Cranberry Sauce with Super Garlic Cumin Chicken

Cranberries are here, cooked up with half a pink grapefruit. Served with super garlic cumin chicken with white onions and black pepper.

HCFS is Worse than They Thought

It has more fructose than the industry has been claiming. Fructose is really really bad for you.

Dill Cabbage Slaw

Dill on sale at Von's (with card), cabbage, pepper, whole milk yogurt, raw apple cider vinegar, shown with canned salmon and pickling cucumbers, my favorite.

Zucchini "Pasta"

Everyone's talking about it, so I tried using a potato peeler to make pasta out of my yellow zucchini squash. Next time I will add a little salt to the water. Although my chunky sauce of white onions, grass fed beef, and fresh tomatoes was well-seasoned, the dish overall was a little bland. When I warmed up my sauce, I added plenty of fresh spinach.

More on Dangers of Supplements

I am continually amazed at the backwardness of our FDA and USDA. Today I learn that Hong Kong researchers have discovered all kinds of drugs, some illegal, in fat burning supplements, "herbal" weight loss pills, etc.

Be careful out there. If you want to lose weight, you're going to have to eat your green vegetables, drop the packaged and processed foods, and lift weights. Have fun.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Grass Fed Beef

The Dr. Weston Price website is a fascinating treasure trove of information about healthy fats. This article explained a lot about grass fed beef, why it is different, and how to age it and cook it yourself.

News to me: the omega-3 fatty acid content often trumpeted by grass fed champions is not very much higher than grain fed beef, and both are very low. Message: eat a varied diet including grass fed beef and cold water fish.