Homemade Chocolate Pudding from Local Harvest

Homemade Chocolate Pudding

For the most delectable taste, choose a good quality bittersweet chocolate bar. Adding a bit of espresso powder to the mix accentuates the chocolate taste, but may be considered optional.

Serves 6 to 8

* 1/3 cup sugar (I would reccomend a sugar substitute, perhaps xylitol)
* 2 tablespoons cornstarch
* Pinch salt
* 2 cups whole milk
* 1 large egg
* 1/2 cup finely chopped bittersweet chocolate
* 1 teaspoon espresso or other instant coffee powder
* Whipped cream, for garnish (optional)

Mix the sugar, corn starch, and salt in a heavy 2-quart saucepan. Gradually whisk in milk.

Turn the heat to medium-high. Stir constantly as the mixture comes to a boil. When you see bubbles begin to form around the edges, lower the heat to medium, and continue boiling gently while stirring for 1 minute. Turn the heat down very low.

Lightly beat the egg in a small bowl. Gradually whisk a few tablespoons of the hot milk into the egg. Whisk the egg mixture into the pan. Add the chocolate and coffee powder.

Whisk continuously until the chocolate melts and the pudding thickens, about 2 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then spoon into pudding bowls.

Serve warm, room temperature, or chilled. Garnish each portion with whipped cream, if you wish.

Recipe copyright, Lorna Sass, 2007

http://www.localharvest.org/newsletter/20071218/recipes.html?r=nl

Healing through Visualization

For mom, dad and even the little one-

Explore this site for tips on relaxing and healing through visualization

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Go ahead---Dream!

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Kids Gardening!

A great resource site to help grow love of plants and nature in our children!

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Farm Bill Funny- this will move you!!

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Opportunity-

if you cannot view the images check the online version

Feeding Hungry Children

http://media.worldvision.org/vdo/faces_of_hunger.swf

I found this video at World Vision

And after listening to Brian Swimme talk about hunger (back in 1995 on Canticle to the Cosmos) and seeing that still today and even more, children are still starving.

How do we balance the food scales in our world?

Ocean Tide of breath

In and out it flows
What a relief!!
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look here for the facts and required action on climate change

these are valuable tools

touch resonates

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exersize slow too!

1. Exercise Slow

Is this the simplest exercise imaginable?

Exercise slow is a series of gentle, easy-to-do exercises to promote flexibility, balance, and calm.

This first video has an introduction and an eight-minute sequence. The idea is to follow along. It’s not a video to passively watch. The benefit from this exercise comes from doing it often, consistently, and for a sustained period of several minutes.

The Slow Movement

http://www.slowmovement.com/slow_living.php

Beginner's guide to slowing down

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Six slow secrets (and four more)

1. Have a cup of tea, put your feet up and stare out of the window. Warning: don’t try this while driving.
2. Spend some quality time in the bathtub.
3. Write down these words and place them where you can see them, “Multitasking is a Moral Weakness.”
4. Try to do only one thing at a time.
5. Do not be pushed into answering a question right away. Take your time.
6. Try the “One Minute Slow Exercise.” *
7. Yawn often. Medical studies have shown lots of things and possibly that yawning may be good for you.

8. Have some more tea. Tea is the drink of the slow.
9. Join our slow story reminder list.

10. Take a nap and spend at least an hour extra in bed. You deserve it. If you need help getting out of bed, then read this .

Note: If you just can't shake of an attack of seriousness, then amble slowly over to the slow blog http://www.blog.slowdownnow.org.

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*Slow down for just one minute. If you are walking, slow down the pace. If you are driving, ease up on the pedal. Slow down your rate of speech. Did you notice anything different?

becoming masters of patience

“Those who have children can become masters of patience, endurance, and steadfastness, because children will test you at every turn. …The way to make our children patient and loving is to be that way ourselves.”

-- Eknath Easwaran

from the daily guru

i found god in myself

i found god in myself
& I loved her
i loved her fiercely

—Ntozake Shange

I have come to know simple truths that before were disguised by my complexity. I have come to know the inner vision that sees with much clarity. I've come to know me, the gentleness of my spirit, as it may express itself through love and tenderness. I've come to know power in a way that’s personal and creative. My personal power of choice. I've come to know love; love of self and others is the same. I've come to know the oneness of all who walk the planet in an attempt to journey home.

—Greta Metcalf

Both quotes can be found in The Heron Dance Book of Love & Gratitude

stumbling over truth

"Everyone stumbles over the truth from time to time, but most people pick themselves up and hurry off as though nothing ever happened."

-- Sir Winston Churchill

from the daily guru, which I love!!

Imagine this!

Way to wake up!

Organic Lemon Chamomile tea -

is great for preparing the body for our morning meal!

Fresh squeezed lemon acts as an astringent and a waker-upper (:

Chamomile is great for encouraging a calm start to our day-

drink slowly and set your intention for the day

love life(:

Japan for Sustainability!!

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great site for kids!!

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Three Quotes on Freedom!

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth. – Abraham Lincoln

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say:" This is my country." – Benjamin Franklin

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln


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conscious regulation of breath

"The single most effective relaxation technique I know is conscious regulation of breath." - Dr. Weil

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peace

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Water Alert!

Play the UNICEF 'Voices of Youth' online game Water Alert! to help solve the world water crisis

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My Country, My Duty

- from heart math

White Bean Spread - Dr. Weil's Ways

White Bean Spread

Description
When thinking of great taste accompaniments to bread, challenge the butter and olive oil and balsamic vinegar routine with this herby spread. What you have here is a versatile accompaniment for toasted baguettes or warm crepes. You can also use it as a dip made for thick chunks of French bread or pita sandwiches. Plan one day in advance in order to soak the beans overnight. Of course, you always have the option of using canned beans if you're really pressed for time.

Ingredients
2 cups Great Northern or cannellini beans, soaked overnight in 6 cups of water to cover and 1 teaspoon baking soda
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon dried basil or pesto
2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lime juice
1 clove garlic, coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 whole grain baguette

Instructions
Dr Weil Suggests:
I much prefer the pesto to the dried basil.

Note: Do not drain the water that the beans have been soaking in overnight. Bring it to a boil and cook for 45 minutes. The beans should be easily pierced with a fork.

1. Preheat the broiler.

2. Drain and transfer the cooked beans to a food processor or blender. Add the basil or pesto, lime juice, garlic, cumin, salt, Parmesan cheese, and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and process or blend until smooth.

3. Cut the baguette into 1-inch slices and brush the remaining tablespoons of olive oil over them, then broil on the lower rack until lightly browned.

4. Put the toasted baguette slices on a platter. Scrape the spread into a nice bowl and set it in the middle of the platter and serve.

Tip from Rosie's Kitchen:
As long as you are preparing beans from scratch, you could double the amount and reserve half to make White Beans and Fusilli.

Solar Shine! :)

Solar Power Set to Shine Brightly

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Solar photovoltaic (PV) cells turn sunlight directly into carbon-free electricity.

The solar industry is poised for a rapid decline in costs that will make it a mainstream power option in the next few years,according to a new assessment by the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C., and the Prometheus Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Who Am I? Being-

Beautiful Soul!

And this is how it is for all of us now. We are being catapulted into the higher realms. Great and awesome doors and being opened to realities we have never experienced before in these particular human bodies. We have been re-incarnated and are being reborn into what a wonderful woman just described to me as a “very new dream.”

The days of suffering and pain are over. The days of struggle are over. The days of darkness and negativity are over. We have truly arrived in a new reality of new ways of living and being, and we need only seize the day.

What will be your reality? What will you allow to be revealed to you? What path will you follow? What excitement will you experience?
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Wishing you Heaven in your heart, starlight in your soul, and miracles in your life in these miraculous times.

Until next time,

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Plastic Bags May be Banned in Boston!

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The Full Story here:

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PSI Wars- The Shift Begins!

Hummingbird Dance

The Mother's Song

It is so still in the house.
There is a calm in the house;
The snowstorm wails out there,
And the dogs are rolled up with snouts under the tail.
My little boy is sleeping on the ledge,
On his back he lies, breathing through his open mouth.
His little stomach is bulging round...
Is it strange if I start to cry with joy?

—Peter Freuchen excerpted from Book of the Eskimos

from a pause for beauty (Rod McIver)

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Zip Cars!! (: Coolness!

Two Startups Partner to Make Renting & Parking ZipCars Pain-Free...

ZipCar is a car-sharing service where anyone can reserve a nearby ZipCar car and use it for the day. In London, the company is partnering with ParkAtMyHouse.com, which lets people rent out their private parking spaces, to make the process of renting and parking a ZipCar pain-free, according to SpringWise.

The partnership gives people more places to park in London, and also gives the parking space owners a larger pool of clients and the luxury of having a ready-to-use ZipCar available whenever they wish.

ParkAtMyHouse features an intuitive search function that lists available spaces near a point of interest. Further, its users can post classified ads requesting parking spots adding visibility to the parking demand.

Product Safety Search by EWG (Evironmental Working Group)

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Quantum reality!

Our entire universe is energy -- vibrating waves of pure potential. The electromagnetic vibrations of our consciousness interact with the energetic potential that exists everywhere as the life force to ‘collapse’ the waves and create matter. So the patterns of our minds create the form of our world.

By simply observing a form, we influence it. We in turn are influenced by others. This challenges us to be more aware of the quality of our being and the vibrations we transmit.

"There is no reality in the absence of observation."

-- The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

from the daily guru

Requiem for the Honeybee

Requiem for the Honeybee

* Requiem for the Honeybee
Neoniccotinoid insecticides used in seed dressing may be responsible for the collapse of honeybee colonies
By Prof. Joe Cummins
24 April 2007
Straight to the Source ---
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Spinach Sass(:

Why You Should Eat Your Spinach

This bright green vegetable is a veritable powerhouse of nutrients, and one that Dr. Weil recommends you have on hand in your kitchen. Spinach contains lutein and zeaxanthin, antioxidant carotenoids that may help prevent cataracts and macular degeneration. Is it also a tasty source of calcium and folate, good for your bones, and provides a generous amount of vitamins K, A, and manganese. With three common varieties to choose from - the “flat leaf” variety; savoy, which has curled leaves; and baby spinach, a sweeter version of the flat leaf, spinach is a versatile vegetable you can eat raw, lightly steamed or even pureed. Always seek out organically grown spinach, as pesticides are commonly used on conventionally grown varieties. In addition, always wash spinach well, even if the package says “pre-washed.” The stems and leaves of spinach tend to pick up sand and dirt. A good rule of thumb to follow is three thorough rinsings. For recipes featuring spinach, and more fresh and seasonal food information, join Dr. Weil on Healthy Aging.

C Vitamin-

Getting Your Vitamin C

Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid) is a well-known nutrient found abundantly in vegetables and fruits. A water-soluble vitamin and powerful antioxidant, it helps the body form and maintain connective tissue, including bones, blood vessels, and skin. It is also important for many bodily functions, as it helps to repair and regenerate tissues, protect against heart disease, aid in the absorption of iron, and decrease total and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and triglycerides. Research indicates that vitamin C may help defend against a variety of cancers by combating free radicals. It also helps neutralize nitrites (preservatives found in some packaged foods that may cause cancer); lessen the duration and symptoms of a common cold; delay or prevent cataracts; and support healthy immune function. Vitamin C is easy obtainable through foods. Natural sources include: Apples, asparagus, berries, broccoli, cabbage, melon (cantaloupe, honeydew, and watermelon), cauliflower, citrus fruits (lemons, oranges), kiwi, dark leafy greens (kale, spinach), peppers, potatoes, and tomatoes. You can also get your daily C through fortified foods such as breads, grains, cereal. Find out if vitamin C is recommended for you; take Dr. Weil’s Vitamin Advisor.

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Get a life!!

Get a life in which you are not alone.
Find people you love, and who
love you.
And remember that love is not leisure,
it is work....
Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail.
Write a letter. Kiss your Mom. Hug
your Dad. Get a life in which you are generous.
And realize that
life is the best thing ever,
and that you have no business taking it for
granted." -- Anna Quindlen

desiderata-

Max Ehrmann


Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.

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Eat Well Guide!

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Anger

Mothers' Milk Reveals Ancient Diets

Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News

April 17, 2007 — Breast milk from women in regions where the first humans likely emerged suggests that Western diets — with their high amounts of carbs, sugars, salts and oils — go against the optimal human diet.

That conclusion comes from a new study that also suggests infant formula guidelines, which are based on Western dietary recommendations, need reassessment.

"It is somewhat strange to first drastically deviate from what we as Homo sapiens derive from in an evolutionary sense, then, because of this deviation, we get all kinds of new diseases that many blame on environment, notably diet, and then we set recommendations on the basis of this abnormal diet!" author Frits Muskiet told Discovery News.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/04/17/mothersmilk_hea.html?category=health&guid=20070417114530&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

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