3. Health - Fitting Out!

<p>3. Health - Fitting Out!</p> <p>What is Fitting Out and why does it make a difference in your health and well-being? Nature and birds teach us something, and so does Zemach Zohar, a former Israeli sergeant, as he advises us to escape the matrix.  Also, use the Circle of Life tool as a way to determine your satisfaction with your overall life and wellness. Part of wellness, eating the rainbow, obviously.  Check out my Godmother-Myrtia’s Marinated Vegetables – Lahanika Marinated recipe, it’s delightful and robust.</p> <p> </p> <p>Nouna’s MARINATED VEGETABLES</p> <p>Lahanika Marinata</p> <p>The French call these bite-sized marinated vegetable appetizers, “Legumes a la Greque”.</p> <p>MARINADE:</p> <ul><li>6 cups water</li> <li>1/2 cup dry white wine</li> <li>1 cup olive oil</li> <li>1 cup fresh lemon juice (approximately 4 lemons)</li> <li>10 sprigs parsley</li> <li>1 stalk celery with leaves</li> <li>1/2 teaspoon fennel seed</li> <li>2 cloves garlic, chopped</li> <li>2 sprigs fresh thyme</li> <li>2 teaspoons salt</li> <li>10 peppercorns, cracked</li> <li>10 coriander seeds, crushed</li> </ul> <p>VEGETABLES:</p> <p>2 pounds - a combination of any of the following:</p> <ul><li>small boiling onions of uniform size (1-inch in diameter), peeled and left whole (or frozen boiling onions, defrosted)</li> <li>tender young green beans, trimmed but left whole</li> <li>trimmed artichoke hearts, quartered (or frozen artichoke hearts, thawed)</li> <li>small carrots, peeled and cut length-wise into sticks</li> <li>small zucchini or yellow crookneck squash (6-inches long), sliced in 1-inch widths (if small squash are not available, half a larger squash length-wise and slice each half into 1-inch widths)</li> <li>small green, red or yellow peppers, seeded and cut length-wise into 1/2-inch strips</li> <li>celery stalks of uniform size, peeled and sliced into 1-inch widths</li> <li>cauliflower florets, cut into bite-size pieces</li> <li>broccoli florets, cut into bite-size pieces</li> <li>small whole