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Organic Living By Geronimo Rubio

So what do you think it means to live organically? I found out when I got together with my Girlfriend, Vicky. Aside from eating organic foods which means pesticide free vegetables, fruits and such, organic living applies to many aspects in life. Organic Beef, Chicken and wild caught  fish (Salmon in our case) can mean a healthy lifestyle with longevity in your life. Life today is filled with technical mayhem trying to control our lives, many of which we have grown so accustomed to and need on a daily basis. And we really don't stop to think if it could be affecting our health - especially somewhere down the line in our future. Usually when you meet someone or hear of someone changing their lifestyle to that of an organic one, it's usually because of an unexpected health condition (MS, Cancer or Allergies) that unfortunately happened without warning. It goes to show you, me and everyone on Mother Earth how bad eating and living can truly have major repercussions and effects from man-made chemicals and artificial crap existing in our present daily lifestyles. If you stop and realize what truly is happening, it makes perfect sense that to live in an artificial, unhealthy lifestyle we can be affected seriously unlike Mother Earth has intended for all of us. Even if you don't change everything over to an organic lifestyle, you can at least change a few things that will greatly improve your health and quality of life. Please take the time to read up on all organic living tips that I will so graciously give to you in the coming years. If you enjoy what I have to say and enjoy a better quality of life, you will be surprised how much there is to learn about organic living. Peace my friends.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Delicious Organic Recipes

Living an Organic complete life can be hard and seem like it has "No Flavor". But let me just give you a few recipes here that we have tried ourselves and I am sure your going to love them as well. I, Geronimo Rubio & my fiance Madeline Vicky live this way everyday and I guarantee your health and life will have "Just as much Flavor" as before and increase your life for many years to come my friends. Read below for a few great Delicious Organic Recipes made with Organic Food:


 

Spinach and Raw Cheddar Turnovers


  • Prep time-60-80
  • Total Time-90-120
  • Servings-16 large or 24-30 small pastries
  • Ingredients

    • 1 pound fresh spinach
    • 10-12 ounce Organic Valley Raw Cheddar (mild or sharp)
    • 2 large Organic Valley eggs, beaten
    • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
    • 12 teaspoon pepper
    • 8 ounces Organic Valley European Style Cultured Butter
    • 1 pound phyllo dough, thawed 24 hours in the refrigerator
    In this recipe, butter-brushed layers of paper-thin phyllo pastry are filled with spinach and cheese, then baked until the turnovers are shatteringly crisp and the cheese oozes inside.
    Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it?
    If you haven’t worked with phyllo dough before, know this: It dries out very, very quickly. To keep it supple, thaw the dough overnight in the refrigerator and don’t open the package until just before you’re ready to work with it. Use a damp, wrung-out towel to keep it covered while you are preparing the pastries. 

    Directions

    1. Make the filling: Cook the spinach with a little water in a big, covered pot, just until the spinach wilts. Drain it, rinse lightly and let it cool. Use your hands to squeeze out nearly all the liquid. Chop the spinach and put it in a bowl. Grate the cheddar on the large holes of a hand-held grater or in a food processor. Add cheddar, eggs, dill and pepper to the spinach and mix well.
    2. Get equipment and ingredients ready: Melt butter. Assemble the following: pastry brush; sharp knife; a dampened, wrung-out cotton towel; one or two baking sheets (can be lined with parchment paper or not); the filling; melted butter; and phyllo dough.
    3. Prepare the turnovers: Open the box of phyllo dough and carefully unfold the roll of dough onto a large work surface. You’ll be working in batches of 4 or 5 sheets of dough at a time; each batch will form four turnovers. The sheets are very delicate and may rip, but don’t be concerned—you are creating layers that will be folded up and the rips will be hidden. It’s good to work quickly, as the dough dries out very quickly, but you can also buy time by placing the wrung-out towel over the exposed stack of dough while you fold up each batch.
    For each batch, pull off two sheets of the dough and place them with the long edges facing you on the work surface. Lightly brush the surface all over with butter (you don’t need to cover every inch, however). Pull off a third sheet, place over the others and brush again with butter. Do this once or twice more, for a total of four to five sheets.
    Cut the brushed layers vertically into four wide, equal-sized strips. Place 2 or so heaping tablespoons of filling near the bottom of each strip. Now fold up each strip like a flag: starting at the bottom near the filling, fold the dough over the filling to form a triangle and continue to fold the triangle back and forth up the strip to end up with a filled turnover. Brush each turnover very lightly with butter and transfer it to a baking sheet.
    Continue this process until all the filling is used up. At this point, they can be baked immediately, covered tightly and refrigerated, or frozen.
    4. To bake: Heat oven to 375 degrees. If turnovers have been frozen, thaw them partially before baking. Bake turnovers until they are golden brown, 20-30 minutes.
    Organic Valley Organic 1% Lowfat Single Serve Milk, 8-Ounce Aseptic Cartons (Pack of 24)
    Organic Valley Organic Whole Milk, 33.8 Ounce Asceptic Carton (Pack of 12)
    Vanilla vanille Patchouli scented Shea Butter Provence soap 3.5 oz 100 gr


     

    Butter-Roasted Asparagus


    • Prep time-10 Minutes
    • Total Time-20-25
    • Servings-3-4

    Ingredients

    • 1 pound fresh organic asparagus, tough ends trimmed off
    • 1-2 tablespoon Organic Valley Cultured Butter, melted ((or olive oil))
    • 12 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
    • salt and freshly ground pepper
    • 14 to 13 cup Organic Valley Shredded Parmesan (or feta or blue cheese crumbles)
    Asparagus is special almost any way you serve it—raw, steamed, sautéed, grilled—but if I could only have it one way, it would be roasted. Its natural sweetness is enhanced when you slick it with organic butter, sprinkle it with sea salt and pepper, and roast in the oven it at high, even heat. It makes a wonderful side dish just like that, or can be showered with the likes of good cheese and chopped tomatoes. Add Organic Prairie hardwood smoked ham or Organic Valley sunny-side-up eggs, and call it lunch or dinner.

    Directions

    1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Use your hands to spread the asparagus spears with melted butter or olive oil. Spread spears out on the baking sheet (try to avoid letting them touch each other). Sprinkle with quartered cherry tomatoes and season lightly with salt and pepper.
    2. Roast until asparagus is barely tender—this could take as little as 6-8 minutes if the spears are thin, or twice as long if they are thick. (Go ahead and taste one to be sure.) Transfer the spears to a platter, sprinkle with cheese and serve immediately. (Alternatively, you can sprinkle the cheese on the spears while they’re still on the baking sheet, and then return them to the oven for a couple more minutes.)
    Organic Valley Organic Buttermilk Blend, Powder Cultured, 12-Ounce Bags (Pack of 4)
    Organic Valley Organic 1% Lowfat Single Serve Milk, 8-Ounce Aseptic Cartons (Pack of 24)
    Organic Valley Organic Whole Milk, 33.8 Ounce Asceptic Carton (Pack of 12)
    Vanilla vanille Patchouli scented Shea Butter Provence soap 3.5 oz 100 gr
    Native Forest Green Asparagus Spears 15 oz. (Pack of 18)
    Just Tomatoes Organic Just Cherries, 8 Ounce Tub
    Organic Parmigiano Reggiano (300 gram) by igourmet.com 
    BLACK PEPPER GROUND FRESHLY PACKED IN LARGE JARS, spices, herbs, seasonings

    Saturday, April 24, 2010

    Did you catch Food Inc on PBS’s POV

    You have to see this film Food Inc. two thumbs up from me (Geronimo Rubio). It is a must see. It premiered on PBS’s POV April 21st! But if you did miss it you can stil watch it in it's entire length tell April 29th, 2010 @ http://www.pbs.org/pov/foodinc/photo_gallery_watch.php. It will explain how the food industry operates and how it went bad for all us healthy eaters in the world..

    An Awesome Academy Award nominated film that will show everyone a powerful eye opening truth behind America’s food supply. It brings up lots of "Red Flags" on whether America’s Industrial, Corperate Controled food system produces Healthy, Nutritious, Life-Embracing substance we so carelessly call food. Just take one look at America’s radical Health Care Crisis going on right now and see if you feel the same way and have asked yourself the same questions.

    Food Inc., lights up the documentary with fascinating poignant interviews that give "Fair Warning" to us about the Nutritional Value of America’s Food Supply and questions whether or not the crap we are eating (our food products, including processed foods, fresh meat and produce) are without a doubt a scary, mind boggling threat to public health and safety. Some of these interviews include Eric Schlosser (A writer for Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (an American author, journalist, activist)(The Omnivore’s Dilemma) (two food movement heroes), sustainable, organic farmer Joel Salatin of Swoope Virginia’s Polyface Farms (Family Owned & Run) and mother, Barbara Kowalcyk (http://www.ecoliblog.com/2007/05/articles/e-coli-watch/food-safety-advocate-barbara-kowalcyk/). Kowalcyk’s 2 1/2 year old son died 12 days after eating a hamburger contaminated with E. coli.

    The documentary continues to on to bring up some very serious facts and issues about ethical business practices of food giants like Monsanto, Tyson, Perdue and Smithfield companies. And upon asking Millionaire Giants these to tell their side of the story to filmmakers, they refused to even give a simple statement and declined to comment.

    Just within the past week California Public Health Officials issued yet another recall on tons ground beef products sold at WinCo food stores in 6, yup I said 6 western states, claiming the possibility of it being contaminated with E. coli.

    Take a look at the film Food Inc and the issues it tackles. This film is driven by visionaries of alternative businesses and activists who are trying to help the food movement to delicious, healthy, safe food for America.