Cooking Down Home

Two trends I see in the local Bible churches (& Southern Baptist): raw/uncooked foods & MLM nutritional pills?

Since coming to the U.S. another trend I keep finding in various Bible churches and especially the big Southern Baptist “mega-church” in my area: After the services there are many pushy “salespeople” pushing “miracle cures” to anyone who has health problems. I visited my neighbor’s church and he said before we went inside: “If you know anybody with cancer, they should think twice before asking anybody here for prayer because once the word gets around, the patient will be bombarded with sales brochures and testimonials about “miracle cures” of various nutritional supplement pills which are sold by a MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) networks. And an accompanying trend at these churches seems to be an interesting “everybody knows that…” factoid which is focused around the alleged health and curative advantages of eating raw/uncooked foods. [When I tried to explain to a lady that cooking actually releases three times the carotene in a raw carrot -- but she just gave me a blank look.]

What are your favorite healthy home cooked recipes?

I love to cook, so….

I am asking for your recipes for a good home cooked meal. We eat all kinds of meat and veggies, and love everything from Asian, Thai, Italian and everything in between.
I would also prefer recipes that did not include using processed foods or Campbell’s soups, but they are all still welcome!
Please something different from the usual Chilli, Sheppard’s pie, meat loaf, but again welcome!

Would you serve anything else with this salad?

It’s a cornbread salad. Seems like a salad that is a whole meal.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/southern-cornbread-salad-recipe/index.html

The salad has tomatoes in it and I am thinking about substituting the bell pepper with diced cucumber. I may keep the bell pepper and just add a layer of cucumber. Doing my weekly meal planning before grocery shopping.

good afternoon seniors . do you find it hard to cook for one or two now that your family is away from home ?

i am really having a hard time cutting down on the sizes of meals ( eat leftovers for a week ) lol.good thing i take my mom food everyday . lol.
do you have any ideas on a recipe magazine ( cooking for small amounts ? thanks and enjoy your day . d ,

I’m looking for some recipes that are very good for Breakfast, lunch, dinner & snacks?

I’m always wanting to try new food & also foods that are traditional from Southern cooking to just basic simple appetizers ect. Do you have any recipes or could you recommend some good web sites or cook books.