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Make your own Kashi!
Mix together 7 of your favorite organic whole grains, add sesame seeds, fruit
juice purees, fruit nectars and fruit chunks. Pre-cook the whole thing and
keep it in individual tupperware containers for convenience. This is a great
wake-me-up in the morning! Kashi is free of refined sugar, low in fat and sodium
free. It also provides a delightfully sweet, nutty flavor and 6-8 grams of
fiber depending on the serving size.
**Tip: Add soy milk or cottage cheese for extra vitamins and protein.
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Esperanza
Do You Know?
There is a species of orchid: Rhizanthella gardneri—an
extraordinary plant that spends it entire life in total darkness.
The name Rhizanthella is derived from two greek words: rhiza,
meaning root, and another anthos, meaning flower. And that
is just what it looks like: a white, wax root, two inches
long, with white petals enclosing a spiral of tiny purplish-red
flowers.
How does this orchid of the underworld manage to
survive? Unlike other plants, it cannot use sunlight to obtain
energy. Instead it takes its food from another plant, living
off the decaying stumps of the broom honey murtle, a shrub.
It is linked to the stumps by a fungus, Rhizoctamia, that
botanists believe is essential for the orchid’s survival.
The orchid flowers in May and June. The blooms never appear
above the ground, which makes them difficult to find, but
they do raise the soil slightly, creating a little crack
in the surface. These telltale cracks and the faint, sweet
smell of the flowers are the only signs of their existence.
Fewer than 250 specimens have been identified, all in Western
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“A friend is one before
whom I can think aloud.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Our tendency to live in the world of reality leads
us to neglect what is going on in the field of
sensations."
-Paul Schilder, The Image and Appearance of the
Human Body
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