Hi :kittypink

I was hoping to get some feedback on this. Anyone here following this type of diet? I am new to all of it but found it quite interesting. Some of it sounds pretty logical but there are parts I am not sure I agree with 100%.

I was curious if any of you had any info or are trying, following this, Could you share your experience and wisdom with me :)

Thanks

P.S. Here is a link if anyone is curious

http://www.westonaprice.org/traditional_diets/index.html

With having Gwen, dh getting a new job, moving, going through remodel hell, etc... we have fallen off the wagon with our eating habits but I am trying to get back in the game and Nourishing traditions is one of my most used books.

We have drank raw milk for 3 years. We get it from a local organic farmer. Before this dh and I could not drink milk or dairy products because it caused both of us extreme gastro intestinal stress. We also buy raw organic cheese (colby and cheddar varieties) from a farm in MO. I have also been making my own yogurt for a couple of years.

The other things I use regularly from the book are the salad dressing recipes, and the chicken and beef stock recipes. I think the book is a wealth of info but some of the suggestions (like eating raw meat) is a bit much for me.

HTH

I have also been making my own yogurt for a couple of years.

I would love to hear how you make your own yogurt. I have been thinking of buying a yogurt maker. I tried the glass mason jar water bath terry towel in a warm place thing but our yogurt turned pink and I was to scared to eat it. I am certain I did somethuing wrong :rolleyes:


I think the book is a wealth of info but some of the suggestions (like eating raw meat) is a bit much for me.

HTH

Whoa I did not know that they suggested that. I just ordered the book I am still waiting to get it.

Thanks so much for your reply:)

I make mine via the directions in the tightwad gazette. I don't have time to post the recipe right now since I am just about ready to take dinner off the stove but if you do a search for yogurt in this forum you will run across the recipe because it has been discussed several times.

I make mine in a mason jar on top of a heating pad on low covered by a towel and then by a large pot. I have never had a failed batch:smirk:

I make mine via the directions in the tightwad gazette. I don't have time to post the recipe right now since I am just about ready to take dinner off the stove but if you do a search for yogurt in this forum you will run across the recipe because it has been discussed several times.

I make mine in a mason jar on top of a heating pad on low covered by a towel and then by a large pot. I have never had a failed batch:smirk:


I took the plunge and bought a yogurt maker today :cloud9: I love that the one I bought incubates in glass jars and not plastic.

Thanks so much for your reply:monkeydan

i love nuritioning traditions. and i don't follow anything 100%.....but really like some of the recipes and suggestions-- though won't be eating raw meat anythime soon either. we buy raw organic cheese from a co-op and raw milk is available at Whole Foods. i also make chicken stock and homemade soups frequently.

next stop we will try homemade mayo and sour kraut.

thanks for inspiring me! i think i will buy a yogurt maker next.

Luna

i love nuritioning traditions. and i don't follow anything 100%.....but really like some of the recipes and suggestions-- though won't be eating raw meat anythime soon either. we buy raw organic cheese from a co-op and raw milk is available at Whole Foods. i also make chicken stock and homemade soups frequently.

next stop we will try homemade mayo and sour kraut.

thanks for inspiring me! i think i will buy a yogurt maker next.

Luna


Hi Luna,

I recently tried the homemade mayo and I loved it. I like the flavor with pure olive oil though. I hated the flavor with extra virgin.

I too have been wanting to try the sour kraut hmm now I need to go to the health food store again:)

I have the book. Haven't read it all, can't say I follow it, but think it has some good wisdom. Like anything else you take what you can use and leavet the rest.

I have made saurkrat and it is absolutely mouth watering. My kids can't get enough of it either. Yum, yum and pretty fun to make too. I did it at a whole foods/macrobiotic type workshop that I went to.

We follow this. Not as much as we ought to because I've slacked off, but I do believe it's much healthier than the standard american diet.

We have been changing our diet around slowly for the last two years and only this past spring did I learn about NT. I bought the book and have been very pleased with it thus far. I'm also not a big fan of eating raw meats (and her ideas on infant nutrition are really whacky), but the information given is in line with the way we have altered our diet. We do raw milk (when available), bone broths (I just finished one for tomorrow night's Chicken Noodle Soup) and you really need to try the Stir Fry Beef Stew!

There's a monthly thread on the MDC board, but I've been hoping that someone would start one here since this is the main board I'm on.

There's a monthly thread on the MDC board, but I've been hoping that someone would start one here since this is the main board I'm on.

Me too!! I somtimes hop over to MDC for the NT threads but I don't have time for two boards. I barely have time for Amity's.

Someone please start one, Pretty please:cuc:

I don't follow any one thing... but I think some of the ideas from this book are great! Definately worth the read. :D