Comments on: There is ALWAYS Something to be Thankful for…

By: katescarlata

katescarlata — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 23:18:06 +0000

In reply to Megan King. :) Yes, cats bring joy and relaxation to a home!

By: katescarlata

katescarlata — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 23:17:12 +0000

In reply to Esther. I am glad, Esther! xx

By: katescarlata

katescarlata — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 23:16:46 +0000

In reply to Karyn Miller. Love that, Karyn! Everyday is such a gift! Sometimes it is the best when we learn that early in life.

By: Kelley

Kelley — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 22:55:43 +0000

Thankful for God, husband, 3 beautiful children, family, friends, a young vibrant parish community, vitamin D from the sun, a vacation and your website. 🙂

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 02:07:12 +0000

In reply to Annie.

Here is the reference if you have the ability to get it.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/09637486.2016.1163328?scroll=top&needAccess=true

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 02:02:22 +0000

Only having to eat low fodmap. It won’t kill me.

Kate, I wonder if you would do a post on garbanzo beans/chickpeas/chana dal? In the app tinned garbanzo beans/chickpeas are amber at (maybe 1/2) cup, but boiled chana dal (which I thought were chickpeas) are green at 1/2 cup, with no upper limit mentioned. Could you find out if they are like rice, which is fodmap free when boiled, but has fructans when popped, or if chana dal is very different from garbanzo/chickpeas, or if there is an upper limit, and it’s just not mentioned. It would also be good to know if urad dal has an upper limit (poppadums! Dosai!). The testing was done in the UK and published in a journal my institution doesn’t have access to.

I ask because asafoetida has led me to explore Indian food and I’m experimenting with making dosai and idli, which are rice and urad dal. India has an amazing range of flatbreads traditionally made with unusual flours because of religious fasting rules. This is after being upset to find my local Ethiopian grocery makes their injera with barley flour, but the Indian grocery next door is a wonderland of unusual flours.

By: Paula Moscariello

Paula Moscariello — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 23:28:21 +0000

In reply to Karyn Miller.

You go, girl…….

By: Paula Moscariello

Paula Moscariello — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 23:27:34 +0000

I just hit the age of 60, after being told I would die in my 20’s, along came lung transplants and I received one at the age of 38. Then, once again, I was told maybe 5 more years of life. I’m into my 22nd year of my lung transplant. Then Kate opened another door for me when I felt no one was listening. This Thankgiving, I feel very hopeful. I’m just turning around my thoughts, looking at the things and people in my life another way. Thank god most of them are around, it would be so lonely without them. Thanks, Kate for the lovely post and thank you all for all your uplifting posts…..

By: Geoff Faulkner

Geoff Faulkner — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 19:38:40 +0000

I was sitting in my car earlier this week, just before going shopping, and being thankful came into my mind also. I realized that I’ve never been almost 60 before, this is the first time ever. This is a new experience, what shall I do? I began to realize that if God had never decided to make mankind I would never have been born or had any perception of life and living. If I was asked “do you like living or would you prefer nothing?” I would have to say “yes, living is great and if there is an opportunity to do it again then the answer is also yes.” Kids are so full of energy because they see so many new things to experience and they go for it. Why should we be any different ! Yes, I am a Christian, and what type you may ask, well there is only one, the Bible type, not the alternative denomination type. And thank you Kate for all your Fodmap advice.

By: Mary Ann

Mary Ann — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 17:21:07 +0000

Thank you, Kate, for your generosity in sharing recipes as well as new suggestions on the food maps diet. After following it for several years life has become much easier and more pleasant. One of my favorite items to enjoy is quinoa cakes. Easy to make and freeze nicely. I love reading your column and look forward to your positive outlook.