food processor.

Well here it is, my very first blog post. Well I don't really know where to start so I'm just going to jump in and try to unscramble my thoughts while I post them. So lets start with what I was thinking while cleaning up my kitchen mess this morning after making a delicious loaf of tofu banana bread. I was thinking that I needed a bigger food processor. I was thinking that it was getting hard to process with my little teeny tiny sized food processor.
I cook vegan. My husband supports that decision and I totally appreciate it but I don't judge him if he wants to chow down on a brat once in awhile. I don't buy a whole lot of pre-processed foods because honestly its nasty, sure it tastes OK but in my opinion if you can't say it and if it sounds like it came from a science lab it probably did. It came out of science lab because the scientist are getting paid to find ways to preserve food, make "food" taste good with less, make "food" stretch farther while cutting costs. Oh yummy.
I like food that comes from organic crops/gardens or kitchens that use organic ingredients from nature. Which is just one of the reasons why planet preservation is important.
As far as meat goes, forget it. There really is not enough hydrochloric acids in human stomaches to break down all the meat our culture eats on a regular basis. And of course being the "bleeding heart" that I am there are ethical concerns. I really don't want to fill my belly up with pain and suffering and if you don't think cows, pigs, chickens, lambs, and goats feel pain in my opinion you probably should rethink having a pet. Industrial raised animals are not raised on friendly family farms, they are raised and fattened up by any means necessary. The more to a pen the merrier for the "farmer". I could go into this farther but I don't really want to. I don't volunteer for PETA and I am not an animal rights activist. I view that whole situation as something everyone needs to educate themselves on and make their own educated opinion. Me preaching is not going to change anybody's mind. If you think protein is an issue learn about amino acids, I'm getting more then the average person who relies on meat protein as their main source of protein.
I don't consume dairy but that doesn't mean I don't like the way it tastes. After nursing my babies the way nature intended, I got to thinking about cow milk. Milk from cows is high in fat because baby cows need to gain a ton of weight in their first year, that is the whole purpose cows produce milk. Drinking skim or 1% may help with thinning out the fat but then you are consuming a natural food that has been processed. OK your wondering about the whole calcium intake bs, yes its bs. Because animal proteins from meat and milk cause calcium loss. Vitamin A and D are added to milk, and it may or may not surprise you to learn that vitamin D is a steroid hormone. Its naturally occurring but when your buying milk that claims to be having steroid free but fortify s its milk with vitamin D your still getting a steroid. A steroid you can get naturally by a safe exposure to the sun. OK really I could go on about dairy but again its one of those things that you should educate your self on, especially if you think its healthful to consume it.
Eggs. If your squeamish when talking about the human female reproductive system but can eat an egg over easy, then wow, I don't know what to say. Just think about those for a sec.
I feel like I need to eat to stay well and healthy, so its important to me what I eat. I have learned through "research" and my husband that popping pills just masks the problem and temporarily makes it go away. Chances are you just need to drink more water and sleep. Hang overs are an obvious illustration, you spent all night poisoning your body and when you wake up its gonna hurt. If your eating shitty food you are slowly poisoning your body but your body will start telling you in more subtle ways such as feeling bloated, becoming constipated, having head aches, sharting in your underpants etc... Then down the line you might have some major health problems that seem to have come out no where, but chances are your body was telling you about its problems long before but you were just shutting it up with pills.
Im sure my beliefs are not very popular where I live because I live in the mid west and many people earn their living by growing crops of Monsanto's and plumping up their livestock out here. But these are my beliefs so please don't take offense. I'm not preaching I'm sharing ideas and what I have learned.
Anyways, I don't really have a point to all this other than I need a bigger food processor and I felt like sharing why I need a bigger food processor.