Nastiest cupcakes I ever ate... Dang Tree Huggers!

These are made of soap. I'm sure they would taste nasty, gluten free, sugar free, fat free, gmo free, non organic free, non-edible. Are you sure they were food?

Dizzy, I found out about it when I was helping my daughter with her AP Biology course... I was really surprised because in school I was just taught that trees (and to a lesser degree other plants) produced oxygen.

Oh and to Gimpy et al, please don't think I'm saying trees aren't important, of course they are, and in that context I could be called a tree hugger I suppose. I believe in treating the earth gently, but it seems that phytoplankton levels are steadily dropping, so surely we should be concerned about that and not *just* the trees for our oxygen needs?

Save the rainforest *and* the phytoplankton! And educate people so they know all the facts.

Oh.. and meat disguised to look like vegetables? The imagery is just too funny!!!

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the importance of trees could not be better explained then in this Academy Award winning film.

The nastiest cake I ever tasted was made with lard - home rendered. Unbelievable. Gag me.

I bake with olive oil (for health) and because I am a vegetarian. And I guess the cupcakes you "volunteered" to eat were just bad cupcakes because I certainly don't get any complaints about mine - or cookies or cakes or pies. And my family are all omnivores. In fact I have to hide my baking at the neighbour's house (she can't eat gluten) if I want anything to last for more then a day.

If you think about it, it makes sense that phytoplankton produces more oxygen than trees. Any thing that undergoes photosynthesis produces oxygen. And look at how big the ocean is compared to the land mass. About 3/4 of the earth is covered w/water.

I actually make something called fauxtatoes (mashed cauliflower). I won't lie..it's not exactly like mashed potatoes but close enough that I don't mind. I doesn't make my blood sugar spike. Plus if I add enough butter or sour cream that's not a bad thing either. I roasted a clove of garlic and threw that in the other night and even the kids liked it.

Yes but an imbalance can produce huge algae blooms in both fresh and salt water that has the opposite effect of creating dead zones in the water thus being unable to support marine life. And raising it in artificial conditions requires a lot of effort, space and resources.

Regardless of the size of the culture, certain conditions must be provided for efficient growth of plankton. The majority of cultured plankton is marine, and seawater of a specific gravity of 1.010 to 1.026 may be used as a culture medium. This water must be sterilized, usually by either high temperatures in an autoclave or by exposure to ultraviolet radiation, to prevent biological contamination of the culture. Various fertilizers are added to the culture medium to facilitate the growth of plankton. A culture must be aerated or agitated in some way to keep plankton suspended, as well as to provide dissolved carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. In addition to constant aeration, most cultures are manually mixed or stirred on a regular basis. Light must be provided for the growth of phytoplankton. The colour temperature of illumination should be approximately 6,500 K, but values from 4,000 K to upwards of 20,000 K have been used successfully. The duration of light exposure should be approximately 16 hours daily; this is the most efficient artificial day length.[27]

On the other hand you can just plant trees just about anywhere and with adequate water they will grow on their own producing oxygen and cleaning the air, providing water, shade, wind breaks and animal habitat. And they look pretty.

Mother Nature designed things perfectly. We just mess it up in our ignorance.

Say "No" to fake food!!

Real butter, real cream, real milk, real cheese, real meat... real vegetables, real fruits...

REAL FOOD!!

Your body knows what to do with real food. Feed it what it needs and it will treat you much better than when you feed it stuff it has to do physiological acrobatics in order to deal with.

OK, a gal on TV the other day gave a list of what you should NOT eat.

Here's what I remember:

Anything with nuts
Anything with sugar
Anything with gluten
No corn
No meat from an animal that may have eaten corn
No breads
No pastas
No eggs
No dairy of any kind


What the heck is left??

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Saw dust and veggies.

I have celiac disease too but it is possible to make a good GF cookie. Note that I said make and not buy.

Take your basic chocolate chip cookie recipe and substitute an All purpose GF flour (mix of potato starch, corn flour and rice flour) and then mix in your favorite dried fruit and nuts until the dough pulls away from the pan. Drop them out at about one and 1/2 tablespoons and bake.

There are also some good chips made under the brand, "Food should taste good."

Tortillas are GF (if you make them at home from masa)

What I've not found is a decent GF pizza dough

Me neither. I make a cauliflower one. I miss pizza but get by, by just eating the top off of anything I buy for the rest of the family, in a pinch!

Have you looked at the website "healthy indulgences"? She has some great GF recipes there as well I agree..things I make myself are great! Storebought GF - I haven't had much luck and they're pretty expensive too.

My daughter (pastry chef) makes an AMAZING gluten free chocolate cake.
I will get the recipe from her, and post it....

You would NEVER know it was gluten free.

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I'm a glutton for gluten...and sugar. I know someday it will need to come to a sudden stop. A chocolate cake by any name.

I have a feeling I know where you are talking about too. When I worked in Reston someone brought in those cupcakes for someones birthday who was vegetarian. OMG NASTY. Even she refused to eat them hahaha She appreciated the companies gesture but apparently her dogs really liked them!

Any tips on GF pie shells?

Is there a GF cooking thread somewhere where we should be posting these ideas?