CaroleHammett Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 My spinach salad doesn't actually "kill" cancer, but every ingredient is known to have an adverse effect on cancer cells: Fresh Baby Spinach Leaves Purple Onion Fresh chopped garlic Mushrooms Cherry Tomatoes Shelled walnut halves Fresh Raspberries Feta Cheese I add ingredients in above order, toss and add a "light" raspberry vinagrette (commercial product available at organic stores). If the salad is to serve as a meal, I add sliced boiled eggs for protein. Tastes great year round, but especially on warm summer days. I usually make up 2-3 individual salads at a time. If stored in sealed plastic individual containers, it will last 2-3 days. Correction: I noticed belatedly that I'd forgotten the cherry tomatoes (grape tomatoes will work as well). Enjoy! Carole Life is a Terminal Condition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaminkw Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Carole, Yum. I eat spinach and spinach salads a lot but this really dresses it up. I'll try it but maybe substitute pecans for the walnuts. I love pecans and raspberries--oh well, what's not great about raspberries! Thanks for the recipe. Judy in Key West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb73 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Yum, this is one that we will be trying. Thanks, Carole, we need something easy, delicious, and nutritious. Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaroleHammett Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 Thanks Barb and Judy, but I just now noticed that I'd left out the tomatoes so I edited recipe to add them back in. Sorry 'bout that! Carole Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.--the late, great George Carlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb73 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Since I am addicted to tomatoes, I would have added them, eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaroleHammett Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 According to the American Cancer Society, "People who have diets rich in tomatoes, which contain lycopene, appear to have a lower risk of certain types of cancer, especially cancers of the prostate, lung, and stomach," so your instincts are right! Source: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/conte ... copene.asp Carole Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.--the late, great George Carlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb73 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 The cancer (so far) that I have had is skin cancer - squamous cell - three times. Very fair complexion, freckled skin, and green eyes - actually from red-haired family - so VERY prone to skin anomalies. Regularly see dermatologist who has done MOHS on me. I wish tomatoes helped with that, (sigh). Lately, drinking two cups green tea daily, along with eating Bill's diet. Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraL Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Hey Carol. I am so thrilled to see you moderating this Healthy Living forum. I actually don't mind spinach and am printing out your recipe as we speak. I have a cookbook that I received as a gift entitled "Cooking With Foods that Fight Cancer"...so pester me if I don't thumb through it and put some good ideas on this board. It's a Canadian publication from the Cancer Research Society. All sorts of good info!!! You are the girl for this forum...thanks for taking this on. Your friend Sandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaroleHammett Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Hi, Sandra. Thanks for the kudos, but I am definitely holding you to it re posting recipes! I have more recipes myself to type up and post here, plus I've got a ton of good stuff for the "Healthy Living" section--particularly in the Quality of Life area (surprise, surprise! ) Carole Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.--the late, great George Carlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraL Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Spinach Salad Review. 10! on the recipe...and well maybe and 8 for me on execution. Carole, you forgot the instruction on how to hard boil an egg! I hadn't done that in a long time...and mine were quite runny when it came salad time so had to do without! Still very yummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaroleHammett Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm glad you enjoyed salad, Sandra, and sorry re eggs, but I've never been good at those myself. I think I just stuck them in saucepan with enough cool water to cover them and then put on saucepan cover and turned stove top to high heat until water boiled over, then turned heat off and left them to finish cooking while boiling water cooled. That's not much in the way of instructions. we probably need a "real" cook to jump in here and help us boil these eggs, Sandra! Carole PS Re slicing, after peeling eggs, I use a "boiled egg slicer" that I bought at kitchen store years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Place egg or Eggs in sauce pan and cover with cold water Turn heat on high and Let go until Egg or Eggs Float to top about 15 minutes Put under COLD running waterand fill pot with cold water adn add Ice to stop cooking process. If YOu over cook You will get green eggs wiht out the Ham, Sandra, I aam!!! Hey it almost works!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraL Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Thanks for coming to our rescue Randy! Very cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaminkw Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I am sooooo happy to be here posting. Couldn't take it anymore so went to the AT&T store today and got mobile internet. Here I am, surprisingly with only one bar, on the internet on the Rancocas River. Hey guys, I've boiled eggs both ways--but Carole, I don't think you have to wait until the water boils "over." That method takes 20-25 min sit time. And Randy, if you really really overcook them until the water is all gone, you get an explosion of amazing proportion--eggs all over even gobs hanging from the ceiling. Believe me, hubby and I did it once. Judy on the Rancocas River Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 We cook ours in a steamer at work so.... EXPLOSIONDING EGGS OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dscherer Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I am so excited to see recipes being posted, tried the salad and it was great. I have many recipes I will have to dig out and share. It is such an important part of taking care of yourself. This is great, Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaroleHammett Posted July 11, 2008 Author Share Posted July 11, 2008 Thanks for the humorous but helpful eggstructions, Randy (and to Judy for the eggsplosion info! ) And thanks to Dana for the appreciation (despite my ineggscusable instructions for boiling eggs ). I am just now beginning to catch up (after having had company this last week), but hope to post more recipes, etc. soon. I recently ordered The Spectrum, by Dean Ornish,* which includes both nutritional information as well as recipes, and will be extracting info from it as well as from a number of "complementary" (or natural) cookbooks I own. In the meantime, I urge all of you to add your own recipes and nutritional tidbits to this site. After all, according to most studies on the subject, nutrition is second only to exercise when it comes to fighting cancer! Carole * If you execute search for the phrase, Dean Ornish, you'll also find a very interesting recent posting by Barb about his cancer research, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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