http://www.emeraldwellness.com/blog I love tasty, healthy home cooked food; wholesome ingredients, not too complicated and good for you. Vegan vegetarian cooking (cooking with plant foods) is a great adventure. So let’s talk about cooking -- Vegan Homestyle! Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:58:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Celiac sprue is a condition of the intestinal tract where the structure of a person's jejunal portion of the small intestine actually becomes damaged due to an immune response to the protein from wheat - gluten or gliadin. Thus malabsorption of nutrients can occur, particularly iron and folic acid. ... http://www.emeraldwellness.com/blog/2008/04/30/24/admin/gluten-free/ I've been back to making soy yogurt. The price of food these days has propelled me back into the kitchen. You can save a lot of money by cooking at home. One quart of soy yogurt is about $2.79. You can buy Kirkland brand soymilk for ... http://www.emeraldwellness.com/blog/2008/04/28/23/admin/soy-yogurt/ I received a question today about summer savory.  It is one of the herbs used in the Live-for-Health Chicken-style seasoning from Vegan Homestyle.  Summer Savory is a perennial herb with a mildly spicy flavor. Traditionally it has been used with fish, beans, stuffing, pates and other meat dishes.  I ... http://www.emeraldwellness.com/blog/2008/04/14/22/admin/summer-savory/ Selenium is an important trace mineral that helps our bodies produce antioxidant enzymes which protect us from cellular changes and damage, including cancer. Selenium can often be deficient in agricultural soils and so we have to look for good sources to be sure and get the recommended 70 - ... http://www.emeraldwellness.com/blog/2008/04/07/19/admin/brazil-nuts-for-selenium/ Metabolic Syndrome - what is it? It is a combination of medical disorders that increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Sometimes called Syndrome X. It affects a large segment of our population, especially in the middle to later years of life. The symptoms used to diagnosis ... http://www.emeraldwellness.com/blog/2008/04/04/18/admin/metabolic-syndrome-lets-avoid-it/ Kay Hansen, author of Vegan Homestyle: Simple Recipes For Healthy Living, will be signing books at B Dalton Bookstore in Springfield, Oregon on Sunday April 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. The store is located in the Gateway Mall. Tasty samples and a cooking demonstration will start at 1 p.m. ... http://www.emeraldwellness.com/blog/2008/04/02/20/admin/vegan-homestyle-book-signing-announcement/ My friend, Agness, shared these tasty walnut meatballs at a recent potluck dinner. Everyone wanted the recipe so I'm sharing it on our website. Just click on the link for the recipe. Tofu Walnut Meatballs with Sweet & Sour Sauce http://www.emeraldwellness.com/blog/2008/04/02/16/admin/new-recipe-tofu-walnut-meatballs-with-sweet-sour-sauce/ The recent information from the 5th International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition regarding Vitamin D was very interesting.  Most people know that vitamin D is not really a vitamin, but a hormone.  Ultra violet light from the sun reacts with cholesterol in our skin to make vitamin D.  10 - 15 ... http://www.emeraldwellness.com/blog/2008/03/31/15/admin/report-5th-intl-congress-on-vegetarian-nutrition-vit-d/ Cathy wrote to me recently and shared her new twist on the Apple Oat Casserole recipe.  This recipe is in the Vegan Homestyle cookbook.  It is an easy breakfast casserole that one of our former health guests called, "the best oatmeal I've ever eaten."  Cathy replaced the raisins with dried ... http://www.emeraldwellness.com/blog/2008/03/28/14/admin/recipe-twist-apple-oat-casserole-new-variation/ Reported at the 2008 Int'l vegetarian congress was an interesting report on iron levels in vegetarians and vegans. Everyone knows that you need iron for good blood and many have equated the reason to eat meat was to get a good source of iron. But new evidence showed ... http://www.emeraldwellness.com/blog/2008/03/26/13/admin/report-5th-intl-vegetarian-congress-iron-for-vegetarians/