{"id":792,"date":"2009-12-04T17:56:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T17:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/12\/edibles-im-grateful-for.html"},"modified":"2009-12-04T17:56:16","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T17:56:16","slug":"edibles-im-grateful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/12\/edibles-im-grateful-for.html","title":{"rendered":"Edibles I&#8217;m Grateful For"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" height=\"297\" alt=\"garlic chili flax seed oil\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/84\/import\/GCF_12oz_US_02.jpg\" width=\"100\" \/><\/span>Over at my personal blog I keep regular gratitude lists, but I thought, in honor of post-Thanksgiving gratitude continuation, I&#8217;d do an exclusively food-based list here in honor of Foodie Friday (and National Cookie Day!). These are a few of my favorite edible things (today!):<\/p>\n<p>1) <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/07\/annies-naturals-goddess-dressing.html\">Annie&#8217;s Naturals&nbsp;Goddess Dressing<\/a> (ok, that&#8217;s a perennial)<\/p>\n<p>2) Pears (and also picking up two pears and getting to say &#8220;a pair of pears&#8221;&#8211;never gets old)<\/p>\n<p>3) Water, filtered<\/p>\n<p>4) Coffee from Pret a Manger (it&#8217;s organic)<\/p>\n<p>5) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grainaissance.com\/green.html\">Amazake&#8217;s Gimme Green<\/a> bottled smoothies<\/p>\n<p>6) Iced green jasmine tea<\/p>\n<p>7) Stoneyfield Farms&#8217; plain, no-fat yogurt with a splash of maple syrup, cinnamon, raisins, and Uncle Sam&#8217;s cereal<\/p>\n<p>8)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmillsllc.com\/usmills\/productview_description.php?id=124&amp;back=UH0BL1cnBTkNZ1E7BW9SIwIrUiBQZFNkWntVZFI8BnoCcAEyBnUEalEwVyMLbFE9UDJVaVE1\"> Uncle Sam<\/a> cereal<\/p>\n<p>9) <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/03\/favorite-trader-joes-treats.html\">Frozen Bananas from Trader Joe&#8217;s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>10) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dagoba-Lavender-Blueberries-2-0-Ounces-Bars\/dp\/B000LKV05S\">Dagoba lavender<\/a>&nbsp;chocolate bars (mmm, just this side of sachet-herbal, they melt into lavendery bliss)<\/p>\n<p>11) Arugula<\/p>\n<p>12) Quinoa<\/p>\n<p>13) Arame seaweed, tossed with a teeny bit of toasted sesame oil<\/p>\n<p>14) Tahini<\/p>\n<p>15) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coconutbliss.com\/html\/flavors.html\">Cocoa Bliss<\/a> vegan ice cream in Galactic Mint<\/p>\n<p>16) Lemons<\/p>\n<p>17) Garlic!<\/p>\n<p>18) Organic, white pinot grigio<\/p>\n<p>19) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omeganutrition.com\/products-flaxoil-garlic.php\">Garlic-Chili flax seed oil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>20) Fresh whipped cream<\/p>\n<p>21) Apples, super-crisp, not too sweet<\/p>\n<p>And you, dear eater? What are some of your all-time favorite things to ingest? Mmm, food. I need to go eat now. <\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Like what you see? <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=FreshLiving&amp;amp;loc=en_US\"><font color=\"#023d89\"><strong>Click here to subscribe<\/strong><\/font><\/a><strong> and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over at my personal blog I keep regular gratitude lists, but I thought, in honor of post-Thanksgiving gratitude continuation, I&#8217;d do an exclusively food-based list here in honor of Foodie Friday (and National Cookie Day!). 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