I’ve discovered that there is one drawback to the Law of Attraction: It takes all the fun out of complaining! Once you understand the basic principles of the Law of Attraction you know that whenever you complain, you’re in the process of attracting more of exactly what you’re whimpering about.

Here’s a case in point. This past weekend, my friend and I stopped by a little diner on the way back from our hike out on the coast. I ordered a simple brunch of eggs, potatoes and a biscuit. He opted for the BLT. All was good until we began talking about a dinner we had a few weeks ago at a local restaurant.

“Can you believe their prices?” I whined.

“Nope.” He replied.

“I mean, $18.50 for a personal pizza? What are they thinking?”

“What are all the people thinking that eat there?” He said. “That’s what I want to know.”
“Yeah. I mean it’s not even outrageously great food.” I said. “Good, yeah, but not great. Not $18.50 for a pizza with no leftovers great!”

And on it went for a few minutes until I caught myself, realized what I was doing, and said, “We’re screwed Mike.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well we’re both students of the Law of Attraction and here we are moaning about all the stuff we didn’t like at that restaurant. And as we both know, that means that we’re sending out big vibrational signals to the Universe saying, ‘look, we’re saying we don’t like all this stuff we’re talking about, but really what we’re saying is that we just can’t get enough of it. So please send us more!”

“Oh man, you’re right.” He said.

So we began focusing on all the things that we liked about dining out, but, alas, it was too late. Just then, the waitress brought my plate out, and I could tell, right away, that the potatoes were undercooked. They were milky white in color, with that glean of oil that has not been cooked off. There was no sign of the crispy crunchies on the outside that I like so much. Poking my fork into one of them confirmed my worst fears. They were hard on the inside. I enjoy most of my veggies a bit undercooked, I like my broccoli to bite back a bit, but not potatoes. Crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. That’s how I like them. And these definitely were not!

My friend, who happens to be a professional chef, was somewhat less deprecating of their efforts, but nonetheless acknowledged the al denténess of the potatoes.

And guess what happened next. You guessed it. I fell right back into the complaining space.

“These potatoes aren’t done.” I whined. “I can’t believe they would send out potatoes like this. I’m going to ask her to bring out some hash browns instead.”

But the waitress never came over to ask how our meal was. Which, of course, just added to my litany of complaints. I was rolling now.

“You know Mike, this is exactly why a good manager tells the wait-staff to visit each of their tables a few minutes after they’ve gotten their food. You don’t just leave them hanging. What if something isn’t right?”

Mike just sat there, listening and enjoying his BLT with no complaints. Not really responding to me. Waiting for me to get it. Which I did, eventually.

“I’m doing it again.” I finally realized.

“Yup.” He said.

Complaining is so seductive. I think many of us grew up on a diet of complaints and worry. I know I did. It’s a familiar, comfortable space to enter. When the world around us is falling apart, and even when it’s not falling apart, complaining often seems to make everything right in the world. Or at least a bit less wrong.

Call it glass-half-empty-itis or complaints-R-us, but whatever you call it, know that even the most optimistic among us have moments when we fall into that comforting place of pointing out all the things that are not working.

How often have you engaged in “water cooler” or coffee break conversations about a bad experience you had or how someone was rude to you, or cut you off in traffic, or the “six-slice” toaster you just bought that barely fits four slices?

Every moment you spend in that space of complaining, is a moment that you are saying to the Universe, “this is what I choose to focus my attention on.” And the Universe replies by saying “well then, I guess you want more of it. Here you go!”

How do you change this pattern? Change your focus. Instead of looking for the things that are not working, things that disappoint or distress you, look for the things that are working, the things that bring you joy, the things that make you feel good.

Instead of focusing on how overpriced a restaurant is (whether or not it’s “true” in your opinion) focus on the things that you really like about your time at that restaurant. Is the food good? If not, is it edible? Is the service decent? No? How about the artwork on the wall? Interesting? Nope. Hmm. How about the ambience? Not great? Well at least you don’t have any dishes to wash when you’re done! Find something, anything about your experience that feels good, that you can focus on and enjoy.

The Law of Attraction is quite simple: you attract what you focus your attention on. Focus on what annoys you and you will get more of that. Begin to shift your attention to what you enjoy and you will begin to get more of that. It really is that simple.

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Edward Mills, MIM, is a life coach, teacher and speaker, empowering people to more joyfully and abundantly share their essential gifts with the world. You can sign up for his monthly ezine, Evolving Times, at his website: http://www.edwardmills.com/www.edwardmills.com or blog: http://www.evolvingtimes.com/www.evolvingtimes.com
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The History of Chinese Cuisine

In China, food and its preparation has been developed so highly that it has reached the status of an art form. Rich and poor, the Chinese people consider that delicious and nutritious food is a basic necessity. There is an old Chinese saying “Food is the first necessity of the people”.

This art has been cultivated and refined over hundreds of years. Legend has it that the culture of Chinese cuisine originated in the 15th century BC during the Shang dynasty and was originally introduced by Yi Yin, it’s first Prime Minister.

The two dominant philosophies of Chinese culture both had extreme influences on the political and economic history of the country but it is less well known that they also influenced the development of the culinary arts.

Confucius emphasised the artistic and social aspects of cookery and eating. The Chinese don’t gather together without involving food - it is considered to be poor etiquette to invite friends to your home without providing appropriate food.

Confucius established standards of cooking and table etiquette, most of which remain to this day. The most obvious example of this is the cutting of bite-sized pieces of meat and vegetables during the course of the food preparation in the kitchen, rather than using a knife at the table which is not considered to be good manners.

Confucius also encouraged the blending of ingredients and flavourings to become a cohesive dish, rather than tasting the individual components. Harmony was his priority. He believed and taught that without harmony of ingredients there could be no taste. He also emphasised the importance of presentation and the use of colour, texture and decoration of a dish. Most importantly, cooking became an art rather than a task to be endured and certainly he was instrumental in promulgating the philosophy of “live to eat” rather than “eat to live”.

On the other hand, Tao encouraged research into the nourishment aspects of food and cookery. Rather than concentrating on taste and appearance, Taoists were more interested in the life-giving properties of food.

Centuries on, the Chinese have discovered the health-giving properties of all sorts of roots, herbs, fungus and plants. They have taught the world that the nutritional value of vegetables is destroyed by over-cooking (particularly boiling) and in addition have found that things with a great flavour also have medicinal value.

Home cooked Chinese food is extremely healthy, even though much of it is fried. This is due to the use of polyunsaturated oils (used only once and discarded) and the exclusion of dairy products. In addition the inclusion of animal fat is minimal because portions of meat are small.

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Secret Recipes - Frittlers (Italian Pasties)

Secret Recipes

This is one of my family all time favourite top secret recipes.
You are in for a treat. We name the recipe Frittlers (Italian Pasties)

Ingredients

7g yeast,
1 cup lukewarm water – if need more add extra but don’t make it soggy,
3 cups plain flour,
pinch of salt,
pepper,
cheese, not mozzarella cheese but either shredded tasty cheese or shredded plain cheese,
ham,
tomatoes,
tuna (chunk tuna) instead of ham

Put flour in bowl make a hole in the centre then add water and yeast mix together with pinch of salt. Work the dough don’t make it real dry. Then put in plastic bag, close bag up. Then put in a warm spot such as under blankets somewhere warm for about 1hour to 1.5 hours for it to rise to double its size.

While it’s rising get ham and cheese, not mozzarella cheese but either shredded tasty cheese or shredded plain cheese. Cut up ham add cheese then mix together.

Roll out dough to pastie round sizes do one at a time, add ham, cheese and sprinkle of pepper no salt then roll up pastie. When rolled up with filling at the ends with a fork press it and go around the edges. Then prick it lightly with fork twice around the middle.

Continue doing that until finished. Once done put 2 at a time in a frying pan with canola oil so oil covers the whole lot make sure oil is hot. (just be careful because of heat) Cook to nice gold colour about 4-5 minutes then turn over and do other side. Take them out and put on paper towel to get rid of some of the oil. Can eat them basically straight away or you might wait to they cool down that is up to you.

There is no problems with freezing them they still taste fantastic.
If you want to add tomatoes you can but have it within 24 hours but don’t freeze any with tomatoes, what I do is if take them out the freezer when they thaw out I cut in half and add tomato and put in oven or griller.
Can also have chunk tuna instead of ham with the cheese. Tuna and cheese is also okay to freeze.
Also if you like you can add chopped up onion or anything that you enjoy.

This family secret recipe is one your family and friends will really appreciate, bon appetite!

Secret Recipes

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