I just want to say thank you to everyone who has contributed to making Family Food the number 1 cookbook and lifestyle book in the country for the 4th week in a row. The ripple is now turning into a wave that we are all sharing and cannot be denied no matter how much the media is throwing at me at the moment! (few crazy articles over the last few days!) To celebrate, Nic and I are going to give away 10 copies of Family Food to thank you and get you ready for the 10 week activation program that is here that so many of you have signed up for....super excited! https://prelaunch.thepaleoway/signup-pre/ All you need to do is share with me your vision for the future...how you want your health to feel like, what nutritional information would you like taught in schools, what foods would you like served in hospitals, day care centres, aged care centres, how do you want your food grown, do you want meditation taught in schools etc. Please tag your mates too and share with them your vision. Winners announced tomorrow. Todays winner of the culture for life jar is Emma Simper for writing the following story...emma if you could contact hello@thepaleoway that would be awesome and let them know you won the jar please. Hi Chef Pete Evans Thanks for all your recent postings and your enthusiasm, I love reading your posts and am excited about changing my familys diet come January. Im really pleased to share my kinesiology story. When I was 18 I had an accident on a ropeswing where instead of flying off and into the river, I got stuck on the knot at the bottom of the rope and before I knew it I was flying back towards the river bank. The kids waiting to queue up for their go on the rope, were running away from me, coming in like a wrecking ball, at them. I swear the only thing that saved me that day from the frozen panic I was in was the idea that I couldnt hurt them and so I finally managed to disengage from the knot, alas too late to land in any water, but fortunately before hitting the tree that the rope was tied to which probably would have killed me. Instead I landed on my left buttock and slide down into the shallow water. The first thing I did was check I could still wiggle my toes - thankfully, I could. But i was in a world of pain, and in cold river water, and in massive shock. I had a few days in hospital, and then two weeks on crutches. The xrays taken at the time showed some misalignment of my pelvis but no fractures. I had a hematoma the size of a football on my bum, black, purple, red, green, blue, the colours were amazing. Years later, xrays taken for something else showed I had actually broken my iliac crest - a hairline fracture, but fractured all the same, as well as a minor compression fracture to my T12. I had some physio and chiropractic treatment, which definitely helped, but I still couldnt run properly and when I got tired my limp got much more pronounced. My then boyfriend was working with a bloke - Im sorry to say I cant remember his name - who was studying kinesiology. He was a lovely older surfy guy who was working as a tradie building houses. He had got into kinesiology as a patient, to help his back from all the strain hed put it under and was so amazed at what it had done for him he decided to learn it himself. I went, extremely skeptically, to see him. I lay on a table and he did all the testing of each limb. There were huge differences in what I could do on one side to the other. After he had listened to my story, and I had cried and cried and cried, reliving the accident with his guidance and all that had happened, he retested me and I was much more even in all the testing. I couldnt believe it. One single session enabled me to run again and be much more comfortable physically. It also opened my mind to a whole bunch of stuff that I had previously dismissed as being too out there or downright fraudulent. I am very grateful to that man and hope that he was extremely successful in his practice as he definitely helped me. I do believe we store our emotions and experiences in our physical body, and that physical accidents can affect us in the other direction - think of the person with the nagging whiplash injury from a car accident, for example. Are they able to be entirely happy or comfortable with that low grade chronic physical pain? The mind:body relationship is real! Shortly after this treatment I discovered yoga and have found all sorts of strange memories have surfaced when working into stretches in places I hold tension. So yes. Kinesiology - dont knock it til youve tried it! As with all things, its best to go on a personal recommendation where you can. Thanks for reading my saga! And of course I feel like sharing another delicious recipe from family food as sharing is caring, so please Share! Lamb korma with cauliflower rice 1 kg boneless lamb shoulder or leg, cut into 1 inch cubes 2 tablespoons coconut oil salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 brown onion, finely chopped 1 cinnamon stick 1/2 cup cashews, ground to a powder using blender, food processor, mortar & pestle 1 cup coconut milk 1 cup beef or lamb stock 1 pinch of saffron 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon salt fresh coriander, to serve cauliflower rice, to serve Ginger and garlic paste 2 inch piece of ginger, peeled and chopped 6 large cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed 1/4 teaspoom salt Grama masala 5 cloves 8 cardamom pods 1 TB coriander seeds 2 tsp cumin seeds Prepare the ginger-garlic paste. Place the ginger, garlic, and 1/4 tsp salt in a mortar and pestle, food processor, or blender. Pour in ¼ cup og water and blend to a paste. Set aside until ready to use. Prepare the grama masala. Heat a pan over medium-high heat. Add the large spices first to the dry pan: the cardamom pods and the cloves. Heat for 30 seconds, until fragrant but not burning. Shake the pan around and add the coriander seeds. Heat for 15 seconds. Add the smallest spice; the cumin seeds. Heat for 15 more seconds, or until all spices are nicely fragrant. Remove the masala to a plate to cool. When cooled, grind it to a powder using a spice grinder, mortar and pestle, or blender. Set the masala aside until ready to use. Put the saffron in a small bowl and cover with 2 tablespoons of boiling water. Let soak for at least 10 minutes and set aside. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Season the lamb with salt and pepper. When the oil is hot but not smoking, add the lamb to the pot and brown for 5 minutes or so, a minute or two per side. Try not to crowd the pan, do this in two or three separate batches. Once the lamb is browned on all sides, remove the lamb to a plate. Add the additional 1 tablespoon of oil to the pot, reduce the heat to medium-low, and add in the onions. Cook the onions, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Stir in the ginger-garlic paste and cook for one more minute. Add the spice masala, stir well. Return the lamb to the pot with any juices that have accumulated on the plate. Stir well to coat the lamb with all the spices. Add the beef stock, the coconut milk, the ground cashews, the cinnamon stick, and the saffron with its soaking water. Stir in the turmeric powder and the 1/4 tsp salt. Bring the stew to a low simmer. Give it a good stir, cover and cook on low heat for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Stir every once in a while during the cooking. Uncover the stew, stir and cook down to thicken, if necessary, for a few minutes. Season with additional salt and pepper to taste. Remove the cinnamon stick prior to serving. Serve the stew with cauliflower rice garnished with chopped fresh coriander and a big bowl of salad or veggies and some fermented vegies on the side. Serve 4 – 6
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 08:24:20 +0000
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