Digest Number 1097

[Guest guest]

This is something I wondered about - even my meat eating husband

doesn't eat McDonald's, so it's not really an issue for my family.

When they introduced the yogurt parfait I never gave it a second

thought because it's lowfat and I assumed it had gelatin. Does anyone

know if that's the case or not?

 

Also, to the person who asked about the VitaMix - I am incredibly

happy with mine. I probably wouldn't have bought it if I hadn't been

on a post-pregnancy hormone high ($300 for a *blender*???), but it is

way, way better than a normal blender. We bought it " to make baby

food " , which it does well, but I think we used it for that maybe half

a dozen times. Mostly I make smoothies and soups. We've also done some

of the stranger things, like making bread from wheat berries with it,

and that's fun, but time-consuming and messy, so we don't do that

often. (And while it is relatively easy to clean, it's still not as

instantaneous and hands-off as the advertising would like you to

believe.)

 

I don't know if extraction juicing is ever better than blending up the

whole thing. I don't like eating oranges, but I keep getting guilted

by the whole " but if you just drink oj, you're missing out on all this

lovely fiber! " thing, so it's definitely a mind-easer there. (And no

pulp like regular home-squeezed oj. Fresh, but with a non-repulsive

texture, how can you go wrong?)

 

-kt

 

Message: 12

Sat, 19 Mar 2005 04:20:58 -0000

" Alan " <soy_decaf_latte

Re: McVeggie Burger

 

Day to day, my family and I may occassionally eat at a fast food

restaurant (and when I do I'm grateful for the veggie burger and

yogurt parfait) or buy foods from a conglomerate that I'd rather not

support in principle. But, not as often as last year. As somebody

said, this is a journey where we continually strive toward making

changes (sometimes modest, sometimes radical) to better align our

behaviors with our ideals.

 

- Alan