Jun 7, 2010

Small Beginnings: Where Do I Start?

Every Monday we have a guest blogger for Small Beginnings: Where Do I Start?  It is a series intended to give courage for those wanting to launch into a real food journey.  This week our author is Robin Maguire.  Other authors include: Lisa Lipe, Rita O'Kelley,  Laura Fiser, and HB.
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Have you ever received a message through various venues, all in a short amount of time? I have, and when it happens I try to stop and pay attention as I figure God is trying to tell me something.  
The Maker's DietMy food journey began with the book, The Maker’s Diet. Someone had told me about it, then I saw someone reading it on the airplane and finally that late-night TV infomercial. After reading, I was hooked. 
For years I had heard organics were better for you but I strongly resisted, concluding that "I wasn’t going to spend that kind of money on food - it’s another scam." Some would look at me now and laugh.  
As I started into this big change, I went whole hog (and I don’t mean the Arkansas BBQ type).  At the time I was a flight attendant and packing my food for 2 days, which I had already been doing for many years. A few changes should be all I needed. That was until I was reassigned from being gone from home 2 days until 4 days. Yikes, I only had enough food for 2 days. That was a stressful week, but what I learned was never begin something at the most extreme end. I returned home and regrouped. 
Here’s where I began and put my focus… 
    *Raw Dairy - previously I had been sold into the psuedo-dairy products and hadn’t really enjoyed them being a major milk lover. I was happy to be home J
   *A few fermented food items - I began with ginger ale, ketchup and kombucha. All of which are easy recipes in Nourishing Traditions and I figured if I ate something toxic, the kombucha would help deliver it out of my body. Found all my info on kombucha at this website: www.kombuchaamerica.com
   *Grass Fed Beef - Beef had been my choice over any other meat and now I could make that choice in confidence that it was good for me.
   *Wild Caught Fish - No longer would I buy anything farm-raised. And yes, I got many a looks when asking “Is this wild-caught or farm-raised?”
   *No Pork - the scientific info I read on the digestion of pork was more than enough for this little Italian girl to just say ‘no’.
   *Cook with organic unrefined coconut oil and save my olive oil for the salad. If you’ve never eaten roasted potatoes in coconut oil, you must try it is the best!

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2 comments:

  1. Very encouraging. We are still looking for a source for raw dairy in our area (Hot Springs, AR). Got the coconut oil, and grass fed beef. I'm interested to try kombucha, since we love tea. And I would love to cut down our pork consumption, but that'll take some time to get hubby away from it.

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  2. My husband loves pork as well. We eat it now and again for a treat. As long as you're eating it, make sure the pork was fed and cared for well. Perhaps there's a farmer in your area who's careful what he feeds his pigs. Skip on processed meats. No nitrates.

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