Atlanta Macrobiotics

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Everything You Need to Know to Cook Macro Well, A Macrobiotic Cooking Class

Call it Background, Insight, the Inner Tickings, being prepared like the Boy Scouts! This class contains all the info allowing your Intuition to kick-in and let your Macrobiotic adventure skyrocket your health in a very easy, orderly & non-time-consuming fashion. Then your singing, I’m just a doin’ what comes nat’rally!

Meal Planning Made Easy

A Little Kitchen Organization Goes A Long Way

What Pot’s For What, and What’s Not

Out of Time, & How Do I Get the Food on the Table, Right Now?

Cook Books to Make My Life Easier, and Food Delish

Shopping Locally & Ordering Speciality Foods

Tools of the Trade: What is My Kitchen Missing, & Where Do I Buy It?

A Yummy Menu too!

Squash Souffle Soup in Le Crueset Pot

The Really, Really Right Way to Pressure Cook Brown Rice

Homemade Gomashio

Azuki.Kombu.Squash, the Magic Potion of Macrobiotics

Qwik, Qwik Blanched Greens with Pumpkin Seed Dressing

Poached Apple and Pear Surprise

The Secret to Roasted Barley Tea

January 29, 2011          1 – 4 pm           $45 per person

RSVP: Marsha Rueff            marsharueff@mac.com
770 . 396 . 9413              678 . 643 .5662

Your check holds your space:
Please mail to 1130 Trailridge Lane, Dunwoody, Georgia 30338

That’s perfectly right! This awesome Nabe Cooking is just as Gluten-Free as you wanna make it! So, if you’ve been enchanted by the idea of vegan or macrobiotic cooking directly at your table, for 2 or company, and gluten-free is a criteria for you – look no more! Call it Nabe, Hooto, Shabu-Shabu, we’ll cover it all, and this class features completely vegan, macrobiotic and gluten-free organic ingredients!

How’s that possible you ask??? Simple. We’ll be cooking Tinkyada or Quinoa pasta, and if you prefer no flour choice at all, why, we’ll have freshly hulled brown rice just for you! Next, hmmm, seasoning. Okay, here’s the scoop: in Nabe dining, guess what! You season your own bowl! So, we’ll have 3 different levels of Macrobiotic Mitoku Shoyu for you, or the barley free San-J, and if that’s still not within your guidelines, well, there is Si Salt, Sea Salt, gomashio & shichimi. So, your meal will have a very delicious flavor.

And vegetables galore! They are truly the kingpin of this meal, plus a few garnishes, all within realm of  gluten-free! Goodness, you wouldn’t want me to give away all the loveliness of this divine meal!

So, here’s what one of my clients told me about her Nabe experience: I made Nabe for my parents, and suddenly the room became so quiet, and we were all so relaxed as we were enjoying the meal! Yep, that’s the purpose and result of Nabe Cooking: it relaxes us deep within, creating a lovely warmth inside & out. And isn’t this exactly what each of us can use in our busy, busy lives. Relaxing, feeling warmth in this snowy, cold season. Anyone remember Simon & Garfinkle singing, slow down, you’re moving too fast!

Hope to see you! Early registration is greatly appreciated.

New Date: Saturday, January 22                     1 PM – 4 PM                           $45 per person

RSVP: marsharueff@mac.com phone: 770.396.9413    cell:678.643.5662

With limited seating, your check reserves your space:
Please send to Marsha Rueff, 1130 Trailridge Lane, Dunwoody, GA 30338

Welcome to Macrobiotics — a Macro Cooking Class

Our beginner’s cooking class welcomes Newcomers to Macro
Covering delicious easy recipes, and important basic info!

You’ll learn what Macrobiotics is really all about,
So you can cook with success and reap many benefits – without a doubt!

We’re excited to offer our Tuesday series just for you
To spice up your health and well-being through Macro food!

New Date: Tuesday, January 18                  10 AM – 1 PM                  $45 per person

Menu

The MacDaddy Miso Soup
Pressure-Cooking Brown Rice Really Isn’t Scary!
Azuki Beans-Kombu-Squash, the Magic Potion of Macrobiotics
Qwik-Qwik Blanched Greens with Pumpkin Seed Dressing
Homemade Gomashio
Poached Apple Surprises
The Secret to Bancha Tea

plus handouts what to buy & where to order it!

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Nabe, the Perfect Winter Dish, Macro-Fondu, Easy and Quick!

Nabe Cooking?? What could this be?
Just come to class — and then you will see!

Why in Macro-land this is the dish we all do,
And almost no clean-up, once you are through!

A one-dish meal: noodles, veg & protein all served in one bowl,
Cooked at the table, easy for two or a party, just so you know.

This might remind you of Swiss Fondu — no need to beware,
Minus cheese and heavy oil, we enjoy this meal without a waistline care!

Winter’s the reason Nabe is my first cooking class.
‘Tis Relax-our-Kidneys-season, and Warren asked me to teach every lad and lass!

This clay Nabe pot’s perfect for Winter, a great way to go
Guaranteed to turn you into a Nabe fan after Saturday’s Nabe Demo!

Saturday, January 18                     1 PM – 4 PM                           $45 per person

Hope to see you! Early registration is greatly appreciated.
RSVP: marsharueff@mac.com phone: 770.396.9413    cell:678.643.5662

With limited seating, your check reserves your space:
Please send to Marsha Rueff, 1130 Trailridge Lane, Dunwoody, GA 30338

Atlanta-Macrobiotics Cooking Class Saturday Series with Marsha Rueff     2011

Happy New Year! It’s the perfect time to create delicious opportunities as we embark a brand new decade!
Enhance your total well-being,with scrumptious, health-enhancing vegan recipes ‘n savory suggestions!

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Sign up for these all new classes – delectable, informative, life-changing!
Take Step #1 to turn over a great big new leaf!

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Our wish: your attaining optimal health & energy accomplishing your 2011 dreams!
Please join these interactive and engaging cooking ‘n lifestyle classes!

Check our Tuesday Mid-week Class Series, too!

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All classes: 1-4 PM                                    Cost per class          $45

Special Offer: 20% Off When You Sign Up & Pay for 12 classes, get 3 Classes Free
Total Cost for Special Class Package: $540  ($675 value)   20% Savings = $135

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Saturday, January 18            Nabe, the Perfect Winter Dish, M-Fondu, Easy & Qwik!

Saturday, January 29            Everything You Need to Know to Cook Macro

Saturday February 12            Heart Healthy Recipes for Your Valentine Sweetheart

Saturday, February 26          Breakfast of Champions! Gets You Up & Keeps You Going!

Saturday, March 19               What am I S’pose to Snack on When I’m Hungry?

Saturday, April 2                   Macro Gluten-Free Cooking, What a Win-Win Combo!

Saturday, May 14                    Cooking for Strong, Healthy Bones

Saturday, June 11                   It’s the Good Ole Summertime, Light Macro Cookin’

Saturday, June 25                  Macro Cooking for Diabetes Can Change Your Health

Saturday, July 9                     Cooking for Digestion: IBS, Colitis, Chrones, Etc.

Saturday September 10           Pizza Party, Gluten-Free! Let the Good Times Roll

Saturday, September 24         What’s A Macro Girl/Fella Taking to Tailgate & Potluck?

Saturday, October 15              Don Your Togas! Macro Greek Feste~Spanikopita & OPA!

Saturday, October 29             Holiday Cooking for Thanksgiving Dinner Memories!

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Hope to see you! Early registration is greatly appreciated.

RSVP: marsharueff@mac.com phone: 770.396.9413    cell:678.643.5662

With limited seating, your check reserves your space:

Please send to Marsha Rueff, 1130 Trailridge Lane, Dunwoody, GA 30338

**Private Macrobiotic Cooking Classes available, designed just for YOU!

**Providing Macrobiotic Meals to Go!

Atlanta-Macrobiotics Cooking Class Series with Marsha Rueff          2010

As we enjoying this late Indian summer, now’s the perfect time to recreate delicious opportunities for yourself as we approach Fall’s cooler days. Designed to enhance your well-being, with scrumptious, health-enhancing vegan recipes ‘n savory suggestions – these Macrobiotic Cooking Classes will guide your health to an all-time highest level. Just like you’ve been reading in Alisha Silverstone’s The Kind Diet!

Our wish: you attaining optimal health & energy accomplishing your 2010 dreams as we near this year’s end, anticipating a great 2011!

Call to  join these  engaging cooking ‘n lifestyle  changing classes! All based on preparing foods according to Macrobiotic principals, including no dairy, eggs, meat or poultry and sugar. Feel better already?? The savory dishes feature organic produce and the highest quality Mitoku Macrobiotic ingredients. Perfect recipes for football parties & other fun pot-luck dinners, and an amazing Vegan Thanksgiving! Your dishes will be the talk-of-the-town! And the Thanksgiving Class in late October gives you plenty of time to practice at home in your own kitchen, as well as shop for your ingredients and utensils! Easy as pie! So start compiling your guest list, because you’ll be excited to share these menus with everyone in your world!

All classes: 1-4 PM                                 Cost per class          $45

Saturday, Sept. 25                          Mama Mia! Let’s Eat Italian ~ Ciao Bella!

Saturday, October 9                      Mexican Fiesta, Ole!

Saturday, October 30                   Holiday Cooking, A Macrobiotic & Vegan Thanksgiving Feast!

Hope to see you! Early registration is greatly appreciated.

RSVP: marsharueff@mac.com phone: 770.396.9413    cell:678.643.5662

With limited seating, your check reserves your space.

Send to Marsha Rueff, 1130 Trailridge Lane, Dunwoody, GA 30338

**Private Macrobiotic Cooking Classes available, designed just for YOU!

**Providing Macrobiotic Meals to Go!

Let me tell you about our daughter Karyn. When our granddaughter, Brittany, was 18 months old, Karyn called me saying, I just gave Brittany her first macrobiotic cooking lesson! She cut the vegetables, stirred the food, measured the water, added the rice, and made gomashio!

Music to my ears. With all the love we have for our children and grandchildren, it’s so gratifying to know they are choosing healthy foods and lifestyle. And even teaching the next generation when kids adore playing in the kitchen with mommy! When it’s fun!

Karyn’s pantry and fridge contains all the foods on a macrobiotic diet, plus some traditional items for company. And her children know the difference. When Brittany was about 2 she declared in a children’s music group her favorite food was TOFU! All the other children claimed french fries, chicken wings or pizza. Macrobiotic food, as you learn in macrobiotic cooking classes, is very tasty, and kids love that genuine taste and aroma. It smells so good is a familiar comment in a macrobiotic kitchen.

Brittany and her sister Alyssa often participate in meal preparation, and even help select recipes, browsing macrobiotic cookbooks for some new, yummy dish. They have taken many Whole Foods cooking classes for kids, even the week-long summer camp. They assisted in these classes as well. At age 10 Brittany and Alyssa have each assisted during Warren Kramer’s cooking classes at our home, truly contributing. Kids love to help, and teaching them cooking skills while they are young and helping is fun for them is the key!

So what macrobiotic dishes are perfect kid-starters? Scrambled tofu – you get to scrunch up the tofu in your hands, and chop the veggies. Mochi waffles with Suzanne’s Maple Rice Syrup. Tempeh and seitan, deep-fried! Pasta salads with pickles and olives, blanched veggies, and yummy dressing. Kanten fruit desserts blended into a strawberry mousse or orange soufflé. Creamy pureed vegetable soups without the cream. Nori rolls with almond butter, cucumbers and whatever else your kids like. Fried fish, hummus dip and crunchy veggies. Tempura everything! Parsley’s the best, broccoli and other greens, even nori rolls. Kids love stirring the batters, and let them be inventive! Even if you are on a stricter diet, they might add coconut or healthy rice crispies to roll the battered seitan and what a treat you have!

You’ll want to buy the tiny iwachu iron pot for the deep frying, and sometimes we just keep ours on the stove. You can order this pot from Essene in Philadelphia by calling:  215 . 922 . 1146.  Sometimes you may have to describe the pot: it’s round with an iron handle, and wood lid, costing approximately $49 plus shipping. You definitely want the small size which allows you to use less oil.

Kid’s school lunches! Let ‘em look like everyone else. Sandwich, fruit, noodles, hummus and blanched veg, nori roll if they are comfortable with it. With all the sushi and nori rolls prepared at the grocers today, this macrobiotic favorite way of carrying rice and veggies might be the in thing.  And when they get home have a hearty dish to tide them over for dinner. Leftover warm soup & steamed sourdough bread may be very welcome on a cold afternoon. Or if you drive them directly to an activity, bring a favorite dish in the car. Pasta and sauce, fried tofu, warm apple juice, fried seitan, thermos of warm bancha tea. Let them request!

And making meals easier for your new attendees! Sometimes your youngsters get inquistive, asking what’s for dinner? I always just answer dinner. Especially if your kids show any resistance. Learn their favorites, and include them often!

Relax, have fun with the macrobiotic foods and let your kids have a fun ride on your new regime for health. Everyone benefits in the long run, and what wonderful peace of mind, knowing your children have the best quality food, and healthy horizons ahead! That’s Everything!

Great macrobiotic books for families with kids:

The Macrobiotic Community Cookbook, by Andrea Bliss Lerman features kids favorites made in the macrobiotic cooking style: pizza, stoganoff, lasagne, burrito, millet-cauliflower mashed potatoes that make perfect potato pancakes, without any potatoes at all. And lots more.

Sweet and Natural, by Meredith McCarty features 120 desserts without sugar, eggs, butter, cream and yeast. Pies, tarts, cakes, cookies – everyone delights in these recipes.

Grains and Greens from the Deep Blue Sea, by Mark Hanna and Sandy Purkel features recipes from the Macrobiotic Cruise. Each one becomes your new favorite! So get ready to try them all! The Millet Croquets taste just like tuna fish, and the tartar sauce is amazing! The desserts are wow! Can this really be good for us! Yes indeedy!

Cooklets by Melanie Waxman. All Melanie’s recipes are terrific, and you might want to get the complete bound issue. Having seven children of her own, Melanie has excellent recipes for children in Cooking for Children section, and throughout all the cooklets! Try the Soba Knots in Oodles of Noodles! With 7 children of her own, Melanie is the expert  keeping kids interested in their health eats!

Cooking the Whole Foods Way, by Christina Pirello. Delish cuisine, kids will enjoy & request their favorites!

Cook Your Food to the Life You Want, by Christina Pirello. Christina Pirello’s recipe books are quite excellent, as she has taken traditional European recipes and perfected the macrobiotic conversion for you.  Amazing variety to delight all your family!

In every macrobiotic cooking class when kids are still within the home, my clients ask, what do I feed my children? It’s a huge concern. Young women diagnosed with breast and other cancers, and researching alternative cancer treatments, invariably worry this dilemma. Realizing they want to change their eating, but not wanting to make waves within their home. Not wanting to impose their needs on their husband and not wanting to worry their children or make any noticeable fuss at home. In fact, Warren Kramer, our Senior Macrobiotic Counselor says one of the reasons young mothers get sick, and often develop breast cancer is they don’t take the time to take care of themselves; they are so busy taking care of everyone else.

I always encourage my clients to cook one way. Let the family eat macro too. Kids adore this food. It’s nothing new under the sun. The macrobiotic diet goes way back to eating a more natural, common sense cooking style, like our great, great, great grandparents. Before packaged food. Before frozen foods. Before microwave and health bars. True food, cooked well, but not overcooked. Actually it’s exquisitely prepared cuisine.

Have you ever heard the person wearing the apron strings in the home controls the health of the family? That’s the ticket! While your children are still living at home, you get the perfect chance to influence and improve their health. What better gift for your spouse and children than to effectuate the way they eat. You’ll get to influence your kids’ food choices for all the times in their lives away from home –  school, camp, college, and restaurants just to name a few.

As you experience macrobiotic diet benefits firsthand, you will learn even more reasons to feed your family the same balanced meals you eat. Letting your kids assist you in the kitchen truly lets them participate in your healing process in a very personal and special way. They will feel better too. Skin problems, fatigue, easier concentration at school, improved athletic performance are just a few of the benefits they will enjoy right away. I always say, as you see them improve, you’ll know you are on the right track too.

And your spouse. Well, some of my clients say, my husband is wonderful and supportive, but he’s a meat and potato man. Okay, but he’s your biggest cheerleader too, your partner, so invite him to participate. When you set up your kitchen, set up two complete workstations: 2 wood cutting boards and 2 chef’s knives. And double some of the other kitchen gadgets you learn to use in our macrobiotic cooking classes. And voila, you immediately have a partner in the kitchen! What I call romancing the stone after Michael Douglas’s films. Our CD’s are nearby, and we always have a favorite song we are dancing to. Kids enjoy this too. I always say our kitchen is really a wonderful dance floor that just happens to have a stove in the middle of it!

Just have a taste, or try this, honey, it’s so delicious. New phrases for introducing dishes to your family. One of my clients had a everyone has to taste everything on the plate rule. When they did, a quarter went into this huge jar. When the jar filled they went on a trip somewhere. Or did something special. You should have heard her sons urging each other to try the food! And some 14 years later her health has improved, and all three sons & their wives eat very healthy. And their own children. You can snowball this very same effect.

What a wonderful legacy to give your family! I think it’s the best information we’ve given our own children, and set the pace for future generations. And it’s been very empowering when health issues arise to be able to reach for The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health, by Michio Kushi and Alex Jack, and tell our daughters what page a specific home remedy is on. If a situation is new to me, I suggest a call to Warren Kramer for his advice. Because we’ve established that direct tie with our children and Warren too. I’ve gotta say strengthening the bond with your kids & your Macrobiotic Counselor has to be one of the most satisfying moments of all! And one of the greatest benefits of our being on a Macrobiotic Diet! Getting our kids on it too! This is the one of the greatest gifts you can give your children: their ability to choose a healthy lifestyle.

Books with wonderful recipes for families

• The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health, Michio Kushi and Alex Jack
• Sweet and Natural, Meredith McCarthy
• The Macrobiotic Community Cookbook, Andre Bliss Lerman
  
• Grains and Greens from the Deep Blue Sea, Mark Hanna & Sandy Pukel

Summertime, and travel to other time zones may be on your agenda! So how do you make the most of your trip, and eliminate the jet lag issue, truly enjoying each and every moment of your stay? Especially if you’re like me, with so much to do before leaving, it’s hard to get to bed on time that final departure week.

On a Macrobiotic Diet it’s so easy! Three simple, magical words: ume sho kuzu!

What’s that? A very soothing drink, easily made, in about 7 minutes. Three ingredients plus water: umeboshi plum, shoyu – a special soy sauce, and kuzu – the harvested root of the kudzu plant. Yes, the very plant that grows throughout the southern states, covering huge trees along the highways. Imagine the strength of that hardy plant’s root, harvested for this drink, and coating your intestinal walls. No wonder this drink boosts our immunity! We love teaching this in macrobiotic cooking class because it is helpful for so many health conditions.

• Just dissolve 1 teaspoon of kuzu in 1 cup cold spring or filtered water.
• Bring to a boil, stirring continually to avoid lumping.
• Add one-third umeboshi plum
• Once the water becomes transparent, add 6 drops shoyu.

Drink while hot. Enjoy this drink daily two days before the trip, and the day of travel, and if possible the following two days. You may also repeat for your return home.

Especially at this present time with concern about the swine flu and travel, the ume-sho-kuzu drink becomes a no-brainer for travel because it is considered the Macrobiotic Diet Antibiotic!

*Top quality ingredients can be ordered from Natural Import Company at 800 . 324 . 1878

• 89500 Sakurazawa Shoyu 5 oz.
• 89333 Mitoku Umeboshi Plum 6 oz
• 89408 Mitoku Kuzu 3 oz

For more information on benefits of Ume Sho Kuzu, and macrobiotic cooking classes, please check our website:

www.atlantamacrobiotics.com or email: marsharueff@mac.com

Books: The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health, Michio Kushi and Alex Jack    See the section on Home Remedies

When dining out in restaurants here are guidelines to maintain a healthy macrobiotic diet. When you frequent restaurants you can fax this list ahead or call in advance, and simplify your ordering at the table. We cover this information more in depth in our macrobiotic cooking classes.

AVOID THESE FOODS

ENJOY THESE VEGETABLES

Seasonings: Olive oil, small amount garlic, sea salt

Note: ask for house rice in Japanese restaurants; the sushi rice has sugar in it. The sugar is in the vinegar already, and sometimes they add extra sugar. That’s the trick to get you to keep ordering sushi! So, what to do, in Japanese Restaurants just ask for House Rice! This has no sugar!

ENJOY THESE FISH STEAMED OR POACHED WITH VEGETABLES & LEMON

AVOID THESE FISH

ATLANTA RESTAURANTS