Skill testing question:
Corn is:
a) a vegetable
b) a grain
c) meat
d) dessert
Curried zucchini salad recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 onion (Sliced and quartered)
2 cloves garlic (chopped)
2 tbsp olive oil (or avocado oil)
3 medium zucchini (Yellow or green, or a combination. Slice them on a diagonal about a half inch thick. Ok, truth be told, I can’t tell the difference between a quarter and half inch enough to eyeball it. Look at the picture. That’s about how thick to cut it)
1 tbsp curry powder* …
Do you struggle with nutrition?
For nutrition, the best advice I can give is to pick one thing that you can change or improve upon, where you can say with certainty that you will succeed. The key is that it has to be an improvement, and you have to be 90% sure that you can do it. No change is too small.
Sesame “noodles” (spaghetti squash) recipe
This recipe actually started out as an idea. I wanted to make a sesame noodle dish with spaghetti squash. I’m not really into low carb or Paleo eating, but I am into eating more vegetables. So I went to Google to see what I could find. I found nothing. So I looked at several sesame noodle recipes.
Spinach in a smoothie?????
It’s crazy, I know. But I just finished drinking a smoothie that has spinach as one of the ingredients. And it was really good. And by good, I am referring to the taste, not the healthiness. No, really.
Time for an adjustment
It seems I am not the only person in this boat right now, as I woke up this morning and read Neghar Fonooni’s blog on the very same topic. The reason I relate to Neghar’s great article is not just that I too have been overeating recently and thus feel comfort in numbers (although I do). What I love about the article is that it’s about taking responsibility for our choices.
Healthy, tasty, and quick recipes!
To be clear, I rarely come up with my own recipes. I’m a pretty good cook, but I am no chef. I know what I like, I’m getting pretty good at finding the great recipes from reading them, and I have cooked enough to make minor adjustments if needed. So that’s what you’ll see: other people’s recipes. Nothing original here! Yes, I give credit where credit is due – respect to the real chefs out there!
So why post recipes from others if they’re already online? Basically it’s to pull some great recipes into one location: to help you find great recipes without having to search the vastness of the interweb.
What kind of recipes will you find? Ones that meet what I call the Triple Crown of cooking:
What should you eat? Your body will tell you
Let’s face it, the field of nutrition has become more religion than science, with each sect being led by some assortment of post-hole diggers. Which PhD is right and which ones are wrong? What if they’re all right and they’re all wrong? In other words, what if there’s no such thing as THE ONE TRUE DIET?
Poor health habits in times of stress
Whether it is work, family, or money, stress hits every one of us. And over the past couple of weeks, I have responded to stress the way most people tend to: I ate and drank more, and I slept, socialized and worked out less. And I’m a personal trainer – I know better!
I challenge you
Is it habit? Boredom? Filling some psychological void? I have no idea. But it occurred to me that I am probably carrying a few unnecessary pounds as a result of useless and rewardless snacking. Mindless eating at its best.