Some Interesting Reading

The Life (i.e., Food, or "C") Section of today's Deseret News has some interesting articles about food, including this one about a book and a blog by two different authors who are interested in following the Word of Wisdom. The book is called "The W.O.W. Diet," and the blog is called wordofwisdomliving.com. Here is a recipe that is shared by Skip Hellewell, the author of the blog:

Breakfast Compote
1 1/4 cup hot water
1/4 cup cracked whole grains
1/4 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup dried fruit
1/4 cup fresh berries
1/4 cup chopped apple
1/2 orange, juiced
1 tablespoon freshly ground flaxseed
2 tablespoons chopped nuts
Honey, brown sugar, or maple syrup to taste
Cinnamon, Cardomon, vanilla, or nutmeg to taste
Day 1: After finishing breakfast, prepare the mixture for the next day by combining the hot water and cracked whole grains in a pan and place it on the back of the stove to soak. (Local whole foods store offers a nine-grain mixture, mostly cracked wheat (note from me: the Leland Mill that is near me offers this).)
Day 2: Bring the pot to a boil, add roleld oats and dried fruit. Turn off the heat and let sit for five minutes. While the oats and dried fruits are cooking, prepare two bowls by adding to each the flaxseed, crumbled nuts, sweetner and spices to taste.
Wash and prepare fruits in season, adding to teach bowl to the berries, apples and orange juice. Combine all ingredients into the bowls and enjoy.

There's also an article by the food editor, Valerie Phillips, about a food "blogger" from the 1930s and '40s named M.F.K. Fisher. Actually, her article is about a book by Anne Zimmerman, "a Utah native who has chronicled Fisher's life in a new book, 'An Extragavant Hunger: The Passionate years of M.F.K. Fisher.'"

There's also an article about the nutritional benefits of asparagus, along with a recipe for a green asparagus-potato soup. I would copy the recipe here, but if you go to the article itself, you'll see a nice picture, so I'll leave it at that. I think this might be a way for me to try asparagus and see if I'll like it this time. The only thing is, I need to find out what prosciutto is.

And, finally, here's a link to an article about having fun with food for St. Patrick's day tomorrow. One fun idea is to put a few drops of green food coloring in your children's glasses in the morning, so when you pour milk into them, the milk will magically and surprisingly turn green.

These articles were all of interest to me, so I thought I'd share them. I'm going to try that breakfast compote. I'll swing by the Mills this afternoon to pick up some multi-grain cereal, something I've been meaning to do anyway. Do you want me to pick some up for you as well?