Food

Food for Life – Mulligan

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“I am given a message to give to you: Eat at regular periods. By wrong habits of eating, you are preparing yourself for future suffering. It is not always safe to comply with invitations to meals, even though given by your brethren and friends, who wish to lavish upon you many kinds of food. You know that you can eat two or three kinds of food at a meal without injury to your digestive organs. When you are invited out to a meal, shun the many varieties of food that those who have invited you set before you. This you must do if you would be a faithful sentinel. When food is placed before us, which, if eaten, would cause the digestive organs hours of hard work, we must not, if we eat this food, blame those who set it before us for the result. God expects us to decide for ourselves to eat that food only which will not cause suffering to the digestive organs.” Counsels on Diet and Foods, 169.

Recipe – Mulligan

1 medium onion, chopped

2 cups walnut burger*

1 20-ounce can stewed tomatoes

1 8-ounce can tomato sauce

1/2 cup water

1 4-ounce can sliced olives

1 cup frozen corn

1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste

1 teaspoon chili powder, or to taste

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1 8-ounce package medium noodles

Sauté onion in small amount of olive oil or water. Add walnut burger and brown a little. Add all other ingredients and simmer for 20–30 minutes. More liquid may be added, if needed, to rehydrate the walnut burger. While this mixture is simmering, cook the noodles in salted water. Add cooked noodles to the tomato and walnut burger mixture. Place mixture in a 9×13 inch casserole and bake at 350 degrees for 30–35 minutes.

*The recipe for walnut burger was featured in the September 2002 LandMarks. Two cups, or one 20-ounce can, of your choice of vegeburger may be used in place of the walnut burger.

Mulligan has been a long-time favorite of Vivian Semmens’ family. Vivian and her husband, Bruce, reside in Lakewood, Colorado.

Recipe – Blackstrap Raisin Almond Balls

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Blackstrap Raisin Almond Balls

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups raw almonds

2/3 cup raisins

1 tsp. cardamom and coriander, optional

pinch of salt

4 Tbsp. blackstrap molasses

Process

Grind almonds and salt in food processor until finely ground. Add raisins, molasses and spices. Process until mixture is sticking together and uniform. Form into little snack sized balls and store in refrigerator or freezer. These little balls taste good with or without the extra seasonings—your choice. Enjoy!

Food – Blackstrap Molasses

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Blackstrap molasses is really a powerhouse of nutrition. It tastes delicious in your hot cereal. I also like it as a hot drink on cold winter days. It is a great addition, along with honey, to add to your granola mix before your bake it. Yes, I really enjoy blackstrap.

“Molasses is the by-product of sugar refining that contains all the nutrients from the raw sugar-cane plant. Since the roots of sugarcane grow very deep, they are able to receive a pretty broad range of minerals and trace elements usually lacking in the topsoil. During the refining of sugarcane, the plants are boiled to a syrup from which the crystals are extracted. Then they are boiled two more times, both of which produce molasses. Blackstrap molasses, however, comes from the third and final boiling and is essentially the ‘dregs’ of the barrel.

“Blackstrap molasses is very dark and has a robust, somewhat bitter-tart flavor. It’s used in a variety of baked goods, particularly meat and vegetable dishes, as a sweetener and coloring agent. It is also widely accepted as a ‘health food.’ It can be used in any number of recipes and is particularly suitable to gingersnaps, soy-based sauces, licorice, canned baked beans, and fermentation systems.

“One of the reasons I like it so much is precisely because it has a low amount of sugar and a high amount of nutrients. As the only product from the third and final boil, blackstrap molasses contains the lowest sugar content of the molasses, but many more of the vitamins, minerals, and trace elements found naturally in the sugarcane plant, making it more nutritious than most other sweeteners.

“Blackstrap molasses is a very good source of iron, potassium, calcium, and magnesium and an excellent source of manganese and copper. It also contains a small amount of the cancer-fighting mineral selenium.  Look for unsulfured blackstrap molasses from organic sugar. Of the varieties of molasses, blackstrap molasses is richest in nutrients, such as iron, B vitamins, calcium, and potassium.” Excerpts from The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, p. 314, 315, by Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.

 

Blackstrap Raisin Almond Balls

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups raw almonds

2/3 cup raisins

1 tsp. cardamom and coriander, optional

pinch of salt

4 Tbsp. blackstrap molasses

Process

Grind almonds and salt in food processor until finely ground. Add raisins, molasses and spices. Process until mixture is sticking together and uniform. Form into little snack sized balls and store in refrigerator or freezer. These little balls taste good with or without the extra seasonings—your choice. Enjoy!

 

Food for Life – Tofu Pecan Loaf

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The meat diet is the serious question. Shall human beings live on the flesh of dead animals? The answer, from the light that God has given is, No, decidedly No. Health reform institutions should educate on this question. Physicians who claim to understand the human organism ought not to encourage their patients to subsist on the flesh of dead animals. They should point out the increase of disease in the animal kingdom. The testimony of examiners is that very few animals are free from disease, and that the practice of eating largely of meat is contracting diseases of all kinds,—cancers, tumors, scrofula, tuberculosis, and numbers of other like affections.” Counsels on Diet and Foods, 388.

Tofu is an excellent substitute for meat and dairy products in many vegetarian recipes. There are two basic types of tofu. Silken tofu is soft and can be utilized as an ideal additive for dressings, sauces, and in dairy-free versions of ice cream or cheesecake. Firm tofu, on the other hand, comes in a more solid form. It can be stir-fried, grilled, scrambled, pickled, smoked, baked or barbecued.

Easy to digest, tofu is high in protein and calcium, low in saturated fat and salt, and free of cholesterol. Tofu is also a superior source of magnesium, iron, zinc, and Vitamin B. Documentation of the nutritional benefits of tofu continues to accumulate. More tofu in the diet means fewer cancers and less heart disease. More tofu also means a lower risk of osteoporosis, and for women, eating a lot of tofu translates to an escape from the symptoms so popularly tied to menopause (in the Western Hemisphere).

Tofu Pecan Loaf

1 cup bread crumbs

1 cup soy milk

Soak bread crumbs in milk for 10–15 minutes. Then add:

16-ounce block tofu, mashed

1 cup oats

1 large onion, chopped

1 cup pecans, finely chopped

4 Tablespoons soy flour

2 Tablespoons Bragg Liquid Aminos

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

Mix all ingredients together well then let stand for 5 minutes. Place mixture in a Pam-sprayed or lightly oiled loaf pan. Bake at 375 degrees for one hour, until set in the middle.

A friend of Steps to Life, Margaret Murray enjoys reading LandMarks and watching sermon videos on Sabbath. She lives on the Sussex Coast at Eastbourne, England.

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Food for Life – Spinach Soup & Avocado and Carrot Salad

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“The Lord will teach many in all parts of the world to combine fruits, grains, and vegetables into foods that will sustain life and will not bring disease. Those who have never seen the recipes for making the health foods now on the market, will work intelligently, experimenting with the food productions of the earth, and will be given light regarding the use of these productions. The Lord will show them what to do. He who gives skill and understanding to His people in one part of the world will give skill and understanding to His people in other parts of the world. It is His design that the food treasures of each country shall be so prepared that they can be used in the countries for which they are suited. As God gave manna from heaven to sustain the children of Israel, so He will now give His people in different places skill and wisdom to use the productions of these countries in preparing foods to take the place of meat.” Counsels on Diet and Foods, 96.

Spinach Soup

2 bundles spinach

1 large potato

1 large onion

2 cups water

1 teaspoon oil

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon flour

1 cup coconut milk

Cook potato and onion in salted water. Wash spinach thoroughly, strip it, chop fine, and steam. Mash potato and onion, return to water in which they cooked and add spinach and oil. Mix flour with a little of the milk, add to soup with remainder of the milk. Stir and bring to boil. Serves 4.

Avocado and Carrot Salad

1 ripe avocado pear

1/4 of a big cabbage, shredded

2 teaspoons mayonnaise

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 big carrots

2 teaspoons lime juice

Wash and pare or scrape carrots. Shred finely; mix with salt. Put in small dish and cover. Using a sharp-pointed knife, cut off the top of the avocado. Next, cut ring after ring around the seed until the entire fruit is in 1-inch rings. Remove the slices from the seed very carefully and remove the skin from each slice, making sure the ring does not break. Brush rings with lime juice. Arrange the cabbage on a flat, oval dish to form a green bed. Arrange the avocado rings on the bed. Fill each ring with grated carrots. Garnish with a dab of mayonnaise on the top of the carrots.

Submitted by Yinka Atolagbe

Marian Oluyinka Atolagbe has been a Behavioral Science teacher for 18 years. With a deep interest in healthful lifestyle and sharing, she took training in medical missionary work at Life Abundant Missionary School (Eatonville, Washington), Steps to Life Bible School (Wichita, Kansas), and spent several months observing the work at Uchee Pines Institute (Seale, Alabama). She has conducted several health seminars/vegetarian-cooking classes and started a bakery and healthful store in Nigeria, West Africa. Currently, she lives in Frederick, Maryland, while taking college classes toward an Allied Health Associate degree.

Food for Life – Better ‘N Burgers

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“The Lord has shown me that Sabbath-keepers as a rule labor too hard, without allowing themselves change or periods of rest. Recreation is needful to those who engage in physical labor, and is still more essential for those whose work is principally mental. It is not essential to our salvation nor for the glory of God to keep the mind laboring constantly and excessively, even upon religious themes. There are amusements, such as card-playing, dancing, theater-going, etc., which we cannot approve, because Heaven condemns them. They open the door to great evils. By their exciting tendency they produce in some minds a passion for gambling and dissipation. All such amusements should be condemned by Christians, and something perfectly harmless should be substituted in their place. There are modes of recreation which are highly beneficial to both mind and body. An enlightened, discriminating mind will find abundant means for entertainment and diversion from sources not only innocent, but instructive. Recreation in the open air, and the contemplation of the works of God in nature, will be of the highest benefit.” Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 108.

Better ‘N Burgers

Mix together:
1 cup fine, fresh bread crumbs
3/4 cup quick oats
2 Tablespoons gluten flour
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1/4 teaspoon marjoram
1 teaspoon salt

Mix in well, with hands:
1/2 garlic clove, finely chopped
2 Tablespoons tomato sauce
1 cup onion, finely chopped
1 cup raw potatoes, grated

Add 3/4 cup water or just enough to form nice patties. Do not leave mixture too stiff, but the more water added, the less chewy the patties will be.

Brown patties in a skillet with a small amount of olive oil or in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 degrees, turning once.

Serve on buns with lettuce, onion and tomato slices, and your favorite condiments.

Cathy Summers Timmons, a Steps to Life staff member and a member of LandMarks’ editorial staff, writes from her home in Wichita, Kansas. She may be contacted by e-mail at: cathytimmons@stepstolife.org.

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Food for Life – Natural Immune Boosting Drink

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I [Ellen White] saw that when we tax our strength, overlabor and weary ourselves much, then we take colds and at such times are in danger of diseases taking a dangerous form. We must not leave the care of ourselves for God to see to and to take care of that which He has left for us to watch and care for. It is not safe nor pleasing to God to violate the laws of health and then ask Him to take care of our health and keep us from disease when we are living directly contrary to our prayers.

“I saw that it was a sacred duty to attend to our health, and arouse others to their duty, and yet not take the burden of their case upon us. Yet we have a duty to speak, to come out against intemperance of every kind,—intemperance in working, in eating, in drinking and in drugging—and then point them to God’s great medicine, water, pure soft water, for diseases, for health, for cleanliness, and for a luxury.” Selected Messages, Book 3, 280.

Natural Immune Boosting Drink

4 medium-sized oranges

2 grapefruits

4 lemons 1/4–1/2 cup honey

9–12 cloves of garlic

1/2 onion, peeled

1/2–1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/4–1/2 cup honey

Juice the oranges, grapefruits, and lemons. Pour juice into blender. Add 9 to 12 cloves of garlic, depending on their size and the heat you can tolerate. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend thoroughly.

Make the Natural Immune Boosting Drink fresh at the start of the day and drink 4 to 6 ounces every 3 to 4 hours until symptoms are gone. Begin using this drink at the first sign of cold or flu.

The citrus fruits, garlic, and onion have antibacterial and anti-viral properties. The cayenne pepper will act as the catalyst that will help the germ-fighting properties to circulate more freely in the system. Honey is added to make the drink more palatable.

Reprinted with permission from Whole Health Healthy Lifestyle Classes binder, Historic Message Church, P. O. Box 130, Colton, Oregon 97017.

Mike Bauler pastors the Historic Message Church in Portland, Oregon. He may be contacted by e-mail at: mbauler@molalla.net.

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Food for Life – Tomato Kale Dish

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We endeavor to use good judgment in determining what combinations of food best agree with us. It is our duty to act wisely in regard to our habits of eating, to be temperate, and to learn to reason from cause to effect. If we will do our part, then the Lord will do His part in preserving our brain-nerve power.” Counsels on Diet and Foods, 492.

“The other members of my family do not eat the same things that I [Ellen White] do. I do not hold myself up as a criterion for them. I leave each one to follow his own ideas as to what is best for him. I bind no one else’s conscience by my own. One person cannot be a criterion for another in the matter of eating. It is impossible to make one rule for all to follow. There are those in my family who are very fond of beans, while to me beans are poison. Butter is never placed on my table, but if the members of my family choose to use a little butter away from the table, they are at liberty to do so. Our table is set twice a day, but if there are those who desire something to eat in the evening, there is no rule that forbids them from getting it. No one complains or goes from our table dissatisfied. A variety of food that is simple, wholesome, and palatable, is always provided.” Ibid., 491.

Tomato Kale Dish

1 1/2 bunches of kale (about 12 cups)

1 cup chopped tomatoes or 1 14-ounce can stewed tomatoes

1 small onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 cup peas (fresh or frozen)

1 Tablespoon olive oil or water

1/2 cup cleaned raw cashews

1 teaspoon ground cumin

salt to taste

Remove stems from kale, rinse well and chop; then steam until tender. While kale is steaming, sauté onion and garlic in olive oil or water. When onion is soft, add cumin and heat until fragrant; then add tomatoes and peas. When heated through, add kale and cashews. Serve over brown rice.

Submitted by Wally Lacey

Office administrator for an ophthalmology practice in Oceanside, California, Wally enjoys encouraging patients to eat a healthy, vegan diet to improve their health.

Food for Life – Carob Sweets

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When reading the Bible with humble, teachable heart, we are holding intercourse with God Himself. The thoughts expressed, the precepts specified, the doctrines revealed, are a voice from the God of heaven. The Bible will bear to be studied, and the mind, if not bewitched by Satan, will be attracted and charmed. . . . The light which beams through the Scriptures is light from the eternal throne flashed down to this earth. . . .

“All who make the Word of God their guide in this life will act from principle. Those who are vacillating, vain, and extravagant in dress, who are gratifying the appetite and following the promptings of the natural heart, will, in obeying the teachings of God’s Word, become balanced. They will devote themselves to duty with an energy that never falters, and they will rise from one degree of strength to another. Their characters will be beautiful and fragrant and devoid of selfishness. They will make their way and be acceptable anywhere among those who love truth and righteousness.

“The psalmist prayed, ‘Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.’ The Lord heard him, for how full of assurance are the words, ‘How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!’ ‘More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.’ (Psalm 119:18, 103; 19:10.) And as the Lord heard and answered David, so He will hear and answer us, making our hearts full of gladness and rejoicing.”

That I May Know Him, 196.

Carob Sweets

1 cup almonds, soaked in water overnight

1 cup walnuts, soaked in water overnight

Drain off water and grind the nuts together into butter.

Add:

1 teaspoon light tahini

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon honey

Mix together well to make a dough, and divide into two halves. Add 1 teaspoon carob powder to one half. Chop some dates or other dried fruit. Roll up a small piece of white dough and a small piece of carob dough, adding a piece of dried fruit in the center. Roll each ball in carob powder to coat.

A friend of Steps to Life, Margaret Murray enjoys reading LandMarks and watching sermon videos on Sabbath. She lives on the Sussex Coast at Eastbourne, England.

Do you have a favorite vegan recipe you are willing to share with LandMarks’ readers? Send it to us with a photo of you, if available, and a two or three line bio. We will consider all submissions. Send to the address below or by e-mail at: landmarks@stepstolife.org.

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Wichita, KS 67278

Recipe – Walnut Balls

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1 cup ground, raw potatoes
1 Tablespoon flour
1 cup dry, whole wheat bread crumbs
3 onions, chopped
1 cup walnuts, ground
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sage
1 Tablespoon oil
1/2 cup soy cream cheese or soy sour cream (optional)

Thoroughly mix all ingredients together, then form into balls. Put into a baking dish and bake for 45 minutes. After baking, you may use them with your favorite gravy, sauce, or as “meatballs” with spaghetti. The flavors are enhanced if the balls are allowed to set in the refrigerator for awhile before baking.