Happy 4th of July Everyone!

Join our next Group Cooking Class: Cooking to Restore Natural Beauty ‘n Health

Saturday, July 17               1-4 pm

RSVP: marsharueff@mac.com 770 . 396 . 9413         Limited seating!

Beauty is only skin deep – what’s deep inside us is who we really are, right?

Ok, but in macrobiotic view and oriental medicine, our facial features, coloring, condition of our skin, hair and nails actually gauge our health deep within, and the health of each of our organs.

So, this macrobiotic cooking class examines lifestyle and recipes to actually  attain renewed levels of health. And bring you both compliments & personal delight at how improved you look and feel! A very special class!

The Magic Menu!

Hato-Mugi Salad & Light Dressing

Kool Cucumber Soup

Summer’s Pressed Salade & Yummy Citrus Dress-it-up!

My Favorite Daikon Nishimi with Sweet Miso Dressing

Arame Salad

This Can’t Really Be a Dessert?! Dessert

We will also discuss and include recipes for home remedies to improve our health.

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July welcomes Warren Kramer back to Atlanta! Yep, July 28-August 1

Join our great week, starting Wednesday evening, July 28 at Cafe Sunflower with

our Dinner at 6 PM, and lecture to follow at 7:30 ~ location at the Rueff home.

Five days packed with lectures, cooking classes, private consultations offering you a chance to really streamline the macrobiotic diet and lifestyle to your personal condition at this time. Check Warren’s information at www.atlantamacrobiotics.com, and follow the prompts to the flyer of the week’s events and discounts! Definitely worth the trip to Atlanta! Remember, Warren’s the macrobiotic counselor Alicia Silverstone is suggesting we see whenever he’s available in your city.

A few consultation times are open, morning, afternoon, and evening after the lectures, so call or email me to get your time preference!

Please share with your friends & family!

July’s finally arrived! Mark up your calendar, plan your summer trips around Warren’s dates here in Atlanta! Please join this opportunity studying macrobiotics with one of the truly great Senior Macrobiotic Teachers. Warren’s the one Alicia Silverstone says to be certain to see when he comes to your town!

Just open this link, and enticing information for Warren Kramer’s macrobiotic cooking classes, lectures and private consultations to personalize this amazing way of eating for YOU and your condition will be easily accessible. This is a chance to rock your world, reclaim your health, get a second chance, and benefit your loved ones too.

Download PDF Brochure about Warren Kramer in Atlanta. This link will take you to another page, and please click once again on Warren Kramer in Atlanta. Thank you for taking this extra step. I promise it’s worth every moment of your time!

Once you discover Warren’s program for July 28-August 1, share with your friends & family to take advantage of our generous half-price discount! They will ultimately thank you, and you will all be thrilled you participated.

And next step, RSVP you’re attending Everything, and getting a consultation, and get a second discount of 15% off macrobiotic cooking classes and lectures, Thursday thru Sunday! And of course, kick off Warren’s visit with our opening Dinner Lecture, starting at 6:00 pm Cafe Sunflower, Sandy Springs.

See you soon! RSVP: marsharueff@mac.com or 770 . 396 . 9413

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Scrumptious Desserts! We’re talkin’ macrobiotic, vegan without sugars, eggs, cream or other dairy products. Some ingredients are even used in macrobiotic home remedies. Meaning, they actually promote health, like soothing kuzu, aides digestion, and kanten flakes, a sea veggie full of minerals. Isn’t this amazing! And for sweeteners we use Suzanne’s Brown Rice Syrup or Barley Malt which are actually made from grains. Being complex sugars, not simple sugars, they go through all steps of our digestion process and don’t cause havoc with our blood sugar. These sweeteners appear in some macro home remedy drinks, such as Ame Kuzu and Warm Barley Kanten. You can be rest-assured these are not artificial sweeteners causing ill side-effects – no saccharin, splenda, or tropical stevia located here. We enjoy these sweets a few times a week, and find ourselves satisfied. Free from candy bars & cakes we use to crave.

What’s the ideal Macrobiotic Dessert? Gentle desserts, just cooked stove-top, rather than baked in the oven. Here’s the reason: when we’re changing our health, we avoid hard, baked ingredients with flour products so cookies, pies, cakes are not recommended daily fare. Instead we enjoy fruit cooked stove-top with a lovely kuzu glaze, or fruit kantens creating a luscious pudding consistency. Or select a parfait with fresh fruit, using kuzu rather than dairy for the creamy sauce. With locally-grown organic melons and berries soon available & ready to cool us down this summer, May’s perfect timing for a sweet macrobiotic cooking class featuring desserts!

S’pose you’re wondering: if I wish to be really healthy, why would I want to eat desserts anyway? A very insightful question! Here’s the reason. Just like deer are attracted to a salt lick, humans desire a sweeter flavor for eighty percent of food. That may seem like a lot, but just look at all the sweet vegetables we enjoy, as well as fruit, and there you have it. Even sauces served around the globe often have a sweet taste. And sometimes we just want a little something to end the meal, clear the palate, as Margaret mentioned when we prepped our Leftover Macrobiotic Cooking Class yesterday. And these milder treats keep us out of  t-r-o-u-b-l-e, like all traditional brimful of sugary, creamy, buttery sweets everywhere we go.

Another reason for learning good quality Macrobiotic Desserts is serving company and even friends stopping by. You feel confident something in your fridge is yummy-as-the-Ritz or NYC’s Serendipity – even serving friends who aren’t eating macro. You’ll enjoy your dessert, and their compliments. Recently we delighted Abe, the insulation expert inspecting our home, with our Apple Crisp, & we joined him too, natch! Learn some delicious, healthier desserts in this macrobiotic cooking class, and you won’t have to be singing this old song:

If I knew you were comin’ I’d've baked a cake, hired a band, goodness sake!
If I knew you were comin’ I’d've baked a cake
Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do?

This macrobiotic cooking class features desserts you can use frequently plus just one over-the-top for very special occasions, well, maybe two over-the-top! Sometimes we just need something a little more special, or when we entertaining. I mean wouldn’t you just love to serve a mini chocolate truffle? What if it had kanten flakes in it instead of eggs & a little Eden Blend Rice/Soy Beverage instead of butter & cream?

And that little chocolate chip cookie I made this December? Chips sweetened with barley malt, without dairy! So delish I gave them to lots of people in our world. One sweet note on top of a letter ~ Sure enjoyed those chocolate chip cookies! Thanks, Mailman Mike tells it all. Bet you’ll like them too! So like Rosemary Clooney sings, Come on-a my house, I’m gonna give you candy …!

Come on-a my house, my house,  I’m gonna teach you cookies and truffles and tarts,
Come on-a my house I’m gonna teach to you … some sweet, yummy, healthier macro things..

Join us in Atlanta!  Macrobiotic Center of Atlanta

Saturday May 15              1-4 pm        $45 per person

RSVP: marsharueff@mac.com 770. 396  9413

Menu*

Fruit & Berries Tart, A Macro Perfection
Possibly the Yummiest Rice Pudding on the planet
Blueberry Pie
Chocolate Truffles
A very teeny, harmless Chocolate Chip Cookie
~ Peach Compote with Kuzu ~
perfect recipe for blueberries, apple, pears & more!

* menu choices may change slightly as new desserts are being tested! check for updates!

RSVP please,  soon as possible!

Your check to Marsha Rueff holds your space:
Please mail to 1130 Trailridge Lane, Dunwoody, GA 30338

Yes, you really can stop allergy symptoms. How do I know? Well, here’s a great story about a client of mine, who actually became interested in macrobiotics because both she and her husband were diagnosed with cancer. Her’s was a brain tumor, and his was throat. So you can imagine they were seriously taking my private macrobiotic cooking classes, and took all  the information to heart! They did it. Jumped in with both feet, and started both looking and feeling better instantly.

That particular year Atlanta’s prolific Spring abundantly doused our fair city with a record-breaking pollen count. Mid-April, about six weeks into the diet for this couple, she called me early in the morning, excitedly reporting, They’re gone! After asking who was calling, I answered, What’s gone? Do you want me to help you find them? And her laughing response told a great success story. No, I don’t want them back! It’s my allergies. They’re all gone, and I’ve been outdoors all morning. I don’t have allergies anymore! Great news we hear again and again! I call it the  side-benefit or side effects of being on a macrobiotic diet. Just think, this could be YOU calling! Excitedly screaming, they’re gone!

That’s right. Just six weeks or so on a macrobiotic diet, and you too can be allergy-free. It’s simple. Eliminate certain You foods you’re enjoying right now and lessen your allergic reaction to pollen. Of course macrobiotic cooking classes and learning to cook well are key, and your own health condition and constitution will impact the amount of time for relief to be yours. But the reward is so keen. Being free of itching, sneezing, medication, especially as we age. How wonderful to greet Spring without dreading health repercussions.

The macrobiotics view of taking allergy medication is: rather than curing the allergic condition, meds band-aid, giving temporary relief, covering up the condition, driving your condition deeper inside. Then what happens next year’s allergy season? Allergies worsen the next time around, requiring stronger and more meds. But that’s not all. As the medication actually drives one’s condition deeper inside, it actually weakens conditions, leading to bronchial issues, pneumonia and more.

This week my daughter called, and while we chatted I kept mentioning being outdoors walking and gardening, and the gorgeous gardens around our home. She stunned me answering, Mom, you and Dad really aren’t bothered by the pollen, are you? I realized how I just took this for granted. Especially this year with pollen counts ranking in record-breaking numbers, and Atlanta’s among the highest city on the list.

So if you’re wishing to break your allergy cycle right now,congratulations! The macrobiotic diet may just fit you to a tee! Pick up Alicia Silverstone’s awesome, new book, The Kind Diet, for a great overview and benefit of what’s in store for you! You’ll be fascinated, and that’s a promise.

Join our Macrobiotic Cooking Classes in Atlanta, group or private classes, and we’ll get you started on a wonderfully easy health routine! And you’ll begin humming Younger than Springtime, all over again!

Next group macrobiotic cooking class in Atlanta: Saturday, April 24, 1-4     $45 per person
Creative Use of Leftovers – Qwik Cookin’
Check our website for information regarding the class: atlantamacrobiotics.com
marsharueff@mac.com

Like my husband’s oral surgery yesterday. The periodontist prescribed a soft diet including milk shakes with supplements and / or eggs, cottage cheese, yogurt, etc. appropriate. With the additional note: Please do not go without nourishment during the first day or so. Okay, so what’s a macro-wife to do!! It’s all very easy in our macro kitchen-spa! Jump into my shoes – here’s what we did.

Throughout the day before surgery, we served specially nutritous meals: Lunch included miso soup, sardine spread, brown rice and cabbage, squash and onion sauté. Dinner included: lentil soup, brown rice with sweet brown rice, which relaxes nerve endings and muscles, arame with vegetables  – extra minerals for healing, and Hokkaido aduki beans. In the evening, Fred sipped Ume Sho Kuzu drink, the macrobiotic antibiotic, while I prepared food for the day of his surgery.

Knowing a liquid diet was called for, I freshly hulled one cup of short grain brown rice and soaked this with 10 cups of water! Ten cups of water! Did I make a mistake? Nope, this is Brown Rice Cream we’re making. We’ll pressure cook it early in the morning, and using the William Sonoma Food Mill, pour it through 2 of the disks: first through the largest disk, and secondly through the teeniest disk, obtaining a thick liquid, omitting only the small amount of rice pulp.

And I soaked 1 cup of Hokkaido Azuki Beans ~ only the best for this sweet man and tomorrow while the rice is a’cookin’, these beans will too, for a nice Azuki Bean Tea,a nice protein for a liquid diet! Lots healthier and more digestible than the eggs on the above suggested list!

And once we come home, we’ll make Michio Kushi’s awesome Happy Liver Drink, with napa cabbage, granny smith apple, cucumber, sprouts and celery! Who wouldn’t be happy with that! Cooling, refreshing, light ~ instead of the milkshake with supplements! Following this with stellar dishes from my Macrobiotic Cooking Class on Home Remedies when I studied at the Kushi Institute: brown rice cream, aduki bean tea, barley tea, leafy green tea.  Fred felt very nourished without compromising the quality of his food. Enjoying the the same ingredients we often eat, only in a liquid form.

Fresh Miso Soup daily and repeating Ume Sho Kuzu throughout the next 10 days, and we can confidently ignore the antibiotic prescription for Amoxicillin 500mg and all side effects. In lieu of Lidocaine and Peridex rinses, we use Weleda products created by Rudolf Steiner with it’s healing effects, and Dentizyme by Natura, Bio-active Botanical Complex of extracts & essential oils – all organic. Very healing to the gums. We actually use it quite often.

The doctor gave Fred one Ibuprofen before he left the office, and prescribed Vicoprophen 7.5mg/200mg Ibuprophen. So Fred really felt fine, and though I bought a box of over-the counter Ibuprophen for just-in-cases, this can be returned, or donated  away. The warnings list on the box is pretty scary, yet this is supposed to be the mildest pill for pain. We’ll use Dentizyme & eat sweet brown rice any day over that long list!

All the recipes mentioned are in Michio Kushi and Alex Jack’s book, The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health, and today food mills are also available on-line. I wish every home had one! Whenever Fred or I are the least bit under the weather, we make brown rice cream for each other, and bingo, we just get over whatever that problem could have become. It’s so amazing. I’ve even made it for clients to receive intravenously at the hospital. It truly nourishes us with nutrients without taxing our digestive system one iota! How perfect a food is that!

I say, Vive la Food Mill! Hope you’ll have one in your kitchen too! This is one item you don’t want to be having to find when you do already are needing it! Be that Scout, and have it in place! And your kitchen too will be the Spa, the pharmacy ~ and you get to be super-don’t-have-to-take-medications-macro-food healer too! A great investment for yourself and your family is taking a private or group macrobiotic cooking class on macrobiotic home remedies. These are my favorite macrobiotic cooking classes because I know my clients are knowledgeable for whatever comes along, just like the scouts!

Footnote: Three days later, Fred was ready for more solid food. Our mini Cuisinart food processor did wonders with greens, creating a pesto consistency, and letting him enjoy steamed or sautéed greens, even blanched veg sooner than if he would be able to chew them as usual. All through the week Fred often applied the Dentizyme drops and thanked me again and again for discovering these. Hope you add this to your repertoire too!

We’ve come a long way from Wendy’s 1984 commercial & Clara Peller asking, where’s the beef ?, but  are co-workers wondering if you omitted protein from lunch today? Are you concerned about eating sufficient protein while selecting vegan and vegetarian dishes at restaurants? What about meal-planning for your family and yourself at home?

Are you concerned about eating real beans or if they are GMO? Wouldn’t you like to know where to buy beans from some of the the richest soil in the world? Have you just read The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone  and wondered how to prepare her recipes?

We’ll cover this and many aspects of protein in this class, including quality and variety to enhance your protein intake. The value of protein, frequency, and quantity  for optimum health. Most importantly, you’ll learn the macrobiotic cooking techniques to enhance the digestibility of protein.  An important Macrobiotic Cooking Class to cover your many questions about protein, don’t you think!

So bring your questions, and your friends to this very informative Macrobiotic Cooking Class in our 2010 Series, held conveniently in our home, just north of Atlanta in Dunwoody, Georgia! Near GA. 400. Hope to see you at our very special Macrobiotic Cooking Class just for Y-O-U!

Tofu, Tempeh, Beans ~ the Macro Protein

Saturday, April 10             1-4 pm            $45 per person

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Another Tempting Macrobiotic  Menu

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The Best Split Pea Soup on the Planet

Brown Rice with Black Soybean Croquettes with Tofu Tarter Sauce

Tantalizing Tempeh Vegetable Balls & Shoyu Dip

Always Reliable Tofu Stew with Vegetables

Move Over Chocolate, …  Here Comes the Azuki Bean Fudge

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

Please reserve early.                         Place:   at the home of Marsha & Fred Rueff

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

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One of the first question new clients ask about the macrobiotic diet, is: what’s a healthy breakfast? My favorite answer is, you’ve come to the right place. One thing’s for sure about the Macrobiotic Diet; breakfast suggestions truly consider the best choices for ease in digestibility, starting your day, keeping your energy strong throughout your morning ’til about 1:00 pm. This way you’re not starving for lunch, gulping down your food and overeating.

What about the 11 am hypoglycemic dip when everyone’s downing a strong cup of sugared coffee, bagel or donut just to keep their eyes open and get their work done before the coveted lunch break? If you’ve been suffering this embarressing energy dip, then definitely the Macrobiotic Breakfast is for you! I always say the downside of Macrobiotics is you will have so much energy, you might not know when to stop. A very nice side effect, don’t you think?

This Breakfast & Brunch Macrobiotic Diet Cooking Class, Saturday  - March 27 from 1 – 4 in Atlanta is perfect for both beginners & those well-acquainted with the Macrobiotic Diet. We will show breakfast dishes for your special occasions and company. Tasting these, and seeing how easy they are to make will encourage you to enjoy other recipes in the wonderful cookbooks we suggest.

Bodacious Breakfast & Brunch! Cooking Class

Saturday, March 27               1-4 pm                       just $45 per person

*Menu*

Blueberry & Pecan Muffins

Scrambled Tofu

Mochi Waffles & Lemon-Walnut Sauce

Deep-Fried Tempeh Bacon Strips

Blueberry Pancakes & Blueberry Sauce

Yummy Macro Creamy Porridge

Corn Grit Cakes

You Won’t Believe it’s Tofu French Toast

Grain Coffee Cappuccino

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Cooking class at the home of  Marsha & Fred Rueff

1130 Trailridge Lane

Dunwoody, Georgia 30338

770 . 396 . 9413              cell: 678 . 643 . 5662           email: marsharueff@mac.com

Please RSVP asap! Your check holds your spot!

Hurry, space is limited!

Back to Basics

A Special Macrobiotic Cooking Class

Saturday, February 20               1-4 pm                       just $45 per person

This is a very special Macrobiotic and Vegan Cooking Class!

And just may be worth the trip to Atlanta!

You may be on a Macrobiotic, Vegetarian or Vegan Diet,

and still not reaping and the most health improvement for all your cooking efforts!

This is the class for YOU to learn about the Great Life Diet*

Based on Michio Kushi teaching 6 years ago, upon discovering Kushi Institute teachers had developed their own way of teaching, and ventured away from traditional cooking methods. We will cover basics explained in The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health, by Michio Kushi and Alex Jack.

Learn the unique tips Mr. Kushi feels are important for each dish.

*Menu*

Miso Soup

Special Drink for Liver Health***

Really right way for Pressure-Cooking Brown Rice!

The Pressed Salad – Learn how it relieves PRESSURE!!!!

Kinpira Soup – the Mac-Daddy Strengthener of all Times!

Nishimi Vegetables awesomeful delishious with Kuzu Sauce!

Roots and Tops the perfectly Balanced Vegetable Dish!

Blanched Vegetables & Dressing for Expeditious Energy

Ame Kuzu, the drink to relax & sleep well through the night

Ume Sho Kuzu, the Macrobiotic Antibiotic for Immune System, Jet Lag, & Dental Appointments

Flying into Atlanta for this class? Easy Marta accessibility!

Nearby hotel, motel accommodations available!

Cooking class at the home of Marsha and Fred Rueff

1130 Trailridge Lane

Dunwoody, Georgia 30338

770 . 396 . 9413              cell: 678 . 643 . 5662           email: marsharueff@mac.com

Please RSVP asap! Your check holds your spot!

Hurry, space is limited!

*The Great Life Diet, by Denny Waxman greatly enhances your practice of Macrobiotics, and is additional text material for our classes.

Serves 4-5

Based on Wendy Esko’s, Eat Your Veggies

Please your palate with this plump inviting hor d’oevre,

Benefits: mushrooms actually help discharge old poultry. How great is that!

An hors d’oeuvre that’s actually delicious ‘n good for you at the same time!

8-10 large mushroom, stem removed              1 teaspoon shoyu

1 cup sourdough unyeasted bread, cubed        1/4 cup water

2 Tablespoons onion, minced                            1/4 teaspoon dried sage, crushed

2 Tablespoons celery minced                              Corn oil

1/4 cup cooked seitan, minced                           1 teaspoon parsley, chives, or scallion, finely chopped

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Follow these easy steps:

Heat several teaspoons corn oil in skillet

Saute onion 1 minute.

Add celery & seitan & sauté 1 minute.

Place in a mixing bowl, with remaining ingredients.

Stuff each mushroom with this yummy mixture.

Place stuffed mushrooms on oiled baking sheet.

Bake at 350 20-25 minutes until juicy & tender.

Ooops, careful not to eat ‘em all up!   Save some for your guests!

It’s a very odd thing ~ as odd as cam be

That whatever Miss T eats turns into Miss T!

~ Sir Walter de la Mere, Author

1873 – 1958, Kent England