Draining Good Health

Perhaps the best part of the potato is the potato water, packed full of added nutrients extracted from the potatoes themselves! Nutrients like vitamins B and C, potassium and fiber, and phytonutrients like carotenoids and flavonoids which are thought to promote good overall health.

The potatoes release their starchy goodness into the water as they are boiled or steamed. The potato water can then be used as a substitute for tap water in your bread making recipes for example, or as a thickener in other recipes that is naturally gluten-free.

Want to show even more love and care in the form of great-for-you vitamins? Use the water that you used to boil or steam your vegetables instead of pouring the water down the drain, as I see in so many TV cooking programs.  

For example broccoli, kale, spinach, to name a few, are packed with vitamins, minerals, containing potent antioxidants, bioactive compounds that contribute to reduced inflammation, protect against cancer, and support a healthy heart. 

Repurpose that liquid left in the pot after cooking or steaming, avoid wasting any part of food byproducts.  Think twice when boiling or steaming.  I'll drink to that!

The Beaker of No

“Listen with the ears of tolerance!  See through the eyes of compassion!  Speak with the Language of Love” a quote from Jelaluddin Rumi,

When Rumi's advice is tested beyond compassion, testing tolerance, we have the choice of saying "No" if only to persevere the love of ourself.  Your "Beaker" is the measurement.

I'm reading "The Righteous Mind, Why Good People Are Divided By Politics And Religion" by Jonathan Haidt and through my  eyes a morality test:

The husband who found scattered throughout the house narcotics hidden.  She was a nurse who stole from her patients.  He said No, and she divorced him.

The husband and wife work The wife's company gives dental insurance. His company too.  He goes to her dentist for a crown. Dentist asks her to double dip on both company insurance plans. and split it. Wife says yes.  Husband says no.

The Bride followed the demands of the Groom to wear sneakers under her wedding gown so that she would not tower over him.

A son who moved many times with his wife and children, finally somewhere unknown for 7 years, only to be contacted for a wedding invitation for his second marriage.

A son who married into a hateful family, who showed hate at every gathering, starting with the shitty seating arrangements for his parents at the wedding reception, next to the kitchen and restrooms.  It ended with no announcement of the birth of their child, and the non acknowledgment of a personal announcement of a death in the family.

A daughter who took sides with her husband who took sides with his cottage neighbors over the physical attack on her father, starting with the neighbor's whippet, and continuing with the fists.  The Sheriff said state law says all dogs must be on a leash and that he would witness for a personal law suit.  The daughter calls her father begging for dropped charges.

A daughter who joins with her husband a wacky doodle church after leaving a traditional Christian Church, and sends a letter stating they want nothing further to do with her parents because they are bad grandparents.

We have an umbrella enveloping our likes and dislikes hopefully guided by ethics. "Even children have an innate sense of morality, knowing right from wrong", from his story of children playing a game of marbles, a game of simple rules from his book.

But some things go beyond the pale.  The "No Beaker" overflowed. I wonder under which foundation would Jonathan Haidt place these beyond rude, absurd behaviors?