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Simple Pasta
Served with spagetti sauce made with organic beef, with the simplest of seasonings. What makes this dish a great option is the use of muted seasoning, which allows all of the ingredients to come through and maximizes their potential. I believe that a great chef will always use the fewest possible ingredients; so, if this list seems long, it is only because these ingredients are the most basic ones. Much more could be done with this dish, for example by adding green peppers (or peanuts) to the sauce, but these are not required and it only serves to make a simple dish more complex and thereby risk losing one or more flavours in the mix. On the minimalist side of things, one may choose to omit basil or any of the hot ingredients or peppers. Remember a recipe is nothing but a rough guide, and a great chef will never follow a recipe since his choice of ingredients is dependent upon availability, and flavour varies even within a batch upon occasion. For good health, try fresh chopped organic garlic as a topping- it goes well with the pepper and cheese.
For years I enjoyed my mother's spagetti sauce for its flavour. She always used chili peppers for the hot seasoning. When chilis are available, they are used instead of cayenne pepper, and are best removed prior to serving the sauce. I well remember the dedication required to find all of the chilis (perhaps 3 or 4 in a large pot of spagetti sauce) and remove them to prevent an unwanted incident. While this recipe is loosely based on the traditional recipe, I find no need to measure ingredients precisely, but then I do consider myself a master chef.
Remember that pasta is not easy to digest when compared with raw fresh fruits and vegetables, and adjust for health accordingly. Also, beef depletes calcium, so bump up calcium intake and increase magnesium as a natural laxative to allow water into the colon. Pineapples aid in beef digestion by means the enzyme bromelain contained therein, according to Jay the Juiceman.
I am finding liquid calcium-magnesium to a very good adjunct to capsule and tablet-based food supplements. Be warned, however, that excessive use of liquid calcium may lead to problems when adequate sunshine (1-2 hours per day) is not received by a substantial area of skin, this according to a 30-year study in Japan as documented on page 124 of the book The Calcium Factor by Robert R. Barefoot and Carl J. Reich. Coral calcium, as shown in the same study, has no such adverse effect regardless of the amount of sunshine.
