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LJ, Fount of All Knowledge

Mini trampoline: Good low-impact workout, or disaster waiting to happen?

Also, I am in the market for a good, general cookbook (think "Joy of Cooking") for:
- Mediterranean Cooking (esp. Greece and Italy)
- Recipes for Lent
- Jewish cooking

Any recommendations?

I am trying to deal with the incredible paucity of fish and bean recipes in most "generican" cookbooks. Vegetarian cookbooks are slightly better. Slightly.

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Sorry, haven't tried them. I just took a quick look in my library's catalog. 20+ bean cookbooks (and I doubt they're nothing but baked beans) and four dozen fish cookbooks.

If you're trying to be kind to a knee, then brisk walking on your treadmill (I'm right in remembering you have a treadmill, yes?) would be better than jogging on a tramp, methinks. One of my favorite low-impact gadgets is a Bosu ball. Not cheap, but excellent for balance, and you can use it much more gently than a step, because it's squishy.

Rebounders are supposed to be great for arthritis, in theory. My knees are pretty bad and they were fine with it, but my arthritis is more advanced in my hips, and they really complained. YMMV.

Yes, I have a treadmill. My long-term hope is to treadmill 2x, strength train 2x (I just bought a balance ball), and ... something... 2x. One of my friends at work says Bosu kicks her ass, so it was something I was thinking about.

The knee problem is simple, but surprisingly restrictive... it will not bear weight while bent. No squats. No lunges. No biking. No jumping jacks (torque) or water exercises (same). It will take quite a pounding, as long as the weight is hitting it straight up and down.

And as long as I don't ask it to bear weight bent, I'm in no pain and can walk normally. Ask more out of it, and I limp; ask more than that and it's prone to give out without warning.

So what the knee wants, the knee gets.

Ah. So far, I *only* have knee problems, and I'm trying to keep it that way.

Trapoline - bad idea. In a word, don't.

Out of curiosity, why would an Athetist need recipes for Lent?
But, left to my own devices what I did was: no candy (or chocolate), no pop (soda), fish or vegetarian every Friday, AND vegetarian one other (flex) day a week. Do that for six weeks and you will lose weight. Or at least I did, usually 5-10 pounds. And since Lent's in the Spring, that meant getting rid of Winter pudge.
Recipes:
I LOVE poached fish in wine. Take your basic white fish (like Tilapia, or whatever you have). You can rub the fish with spices if you want. Put some olive oil in a frying/saute pan, put the fish in the pan, add WHITE wine. I use semi-sweet white, but whatever floats your boat. Make sure there's enough wine to reach half-way up the side of the fish. Halfway through cooking, flip fish over. Cook until done. (Fish should flake with fork). (If wine completely boils off - finish by deglazing pan with more wine and pouring sauce over fish.)
NOTE on cooking with any type of alcohol, only use stuff you like to drink. If you don't like the flavor of a wine or liquor in your glass, you won't like it in your food. (for ex. I don't like rum, and I REALLY don't like rum balls.)
You can also use a mix of crushed corn torillas and spices on the fish (prior to cooking in the pan).
Another good thing to do with fish is just cook it in a frying pan or saute' pan with olive oil, butter, dill (or chives), and capers.
Then there's your basic fried fish and chips. I can't make it - I always buy it by the bucket at a fried fish specialty place.
And don't forget about pasta!!! Vegetarian pasta, or a seafood pasta is wonderful. (I make a good seafood alfredo, but it's not exactly light on calories).
You might want to try any Weight Watchers cookbooks - the recipes are actually good, easy, and they have lots of fish and vegetarian recipes because their entire program is kinda' "low meat/high fiber".
Good luck!
--Olivia

*Not* for religious reasons! It's the discovery that the Greek Orthodox spend about half the year fasting - not in the "eat no food" sense, but in the sense of having no meat or dairy, and right now I'm very much in the market for time-tested recipes that avoid butter and animal products. If there are cultures out there who've been making tasty food like that for centuries, I have no problems coming from behind and gleaning the results.

I love fish poached in wine. Salmon, heavily covered in dill sprigs and poached in May wine? YUM!

"*Not* for religious reasons! It's the discovery that the Greek Orthodox spend about half the year fasting - not in the "eat no food" sense, but in the sense of having no meat or dairy, and right now I'm very much in the market for time-tested recipes that avoid butter and animal products."

Yeah - somehow I didn't THINK it was for religious reasons. I'm not that religious, but I keep Lent, well, religiously (sorry about the construction of THAT sentence) - I just think that, somehow, following a daily or at least seasonal diet that's different and (sorta') involves sacrifice is a good idea. Makes you appreciate things more. It's not about "giving up" really.
The ironic thing is I absolutely adore fish. Not so wild about shellfish (I can't abide shrimp for example). But fish - I actually like it.
In case you're wondering tho - over the years I've become pro-Choice simply because I'm strongly in favor of separation of church and state (and AGAINST state religion. Because if you look at history whenever a state or country had an official state religion it ALWAYS resulted in persecution of people who refused to change their religion to the state religion. And, oddly enough, it didn't really matter WHAT the state religion was.)
I also happen to be in favor of adoption (especially closed adoption) for both the pregnant mother and the potential parents. This is 'cause, due to medical problems, I can't have children - so if I ever want a child, adoption is my ONLY option.
But enough politics.
I'll have to look up some fish recipes for you and send them on.
--Olivia

i am deeply suspicious of trampoline work out things, as it seems to me that balance would be a requirement, and i dont have that much...

i may HAVE some good Kosher cookbooks i havent given away yet.. want me to look?

I bought a mini-trampoline a year ago from a thrift shop, hoping to get around to using it.

And it has sat in my garage.

Want it? $5 to the MS Society and it's yours. Then you can find out for low cost. :)

Font? But I'm not asking LJ to print anything for me...

Or Christen it!

I know, but loads of people mistakenly believe it's "font of all knowledge" not "fount" - don't ask me why!

:P~ I meant the beans part there. There's pretty much one bean recipe in America: Baked beans. Which are good, but there must be more you can do with them.

Heh, fair enough. Sounds like you need a British vegetarian cookbook - I'm betting those have plenty of bean-related recipes in them since I know plenty of vegetarians who eat a lot of beans of many kinds...

I have to admit, I was wondering why you'd need a
kosher cookbook, too... Or did you mean Israeli?

YES, please!

Done. Shall I send it directly to them or give it to you as a walk pledge?

loads of people mistakenly believe it's "font of all knowledge" not "fount"

I think I can see it, if you're thinking christening rather than printing. Because that's supposed to be receiving something from the font, isn't it?

I've got a couple of British "how to eat cheap" books, which are interesting, if involving a fair amount of math and translation. One thing that surprises me is that they both have moussaka in them, which is considered a complex regional dish here rather than something you whip up out of odds and ends.

No, I mean kosher, for the same reason - either meat or dairy, but not both in a recipe.

I think I can see it, if you're thinking christening rather than printing. Because that's supposed to be receiving something from the font, isn't it?

Yes, I guess it is...

I've got a couple of British "how to eat cheap" books, which are interesting, if involving a fair amount of math and translation. One thing that surprises me is that they both have moussaka in them, which is considered a complex regional dish here rather than something you whip up out of odds and ends.

Really? Interesting...

Really. You need a Greek cookbook to get it here. It does seem to be a bit labor intensive, but then, so's Shepard's pie, really.

Interesting.

I don't consider Shepherd's Pie as complex as Moussaka, I have to say - it's just mince+gravy and mashed potatoes (or, mince+tomatoes+carrots/onions+gravy and mashed potatoes if you're doing the luxury version).

Moussaka does seem to require a fair amount of fussing!

Walk pledge please. :) (hey, I wanna win the fundraising contest this month! :)

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/MDMWalkEvents?px=1903640&pg=personal&fr_id=13105

Thanks!

Now we just have to figure out how to get it to you! :)

LOL

A pity this wasn't being arranged before the PF! We'll find a way to meet up, I'm sure... worst case scenario, you can bring it to the next All Hands.

I'll pledge tonight. And I've got something for you; when I was cleaning up the basement I found an electronic tuner. Got no use for it; thought you might.

Cool, I'll see if Joe can use it...

And I don't think we could have fit the trampoline in the car for the PF... The car was chock full!

When's the 5K walk? I may swing down to see you in Annapolis.

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