Investment Cooking Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 1
This newsletter is for cooks interested learning how to cook healthier using whole foods and investing their time more wisely in the kitchen. The newsletter is filled with articles, delicious recipes, product specials, and more.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Welcome
Defining Our Terms
Recipe: Fruit Smoothie
Recommended Resources
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Welcome to the first issue of the Investment Cooking Newsletter!
I hope you will find this newsletter helpful as you seek to serve your family nutritious meals. I have been doing investment cooking for over 6 years now and I have been incorporating whole foods into our diet for the last 2 years. I hope my experience will help enable you to meet your nutritional goals as well as learn to invest your time in the kitchen for the greatest return.
Let’s start by defining our terms.
What is Investment Cooking?
Investment Cooking is a way of preparing meals by organizing your shopping, preparations and cooking in the most efficient way. You can simply double or triple the meal you are preparing for dinner tonight and put the other meal(s) in the freezer for another night. You can organize a cooking session based on a protein that you found on sale such as making several meals featuring chicken. Finally you can devote an entire day to cooking resulting in a month or more of food ready and waiting in your freezer. Other names for investment cooking are bulk cooking, cooking for the freezer, or once a month cooking.
What are Whole Foods?
Whole foods are foods that are found as close to nature as possible. They include but are not limited to: freshly ground whole grains, purified water, beans, organic fruits and vegetables, "clean animals" as commanded in Leviticus 11 such as chicken, fish, beef, and venison, honey, unrefined oils such as olive oil, butter, eggs, dairy products (preferably raw and certified), yogurt, kefir and other cultured dairy products, whole grains such as wheat, corn, spelt, barley, brown rice and many others.
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Fruit Smoothie
(adapted from the recipe found in Sue Gregg’s Breakfast Cookbook)
Serves 4
This is our favorite wake up drink.
2 Cups Plain Yogurt
1 Cup Water/Fruit Juice
1 Banana
1 ½ Cups Frozen Mixed Berries
4 Tablespoons Flax Seed Oil
Blend in a blender until smooth. Add more water/juice if necessary for desired consistency.
Leftovers can be frozen in popsicle molds for a wonderful afternoon treat.
Variations:
Substitute milk, kefir or juice for the yogurt.
Use a combination of whatever kind of fruit you like: pineapple, orange, apple, grapes, melons or strawberries.
Add spices like vanilla, cinnamon, almond extract, or mint.
You can also add sweeteners if you like but we have found that we don’t need them.
Recommended Resources:
The 30 Day Gourmet Freezer Manual
This cooking manual is a must if you want to do investment cooking. It has a step-by-step guide to help you plan and follow through with your cooking day. It also contains great recipes in a special format that helps you multiply how many dishes you would like to make. Also included in this book are great forms to help you organize your cooking day such as, Recipe Worksheet, Tally Sheet, Shopping List, What to Do and Bring and much more.
Whole Foods for the Whole Family
This great cookbook was put together by La Leche League as a compilation of recipes from their members who cook using whole foods. There are tons of recipes from real people.
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I hope this first issue of the Investment Cooking Newsletter has been helpful to you. If you have any specific questions you would like me to answer please email me at kbickel@investmentcooking.com. May your meals bring joy and health to your family and thanksgiving to God for His good blessings!
When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God
for the good land he has given you. Deuteronomy 8:10
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