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A purpose-driven life? Not so fast…

On: December 7, 2018December 24, 2018 By: Leslie Cook

I read an article today in The Conversation that started me thinking. It talked about a demonstrable psychological link between those who believe in “creationism” and those who believe in conspiracy theories. The article reports that “The new study takes the role

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Shabbat: Stop. Drop the Map and Look Around.

On: June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 By: Leslie Cook

I’m reading a wonderful book recommended by a friend for soul restoration in these times, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible by Charles Eisenstein. After I picked up the book, I realized he is also the author of Sacred

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Two Models to Feed the World: IFS & Torah

On: August 26, 2017September 12, 2017 By: Leslie Cook

“Much have I learned from my teachers, more from my colleagues, but most from my students.” – Rav Hanina ( Talmud: Taanit, 7a) I finished teaching a class at McHenry County Community College this past week called “Conscious Choices: Thinking About Food.”

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Fridays I like to cook at the shul

On: June 26, 2017June 27, 2017 By: Leslie Cook

Our kitchen at the shul needs a little work, but it’s big and bright and airy, and I like to cook there on Fridays, prepare a little something for our Friday evening dinners, which more and more of our little family on

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Explaining My Torah Ecology Project

On: May 4, 2017May 17, 2017 By: Leslie Cook

For those of you who follow my blog and who are puzzled with my Torah Ecology posts or find them unreadable…I would like to explain. In a few words, my blog is about religion and food and the intersection between them. This has

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Patterns and Diversity

On: April 17, 2017April 17, 2017 By: Leslie Cook

For G-d so loved a pattern that s/he created the world with a dazzling array of them. We have only two real jobs in life: to appreciate the diversity of patterns and to nurture the garden.

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Torah Ecology: Terumah 2017 (Ex 25:1-27:19)

On: March 1, 2017February 17, 2018 By: Leslie Cook

Terumah (Ex 25:1-27:19) relates G-d’s instructions to the Israelites for building the Tabernacle, the portable structure that serves as G-d’s “home” during the desert wandering. I’m going to include the rest of chapter 27 (Ex 27:20-21) in my discussion since it relates

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What I’m Learning From My Torah Project

On: February 24, 2017March 5, 2017 By: Leslie Cook

This post was made to my personal Facebook page, but I decided to add it to my blog as part of my own record of progress. On January 1, 2016, I started a year-long project of taking pictures out my back door.

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Thoughts On Failed Societies And Hope

On: February 23, 2017March 5, 2017 By: Leslie Cook

A great calm settled itself on me this week after weeks of feeling completely overwhelmed by events, frantically trying to figure out what I can do to stop the flood, what I can do to stop the world from dissolving around me.

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Reclaiming The Burning Bush

On: February 16, 2017November 1, 2020 By: Leslie Cook

This post ended up being lengthy because it’s actually two in one. A podcast I viewed as I was writing helped me look at my topic through a different lens, and I started to write a note…which turned into a post of

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Why keto and paleo diets are the worst popular weight loss fads: study

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“Our research also shows there’s a way to improve your health and footprint without giving up meat entirely,” study senior author Diego Rose said.
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What a wonderful story! I’m providing two links below, one to a National Geographic article which requires Apple Reader. At the National Geographic site, you will be locked out unless you’re a subscriber.This second link is to a different source which mentions Buettner’s recipe book: www.yahoo.com/now/secret-adding-extra-10-good-200000902.html“There is another American diet, one that could actually increase your life expectancy by up to 10 years and, in some cases, reverse disease. It’s not a fad diet invented by a South Beach doctor, a paleo diet marketer, or a social media influencer. This diet was developed by ordinary Americans, is widely affordable, is sustainable, and has a lower carbon footprint than a meat-heavy diet. Most important, it is hearty and delicious, developed over centuries by fusing flavors from the Old and New Worlds in ingenious and uniquely American ways.” ... See MoreSee Less

This American diet could add 10 years to your life — National Geographic

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Earth’s longest-lived people dwell in five ‘blue zones’—but their healthy ways of eating can be found in parts of America.
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Instant Pot! Israeli White Bean Soup - Vegetating with Leslie

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Instant Pot Israeli White Bean Soup is another of my old favorites that I reworked for my Instant Pot. Recipe makes about 1 gal. Keeps well.
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One of my favorites. Instant Pot version to follow (1/4 the size too, to fit the IP). vegetatingwithleslie.org/?p=488 ... See MoreSee Less

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The Sixth Day of Creation - Equality of Being, Abundance for All - Vegetating with Leslie

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The sixth day of creation, God made wild beasts...cattle...all kinds of creeping things...And God said, Let us make man in our image.
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