Lee Peipert wrote:
>
>  Robert, All I drink is Carnation Alsoy baby
> formula,diluted two to one.  I would love to
> have some good recipes and use it another
> way not just in my coffee, puddings and cereal.
> I am on a gluten-free diet as well so I have to
> be creative in order not to get bored of my diet.
> Good thing I enjoy cooking.  I look forward to
> your experiments in cooking with the formula.
>                    Rosalie

Dear Rosalie,

I do all of the cooking for my family.  We eat very little red meat,
perhaps once per month.  We eat fist once per week and chicken about two
times per week.  I do NOT call myself a vegetarian, I just eat no meat.
I do eat eggs and I do eat my own soups which are made from basic
chicken stock.

I have three girls and am constantly challenged to produce lots of good
food...at least five meals per day.  There's breakfast, lunch for
school, after school snack (a one hour feeding frenzy), dinner at 6:00,
after dinner TV/homework meal.

I bake every single day and never use the same recipe.  My basic recipe
is two cups of flour, honey/molasses, 1 tsp. of salt, 3/4 cup of liquid,
usually water and yeast.  I use a breadmaker to proof the dough (i hour
and 20 minutes) and then shape the dough into different rolls or breads.

I can make 32 tiny rolls or 8 hamburger-sized rolls...or two french
breads.  I use millet and rye and whole wheat, grinding and mixing my
own flours.  Sometimes I add raisins or dates or dried
cranberries...pignoli nuts...This variety really creates the entire
culinary mood of my house. THANK GOODNESS for bread machines.

Neal Barnard gave me the secret of the four NEW food groups.
Vegetables, Legumes, Fruits and Grains.  The variety is endless!
Instead of cooking rice, cook 1/2 rice, 1/4 millet, 1/4 amaranth.  First
sautee garlic and shallots and parsley in a tbs. of olive oil.

Make a bean salad with chick peas and black beans and whites and
reds...use the same beans for chili.  Cook with 3-4 kinds of peppers...a
little in every dish.  Go to your vegetable grocer (not the supermarket
where variety is boring and quality not as fresh).

Explore the different kinds of lettuce and make remarkable salads.

NOW FOR THE SECRET TO GREAT EATING:

Buy another refrigerator.  You can read the want-ads and find a $100
fridge that people end up selling for $25.

Then fill it with the variety of fruits and veggies that cannot possibly
fit into your old refrigerator.  Your family will soon be eating like
royalty.  You will fill the fridge with salads, fruit, veggie and bean
and grain.

Robert "NOTMILKMAN" Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com