Being who I am, it makes sense that one of the ways I am preparing to tackle cancer is though food. My friend Tirza just sent me a wonderful cookbook -- The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery. The author, Rebecca Katz, takes a whole-foods approach that fundamentally resonates with my values around food.Of course I have no plans to simply subscribe entirely to one food philosophy. However, based on a composite of information (including friends experiences, meeting with a nutritionist, etc.) I do plan to make some dietary shifts to both boost my immune system and manage the eventual side effects of treatment. Likely this will be fewer carbs and sugars and (believe it or not) more meat -- especially broths.
The new list on the right bar of this page is a place where I will simply list recent meals. I like the idea of sharing the creative and delicious things we are concocting as well as keeping a record for myself.
4 comments:
yeah baby. Today I'm going to plunge into beef liver dumpling soup which both scares and attracts me. I'll let you know how it goes.
Oh, yeah. She talks about organ meat as really rich, etc... I am not sure if I am ready to go there ;)
There is a strange irony in Katz's approach as nearly-vegan (very little dairy but tons of veggies) but she's all, "yay MEAT!" Ha.
This isn't necessarily a healing cooking resource, but it's a fun one - my cousin Erin McDowell (a very precocious 21 year old) trained at the Culinary Institute and is a food writer. She has a blog which I rely on for weekly inspiration and easy recipes:
http://theapartmentkitchen.net/
I usually make a comment for all the recipes I try. My favorites so far are onion focaccia - pretty easy and really good, and also spicy green pizza - also very easy and super tasty.
This isn't necessarily a healing cooking resource, but it's a fun one - my cousin Erin McDowell (a very precocious 21 year old) trained at the Culinary Institute and is a food writer. She has a blog which I rely on for weekly inspiration and easy recipes:
http://theapartmentkitchen.net/
I usually make a comment for all the recipes I try. My favorites so far are onion focaccia - pretty easy and really good, and also spicy green pizza - also very easy and super tasty.
Post a Comment