Avocado kale salad is even popular with children

4 large avocados
7 large bunches of lacinato kale
salt
oil and balsamic and/or red wine vinegar


Rip the kale stems out by hand and tear into bite size pieces.  Massage with salt oil and vinegar for several minutes, until soft.  Add avocado and mix.  Taste and adjust salt and vinegar if needed.

Tacos for everyone

A taco bar is the easiest way to feed a picky crowd.  Anybody on any diet can find a good way to eat.

Red wine

$12.99 at Costco, this Spanish wine is very plummy without being sweet.

Tomatoes are good for you

And right now, they're cheap and oh so flavorful.  They're America's favorite vegetable that's a fruit.

Oatmeal pancake with fresh apricots

This is made with Bob's Red Mill Extra Thick oats, about a cup, because I like the hearty chewiness.  First you soak the oats in a bit of water.  Depending on your taste, you could use buttermilk, milk, yogurt, etc. for the soaking, and you can vary the time soaked and amount of soaking liquid to get a softer pancake.  You could even stick the oats in the food processor or grinder to make oat flour.  Then add two eggs and some cinnamon and whisk well to incorporate.

The cake pictured is cooked in a combo of coconut oil (2 parts) and olive oil (1 part).  Butter is great for this too.  Fry it on medium high for a crispy edge. Since this is for myself on a hurried weekday morning, I dump the whole thing in a big pan, and just before I flip it, cut into four pieces to make sure there are lots of crispy edges.  If I was making it for kids, I would make smaller cakes.

Blacktop Coffee in the Arts District Downtown Los Angeles

I was there three days after it opened, had no problems on a Sunday morning.  Delicious coffee, perfectly steamed milk, nice people.

Greens galore

I'm not sure what these are called - Thai spinach? But make sure your pile of greens is as big as your head at three meals a day, and you're on your way to fitness health and beauty.

I cooked a whole octopus!

It was very simple once the fish man cleaned it.  Pan, olive oil, garlic, delicious.  The little fish are alici in Italian, or European anchovies.

Eggs with liver and onions

I'm afraid to eat conventional organ meats in the US what with how we feed and inject our animals, so I'm taking the opportunity to nom nom on them in Italy.  So cheap, so good, chock full of

minerals.  And as always, I do enjoy eating my food in a sea of oil.

Simple and fresh food is best for you, forget all the studies

Sometimes it's best not to make yourself insane reading all the yammering about studies.  Fresh vegetables and some yummy salmon with olive oil and balsamic.

More calamari

Since I've discovered it, I've been eating it all the time.  This picture shows a semi-homemade tomato soup with calamari.

Trader Joe's Grass Fed Angus (review)

The price of good meat seems to be going up nowadays, but if that's what it takes not to eat a giant mouthful of agribusiness corn...

The meat has a decent taste and texture for previously frozen stuff, even though I quick-defrosted it using cold water in the sink.  The bottom picture shows my plate, with sauteed onions, garlic and jalapenos and sliced Cambazola.