To prepare people for eternal life.
| 1/2 cup or more fresh cranberries (or thawed) | 1/2 cup pitted dates |
| 1 large orange, peeled | |
| In a food processor fitted with the “S” blade, or hand processor, process all ingredients until the desired chunky texture is reached. I blend until mostly smooth. Use on oatmeal or on toast. It is delicious! Makes about 1½ cups. | |
What a beautiful time of the year, and how grateful we should be for the privilege to honor our Creator by bestowing gifts to Him whose birthday we celebrate. Let us not forget this in our desire to show love and appreciation for our loved ones! God tells us in the Spirit of Prophecy that it is not amiss to have a Christmas tree in our churches as long as they hold gifts for Him whom we serve and love.
“In health and in sickness, pure water is one of heaven’s choicest blessings. Its proper use promotes health. It is the beverage which God provided to quench the thirst of animals and man. Drank freely, it helps supply the necessities of the system and assists nature to resist disease. The external application of water is one of the easiest and most satisfactory ways of regulating the circulation of the blood. A cold or cool bath is an excellent tonic. Warm baths open the pores and thus aid in the elimination of impurities. Both warm and neutral baths soothe the nerves and equalize the circulation.” Ministry of Healing, 237.
“I should bathe frequently, and drink freely of pure, soft water.” Counsels on Diet and Foods, 419.
“Thousands have died with raging fevers consuming them, until the fuel which fed the fever was burned up, the vitals consumed, and have died in the greatest agony, without being permitted to have water to allay their burning thirst. Water, which is allowed a senseless building to put out the raging elements, is not allowed human beings to put out the fire which is consuming the vitals.
“Many make a mistake in drinking cold water with their meals. Taken with meals, water diminishes the flow of the salivary glands; and the colder the water, the greater the injury to the stomach. Ice water or ice lemonade, drunk with meals will arrest digestion until the system has imparted sufficient warmth to the stomach to enable it to take up its work again . . .Food should not be washed down; no drink is needed with meals. Eat slowly, and allow the saliva to mingle with the food. The more liquid there is taken into the stomach with the meals, the more difficult it is for the food to digest; for the liquid must first be absorbed . . . if anything is needed to quench thirst, pure water, drunk some little time before or after the meal, is all that nature requires . . . Water is the best liquid possible to cleanse the tissues.” Counsels on Diet and Foods, 419, 420. It is recommended that at least eight to ten glasses of pure, soft water be consumed daily. Each kidney requires four glasses per day. How many kidneys do you have?
In large pan place:
1 12 oz. Can frozen Apple Concentrate
1/3 c. Fruit Source Syrup
Warm to liquid stage and add:
12–14 Sour Apples (Macintosh, Jonathan, or Pippin) peel and finely cut. Cook until tender, stirring occasionally.
Place in Bowl:
3 Heaping T. Cornstarch
2 T. Coriander Powder
1/2 t. Sea Salt
Slowly Add, Stirring Well:
1/2 c. Cashew or Soy Milk
1 T. Vanilla (alcohol free)
Add this mixture slowly, while stirring constantly, to the cooked apples. Let come to a boil and empty into 8×13 Cobbler baking dish. Sprinkle over the top, or premix 1 cup pecans or walnuts. Cover with Cashew Pie Crust and bake at 350° for 20–30 minutes or until pleasingly brown. Top with Cashew Topping.
(Recipe in last December Land Marks.)
Happy Thanksgiving! Have we not a great deal to be thankful for this past year? It hardly seems possible that a year has passed since I wished you a happy 1995 Holiday! And now it is 1996 about to end! Surely we all have a multitude to thank God for!
“Disease never comes without a cause. The way is prepared, and disease invited, by disregard of the laws of health. Many suffer in consequence of the transgression of their parents. While they are not responsible for what their parents have done, it is nevertheless their duty to ascertain what are and what are not violations of the laws of health. They should avoid the wrong habits of their parents and, by correct living, place themselves in better conditions.
“The greater number, however, suffer because of their own wrong course of action. They disregard the principles of health by their wrong habits of eating, drinking, dressing, and working. Their transgression of nature’s laws produces the sure result; and when sickness comes upon them, many do not credit their suffering to the true cause, but murmur against God because of their afflictions. But God is not responsible for the suffering that follows disregard of natural law.
“God has endowed us with a certain amount of vital force. He has also formed us with organs suited to maintain the various functions of life, and He designs that terse organs shall work together in harmony. If we carefully preserve the life force, and keep the delicate mechanism of the body in order, the result is health; but if the vital force is too rapidly exhausted, the nervous system borrows power for present use from its resources of strength, and when one organ is injured, all are affected. Nature bears much abuse without apparent resistance; she then arouses, and makes a determined effort to remove the effects of the ill-treatment she has suffered. Her effort to correct these conditions is often manifest in fever and various other forms of sickness…
“Intemperate eating is often the cause of sickness, and what nature most needs is to be relieved of the undue burden that has been placed upon her…An abstemious diet for a month or two would convince many sufferers that the path of self-denial is the path to health.
“Some make themselves sick by overwork. For these, rest, freedom from care, and a spare diet, are essential to restoration of health. To those who are brain weary and nervous because of continual labor and close confinement, a visit to the country, where they can live a simple, carefree life, coming in close contact with the things of nature, will be most helpful. Roaming through the fields and the woods, picking the flowers, listening to the songs of the birds, will do far more than any other agency toward their recovery.” Ministry of Healing, 234-237
November Recipe:
1 Cup Cashew Pieces
2 Tbs. Coriander Powder
1 Cup Date Rolls or Pieces
¼ tsp. Cardamom Powder
½ tsp. Sea Salt
1& 2/3 Cups Cashew Milk
1 Tbs. Vanilla (alcohol free)
Blend the thoroughly mixed above ingredients with 1 16 oz. can of Libby’s Pumpkin. Stir well, and pour into ice cube trays and freeze. When ready to eat, put through the Champion Juicer for delicious, home-made ice cream.
Gluten Cutlets
3 cups instant gluten flour
½ cup minute tapioca
or ½ cup pecan meal
½ tsp Lawry’s Seasoned Salt
1 scant cup whole wheat flour
3 ¼ cups cold water
¼ cup of Bragg’s Aminos
Broth
13 cups water
3 Tbsp olive oil
½ tsp Savorex (or similar seasoning)
1 tsp Lawry’s Seasoned Salt
1 Tbsp McKay’s Seasoning (beef or chicken)
1 tsp onion salt
4 Tbsp Nutritional yeast flakes
½ cup Bragg’s Aminos
1 tsp Postum or Roma
Gluten Cutlets: Thoroughly mix all dry ingredients. Then add all at once: 3 ¼ cups cold water and ¼ cup of Bragg’s Aminos. Stir very quickly and knead lightly. Divide the dough, roll into two rolls about 1 ½ inches thick and let stand while preparing the broth.
Broth: Add all the ingredients to water and bring to a boil. Slice the rolls of gluten and then add the sliced gluten to the broth. The slices should fill the pot. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 ½ hours.
Pineapple Coconut Sorbet
2 cups frozen pineapple chunks
1 Tbsp. maple syrup or raw honey
1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice, or to taste
¼ cup coconut milk or cream, chilled
1 Tbsp. fresh lime juice, or to taste
Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth or chunky.
Serve immediately in a bowl, or spoon on whole grain waffles or cooked cereal.
Serve as soft or place in the freezer to harden.
¼ cup sun-dried tomato bits
1 cup hot water
½ cup olive oil (or less if desired)
½ cup lemon juice
½ cup ketchup
½ cup sweetener of your choice
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. basil
1 Tbsp. dried onion bits
Place tomatoes and water in blender and whiz 30 seconds or so. Add oil, lemon juice, ketchup, sweetener, salt and basil. Blend well. Add onion bits and blend just to mix. You can add a little more water if it is too thick. Taken from Cooking Vegetarian for Normal People, Transition to Vegan by Mindy Breckenridge.
1 cup flour (whole wheat pastry)
1 cup cornmeal (combination of corn flour and cornmeal)
1 Tbsp cornstarch
1 Tbsp Featherweight Baking Powder
¾ tsp. salt
¼ cup oil
1-2 cups soy milk (typically 1 ½ cups)
1 Tbsp honey, (optional)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Thoroughly mix dry ingredients. In another container, thoroughly mix soy milk, oil and honey. Spray muffin tins (makes 8-10 muffins depending on size) or 8” x 8” baking dish. Pour liquid mixture into dry ingredients. Stir just enough to moisten. Put into muffin tins or baking dish. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
Recipe is from Blythe Hoppe who works with the Ministerial Training Course and helps with many other projects at Steps to Life.
5 cups oats
2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup raisins and/or carob chips
1 cup water or soy milk
1 cup oil (can decrease or substitute with ½ applesauce)
1 cup honey/maple syrup mixture
2 tsp. vanilla
Mix all dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl, mix all wet ingredients. Add both mixtures together. Let sit 5-10 minutes. Drop by 1 spoonful onto cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Tofu, medium firm (16 oz.)
¼ cup fresh tomato
1/8 cup water
¼ cup fresh red bell pepper
2 Tbsp. olive oil
¼ cup fresh lemon juice, to taste
½ tsp. salt, to taste
¼ tsp. onion powder
¼ tsp. garlic powder
Blend the ingredients, except the lemon juice, until smooth. Pour into glass jar and gently stir in lemon juice and cover.