Gaia: Integral Veg*n

Re: Friday Five Snacks

http://evolotus.gaia.com — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:25:59 GMT

1) Do you like chocolates?

Yes, but I don't *love* chocolate. I don't have much of a sweet tooth.

2) Do you eat carrot sticks?

Yes, if there aren't any other choices. Not a big fan of raw carrots.

3) What was your favorite snack as a child, or one of your favorites?

Chips and salsa - breakfast of champions!

4) Do you like late-night snacking?

Yes, but "late night" for me is between about 8-9!

5) If you had to pick a snack right now would you choose a) pretzels, b) chips, c) chocolate, d) celery with peanut butter, or something totally different :) chips & veggie dip is my choice.

Pretzels all the way. They're practically a food group for me.

Re: Gaia Minute

http://anuradha.gaia.com — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:57:32 GMT

Those who haven't yet - check out the new Gaia Minute new room in One Light Many Windows.

Here you can share your Experiences, clarify anything vague or uncertain on the Q&A thread and make suggestions for spreading the Gaia Minute message.

Please Sign in if you are a Gaia Minute practitioner or wish to join this movement in raising the vibrations of Gaia

LOVE

Re: Gaia Minute

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:32:03 GMT

I have listened to week 10 and although new to meditation I can do this as a pro. Week 11 is at Colorado time of 9AM if you'd like to hear how all that call in sound. It is one of the easiest most helpful things no matter what changes you are encountering and I want to invite you to join us before breakfast or lunch from all over the world. Here are more details for newcomers: The Gaia Minute

Re: Hippie Hello

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:25:45 GMT

The veggie bones smell less and better than bully sticks, and are way safer than rawhide.
The Nylabone Veggie Bones come in five sizes: petite (3 ¾”), regular (4 ½”), wolf (5 ½”), souper (7 ¾”) and giant (8”). My dogs (who weigh around 100 pounds each )devour the giant ones in five to ten minutes. The bones have no added sugar, salt, plastics or artificial colors. Also, Nylabone claims they help fight plaque and tartar buildup.
And — the best part — my dogs love them. My dogs also love carrots, tomatoes & strawberries :-)

Vegan Thanksgiving!

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:16:55 GMT

Let us know of any tips on having a Vegan Thanksgiving.

We are eating left overs at our home and I found some recipes on this website to help for this holiday. Add your favorite dish! May this day and all others have things we are thankful for ...

Welcome New Members

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:13:49 GMT

DeLisa Sugar dancingdeer Elizabeth
underthepurplemagnoliatree yoel
SherryJ & VIKIVAYLE

have all joined this wonderful group and I wanted to take this opportunity to send you a warm welcome.

The threads here are different dates but all apply to present time. Enjoy the read and feel free to start a new thread in any of the "rooms".

Thanks for being a part of Integral Veg*n.

The Mods

Re: Another veggie

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:51:47 GMT

Thanks for continuing this thread! It helped move me to get into high gear once more. We have gone through periods of sugar too and its good to know that it may be one of those toxic substances the body may get headaches over as well as other things. It definitely gives unpredictable moods. I too have learned that veggies and fruits are much better...as I am eating a sliced orange just now... trying not to get anything on the keyboard :-) it really is a treat to share and gain the new disciplines.

One thing I do with fruit & veggies for kids is make happy faces on the plate and tell stories to give them a pleasure moment for the future and it seems to work. If nothing else, it makes for good family time in developing new habits.

Re: Another veggie

http://nayadancingdeer.gaia.com — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:57:29 GMT

Dear Jenny,

I appreciated reading about your veggie journey! I'm always fascinated when people have grown up with veggie habits because I definitely was in a household where sodas, fast food, and little debbie cakes were the order of the day. Partly this was because of my parents knew from their lives, and also because of money. I feel very privileged now to buy organic food and wish more people had access to it on a regular basis.

How did you feel growing up? Healthy? Balanced physically? Looking back I had a lot of headaches and was very sensitive to the heat - I wonder how much an incredible intake of sugary, processed foods affected me. Now I do not have headaches on a regular basis and generally feel healthier. I began the veggie path about two and half years ago. It was surprisingly easy after growing up on a completely different regimen - no cravings except for sugar at times (and then satisfied with "medicinal" dark chocolate;). Veggie life works for me as well.

I would love to raise my children with a vegetarian diet. And your post confirms this calling!

Blessings,
Dancing Deer

Friday Five Snacks

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:12:58 GMT

I have a little secret...while I've been working today I've been snacking on a small bag of chocolate chips. Shhhh! Jessica

We all have our snack food, those tiny in-between meals. Some are healthy, some are not as healthy, and that's ok, right? I know what you're thinking about me and my chocolate chips ;) but hey, they are organic and fair-trade. I remember when I was a kid I would stay at my grandmother's house and sneak into the fridge where she always kept chocolate kisses and minature Hershey bars...I loved that.

So, share with us about your favorite snacks in this week's Friday Five...

1) Do you like chocolates? yes

2) Do you eat carrot sticks? yes

3) What was your favorite snack as a child, or one of your favorites? ice cream

4) Do you like late-night snacking? just when renting a movie

5) If you had to pick a snack right now would you choose a) pretzels, b) chips, c) chocolate, d) celery with peanut butter, or something totally different :) chips & veggie dip is my choice.

Add yours...

Re: Gaia Minute

http://anuradha.gaia.com — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:49:06 GMT

We are blessed by Beloved Guruji's teaching on prayer

Re: Hellos

http://organics.gaia.com — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:50:00 GMT

Hello to Sherry J and to underthepurplemagnoliatree and yoal. It is nice to get to know you on this site. I join others in this welcome party and look forward to reading your ideas.

Pumpkin Pie & Gluten Free Pie Crust

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:19:05 GMT

Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin purée or 1 3/4 cups cooked pumpkin
1 cup half-and-half
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell (in pie pan)
Method
Preheat oven to 375°F. In a large mixing bowl, stir together brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice and salt. Whisk in eggs, then add pumpkin, whisking it in completely. Gently whisk in half-and-half, then pour filling into unbaked pie shell and bake for 45 minutes, or until set.

Gluten Free Pie Crust
Ingredients
1/3 cup potato starch, plus extra for dusting
1/3 cup tapioca flour
1/3 cup millet flour
1/3 cup almond meal
1 tablespoon powdered sugar (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) cold butter, cut into small pieces
1 egg, lightly beaten
Method
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Put potato starch, tapioca flour, millet flour, almond meal, sugar and salt into a food processor and pulse a few times to combine.
Add butter and pulse again until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add egg and pulse until completely combined to make a slightly sticky dough.

Turn dough out onto a large sheet of waxed paper dusted with potato starch. Sprinkle potato starch over dough and knead gently, working in about 2 more tablespoons potato starch, until dough holds together without being sticky but is still very pliable. Using your fingertips, press dough into a 10-inch circle.

Invert a 9-inch pie pan on top of the dough then quickly flip over both the pan and the dough so that the dough now rests in the pan. Gently peel away and discard wax paper and press dough into pie plate, patching it together, if needed. Crimp and trim the edges as desired then prick sides and bottom all over with a fork. Line crust with parchment paper and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until crust is just set and slightly dry around the edges, about 15 minutes. Remove parchment paper and pie weights, fill with pie filling and bake as needed. Alternately, for a pie that requires a pre-baked crust, return to oven and bake until cooked through, about 15 minutes more.

Re: Gaia Minute

http://anuradha.gaia.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:15:27 GMT

We are blessed with Beloved Guruji's Guide To Prayer Prepared For The Gaia Minute kindly prepared by Meenakshi and KES -

What we’re asking here is pray, just pray.
Pray… Pray… Pray…
Gaia needs your prayers.
Just pray with total surrender,
in complete faith…
and that prayer collectively done –
at least 1,000 or 1,500 people,
done at the same time,
will generate the positive healing energy for all of us.
Not asking for anyone special,
not even for the betterment of general life.
Nothing…
Just surrender and praying.
Om Namo Narayanam.
If you keep your palms upside down,
how can you hold the blessings in your palm.
So to receive the prayers also,
to receive the blessings also,
you are to turn your palm the right way up and receive it.
Praying is that.
Although we know that the blessings are around,
but to be aware of the blessings
we’re to put our palm the right way up
so that it comes into our palm.
That is the prayer which has the maximum power.

deep bows

Re: Hellos

http://anuradha.gaia.com — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:36:07 GMT

WELCOME SherryJ! Thank you for bringing an interesting sounding book to my awareness. Looking forward to reading your posts in our group

love

Re: Hellos

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:01:38 GMT

Hi SherryJ ~ I hadn't heard of Serving Humanity but would suggest that you place this in Books and on your home page on interests. Once you do that you can push the link on your page & find others that have read it. You can put a review on it there as well.

I found a website http://masterdk.com/ and found the Atlantean lore site. I found Akashic Records & chose that site. I recommend finding words in onelook giving an array of dictionaries but do understand that to gain the clarity from that book the awareness is probably different after 10 years. I don't have that sort of discipline myself, but respect those that do.

Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian
noun A vegetarian who does not eat any animals, but does eat eggs and dairy products.
We don't have a current topic going on here but on this "room" Integral Veg*n Posts, pick any topic from here... even if its on the bottom and they are relevant to have chats on over and over.
Thanks for coming here & I look forward to talking to you more.
To healthy eating & enlightenment.

Re: Hellos

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:28:19 GMT

I am a new member & a lacto-ova vegetarian for the second time in my life (this time forever - I am 56). Has anyone read Serving Humanity by The Tibetan Dwjal Khul? He states that per Atlantean lore, one must be a vegetarian at least 10 years in order to read the Akashic Record without error.
Love, Sherry

Re: Vegan and Vegetarian Recipe links

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:48:01 GMT

Here is a good link we have started on salads & dressing ... yum
http://groups.gaia.com/organic_health/conversations/view/480537#489503

Re: Gaia Minute

http://anuradha.gaia.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:11:07 GMT

KES you are a wonderful innocent Angel. I love you

Re: Gaia Minute

http://anuradha.gaia.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:07:16 GMT

Re: Gaia Minute

http://Meenakshi.gaia.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:18:19 GMT

I love the way we're reminded that everyday routines can be turned into mindful minutes!