Comments on: PlanetBox Lunch Kit Giveaway Winners (Plus Survey Results)

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:46:51 +0000

Sheila,
The granola bars are good, Almond Power bars even better for protein! God bless your pregnancy! Katie

By: Sheila

Sheila — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:38:31 +0000

I’m going to try making your granola bars. Those should be a nice protein-rich snack, if I pack them with nuts.

My falafel idea was pretty much a failure … it was only okay coming off the skillet, and absolutely gross trying to eat the leftovers.
.-= Sheila´s last blog ..The Real Food Religion =-.

By: tonya

tonya — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:54:02 +0000

I don’t believe the absolute origin of e coli 0157 has been proven, so it can’t be said that eating a grain diet is the culprit.

Kelly’s tutorial on cooking grassfed beef does not specify that the temps lead to meat that’s not fully cooked & does not contain the restaurant disclaimer we’re all used to seeing. if disclaimers weren’t necessary to cover our bottoms, you wouldn’t be seeing that at restaurants, “caution hot” on coffee cup lids. etc. In fact, her instructions defy those of a site she’s linked to (i had to click twice to get there) – http://www.grasslandbeef.com/faq.html#ecoli (which contains inaccurate info re pH & e coli).

I was hoping that Wardeh would get back to the question I left for her, but perhaps you’d like to pick up the baton. Does the bible say cattle shouldn’t consume grains?
.-= tonya´s last blog ..rcwant2be: happiness is my couch w/ my pooches! bed soon though. tomorrow WILL be a bear. guaranteed. =-.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:26:35 +0000

Sheila,

Nuts! The almond power bars are great, as are some homemade Larabars at Wardeh’s that I’ll link to in the snacks round-up. I always say that, too. Cheese doesn’t exactly sit well in the diaper bag or desk drawer! Katie

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:25:06 +0000

Tonya,
It’s a risk to consume undercooked meat. You bet. I see that on every restaurant menu in the world. So, IF a cow and its meat is contaminated with e. Coli of any kind, or any other pathogen, eating it raw would seriously harm you. So would eating bad peanuts or contaminated spinach. Life is scary. We try to do our best to be as healthy as possible, and to try to treat the earth as gently as possible. For me, grassfed meat isn’t all about avoiding e. Coli. It’s about cows eating what God designed them to eat, avoiding pesticides and fertilizers for the earth’s sake, and finding lower fat meat that — I think, to the best of my knowledge — has healthier fats (i.e. levels of CLA) than grainfed beef. I like buying local, and I like knowing my farmer. Things like the e. Coli spinach — it doesn’t really matter where the contamination came from. It makes me mad for two reasons:
1. The food system is so big and crazy that it stinks to have e. Coli spinach, no matter what.
2. e. Coli 0157 originated with grain-fed cattle – so if it can live in grassfed cattle, too, well good for it. It’s a tough bug. We shouldn’t have given it the environment in which to survive/evolve in the first place.

My dad ate “chopped beef” all his life. Many people call it “steak tartare”. It’s raw meat. Polish folks in my hometown love it, and I bet they could get sick on it…but they eat it anyway.

Katie

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:17:16 +0000

Awwww, sorry to pick on you, Annette! It just made me laugh. Katie

By: Annette

Annette — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:36:48 +0000

I am probably the person who selected both “stay at home mom” and “work full-time”. It wasn’t an oops! I do stay at home, and I do work full-time. I have been blessed with the opportunity to teach online for two different universities, which combined means I technically work full-time, although I do not spend the traditional 40hours a week working.

By the way, I love your blog!

By: TONYA

TONYA — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:29:42 +0000

it is ABSOLUTELY a BAD idea to undercook meats…that is, all meats, INCLUDING GRASSFED. the temp range provided in the link above is all below the temp necessary to kill e coli O157:H7, which ALL beef has the potential of being contaminated with, EVEN grassfed. I hope any blogger spreading this misinformation has good liability coverage…

http://meatisneat.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/grass-feeding-of-beef-does-not-ensure-beef-safety/#more-631

(remember, this guy has a PhD in meat…)

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:22:02 +0000

Wow, you really paid attention to our feedback! There was one thing I realize I forgot to mention. I said I was interested in snack and lunch food to take to work … forgot to mention my main complaint with snack food: low protein. I’m pregnant and having such a hard time getting enough protein. The snacks I eat are so unsatisfying, I end up eating 3-4 times between leaving for work and coming home! Do you have any snack/lunch recipes that travel well AND have protein?

Right now I’m trying to make a rather odd dish that’s supposed to be like falafel, but made of rice and lentils. This afternoon I try to fry them up — if it works I’ll send you the recipe as one snack with protein.
.-= Sheila´s last blog ..My first venison stew — and my first cooking photoblog =-.

By: Lenetta @ Nettacow

Lenetta @ Nettacow — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:57:26 +0000

Ahhh! I’m not sure whether I’m just a bit embarrassed to be so hung up on a post, or if I’m excited because I feel famous. :>) :>) :>)
.-= Lenetta @ Nettacow´s last blog ..Link Roundup – Will The Sun Ever Shine Again? Edition =-.