What do tomatoes, turmeric and broccoli have in common?

Salsa! Of course, I prefer the stuff made from tomatillos.


Let's see... Apple pie with cheddar cheese!

ok ok ok... let's try looking at what you should eat rather than what you shouldn't eat.....

which will be cut short accordingly

I eat lots of things (hamburgers rarely, hot dogs never), but I eat almost on a daily basis the items listed above. By the way, Mexican food can be eaten with all the benefits of a vegetarian diet, and refried beans CAN be non-fried. TASTE ADVENTURE ( www.tasteadventure.com or 800-874-0883) produces a completely vegetarian freeze-dried pinto and black "refried beans" that I find absolutely delicious. You make it by combining the dried beans with water and cooking for five minutes in a microwave. Trust me, like the vegenaise, it's wonderful and healthful.

Setanta, one can eat very wonderful food (esp. Mediterranean-style foods) that are healthful. Vegetables are usually just cooked to death. Look at how the Chinese and Mexicans spice up their vegees. Vegees, brown rice, and wheat pasta make up the bulk of our meals, and, of course, with multi-grain baggets doused in spiced olive oil and two glasses of red wine, I am always completely satisfied.

But . . . but . . . what about the blood running down my chin . . . what about the veins in my teeth . . .

I can hardly wait to see if there will be anything green on the plate tonight.

exactly if god didnt want us to rip living flesh from bone he woodna give us incisors, and I got 4!

how about having my bloody steak with a green salad instead of potatoes? will that buy me out?

i could live on tomatoes and cheese though, if i can get to some serious protein once or twice a week.

Tomatoes are a wonderful thing. You can use them to throw at the ranchers while you steal their cows! GIMMIE MEAT!

stealing thier cows is called (in cowboy language) hunting slow elk.

I could put a coupla thick slices of tomato on a burger.
I could have some broccoli with dip on the side, if I'm having a burger.
I could use some turmeric in a chick pea side with my burger.

Make the burger blue.

Thanks.

Oh, sure. Now the reinforcements arrive. I thought she was gonna beat me to death with a granola bar....

Like the old Wendy's commercials... "If it dribbles down your chin a little, we're sorry."

By the way, you can get tumeric, the valuable anti-inflamatory spice, in curry and, in simple all-american yellow mustard. Tumeric is what makes the mustard yellow. I love mustard. And it is virtually calori free.

Tell us about set's plate after dinner, ehbeth!

I understand that the term, vegetarian, means, in some native american language, "bad hunter."
Nevertheless, it IS the most healthful way to eat--except that it is more difficult to get enough vitamin B12 without eating some animal products.

I hope I'm not being too much of a boor.

first of all I would like to thank JLN for the bucket of fried chicken and the pizza he brought to our campsite in Patagonia which saved us from digging out the burgers we brought. 2nd I would like to say that eating really tasty food is a major source of giving us a meaning for our lives. Osso and I had bisquits and greasy pork sausage gravy for brekkies this morning.

The pizza and fried chicken shows that we are not food puritans. But we did bring them because we feared you would dig out some hamburgers. Greasy pork sausage gravy? Maybe.

Must life meaning equate to heart attack or stroke?

Good question, LK. My healthful diet is very meaningful for me, and because I break the "rules" once in a while that makes it even better.
I plan to live into the 90s. Why? Not because of fear of death, but because I've got so much to do.