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Recipe – Potato Patties

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Gluten – No Grain, No Pain

Gluten is a naturally-occurring protein found in wheat and certain other cereal grains (barley, rye, and triticale). This protein gives grain-based foods their soft, chewy texture. There is nothing inherently unhealthy about gluten. In bread, for example, this protein forms an elastic network that allows the dough to stretch and trap gas, which then allows the bread to rise and retain moisture. Because of these properties, gluten is often added to processed grain-based foods (pasta, cookies, meat substitutes, soy sauce, salad dressings, gravies thickened with flour, and bouillon).

Protease is a digestive enzyme in the human body that breaks down the food we consume. However, it can’t completely break down gluten. The undigested gluten makes its way into the small intestines, and for most people, that’s no problem. But there is a small percentage (less than 1%) of people in whom this undigested gluten triggers a severe autoimmune response or other unpleasant symptoms.

Some people who do not have celiac disease but may have a sensitive gut, after eating foods containing gluten, may experience bloating, diarrhea, headaches, and skin rashes. This could actually be a reaction to poorly digested carbohydrates, not just gluten.

Celiac disease is a long-term autoimmune disorder caused by an immune reaction to eating gluten. The disease damages the lining of the small intestine, causing diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss, bloating, and anemia, if gluten is not removed from the diet. This prevents the small intestine from absorbing nutrients (malabsorption), negatively impacting the growth and development in children.

The best way to control celiac disease is to follow a strict gluten-free diet, but there are also other treatments available that can help manage the condition.

Sources: healthline.com/nutrition/what-is-gluten#gluten-free-labeling; hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/what-is-gluten-and-what-does-it-do; mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/celiac-disease/symptoms-causes

Recipe – Potato Patties

Ingredients

1 c. brown rice, cooked

½ c. onion, diced

½ c. celery, minced

2 c. raw potato, shredded

½ c. Brazil nuts, chopped

2 Tbs. ground flax seeds

½ tsp. salt

1 tsp. garlic powder

2 Tbs. yeast flakes

2 Tbs. Braggs aminos

1 Tbs. onion powder

1 Tbs. McKay’s beef flavor

Process

Cook rice according to directions. Sauté onion and celery until tender. Combine with rest of ingredients; shape into patties. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes, flip and bake for additional 10 minutes.

Food for Life – Millet Patties

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Pure, Soft Water, Continued

Exercise and a free and abundant use of the air and sunlight—blessings which Heaven has freely bestowed upon all—would give life and strength to the emaciated invalid.…” Counsels on Health, 54.

“Pure air, sunlight, abstemious-ness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in divine power—these are the true remedies. Every person should have a knowledge of nature’s remedial agencies and how to apply them.” Ibid., 90.

“If you would have your homes sweet and inviting, make them bright with air and sunshine. Remove your heavy curtains, open the windows, throw back the blinds, and enjoy the rich sunlight, even if it be at the expense of the colors of your carpets. The precious sunlight may fade your carpets, but it will give a healthful color to the cheeks of your children. If you have God’s presence and possess earnest, loving hearts, a humble home, made bright with air and sunlight, and cheerful with the welcome of unselfish hospitality, will be to your family and to the weary traveler a heaven below.” Ibid., 196.

“Life in the open air is good for body and mind. It is God’s medicine for the restoration of health. Pure air, good water, sunshine, the beautiful surroundings of nature—these are His means for restoring the sick to health in natural ways. To the sick it is worth more than silver or gold to lie in the sunshine or in the shade of the trees.” Ibid., 166.

“It is not a denial of faith to use such remedies as God has provided to alleviate pain and to aid nature in her work of restoration.…There are many ways of practicing the healing art, but there is only one way that Heaven approves. God’s remedies are the simple agencies of nature that will not tax or debilitate the system through their powerful properties.” Counsels on Health, 324.

“Nature will want some assistance to bring things to their proper condition, which may be found in the simplest remedies, especially in the use of nature’s own furnished remedies—pure air, and with a precious knowledge of how to breathe; pure water, with a knowledge of how to apply it; plenty of sunlight in every room in the house if possible, and with an intelligent knowledge of what advantages are to be gained by its use.…” Selected Messages, vol. 2, 289-289.

“It would have been better if, from the first, all drugs had been kept out of our sanitariums, and use had been made of such simple remedies as are found in pure water, pure air, sunlight, and some of the simple herbs growing in the field. These would be just as efficacious as the drugs used under mysterious names, and concocted by human science. And they would leave no injurious effects in the system.” Selected Messages, vol. 2, 292.

Recipe – Millet Patties

1/2 cup cashews

1 cup distilled water

1–1/2 cups precooked millet

1 cup wheat germ

1/2 cup rolled oats

1/2 medium onion, chopped fine

1 teaspoon sea salt

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1 tablespoon Braggs Amino Acids

Blend cashews and water. Pour over millet, wheat germ, oats, and onion. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Form into patties and bake for 25–30 minutes at 325°.

Food For Life – Vegetable Patties

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Favorite Recipes from Staff and Friends of Steps to Life

Those who eat flesh are but eating grains and vegetables at second hand, for the animal receives from these things the nutrition that produces growth. The life that was in the grains and vegetables passes into the eater. We receive it by eating the flesh of the animal. How much better to get it direct, by eating the food that God provided for our use!

“Flesh was never the best food; but its use is now doubly objectionable, since disease in animals is so rapidly increasing. Those who use flesh foods little know what they are eating. Often if they could see the animals when living and know the quality of the meat they eat, they would turn from it with loathing. People are continually eating flesh that is filled with tuberculous and cancerous germs. Tuberculosis, cancer, and other fatal diseases are thus communicated.

“The effects of a flesh diet may not be immediately realized, but this is no evidence that it is not harmful. Few can be made to believe that it is the meat they have eaten which has poisoned their blood and caused their suffering. Many die of diseases wholly due to meat eating, while the real cause is not suspected by themselves or by others.” Child Guidance, 382, 383.

Recipe – Vegetable Patties

1 medium to large unpeeled zucchini

1 large onion

cracker or bread crumbs

whole wheat flour

1/2 cup Frontier beef or chicken flavored seasoning

In a blender, puree the vegetables together. Transfer vegetable mixture to a large bowl. Add seasoning, and stir in enough crushed cracker or bread crumbs along with enough flour to make the consistency of cookie dough. Mix well. Drop by tablespoon onto a Pam-sprayed cookie sheet. Flatten slightly. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes each side. Patties may also be browned in a lightly oiled skillet. Patties may be frozen for future use.

Other types of squash and/or carrot pulp (left from carrot juicing) may be used to vary this recipe. If used alone, the carrot pulp may turn dark; it is best to mix it with squash. The blended vegetable mixture may be frozen for use later.

Submitted by Myrtle Partridge – A friend of Steps to Life and a frequent volunteer at the ministry, Myrtle Partridge’s Vegetable Patties are a favorite at the staff’s weekly potluck luncheon.

Food for Life – Jim’s Patties

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The regenerated man has a vital union with Christ. As the branch derives its sustenance from the parent stock, and because of this bears much fruit, so the true believer is united with Christ, and reveals in his life the fruits of the Spirit. The branch becomes one with the vine. Storm cannot carry it away. Frosts cannot destroy its vital properties. Nothing is able to separate it from the vine. It is a living branch, and it bears the fruit of the vine. So with the believer. By good words and good actions, he reveals the character of Christ. As the branch derives its nourishment from the vine, so all who are truly converted draw spiritual vitality from Christ. ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you,’ He declared, ‘Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him’ (John 6:53, 56).” The Upward Look, 182.

Jim’s Patties

1 cup oatmeal

1 cup choko,* cooked and mashed

1 onion, grated

Mix all ingredients together. May add a little tomato puree if additional moisture is needed. Drop by spoonfuls into a hot, prepared skillet and brown on both sides until crisp. May bake at 350 degrees on a Pam-sprayed or lightly-oiled cookie sheet until browned, turning once.

*A member of the gourd family, choko is actually native to Central America, Mexico and the West Indies. The Aztecs called it chayote and Francisco Hernandez, an early Spanish historian who lived in Mexico during the mid-sixteenth century, recorded that the natives commonly included it in their diet. After the Spanish conquest, the choko was taken to all tropical areas of the world. Early white settlers introduced choko to Australia. The choko vine is a prolific producer; its fruit is also known as “vegetable pears” or even “mango squash” because of its shape. It is a good source of Vitamin C. Zucchini squash could be substituted for choko in this recipe.

Jim and Florrie Webb both enjoy making up their own vegan recipes. Jim made up the featured patty recipe one day while Florrie was shopping in their hometown of Narangba, Queensland, Australia.

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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Recipe – Oat Patties

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4 cups water

1 cup chopped walnuts

1/2 cup Bragg Liquid Aminos

1/4 cup yeast flakes

1/3 cup oil

2 teaspoons Bakon Barbeque

2 teaspoons coriander seasoning (optional)

1 Tablespoon sweet basil

2 teaspoons sage

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon cumin

1 package onion soup mix

1/2 teaspoon thyme

4 cups rolled oats

Mix all ingredients except oats. Bring to a boil. Add oats, mix well, and remove from heat. When cool, form into patties. Bake 15 minutes on each side at 350 degrees F. Makes approximately 20 burgers.

Recipe – Veggie Patties

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¾ cup shredded zucchini

½ cup cooked rice

¾ cup shredded carrots

¼ cup egg substitute

1 ½ teaspoons onion powder

2 Tablespoons nonfat bread crumbs

2 teaspoons minced garlic

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

1 15-ounce can nonfat black beans, mashed

Preheat broiler on high heat. Line broiler pan with foil; lightly spray with nonfat cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well. (If mixture is too moist to shape, refrigerate for 1 hour.) Shape mixture into 8 patties and place on prepared pan. Broil 4 to 6 inches from heat for 5 to 6 minutes per side, until lightly browned. Great as a sandwich on roll with lettuce, tomato, and condiments.

Recipe – Seven Grain Patties

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Recipe

Seven Grain Patties
3 cups of boiling water 2 Tablespoons soy sauce (or equivalent)
1½ cups seven grain cereal 2 teaspoons onion powder
¾ teaspoon salt ¼ cup sunflower seeds
1 teaspoon thyme ½ cup walnuts, chopped
Cook cereal in water until done. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Shape into patties and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Yield: 6 servings. You may select seasonings of your choice to alter the flavor of the patties.