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21.01.2022 Jenny's Spicy Pumpkin Soup Cooking is my way of being creative. There is something satisfying about sharing a home cooked healthy meal with friends and family. Sharing food expresses the love and warmth I feel for others. Living alone can be hard at times. One way for me to overcome this has been to cook a lot of food so that I can share it. The thought of sharing with my friends takes some of the loneliness away. It also lessens the temptation for me to eat a lot of food whe...n I feel lonely. This recipe makes a large quantity of pumpkin soup. I often say that I feed the multitudes as I share my culinary creativity with those I love. I hope you, too can share this recipe and any of the others on my site with your friends. Enjoy! Ingredients 3kg butternut pumpkin cut into 4 cm pieces 2 large potatoes cut into 8 pieces each 2 large carrots cut into 1 cm rounds 1 Medium capsicum thinly sliced 1 Large onion thinly sliced 2 cloves garlic crushed 4 tablespoons oil 2 teaspoons curry powder 3 chicken stock cubes 1 teaspoon oil Half cup of lentils 3 litres of water Method Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Line two large baking trays with baking paper. Spread all the vegetables over both trays so that each tray has a similar quantity. Pour the four tablespoons of oil over the trays of vegetables, using two tablespoons for each tray and spreading the oil evenly. Place the trays in the oven and cook for half an hour. Preheat a large saucepan or pan to medium. Add the teaspoon of oil, then the curry powder and chicken stock and heat until the curry’s fragrances are released. When the vegetables are cooked and cooled enough to touch, place in the hot pan with the spices. Add the water and lentils, then stir the lentils through the mixture. Simmer for one hour so that the vegetables are soft, and the lentils are cooked. When the hot mixture is cooked, carefully use a stick mixer to blend the vegetables until all the lumps are gone and the soup is an even consistency. Serve while hot. Notes Pumpkin: I use butternut pumpkin as I find it easier to cut. It also has a sweet taste. Oil: use olive oil if you can as it is the healthy alternative. Capsicum: I find capsicum adds an interesting flavour to the soup. Lentils: lentils add more substance to the soup so that it is filling.

21.01.2022 Banana, Hazelnut and Walnut Loaf Ingredients 4 ripe bananas... 350g hazelnut meal 125g crumbed walnuts 1 cup gluten-free SR flour cup honey cup coconut oil tspn baking powder tspn baking soda tspn vanilla essence Method Mash the bananas. Add wet ingredients and nuts, then mix. Sift flour, baking powder and soda then add to mixture. Mix until combined. Pour into a lined, greased loaf tin. Cook at 160 C for 50 minutes. Check that mixture is cooked by inserting a metal skewer in the loaf. If it comes out clean, remove from oven. If not, return to oven until cooked. When cooled turn out onto a cooling rack. Comments I like this recipe because it is low GI and fills me. Hazelnut meal can be replaced with almond meal and seeds such as sunflower or pepitas can replace the walnuts. Cherries also work well as a substitute for bananas, although the texture is a little drier. Honey can be substituted with maple syrup or rice syrup. Enjoy!

18.01.2022 The well On a hot day, a man was walking through the desert. The midday sun beat down upon him. He was parched, desperate for water. In the distance he saw a well and walked toward it. Upon reaching the well he tried to pump water for himself, but no water flowed. The pump was dry. He noticed a note stuck to the well which said, If you have reached this place, you must be in urgent need of water. To the right of you is a full vessel. Use this water to prime the pump. You... are free to take as much as you need, but when you are finished, please refill the vessel so the next person can drink from the well, too. The man did as the note said, primed the pump, drank to satisfy his thirst, then refilled the vessel for the next person. In this story, you are the next person. You need to keep enough to prime your own pump. Just lately I have been exhausted, parched for my own understanding and love. But when I crawled back to my place of rest and comfort, looking to be replenished, there was nothing there. I had given out everything I had. Life can be like that. We focus on others and forget ourselves. There will always be people in need, and it is not our responsibility to care for everyone. This can be tough to do, to keep some of our energy for ourselves when others are in pain. Guilt dominates all reasoning and we forget ourselves. Why do we do this? There is something inside us which says the pain of others is greater/more important than our need, in that moment. But we must make sure that there is also enough in us for the next moment. Pain is a human experience, and no amount of rescuing will take it from the world. There will always be someone near us in pain and it’s okay to care, but not to sacrifice our own life. In love, Jenny

18.01.2022 Creamy Spiced Chicken Casserole When I first discovered my sensitivity to over 60 foods, I sulked for a day. I had hit another hurdle in my journey to health. How could I enjoy food with so many limitations? Meals made with the staples in my diet such as dairy, eggs, tomatoes, gluten, and olive oil were no go zones. This turned my life upside down. I loved my food, what could I eat now? I complained to my closest friend about the situation. She empathised with me. The nex...t morning at the back of my house there were two large bags filled with groceries. My friend had left a heap of foods I could eat rice milk, coconut milk, gluten free flour, buckwheat flour, egg replacer. Alternative foods are not cheap, so I was grateful for her help. More than anything, I no longer felt alone in this. Since that time the way I cook and what I cook with has changed. At times I crave rich, comforting food. This recipe is my way of satisfying that craving. It is possible to enjoy tasty, rich food even on a restricted diet. This is just one alternative. If you struggle with food sensitivities or intolerances, don’t give up. It is worth the perseverance to enjoy good health. Ingredients 1 kg chicken thighs or breasts Large onion 2 cloves garlic 2 chicken stock cubes 2 teaspoons Garam Masala 2 teaspoons Cumin 2 tablespoons oil cup gluten free plain flour 2 cups lactose free milk 300ml lactose free cream 1 cup grated lactose free cheese Method Place oil in a large pan on medium heat. Add diced onion and garlic, cook until onion is transparent. Add spices, heat until fragrances are released. Cut chicken into 3 cm pieces (or larger if you prefer) and add to pan along with chicken stock cubes. Brown chicken. Add flour to pan and mix with other ingredients until brown. Slowly add milk, stirring after each addition to avoid lumps. When sauce thickens, add cream and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to combine cream into the mix. Add grated cheese and let simmer for at least half an hour. Pour the chicken and sauce over steamed vegetables. Notes Plain flour: any flour can be used, but I suggest one which will not dominate the flavour of the dish Milk: regular milk or rice milk are also suitable. Cream: regular cream or an alternative can be used Cheese: regular cheese or an alternative cheese can be used.

17.01.2022 Rainbow Diet Often, those us who suffer from obesity have an unrealistic idea of a healthy diet. In my case, I imagined a diet filled with lettuce, tomatoes, and fish. This strict regime was impossible for me to maintain. Realistically, a healthy diet contains a variety of foods and colours. That is, we should aim for as many colours of the rainbow each day. Different coloured foods contain different vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. ... Below is a rough example of my diet on one day of the week. Breakfast: blackberries, lactose free yoghurt and pecan nuts which contain black, white and brown coloured foods. Lunch: chicken soup, cheese and rice crackers which contain white meat, red, green and white vegetables, yellow cheese and brown rice. Dinner: slow cooked beef with carrot, corn, broccoli, and beans which contain brown, orange, yellow and green foods. I have found this to be best way to modify my diet. Instead of restricting the foods I ate, I emphasised colour to introduce a variety. Over time, my focus moved from the tantalising effect of sugar and fat to the colour of my food. I found that different parts of my tongue were stimulated. Instead of salivating at the thought of a sugary rush and rich, fatty foods, I began salivating at the thought of lots of colours. The problem with our fast-food society is that we choose foods which give us a rush rather than containing flavour. The processed foods we eat use fat, sugar, and salt to enhance the flavours instead of relying on the natural taste of the food. This makes sense given that fast and processed foods are not necessarily fresh and require flavour enhancement. We have become addicted to these additives and no longer enjoy the natural flavour of the food itself. Image: Deanna Minich - www.deannaminich.com In love, Jenny

12.01.2022 So you want to lose a lot of weight? Obesity has been the bane of my life, my entire life that is. From childhood I struggled with a weight problem, which quickly moved into an issue with major obesity. I tried in vain to lose weight, only to give up after a few hours of restricting my food intake. There was no way I could maintain a diet. As far as I knew, obesity was to be my future. For those of us who struggle with major obesity problems, it is a tough journey. We ...Continue reading

10.01.2022 Those of us with body dysmorphia are preoccupied with an imagined flaw in our physical appearance. For example, those who struggle with anorexia imagine they are overweight and develop obsessive behaviours to lose weight. Mine is my weight. I spend a lot of time checking my appearance, comparing myself to others and expend much energy trying to hide those parts of my body which still look overweight. After years of morbid obesity, the fear that I am the same shape and size as... my past controls my life. It’s hard to accept that I no longer stand out from others, and that I am not the elephant in the room. I am afraid of having my picture taken and hate crowds. I believe I am eating unhealthily, and I am lazy and unmotivated. My friends regularly remind me of the huge lifestyle changes I have made. These beliefs are a symptom of my childhood and adolescence when my eating was out of control and I lived a sedentary lifestyle. Looking back, I can see that my shyness and lack of confidence as a child and adult was because I was ashamed of how I appeared. Writing about this is hard, and I feel shame as I am still working to overcome this problem. It is a difficult task to change thinking patterns which became entrenched in childhood. Why am I sharing this? Because I want you to know that you are not alone. Do you think you are ugly in some way? Do you fear you stand out from the crowd because of something negative about your appearance? I hear you, I empathise, and I understand. You are not alone, and you are loved. We will get through this together. In love, Jenny.

06.01.2022 You are a Jigsaw Puzzle My last post about body dysmorphia brought out a great response from you. Some of you disclosed your own struggles with your appearance and others commented that just reading the post was a real encouragement. Your responses were encouraging to me, too. Thank you. Since then, I have thought more about the topic and discussed it with a close friend. Perhaps being concerned with my appearance is not all bad. I do need to be concerned about it, not jus...t so I fit in, but because it reflects my physical and emotional health. Healthy skin shows my good eating and exercising habits. What I wear shows how I feel about myself. The problem is how much time and energy I spend focussing on one aspect to the exclusion of everything else about me. My focus has been my weight; it was the only thing I saw in every picture taken, or recording made of me. I only saw what remained of my years of obesity. But I am more than how I appear. I am my health, my personality, my intelligence, my talents, my friendships. I am a living, feeling being inside a body. Focussing on my appearance over these other areas of my life is unhealthy and feeds my old paranoid thinking. In context, my weight pales to insignificance. After all, what is the point in having a perfect body shape if I am unhealthy inside? My soul is worth more to me than my body; my mind and will have kept me for so long. Where is your focus? I encourage you to see yourself as a whole being. You are a jigsaw puzzle; each piece makes no sense on its own, but as part of the entire puzzle is perfect just as it is. In love, Jenny