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I always find it so amazing when you allow people to present their religious conviction, or we could say, “their worldview.' In other words, what helps them believe they will have a successful life after death or what gives them hope, strength and happiness? Often, they come up with some customized cocktail personally created composed of conversations and experiences they have picked up along the way. Take a few marvel movies. Add a memorable talk with the bartender after the night club closed. Sprinkle in some new age reasoning. Add a pinch of Confucius. Take some of the current talking points from 'The View.' Insert a splash of your own intuition and there you go! A customized worldview, one that everyone in the history of humanity has missed, but they are absolutely certain they are correct, and they are willing to base their life and eternity on it.
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    • Tabouleh Salad

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    Grains 1 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    1 1/2 c Cooked pearl barley (1/2 c. dried)
    1/4 c Diced sweet red pepper
    1/4 c Diced green pepper
    1/4 c Diced cucumber
    3 tb Chopped scallion
    3 tb Chopped parsley
    1/4 c Diced seeded plum tomatoes
    4 tb Tomato Juice Salad Dressing (I use Lemon Juice instead. I don't care for the Tomato Juice Dressing)
    Fresh ground black pepper

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Have been using recipes from "Dr. Berger's Immune Power Diet" exploring the
possibility that my childhood food allergies haven't subsided but at age 50
are just expressing themselves differently. Here are some of the barley
recipes. Cooked barley instead of oatmeal for breakfast. With fresh peaches
just now coming into the farmers market their addition to a bowl of hot
barley is great. No need to add anything else.
Place all ingredients in a bowl, toss and season to taste. Chill for at
least 1 hour. Stir once. Tabouleh Salad can be chilled for up to 2 days.
Posted to fatfree digest V97 #171 by PriceBooks@aol.com on Aug 6, 1997

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