Cancer Prevention Cabbage

Thorn has up a brilliant rant today that I think everyone should read. She discusses the problems caused by high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and points out that:

It is also a class issue in that healthier, organic, foods are more expensive these days, as opposed to a few generations ago when simple, non-processed, foods were cheaper. The situation also points to the ways in which our society has shifted to one where most people have to work too much to make ends meet and therefore don’t have as much time to cook nourishing food, so rely on processed, pre-packaged products, or worse, “fast food,” all of which are filled with HFCS. Diabetes is not the only physical problem caused by this.

HFCS is cheap and putting it in food keeps agribusiness rich.

Green smoothies are one easy way to have a quick meal that doesn't include HFCS. Another easy meal that I cook up on the weekends and then have several nights a week is Susun Weed's Cancer Prevention Cabbage.

Place some dried seaweed in water and let it sit. In olive oil, saute shredded cabbage and chopped onions. Add some grated carrots and continue cooking. Chop up the by-now softened seaweed and add that and the water to the sauted vegetables. Add some organic tamari (I especially like the wasabi-flavored tamari I get at Whole Foods). You can serve this alone or with rice or barley. You can top with sunflower seeds, as well. Even if you think that you don't like cabbage, you'll like this.