tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post4663304366376057836..comments2024-03-27T11:26:30.992-04:00Comments on The Smart Cat: Look What I Made!smartcathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15430370214403895826noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-31138480991269339552014-07-15T09:32:05.627-04:002014-07-15T09:32:05.627-04:00Hi Gary....and EASY!!! Hi Gary....and EASY!!! smartcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430370214403895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-28209223834490212532014-07-15T06:01:29.062-04:002014-07-15T06:01:29.062-04:00pistachio butter = BRILLIANT!pistachio butter = BRILLIANT!Gary's third pottery bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517401528128108791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-30386101938657697702014-07-14T17:05:53.944-04:002014-07-14T17:05:53.944-04:00Hi Lori....Pecan and Macadamia nuts are next on my...Hi Lori....Pecan and Macadamia nuts are next on my list! smartcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430370214403895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-77336874448462984542014-07-14T17:04:39.285-04:002014-07-14T17:04:39.285-04:00Hi Michele....My clients were getting almond butte...Hi Michele....My clients were getting almond butter from the government too. At the time it seemed like such a luxury, but i also remember almonds being really cheap! smartcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430370214403895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-62529599472893613912014-07-14T11:06:12.599-04:002014-07-14T11:06:12.599-04:00But what can you not eat coconut? I am diabetic ty...But what can you not eat coconut? I am diabetic type II since being diagnosed in 2007 and I use at present the Coconut Sugar instead of the refined sugar. I never ever used artificial sweeteners. But the biggest thing is to look out for not using refined flour and sugar. Whole wheat pastas or and for all baking is far better. Quinoa is even better than pasta. If preparing pasta, make sure it is not over cooked as such it will become a more easily digestible starch for our body... only cooked al dente as that makes a big difference too.<br />It is not easy to watch for low sugar and especially low glycemic index foods! But you are not alone!<br />Big hug; calory free thanks goodness!Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-43436256096100560702014-07-14T10:03:18.927-04:002014-07-14T10:03:18.927-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lori Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00233955188892423314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-70568902981444342982014-07-14T10:02:42.320-04:002014-07-14T10:02:42.320-04:00Now you've got me thinking...maybe some pecan ...Now you've got me thinking...maybe some pecan butter.Lori Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00233955188892423314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-59111899770464535822014-07-14T08:28:10.959-04:002014-07-14T08:28:10.959-04:00As I have been recently diagnosed with diabetes, I...As I have been recently diagnosed with diabetes, I am even sadder about not being able to eat coconut. I am looking and reading about low glycemic index sugars. Agave seems to work well. My dietician strongly discourages artificial sweeteners, except stevia.<br />Summer is going way too fast.........enjoy!smartcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430370214403895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-40745053962978422362014-07-13T18:43:49.542-04:002014-07-13T18:43:49.542-04:00Exactly; and we got raised with Disciplin; yes dis...Exactly; and we got raised with Disciplin; yes disciplin with a capital D! So sorry about your coconut food allergy... It is such a healthy thing and I am using Coconut sugar due its low glycemic index instead of refined white sugar. We all need to heed ourselves in somer or several ways.<br />Happy new week coming up. They come at us way too fast but what can we do?!<br />Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-31916564284640104672014-07-13T18:35:11.184-04:002014-07-13T18:35:11.184-04:00Hi Carolyn...I think once you make your own nut bu...Hi Carolyn...I think once you make your own nut butters you will never go back to commercial brands. As you say it's nice to know what we are eating!<br />I hope you get some sun this week!smartcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430370214403895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-86120453762881253372014-07-13T18:33:25.616-04:002014-07-13T18:33:25.616-04:00Hi Mariette....The savings are enormous and it tas...Hi Mariette....The savings are enormous and it tastes so much better than store bought. I have to watch for coconut in foods as I have one of my few food allergies to it.<br />The image of all that lettuce is wonderful, but I know how hard farming is, before school yet! I guess things were done because they had to be and we didn't think much about it!<br />Enjoy the week ahead!<br />smartcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430370214403895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-48345740907312877972014-07-13T18:06:43.886-04:002014-07-13T18:06:43.886-04:00Hi Suzi,
What a great idea - I like the thought ...Hi Suzi,<br /><br />What a great idea - I like the thought of making your own as you know that there are no added sugars or salts, which so often go into some of these products. Thanks for sharing and will try this. Also how lovely the organic lettuce is.<br />Enjoy your summer and the week<br />hugs<br />CarolynDraffin Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448539647442095635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-40694477449261978692014-07-13T09:22:04.184-04:002014-07-13T09:22:04.184-04:00Back in the 90's when I was teaching at a comm...Back in the 90's when I was teaching at a community childcare center, the center received commodity foods from the government. For a couple of years we got GIANT cans of almond butter! We replaced it for peanut butter in everything- almond butter and jelly sandwiches, almond butter cookies. It was like we died and went to heaven. I imagine the almond crop had been huge that year so the govt. purchased the excess almonds to keep the prices higher for the farms. It was a sad day when we opened the last can.Michèle Hastingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346907762804197879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-44854300256615907282014-07-13T07:38:31.382-04:002014-07-13T07:38:31.382-04:00Dearest Suzi,
Guess you even can use the healthy C...Dearest Suzi,<br />Guess you even can use the healthy Coconut Oil for making your almond or whatever nut-butter. I too will try to do that as it also saves quite some money in doing so.<br />Your lettuce head looks very healthy. My Dad grew each spring some 40,000 butterhead lettuce inside the greenhouses and I've packed many of them and also cut them. Bending down early moring at 4:00 AM with nearly frozen fingers... They went to auction by 8:00 AM and I did this before going to high school. <br />Hugs,<br />MarietteMariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-15941940102118121792014-07-13T07:22:42.131-04:002014-07-13T07:22:42.131-04:00Hi Linda....Well, I did wonder about peanut butter...Hi Linda....Well, I did wonder about peanut butter and almond butter!smartcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430370214403895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-43601982468383337222014-07-13T07:21:43.135-04:002014-07-13T07:21:43.135-04:00Hi Meredith...If I were doing a fancy party I woul...Hi Meredith...If I were doing a fancy party I would use this lettuce as a centerpiece. Nut butters are <i>really</i> easy. I think it's a secret companies would rather keep secret!smartcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430370214403895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-77671658916687217812014-07-13T07:19:43.011-04:002014-07-13T07:19:43.011-04:00Hi Linda....I've had trouble with comments dis...Hi Linda....I've had trouble with comments disappearing lately. Have they been 'improving' blogspot?<br />We have lettuce in the markets. I bought this one from our local farmer; it cost more than twice as much as market lettuce, but the head is huge and the tastiest I have ever eaten. I don't know how they do it but they manage to grow lettuce for the better part of the summer. I'm storing this the way it was sold, with the roots in water. It's been two days and countingsmartcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430370214403895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-22822756152638631012014-07-13T06:23:41.528-04:002014-07-13T06:23:41.528-04:00Great idea and looks tasty. That lettuce is as pre...Great idea and looks tasty. That lettuce is as pretty as a bouquet of flowers.cookingwithgashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-42228960074109619542014-07-13T06:19:25.433-04:002014-07-13T06:19:25.433-04:00wait a minute I've had peanut butter and almon...wait a minute I've had peanut butter and almond butter, lolLinda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544034656423752886.post-66929431656693222352014-07-13T05:25:03.333-04:002014-07-13T05:25:03.333-04:00darn my comment was lost, I just eat nuts plain; h...darn my comment was lost, I just eat nuts plain; have never had nut butter. That is one beautiful head of lettuce, our market doesn't have any lettuce this time of year I guess it's too hot and it just bolts.Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.com