Chilaquiles -from simple.healthy.tasty. blog
Sometimes I think of the word of wisdom** as a list of don'ts: no coffee, alcohol, drugs, etc. But if you really read it, it's a lot more like to-do list than a do-not-do list.
Well, D.H. and I were reading a book his friend had loaned us, the other night (Word of Wisdom: A Modern Interpretation by Widtsoe) and we got really inspired. So for the past 4 days, we have been trying to live the word of wisdom better-- more whole grains, more veggies, less meat, more thankfulness, less crap (i.e. white sugar/white flour). I do think we are both sugar addicts, to some extent. I hate the habit-forming qualities of sugar. I hate the feeling that nothing else is yummy after I've had a piece of candy.
Well, I was proud of both of us. I've had no cookies or candies or junk for four days; D.H. didn't eat doughnuts with his co-workers this morning. (He said it was hard not to; I told him to think about diabetes and cancer; that's harder! Well, he had a banana and some oysters while the guys were eating doughnuts.)
So, I've used no white flour or white sugar in my recipes this week, using whole wheat flour (white wheat) and honey instead, and I've been doing some vegetable-based meals, which I've found online, mostly, to cut down on the meat. My top favorites for the week, and how to make them, follow:
1. Chilaquiles
2. Veggie Enchiladas
3. Berry-Rhubarb Cobbler
4. 5-Grain, Oats, and Flaxseed Breakfast
Chilaquiles (I used about half of the ingredients that this recipe called for and it turned out!)
Green Cabbage, finely sliced
corn tortillas cut with scissors and made crisp in broiler
olive oil
corn
olives, sliced
tomatoes, chopped
fresh cilantro, chopped
can of kidney beans and/or black beans
salsa
onion, chopped
green bell pepper, chopped
jalapeno, chopped (optional)
chili powder
cumin
Mexican seasoning
This is the recipe I found, and changed some of it. I just threw stuff in:
So: Take a large frying pan, olive oil, onions and peppers, spices. Add the corn and beans and any other veggies. Then chips, salsa and olives and stir just until coated and warm. Put large handfuls of raw sliced cabbage on top and top that with cilantro and tomatoes. You could squeeze a little lime on it too, and serve on brown rice if you feel like it.
Veggie Enchiladas
So for this one, I just poured a large can of enchilada sauce (red) over my whole-wheat tortilla rolls, in a pan, (I'd rolled the tortillas up with no-added-fat refried beans, some chopped red peppers, some cilantro.) I cooked it on low-med. in the oven for a long time, and added cheese to melt on the top right at the end. YUM!
Berry-Rhubarb Cobbler
I just threw in a pile of frozen blueberries, strawberries, rhubarb to mostly fill the pan. Then I mixed up: a lot of honey, about the same amount of oats-and-whole-wheat-flour, mixed (I use white whole wheat kind for full nutrients but less weird texture), then added cinnamon and a hefty chunk of real butter (no weird chemicals). I put the concoction over the berries and baked it. It was good. A.J. said it wasn't sweet enough, so we poured some powdered sugar over his helping.
5-Grain-and-Flaxseed Breakfast
I just bought some 5-grain cereal and divided it with oats, half and half. Then I sprinkled in a bunch of flaxseed. I microwaved it in a bowl with water for 5-6 minutes, stirring halfway through, and added honey and cinnamon and milk or soymilk. Super filling, super healthy. I did not think of snacking before lunch time. So filling!
I really want to continue this path. I need more easy, good, yummy recipes so the whole family will be okay with it. I did find a blog that I liked, called Simple. Healthy. Tasty. I am sure there are others to discover.
**The Word of Wisdom
Doctrine and Covenants 89
1 A Word of Wisdom, for the benefit of the council of high priests, assembled in Kirtland, and the church, and also the saints in Zion—
2 To be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom, showing forth the order and will of God in the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days—
3 Given for a principle with promise, adapted to the capacity of the weak and the weakest of all saints, who are or can be called saints.
4 Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation—
5 That inasmuch as any man drinketh wine or strong drink among you, behold it is not good, neither meet in the sight of your Father, only in assembling yourselves together to offer up your sacraments before him.
6 And, behold, this should be wine, yea, pure wine of the grape of the vine, of your own make.
7 And, again, strong drinks are not for the belly, but for the washing of your bodies.
8 And again, tobacco is not for the body, neither for the belly, and is not good for man, but is an herb for bruises and all sick cattle, to be used with judgment and skill.
10 And again, verily I say unto you, all wholesome herbs God hath ordained for the constitution, nature, and use of man—
11 Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof; all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving.
12 Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly;
13 And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine.
14 All grain is ordained for the use of man and of beasts, to be the staff of life, not only for man but for the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, and all wild animals that run or creep on the earth;
16 All grain is good for the afood of man; as also the bfruit of the vine; that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground—
17 Nevertheless, wheat for man, and corn for the ox, and oats for the horse, and rye for the fowls and for swine, and for all beasts of the field, and barley for all useful animals, and for mild drinks, as also other grain.
18 And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones;
21 And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the adestroying angel shall bpass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. Amen.
--D & C 89
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