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The answer is that yes, I do wear deodorant/ antipersperirant but I'm picky and can't just wear any floral thing. I tend to use just plain, subtle baby power scented ones...
For years I couldn't use soap on my face at all. I'm one of those that reacts badly....instead I used cetaphil but then my skin started to change (hormones/age) and I can use ivory again but only in the morning and before bed. On my body I use PEARS (an glycerin soap) that is pretty well the only thing that doesn't make me try to scratch my way out of my skin when I step out of the shower.
The ingredients of Pears is : glycerin, natural oils, rosemary, cedar and thyme.
As for food ~ we are so ecclectic in this household. My mother was Finnish and my father Estonian. Both came to Canada as kids. My husband was born in Yugoslavia but raised here when his family emigrated in the 60s (he was 3). My cooking is all over the map as my daughers and I are vegepreferians (I don't eat much meat because it doesn't like me) but the boys like their MEAT!
Salmon is one thing we can agree on ~ well most fish but salmon is stupidly simple to cook if you can get it. Put in on a grill pan, skin side down in the oven and broil till the top and edges are browning. The fish is mild but has a wonderful fat to it so that it doesn't dry out.
I severely limit my ingestion of fried foods as they react badly with my stomach (same with meat) but fish doesn't have to be fried. In fact that grill pan is great as I do bacon on it too and the fat runs down into the pan below. The other night we wrapped bacon around tofu and brushed them with oyster sauce and broiled them till brown and hmmm...I will have some of that meat and take my chances on the pain becuase it's just so good.
Salt, sugar ...so many of these flavorings seem to be used automatically. I used to get offended when my brother-in-law would put ketchup on my food without tasting it first....that dumbfounded me. He's much better now and I realize it was just a matter of habit and breaking it. Palattes can be retrained too...which is what is happening to my daughter in her quest for salt free cereal.
Sometimes I will use salad dressing or eat sauce on something and I do enjoy it if I can control the amount of flavour on the item. I keep seeing commercials for pizza dipping sauce and am stunned at the concept. I make my own pizza as I did tonight and adding dipping sauce to it would be OVER kill!
And before you ask:
Whole wheat ~ one half cheddar and tomato paste (for the son) & one half ~tomato paste/ red peppers/ vadalia onion/ zucchini/ goat feta and cheddar (for the eldest)
2nd pizza ~ pesto /vadalia onions, mushrooms, zucchini, goat feta and cheddar (for the rest of us)
I just realized I've snuck a second night of vegetarian food by on the husband...mwahahahaha. Last night it was tofu and vege stir fry....good thing we are off to a bbq tomorrow so he doesn't start to complain >D
Ramble away :)
For years I couldn't use soap on my face at all. I'm one of those that reacts badly....instead I used cetaphil but then my skin started to change (hormones/age) and I can use ivory again but only in the morning and before bed. On my body I use PEARS (an glycerin soap) that is pretty well the only thing that doesn't make me try to scratch my way out of my skin when I step out of the shower.
The ingredients of Pears is : glycerin, natural oils, rosemary, cedar and thyme.
As for food ~ we are so ecclectic in this household. My mother was Finnish and my father Estonian. Both came to Canada as kids. My husband was born in Yugoslavia but raised here when his family emigrated in the 60s (he was 3). My cooking is all over the map as my daughers and I are vegepreferians (I don't eat much meat because it doesn't like me) but the boys like their MEAT!
Salmon is one thing we can agree on ~ well most fish but salmon is stupidly simple to cook if you can get it. Put in on a grill pan, skin side down in the oven and broil till the top and edges are browning. The fish is mild but has a wonderful fat to it so that it doesn't dry out.
I severely limit my ingestion of fried foods as they react badly with my stomach (same with meat) but fish doesn't have to be fried. In fact that grill pan is great as I do bacon on it too and the fat runs down into the pan below. The other night we wrapped bacon around tofu and brushed them with oyster sauce and broiled them till brown and hmmm...I will have some of that meat and take my chances on the pain becuase it's just so good.
Salt, sugar ...so many of these flavorings seem to be used automatically. I used to get offended when my brother-in-law would put ketchup on my food without tasting it first....that dumbfounded me. He's much better now and I realize it was just a matter of habit and breaking it. Palattes can be retrained too...which is what is happening to my daughter in her quest for salt free cereal.
Sometimes I will use salad dressing or eat sauce on something and I do enjoy it if I can control the amount of flavour on the item. I keep seeing commercials for pizza dipping sauce and am stunned at the concept. I make my own pizza as I did tonight and adding dipping sauce to it would be OVER kill!
And before you ask:
Whole wheat ~ one half cheddar and tomato paste (for the son) & one half ~tomato paste/ red peppers/ vadalia onion/ zucchini/ goat feta and cheddar (for the eldest)
2nd pizza ~ pesto /vadalia onions, mushrooms, zucchini, goat feta and cheddar (for the rest of us)
I just realized I've snuck a second night of vegetarian food by on the husband...mwahahahaha. Last night it was tofu and vege stir fry....good thing we are off to a bbq tomorrow so he doesn't start to complain >D
Ramble away :)