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Ode to Lentils

January 21, 2009 in Reviews by bursty | 1 comment

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Surprisingly enough, the above-written-title of this post, when entered into a google search, returns several results! Where did I get it from, you ask? Well — my wonderful husband and I were at a used bookstore in lovely Saint Paul, Minnesota, this past Monday (yay for federal holidays!), and I came across a collection of Pablo Neruda’s ‘Odes to Common Things’. A beautifully illustrated, lovely collection of poetry written by one of my favorite poets, about his love of everyday things: chairs, desks, flowers, socks, soap… I didn’t buy it, but reading it and smiling in the simplicity of the subject matter made me think of lentils. mmm… So, I thought about writing my own Neruda-style-Ode-to-lentil; but instead I decided to spare you and write prose…

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5 Reasons You Should Eat Oats

November 26, 2008 in Personal Health by cooljuice | 1 comment

Chances are you’ve been eating oatmeal since you were a kid. I’ve had them all: whole oats, rolled oats, steel cut oats, even the instant in-the-package, just-add-water variety. While the more whole a grain is, the more beneficial and balanced it is, eating oats is never a bad idea (except maybe the instant packaged kind…)

Not only are they a great source of fiber and lower your cholesterol, like the Quaker commercials repeatedly remind us, oats are little clusters of nutritional health. Here are the AGAD Top 5 reasons you should eat oats: Read the rest of this entry »