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Good morning and I hope this finds you well. Except for a sinus headache that has kept me up most of the night, I am fine. It??™s all this gorgeous weather we??™re having. The birds were singing and signs of spring were everywhere as I sat on the porch this morning waiting for my son??™s bus to arrive. Personally, I??™d be real happy with a couple of hours of sleep, lol. As soon as I send this issue off I will take more meds and perhaps reach enough relief for sleep before I go to work this afternoon. Let??™s get on with the issue, ok?
For starters, there??™s a new theme announcement in this issue. Make sure to read all about it. Even though the theme issue due out this Sunday has more participation than any before, May??™s theme issue may top it. It is a great theme topic and was my first choice. You??™ll see why, too!
Please see a wonderful response from Dorine in our Mail Box to Polly??™s request for help being a newly-diagnosed diabetic. Dorine, I thank you for the time and effort you expended on this very important topic.
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WORDS OF WISDOM
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
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Did You Know?...
Here's the Scoop on Healthy Potatoes
The U.S. Potato Board recently surveyed consumer attitudes to determine how much we know about the nutritional profile of a potato.
Using focus groups and a "nationally projectable" survey of 1,000 adults, they asked consumers to compare the vitamin and mineral content of a potato vs. other vegetables.
Only 6% of those polled knew that potatoes were an "excellent" source of vitamin C, the potato board reported. A medium (5.3- ounce) potato provides 45% of the recommended Daily Value of vitamin C.
About a third (34%) of respondents knew potatoes with skins were rich in potassium; they're higher than broccoli, spinach or bananas, the potato board points out.
Two in five consumers didn't know that a medium potato has 100 calories and zero fat grams, either.
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The Mail Box...
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Here is some helpful advice for Polly and others who either have diabetes or must prepare meals for someone who does. It comes to us from a2z??™er Dorine who publishes ???The Global Epicure??? (subscription details follow).
Hi, Maggie, this is for Polly in Baltimore, who is newly
diagnosed with diabetes and confused. Diabetes is rampant in my family--both
kinds--so I have been cooking appropriately for 30 years.
Every person with diabetes has (or should have) a meal plan from the doctor,
diabetes educator or registered dietitian that is set by the American Diabetes
Association. It consists of a printed sheet specifying the number of daily
calories the individual requires and how those calories are to be distributed by
'exchanges'. Each category of exchanges includes a list of the quantities of
each food in the exchange and how much equals one exchange. For example, my
husband, a very tall man, gets 2400 calories a day on his plan and his dinner
includes 3 bread exchanges. He may have any combination that equals 3, 1 slice
of bread, 1 medium potato, 1/2 cup pasta, 1/2 cup rice--to make 3 he could have
3 of one thing or 2-3 different things. He gets 4 meat exchanges, which equals
4 ounces any animal protein. And so forth.
Some things have been found to work out better than others. Whole grains help a
person keep better control than white bread and rice. Potatoes seem to cause a
glucose spike not found even when you eat regular ice cream!
It really helps, psychologically, to slow the meal down. Start a meal with a
soup based in simple chicken broth (a 'free' exchange) and fresh low-carb
vegetables, and follow that with a mixed green salad dressed with a simple
vinaigrette. Finally have a main course with the protein and bread/carb
exchanges and another vegetable. Have some lovely fresh fruit for dessert.
Treat yourself to strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and other lovely things
so you don't feel deprived of cake and pie.
It would be a good idea to stop using 'helper' products, frozen entrees, boxed
food and the like, since manufacturers sneak in a lot of things that negatively
affect blood sugar control. Having fresh produce every day makes a huge
difference.
It also makes a big difference to eat a lot of fresh fish. It is particularly
important to have a dark-fleshed fish high in omega-3 fatty acids at least once
a week, preferably twice. These include fresh salmon, fresh bluefish, and
similar fish. Canned ones get packed with too much salt and frozen fish is
often treated with sodium as well, so fresh fish is really important.
It's a good idea to invest in a kitchen scale to weigh out meat exchanges with.
Here is a sample menu for one person:
(Assuming a low-calorie starter diet that may be modified later when control has
been developed)
First course:
Chicken broth with
2 leaves escarole, chiffonnade
1 sliced mushroom
1/3 julienned carrot
Second course:
Salad of spring green mix with homemade vinaigrette
Main course:
Small fillet of salmon poached with lemon slices
1/2 cup steamed basmati rice
2-3 flowerettes steamed broccoli
1/2 plum tomato, sliced
1-2 raw radishes
Dessert:
2/3 cup mixed fresh berries
Set the table prettily and use a nice goblet for water. Drinking plenty of
water helps control blood sugar. Garnish the glass with a lemon slice and use
seltzer water to feel more festive--again, this makes a good psychological
difference.
Treating the subject thoroughly would hog your whole ezine. You can give Polly
my email address if she wants to chat more privately and have some menu
coaching. We can talk about her favorite foods and how to make them work in her
new dietary needs. Just tell her the 1st time she writes to put A2Z in the
subject line and mention her name and yours so I don't delete it as more spam
from a stranger.
Cheers,
Dorine, PA
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Next Monthly Theme...
Recipes Mom Used to Make
Did you swear by your Mom??™s Chicken and Dumplings? Was her Meatloaf simply the best in the world? How about the way she used to make creamy Rice Pudding? Perhaps your Mother??™s prized recipe was one handed down to her by her own Mother and she shared it with you. This topic should yield some of the finest theme recipes since A to Z Recipes began as we hope to share precious memories from our childhood with the ???family??? here. When you send along your prized favorites, I hope you will also share something about yourself, your Mother, and your memories associated with the recipe being served. I love this theme and hope you will too...maybe enough to pass along a couple of your favorites with all of us? In honor of Mother??™s Day which is May 9th, please send along your ???Recipes Mom Used to
Make???. Now, here is the NEW set of rules:
A to Z Recipes continues with its popular Theme Issues. We will share theme recipes and post them on the first Sunday of each month. Send your recipes no later than the last Friday of each month to have them posted in the next monthly theme issue. You may send in TWO of your favorite theme recipes and in ONE email. If the number of recipes exceeds those needed in the issue, the publisher will post as many from every submitter as possible and save the remaining recipes for the following Sundays of that month. The rules for recipe submissions for the monthly theme issues are the same as ALL recipes submitted for posting.
The rules are as follows:
As a service to your fellow readers, please send only recipes that are in a form that others could easily copy and save for their own use. Recipes that would require a lot of editing or cleaning up or use non-standard measurements should not be submitted. Recipes without a name and location of sender may NOT be posted or posted without any credit given. There will be NO recipes posted that are from other recipe-zines. A to Z Recipes protects the privacy of its readers and does NOT publish email addresses. There will be no exceptions.
The deadline for May's theme issue is Friday, April 30th.
Theme recipes must have subject: "Recipes Mom Used to Make" and will be posted on Sunday, May 2nd.
As usual, only recipes are to be sent to: A to Z Recipes Inbox
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Crazy Corner...
These come from Bette, Pittsburg, CA...
PALM SUNDAY:
? ? ? IT WAS PALM SUNDAY AND, BECAUSE OF A SORE THROAT, FIVE-YEAR-OLD JOHNNY
STAYED HOME FROM CHURCH WITH A SITTER.? WHEN THE FAMILY RETURNED HOME, THEY WERE
CARRYING SEVERAL PALM BRANCHES. THE BOY ASKED WHAT THEY WERE FOR. "PEOPLE HELD
THEM OVER JESUS' HEAD AS HE WALKED BY."
? ? ? "WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT," THE BOY FUMED, "the ONE SUNDAY I DON'T GO, HE SHOWS
UP!"
CHILDREN'S SERMON:
? ? ? ONE EASTER SUNDAY MORNING AS THE MINISTER WAS PREACHING THE CHILDREN'S
SERMON, HE REACHED INTO HIS BAG OF PROPS AND PULLED OUT AN EGG. HE POINTED AT
THE EGG AND ASKED THE CHILDREN, "WHAT'S IN HERE?"
? ? ? "I KNOW!" A LITTLE BOY EXCLAIMED. "PANTYHOSE!"
SUPPORT A FAMILY:
? ? ? THE PROSPECTIVE FATHER-IN-LAW ASKED, "YOUNG MAN, CAN YOU SUPPORT A FAMILY?"
? ? ? THE SURPRISED GROOM-TO-BE REPLIED, "WELL, NO. I WAS JUST PLANNING TO SUPPORT
YOUR DAUGHTER. THE REST OF YOU WILL HAVE TO FEND FOR YOURSELVES."
GRANDMA'S AGE:
? ? ?
LITTLE JOHNNY ASKED HIS GRANDMA HOW OLD SHE WAS.
? ? ? GRANDMA ANSWERED, "39 AND HOLDING."
? ? ? JOHNNY THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN SAID, "AND HOW OLD WOULD YOU BE IF YOU
LET GO?"
FIRST TIME USHERS:
? ? ? A LITTLE BOY IN CHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME WATCHED AS THE USHERS PASSED
AROUND THE OFFERING PLATES.
? ? ? WHEN THEY CAME NEAR HIS PEW, THE BOY SAID LOUDLY, "DON'T PAY FOR ME DADDY.
I'M UNDER FIVE."
PRAYERS:
? ? ?
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER ASKED, "NOW, JOHNNY, TELL ME, DO YOU SAY PRAYERS
BEFORE EATING?"
? ? ? "NO SIR," HE REPLIED, "we DON'T HAVE TO. MY MOM IS A GOOD COOK!"
CLIMB THE WALLS:
? ? ? "OH, I SURE AM HAPPY TO SEE YOU," THE LITTLE BOY SAID TO HIS GRANDMOTHER ON
HIS MOTHER'S SIDE. "NOW MAYBE DADDY WILL DO THE TRICK HE HAS BEEN PROMISING US."
? ? ? THE GRANDMOTHER WAS CURIOUS. "WHAT TRICK IS THAT?" SHE! ASKED.
? ? ? "I HEARD HIM TELL MOMMY THAT HE WOULD CLIMB THE WALLS IF YOU CAME TO VISIT"
THE LITTLE BOY ANSWERED.
THE MOOD RING:
? ? ?
MY HUSBAND BOUGHT ME A MOOD RING THE OTHER DAY. WHEN I'M IN A GOOD MOOD IT TURNS
GREEN. WHEN I'M IN A BAD MOOD, IT LEAVES A RED MARK ON HIS FOREHEAD.
THE WATER PISTOL:
? ? ?
WHEN MY THREE-YEAR-OLD SON OPENED THE BIRTHDAY GIFT FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER, HE
DISCOVERED A WATER PISTOL. HE SQUEALED WITH DELIGHT AND HEADED FOR THE NEAREST
SINK.
? ? ? I WAS NOT SO PLEASED. I TURNED TO MOM AND SAID, "I'M SURPRISED AT YOU. DON'T
YOU REMEMBER HOW WE USED TO DRIVE YOU CRAZY WITH WATER GUNS?"
? ? ? MOM SMILED AND THEN REPLIED....."I REMEMBER."
LIFE AFTER DEATH:
? ? ? "DO YOU BELIEVE IN LIFE AFTER DEATH?" THE BOSS ASKED ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES.
? ? ? "YES, SIR," THE NEW EMPLOYEE REPLIED.
? ? ? "WELL, THEN, THAT MAKES EVERYTHING JUST FINE," THE BOSS WENT ON. "AFTER YOU
LEFT EARLY YESTERDAY TO GO TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S FUNERAL, SHE STOPPED IN TO SEE
YOU!
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