Mulberries! Grilling! Gluten Free Foods Testing and Updates on 'Apeel'
Picking Wild Mulberries, Outdoor Grilling Cooking Classes
Have you ever eaten mulberries? Did you know there is a white mulberry that does not stain your hands?
I have spent the last week and a half collecting the white mulberries from my tree in my yard. Just one tree and my freezer are full of them now. Plus, I made Mulberry Pear Jam and Apple Mulberry pie.
Saturday, I went to a huge black (or what they call red) mulberry tree (someone else’s property) and picked 4 buckets full. I have been washing and freezing the black mulberries for days now.
The black ones are sweeter however they are also messy. Many people complain that the black (or red) mulberry trees are a nuisance because when the berries drop, they stain everything. And if you have many birds in your yard, once they eat the black mulberries, they then leave dark presents for you all over your yard.
White mulberries are native to Eastern and Central China and India. Red or American Mulberries are native to Eastern U.S. Black Mulberries are native to Asia
My latest ‘LIVE’ video about Mulberries:
Health Benefits:
Iron, potassium, phosphorus, riboflavin, high in fiber, Vitamin A, C and E
Contain plant compounds - Anthocyanins -
Cyanidin (black, red or purple mulberries) - helps treat bad cholestrol
Chlorogenic acid - antioxidant
Rutin - Protect against Cancer - helps treat diabetes
Myricetin - protects against Cancer
Resveratrol - helps prevent stokes
History:
Mulberries have been eaten and a part of our diets for a very long time. Most of the ancient civilizations of the world cultivated mulberry trees for their delicious berries. Once it was determined that the huge green mulberry leaves could be fed to livestock, the uses for mulberry trees expanded. The leaves of the white mulberry also proved to be excellent food for silkworms in the silk trade.
During Tudor times in Britian, they became prized in Europe for their succulent berries. It is said that Henry VIII had a mulberry tree planted in his Chelsea estate. Later, King James I decided that Britain should compete with France in silk making. He brought in ten thousand mulberry trees to provide food for the silkworms, planting some in a large mulberry garden near Buckingham Palace. The silkworm project failed because the King bought black mulberry trees instead off the white ones that silkworms like.
Mom’s Across America - Gluten Free Food Test
Moms Across America has tested 46 samples of gluten-free foods, including bread, pasta, crackers, snacks, flour, dessert mixes, and chips for glyphosate/AMPA, 236 pesticides, minerals, and gluten.
44 out of 46 of the samples came back positive for glyphosate.
Out of the 237 pesticides we tested for, glyphosate was the most prevalent.
Not all of the gluten-free products that were also organic were the lowest in glyphosate.
21% of the samples were positive for glyphosate at levels higher than 10 ppb, the EU threshold for acceptable glyphosate residues.
According to Don Huber, Purdue University Emeritus and plant pathologist of 60 years, exposure to .1 ppb of glyphosate is harmful and should be avoided. 95.6% of the samples contained higher than .1 ppb pf glyphosate.
To read more about the testing results: https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/gluten_free_food_test_results
It’s Grilling Season!
Every year I teach Outdoor Grilling Cooking Classes. I love cooking outdoors and the food always tastes better cooked in the great outdoors. Many people are surprised that there are so many options of things to cook on the grill when you are living a whole food, organic, vegan lifestyle. I have been creating grilling recipes for 8 years now and I have all new recipes for this year. I would love to see you in an upcoming cooking class. You can attend virtually if not in my area and if you live close, we get to eat the food that is created in the class.
Asparagus Veggie Burger Outdoor Grilling Cooking Class
Wed. June 19 - 6 to 9 PM (ET)
In person $65.00 - Virtual $55.00My most popular classes, Grilling Outdoors! Food always seems to taste better when cooked outside. I will share all my grilling vegan food tips and techniques that I have perfected. The food is amazingly delicious and all who attend in person will get to eat the food we create in class.
Menu: Asparagus Veggie Burger, Grilled Purple Sweet Potato with Onion Sea Salt and Special Dipping Sauce and by student request, Grilled Strawberries with Chocolate Sauce.
Red, White and Blue Outdoor Grilling Cooking Class
Wed. July 3rd - 6 - 9 PM (ET)
In person $65.00 - Virtual $55.00
Celebrate the 4th of July with colorful Red, White and Blue dishes that are grilled outside. The flavors are bold and delicious for the celebration of our country's freedom.
If you do not have a grill, the recipes can be cooked on your stove.
Menu: Tempeh Mock 'Steak' with Beet Smoky Sauce, Fire Roasted White Sweet Potato and Grilled Pears with Blueberries and Raspberries.
Sign up for cooking classes here: https://www.macroval.com/cookingclasses.htm
Get in the Kitchen and Cook Healthy!
Update on the toxic coating ‘Apeel’
I have been able to get information about the toxic coating ‘Apeel’ from another health advocate, Robyn Openshaw, known as The Green Smoothie Girl. Roblyn has a huge social media following and is able to reach more people than myself. She is a very successful businesswomen and also has a staff that can assist her in all her endeavors to get the work out about this toxic substance we do not want on our produce. I would like to thank Robyn and her staff for all their work in getting the word out about ‘Apeel’. The following information comes from Robyn Openshaw.
This is from the CEO of Limoneira. Because of customer feedback the companies have made a huge change on their position on ‘Apeel’ since last year.
This is a quote from my Substack blog from June 12, 2023: “Limoneira, one of the largest U.S. growers of lemons, including organic, does not grow every lemon sold in the world, but CEO Harold Edwards’s goal is to “coat every lemon in the world with Apeel.” Limoneira signed an exclusive licensing relationship with Apeel Sciences on May 11.”
Costco: V.P. of Produce for Costco, Bob Huskey, told Robyn last year that they have not sold ‘Apeel’ sprayed produce for a long time. The company that makes ‘Apeel’ had high hopes of Costco using their product which does not seem like it is going to happen now. In her YouTube video below, Robyn puts up Bob Huskey phone number and email address for all to contact to let Costco know we do not want this toxic coating on our produce. Here is it for you: phone number - 253-217-6142. Email - BHuskey@costco.com
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