Hey yall! Welcome to the macrobiotic recipe and cooking blog! I feel kind of weird doing a manifesto, but a lot of people have been asking me to post my recipes and some of the reasoning behind the macro madness, so here it is... A place to find recipes that, to paraphrase Terry Pratchett, won't make you fall from grace so much as saunter vaguely downwards.
My recipes are intended to be "sometimes" foods, and are definitely on the wide side of macrobiotics, but all of them are GF and are Vegan save the occasional use of fish. The term "snackrobiotic" was coined after a conversation with the architect of my healing,
Ginny, in which we discussed the many snack foods I continued to sneak into my healing diet. Usually she laughs, shakes her head, and tells me to keep eating my greens, beans, and whole grains.
Which is what I'm telling you. Eat your greens, beans, and whole grains. But if you're feeling a little less than angelic... if you want to be bad but still good... if you want to prove to friends and family that you're not starving/monastic, I humbly submit the following recipes.
THE RULES I ALWAYS FOLLOW, NO MATTER WHAT:
No Sugar
Ever. Sometimes I'll sneak it (and am always punished by my gut later), but I'll never cook with it, and you'll never find it on this site.
No Gluten
Because gluten makes me throw up. In the interest of full disclosure.
I have what appears to be celiac disease like many of my family members, although I made the doctors stop poking after spending October 2009-February 2010 performing a series of futile and costly tests. It was a little bit like being the clown in the board game "Operation." One time my gall bladder actually did light up.
No Dairy or Eggs
The dairy and egg business in this country is so dirty and corrupt that it's difficult to find eggs or dairy that don't have scary-high levels of pus, blood, and fecal matter floating about. Plus our dairy cows and chickens eat a largely corn-based diet, and I try to limit my consumption of corn because it's a rough one for people to digest.
No Meat (besides fish)
This one has become more energetic for me. As my healing has progressed, I've come to the realization that I don't want to ingest the fear and shock that course through an animal's body prior to its death. I believe that a largely vegan diet can result in the calming of the mind and spirit. Is this transition going to make you a bodhisattva? Probably not. But in my experience, it resulted in an unexpected feeling of peace and tranquility. It also takes 25-50 gallons of water to produce one vegetable, and 2500 gallons to produce a steak.
No Spicy Food
If your gut is healing, I'm sure you know that eating spicy food can be a bad scene. I cook with no black or chili pepper, ever. Turmeric is about as crazy as I get. If you find that the raw garlic or onions I cook with are severe on your gut, either eliminate them, replace them with cooked scallions, or cook the garlic and onions. And speaking as one with frequent sinus issues, spicy food causes rebound congestion. You'll feel better for a few hours, and then riiiiight as the lights go out, rebound congestion.
No Taters
We are not in Idaho, and I do not cook with potatoes.
I think that's everything! Hopefully this site will be useful to those suffering from celiac (I use very few pre-packaged ingredients and if I do post a brand, it's because they advertise as GF), as well as those who are lactose intolerant, vegan, and macrobiotic. I'm also aware that many of you who are on the diet are doing so because you're healing from illness. My best wishes and good thoughts go out to you, and I hope this blog will be a resource to you!
