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pots & pans

Thought I would showcase the Cuisinart MultiClad Pro Cookware I bought. Absolutely love them! A fraction of the cost of All Clad, same quality – better price. You can get a 12 piece set at everythingkitchens.com for $249 plus a free saucepan and free shipping. Here they are…

 

Cuisinart MCP-12 Twelve Piece Set includes the following:
MCP19-16 1.5 Qt. Cuisinart saucepan with cover
MCP193-18 3 Qt. Cuisinart saucepan with cover
MCP33-24H 3.5 Qt. Cuicinart Saute´ pan with helper handle and cover
MCP66-24 8 Qt. Cuisinart stockpot with cover
MCP22-20 8" Cuisinart skillet
MCP22-24 10" Cuisinart skillet
MCP1163-20 20 cm Cuisinart steamer insert with cover

Cuisinart Cookware Set - MultiClad Pro 12 Piece Product Features:

Cuisinart Stainless steel Cookware for professional results

18/10 stainless cooking surface does not discolor, react with food, or alter flavors

Cool Grip™ Handle Solid stainless steel riveted handle

Drip-Free Pouring Rim

Tightfitting cover

Cuisinart Cookware is Dishwasher safe

Limited lifetime warranty

things i'm loving

Kiss My Face Whenever Shampoo & Conditioner

Dr. Bronner's Baby Mild Organic Soap

Avalon Organics Vitamin C Cleansing Gel

Kiss My Face SPF 30 Hots Spots Suncreen

yum

Many of you have asked what kind of food I am eating these days...well here are a few things I've learned to love.

Manna Bread (Manna Organics - Sprouted Whole Grain) - Yum Yum

Genesis 1:29 Sprouted Grain & Seed Bread (Food for Life) 

Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Grain Tortillas (Food for Life) - Great for Tacos

Smoothie: Organic Harvest Berries (Cascadian Farm - frozen), Banana, Honey, Whole Milk Grassfed Yogurt (Traderspoint Creamery), Organic Heavy Cream (small amount)

Cage Free Eggs (Organic Valley) - I sometimes make an omelet with veggies & Raw Whole Milk Cheese (Organic Valley)

Organic Black Beans & Brown Rice

14 Grain Cereal with Berries (4 times a week) (Wheat Berries, Buckwheat, Rye, Oat Groats, Millet, Sesame Seeds, Brown Rice, Flaxseed, Corn, Alfalfa Seeds, Lentils, Mung Beans, Barley and Almonds)

Trail Mix with Almonds, Walnuts and Organic Raisins (with no added sugar)

Homemade Salsa

Guacamole Salad (recipe below - also at www.foodnetwork.com)

We eat fresh fish, grassfed beef, cage free chicken. A lot of organic fresh fruits & vegetables. We cook with mostly organic olive oil, coconut oil, garlic, butter, sea salt and fresh herbs... most of what we eat comes from Whole Foods, but Publix does carry some of the items listed above.

 

One of the best things I've ever eaten... sooooo good! (all cancer fighting ingredients)

Barefoot Contessa -

Guacamole Salad 

Ingredients

• 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
• 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and 1/2-inch diced (I left these out - not big fans of bell peppers)
• 1 (15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup small diced red onion (I used a spanish onion)
• 2 tablespoons minced jalapeno peppers, seeded (2 peppers)
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lime zest
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (2 limes)
• 1/4 cup good olive oil
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt (I used sea salt)
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 2 ripe Hass avocados, seeded, peeled, and 1/2-inch diced

Directions

Place the tomatoes, yellow pepper, black beans, red onion, jalapeno peppers, and lime zest in a large bowl. Whisk together the lime juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper, garlic, and cayenne pepper and pour over the vegetables. Toss well.  Just before you're ready to serve the salad, fold the avocados into the salad. Check the seasoning and serve at room temperature. makes 6 servings (I served it with chips)

grand finale

Yesterday was the fifth day of my liver flush, the grand finale if you will. The first four days of the liver flush are fairly easy, but the last day really puts your system into motion, or should I say into detox. I started after lunch with a cup of epsom salt and water; followed by another two hours later; then for dinner I had a mixed berry and heavy cream smoothie (yum - pretty sure I consumed about 60 grams of fat); a 1/4 of a cup of bentonite liquid 30 minutes before bed; and 1/2 cup of olive oil at bedtime - then straight to bed on my right side, knees drawn up.

Doesn't sound all that bad on paper, but not so fun in person. I won't give you the gory details (you would all stop reading my blog if I did) but lets just say that I had to stay close to home all afternoon, you can imagine what is going on with the digestive tract. I can honestly tell you I had to gag down the epsom salt water, bentonite liquid and especially the olive oil (which almost came back up). Little did I know the best was yet to come.

About 3:00AM I woke up with a fever, chills all over and extreme nausea. Luckily, I knew from speaking with Dr. Gonzalez and many of his patients that this was the process of my body detoxing, the cleansing of my liver. After about 30 minutes I couldn't hold it together and started vomiting. A short time later most the symptoms subsided, with the exception of the nausea - that lasted until this morning.

Not sure if you could consider it a success since much of what I drank came back up, but hopefully I will do better next time. Still doing my two a day enemas (good times - these also make me feel very sick and are not fun) ...from now on I will just refer to it as the " Big E". But all in all, things are going well. I will probably be a home-body for a while until I get the hang of this. (Please note - that as I share all these experiences, I know that others with cancer that are having to endure chemo and radiation and have symptoms far worse - I cannot begin to imagine what they are going through).

But I thank you again for your support and prayers during this transition. I am grateful to all those that have forwarded doctors name, drug trials, etc... I'm keeping them all in notebook. With all that said, I would like to ask everyone to respect my decision to go with Dr. Gonzalez and choose an alternative treatment. I do not wish to receive any negative opinions or advise on what you or anyone else thinks I should be doing. It only causes me more stress and fear - two things I don't need right now. I know that the advise is given out of concern, but again if you would please refrain from sharing it with me at this time I would appreciate it.  I have complete confidence in Dr. Gonzalez and his program - spoken with several patients that are survivors, and know in my heart that this is the right decision for me and that I will win this battle.

Also, one more thing... I would like to ask you all to pray for another young mother with two girls that is battling cancer. She and I have connected through facebook and I have drawn great strength from her journey. Her name is Jamie Cagle, please take a moment to add her to your prayer list and lift her up this morning. Thank you.

Peace & Love to you all on this Tuesday morning!

(Hoping to post some updated pictures soon, plus I have a great recipe for you - with tons of cancer fighting ingredients)

my new normal

This is my new daily schedule - My new normal. The protocol: 20 days on the enzymes and supplements, then 5 days off… for the rest of my life. During those five days, I will alternate between the liver flush, clean sweep and a carrot juice fast, doing one of the three each month. I started the protocol with the liver flush and have now finished day two. I begin my pills on Tuesday. I have been doing the enemas as well… don’t worry I won’t go into detail. We are also having a reverse-osmosis water system installed on Monday, and changed our pots & pans to stainless steel. As well as, trying to eliminate all aluminum from the house (or at least as much as we can). My diet is 50% raw and 50% cooked. Several servings of certain organic fruits & vegetables each day, plus 5 servings of grass feed red meat, 2 servings of chicken and 2 servings of fish each week. Absolutely no soy, peanuts, sugar, white flour, cow’s milk… along with many other foods to steer clear of. This is a glimpse into my new life... one that I am ever so grateful for.

 

6:15AM: Drink Apple Cider Vinegar & Coffee Enemas (2)

 

7:00AM: Enzymes (14)

 

7:15AM: Skin Brushing & Shower

 

8:15AM: Breakfast (14 Grain Cereal w/Molasses), 10 Almonds, Supplements (30), Fish Oil, Vital-10, Green Tea, Juicing (Apple, Celery, Carrot – 8oz)

 

10:30AM: Enzymes (14)

 

11:30-12:30PM: Lunch, 10 Almonds, Supplements (27)

 

1:30PM: Enzymes (14)

 

2:30-3:30PM: Snack

 

3:30PM: Drink Apple Cider Vinegar, Coffee Enemas (2), Shower

 

4:30PM: Enzymes (14)

 

5:30-6:30PM: Dinner, Supplements (30), Juicing (Apple, Celery, Carrot – 8oz)

 

7:30PM: Enzymes (14), Walk, Make Coffee for next day w/Molasses

 

9:30PM: Skin Brushing, Bath w/Apple Cider Vinegar (3 a week)

 

10:00PM: Bedtime – Enzymes (14), Supplements (6)

 

3:30AM: Enzymes (14)

 

I must also mention what an incredible mother I have.  She is completely selfless and 100% devoted to her children. She has been my full time nurse and my rock during this entire ordeal. If you only knew the things she has had to do for me you would join me in calling her a saint.

Mom, if you read this – I love you to the ends of the earth.

 

(Please note that while all cancer patients can do the coffee enemas, skin brushing, and juicing… it is not advised that you follow my diet or consume things like the apple cider vinegar, red meat, etc… This was formulated specifically for my type of cancer and based on my test results. This type of diet/schedule could cause other types of cancers to grow. Dr. Gonzalez has an interview posted on his website that you can listen to that gives advice to cancer patients on things we can all do to stay healthy and detox our bodies.  Go to www.dr-gonzalez.com for more information)

John 15:4-5  Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.  I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

 

gotta love ina

INA’S CAPELLINI WITH TOMATOES AND BASIL

Serves 6 (ready in 15 minutes)

½ cup good olive oil, plus extra for the pasta pot (use extra-virgin olive oil)

2 tablespoons minced garlic (6 cloves)

4 pints small cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes

18 large basil leaves, julienned

2 tablespoons chopped fresh curly parsley

2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

¾ pound dried capellini or angel hair pasta (I will be using whole grain)

1½ cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Extra chopped basil and grated Parmesan for serving

 

1 Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add two tablespoons of salt and a splash of oil to the pot.

2 Meanwhile, heat the ½ cup of olive oil in a large (12-inch) sauté pan. Add the garlic to the oil and cook over medium heat for 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes, basil, parsley, thyme, two teaspoons salt, the pepper, and red pepper flakes. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for five to seven minutes, tossing occasionally, until the tomatoes begin to soften but don't break up.

3 While the tomatoes are cooking, add the capellini to the pot of boiling water and cook for two minutes, or according to the directions on the package. Drain the pasta, reserving some of the pasta water.

4 Place the pasta in a large serving bowl, add the tomatoes and Parmesan, and toss well. Add some of the pasta water if the pasta seems too dry. Serve large bowls of pasta with extra basil sprinkled on top and a big bowl of extra Parmesan on the side.

 

{By Ina Garten ~ House Beautiful Magazine}

 

Going to try out this recipe. It has some great Anti-Cancer Superfoods (per Dr. Oz) : cooked tomatoes, whole grain pasta, minced garlic, basil, extra-virgin olive oil, parsley. Yum.

 

Making Changes: Started juicing this week. Tonight I had a spinach, parsley, celery, carrot, green apple, strawberry, blueberry, kiwi, orange and banana drink. Not bad actually, but it sure looked funny. Chris (my hubby) said it looked like the liquid in the bottom of the sink after you've made dinner...just before you hit the disposale button. Sadly, that's exactly what it looked like. CHEERS!!!