Women Over Fifty–Your New Staff of Life
I admit it, I love bread—bread in all its forms: dense whole grain with seeds and nuts sprinkled throughout, crusty sourdough with its distinctive earthy taste, and dark rye or pumpernickel. I have, over the years, weaned myself away from the all-too-familiar white sandwich bread that appeared twice weekly on our porch when I was growing up. Nevertheless, I do have fond memories of taking a slice, adding just the right amount of saliva, and rolling it into a gooey ball, which I popped into my mouth with great delight.
As women over fifty, however, we well know the hazards of over consumption of this aromatic delight. Remember when bread makers were all the rage? After receiving mine as a Christmas gift from my husband, I repaid his kindness by puffing up like yeast dough and gaining ten pounds within a couple of months. So what’s a bread lover like me (and probably you, too) to do?
Well, my latest guest on Feisty Side of Fifty Radio has the answer. Leslie Cerier, AKA The Organic Gourmet, is an expert on nutrition and food preparation. She’s also a woman our age who has remained vibrantly alive and youthful looking. (Check out her site and see for yourself.)
She has a wealth of knowledge in many areas of food but one of her specialties is grains. Although Leslie is an avid baker herself, there are some new and exciting (more accurately ancient and exciting) grains she recommends that can replace bread as a source of starch in your meals. These grains are high in fiber, protein, and other nutritious substances, so they promote wellbeing as well as help us maintain a healthy weight. Quinoa, Teff, and other names may sound unfamiliar, but Leslie suggests we give them a try. “They’re delicious,” she says, and backs up her claim with a compilation of tasty and unique recipes in her latest book, Going Wild in the Kitchen. For cooks like me who don’t like to fuss, she’s also written The Quick and Easy Organic Gourmet.
Leslie shares her knowledge of food and food preparation by teaching classes throughout the country. She’s been interviewed on The Food Network and even had her own cable TV show “Easy Organic Cooking.” Take a listen to our interview. It only lasts fifteen minutes and I promise, you’ll learn a lot—it’s truly food for thought!
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June 22nd, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Eileen, Eileen, Eileen, PLEEEEEEASE tell me you didn’t do the “roll the white bread in a ball thing” YUCK!!
Having said all that, I’m a bread nut. I especially love it with a a nice herbed dipping sauce. I don’t eat it as much as I used to, but can make a meal out of bread, cheese & smoked oysters any day of the week.
I’m not too bad baking my own, but it’s such an undertaking that I don’t have much time for it anymore. Maybe one day.
June 20th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
I love bread, too, but can forgo it, unldess it is homemade. I haven’t eaten white in years, but like the wheat bread. It would be interesting to see what this lady has to say about bread.
You blog is really coming along, Eileen, with improvements every week.
June 20th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Eileen, what perfect timing! I’ve been contemplating how to wean myself off sugar and bread, which I love with such a passion, I’d be almost embarrassed to count the ways, LOL! (My favorites are dark multigrains, seeded–at least they have fiber, but it’s about the pound of butter I like to slather on top!)Look forward to digging into this–and like Rosie, I promise not to eat French bread while I’m at it.
June 20th, 2009 at 11:43 am
I’m laughing right now because I went to the grocery store yesterday and brought back:
A Loaf of Italian Braided Bread
Sourdough Bread
3 Cherry Pastries
2 Loafs of day old french bread (to make my home made bread pudding)
Frozen pancakes
When I unloaded the groceries I realized I had bread overkill, lol. For some reason my head was in the dough at the market! I’ll freeze most of it and use it a piece at a time!
How funny that your post this week relates to bread and it’s hazards to our waistlines.
BTW, I loved my bread machine and miss it – I never found that it added extra weight because I just replaced fresh bread for store bought. But I made really nice, multi-grain breads in mine usually.
June 20th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Oh Eileen thanks for this very timely interview. I promise not to listen while munching on anything unhealthy. As baby boomers one of our goals must be to remain vibrant and victorious as long as possible.
June 20th, 2009 at 7:45 am
I had a bread machine too, for a while. You are right, nothing like bread to add some padding
I love heavy grainy breads. I will have to listen in to your interview!
You blog is beautiful, by the way.
Blessings!
Claudia