snacks

[yanqui8]

I was raised macro, but while I was in highschool and college I found it extremely difficult to stick to the diet. I have since graduated and moved away from my family and now I'm trying to return to my macro roots. The biggest problem I'm facing is remembering how to make everything and snacking. I'm wondering if there are some "snacky" foods that are recomended. I used to snack on sesame seeds and honey bars, nuts and fruit, so now I'm at a loss when I feel the need to munch. Any recomendation would be welcomed. Thank you!

[Bruce Paine]

yanqui8,

There are a number of macrobiotic snacks recipes in several of the various macrobiotic cookbooks.

Do you have a copy of:

The Self-Healing Cookbook: A Macrobiotic Primer for Healing Body, Mind and Moods With Whole, Natural Foods by Kristina Turner (Earthtones Press, 1987, 209 pp, ISBN: 0945668104),

Aveline Kushi's Complete Guide to Macrobiotic Cooking
by Aveline Kushi with Alex Jack (Warner Books, 1985, 414 pp, ISBN: 0446386340),

or

The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health: A Complete Guide to Preventing and Relieving More Than 200 Chronic Conditions and Disorders Naturally
by Michio Kushi and Alex Jack (Ballantine Books hardcover/546 pages
ISBN: 0345439872)?

Warren Kramer ( http://www.macrobioticsnewengland.com/ ) gave a cooking class called "Snacks and Desserts" last October 10, included recipes and showed how to make Fried Corn Grits, Sushi Tempura, Sesame Cucumbers, Ohagi, The best rice pudding, his Ultimate Cous Cous Cake, and Chestnut Kanten.

Besides the Natural Gourmet Cookery School ( http://www.naturalgourmetschool.com/pubclasssched.htm ), you should be able to find a variety of macro bent natural foods cooking classes in your area and get snack and desserts as part of the package.

Try using http://www.google.com for starters and let your imagination run wild.

Thank you,very much.

Bruce Paine

[yanqui8]

Oh! goody! Thanks so much... No, I don't have any of those books, yet. I'll look into them though. I really appreciate your speedy response.
Take care,
Jenn

[MJS]

Originally Posted by yanqui8

Oh! goody! Thanks so much... No, I don't have any of those books, yet. I'll look into them though. I really appreciate your speedy response.
Take care,
Jenn

Mochi, puffed in a skillet or waffle iron is one of my favorites -- filling and sustaining, not too yin or yang!

[Jeannine]

One snack I love is a crunchy-cereal-bar:

roast (dry, without oil) several different grains in a pan (e.g. sunflower seeds, sesame, buckwheat or whatever suits you) add some cornflakes (unsweetend) and rice waffles (crumbled into small pieces) and some rice malt (or barley malt) and roast a few more minutes until the grains are covered with malt.
Cover the bottom of a baking tray with a thin layer of amaranth pops and put the malt-covered grains on top (the sticky grains will not stick to the baking tray but to the amaranth pops) and flaten them on the tray.

Let it cool down and cut it into bars