Who in the hell needs take-out?

Who the hell needs takeout?  A wonderful question to ask America.  There is certainly wonderful and healthful take out.  Even the best most nutritious take out doesn't beat what you can make at home.  I am really talking about the horrible salt-filled grease ridden take out that you often find in places that you can get an order in less that 7 minutes.  

This type of food is not okay.  It is not okay to rely on this type of food for dinner several times a week.  Sure its okay every once in awhile, but to have it be a mainstay is unacceptable.  It usually comes in the from the type of fast food Asian restaurants, greasy sandwich shops, and places where pre-package pre-prepared foods are found.  

Its difficult in the schedules we keep to move on from this lifestyle.  I present this to you though.  The meal that you find below I had no plan for.  I just had some chicken, mushrooms, broccoli, and rice.  So I cooked the rice, steamed the broccoli, cooked the chicken and mushrooms, and whipped up a quick low-sodium sauce to add in.  It also took my less than 15 minutes to prepare.

It  consisted of the following items:

1. Low-sodium oyster sauce 

2. Low-sodium soy sauce

3. Cornstarch

4. Garlic powder

5. Ground ginger 

6. Salt and pepper 

and that's it !!! 

So what it delivered is a nutritious hearty meal that had little to no salt in and was delicious and equally memorable. 

Enjoy !!!

Tales from the office desk

I have discovered  really HUGE powerful secret to success in eating lots of fruits and veggies for snacks at my desk at work.  Cutting everything up and making it nice and easy to eat up!  I don't know what it is, but i have begun cutting up everything like I am 6 or 86 not sure.  I also arrange it like I have made my own fruit plate, or line of walnuts, or perfectly chopped avocado so it not only looks delicious, but is easy to eat up.  It's working I am eating delicious wonderful fruits/veg instead of nothing basically.  It's a good trick give it a whirl...I give you tales from the office desk..

Enjoy !!!

Cooking partner

Last night I was chopping a red pepper and a strip fell on the ground and Marty instantly snatched it up.  I am always pretty leery about giving him any "people food" because he is so tiny and often cant handle big bits of anything.  So I tracked him down as he was cowering under a chair knowing that he shouldn't have it.  I kept telling him, "Drop it Marty."  Slowly as the pepper was sticking out of his mouth he lowered his head so slowly and dropped it on the ground.  This makes me very happy.  Mainly, because I (we) took special attention and time to train our dog.  Now I have a wonderfully obedient sweet dog that will listen to me if he really does eat something that could be very harmful.  That time  I wait  (we) took to train him properly could save his little life someday.  That alone is the beautiful part of pet ownership. 

This has got to be the best picture I have ever taken of my dog.  I just had to share.  I love having him in the kitchen on this lounge chair while I'm cooking.  I can't really explain it, but it is very important to me.  I think no matter where we live and no matter how long Ray and I have him I will always have a special, comfortable, wonderful place in my kitchen for him that he loves.  


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What's wrong with America...

This is what is wrong with America.  This is so wrong.  We should not be putting cookies in coffee!!! It's digusting.  It makes me enranged because children will see this and silly parents will purchase it just to keep their children happy.  Try an apple!

This is why there is an obesity problem and we are the fattest country in the whole world!  I apologize in advance for the rant.

 

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European awesomeness

If I had one thing to do in my life where I wouldn't need or worry about money I would move to some European city and have a trail mix bar.  I would sit on the side of the road, in a busy shopping district, or where ever customers were and sell my goods.  I would craft certain gifts for sale and educate customers on all the beautiful things that can be put in a proper trail mix. 

This was one of my favorite stops on our trip to London.  We just stumbled upon it.  Those are often the coolest things when traveling don't you think? Those things when you look at your partner or travel mate and say, "Oh wow look at that!  Let's stop!" 






















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