Awesome Little Girl with Blog

This little girl blogged about her gross lunches that included almost no fruit and vegetables, and her school ended up making some pretty big changes.  I think that is pretty awesome, but at the same time I worry that those kids who don't have access to a computer and internet at home are at even more of a disadvantage.

Greek Meatballs with Tzaziki

Meatballs:
1 lb ground beef
1 lb ground lamb
2 eggs
white onion
fresh garlic
fresh and dried mint
fresh parsley
pepper
cumin
paprika
fried in olive oil with a bit of coconut oil
I don't mind a very onion-y taste and I'm lazy, so I didn't chop the onions very fine.

Tzaziki: Trader Joe's full fat Greek yogurt - 2 cups
skinny cucumbers, partially seeded
lots of fresh mint
a bit of fresh parsley
1/4 cup raw onion
roasted garlic
fresh lemon juice
olive oil
salt and pepper
This came out as a sauce, not a dip, because I didn't fully seed the cucumbers.  The raw onion adds a very sharp taste, so adjust for your preference.  I used a blender.

Green Leafies = Great Skin

We all knew we are what we eat. But did you know that veggies can make you prettier? It stands to reason.

Radiccio

I "discovered" radiccio in Rome, and I haven't been able to stop buying it since. It wasn't offensive before, but I never picked it up. It goes great in a salad, especially with vinegar-based dressing, and I like to put a pile on my plate before I put my hot food on top, especially eggs with veggies.

Good thing it has a variety of wonderful health benefits, including lots of antioxidants (the color tips us off) good for the eyes. Great news for me since I hate carrots.

Eating in Rome

The salmon is from a market on Principe Amadeo and Mamiani, served with radiccio and purslane. That mixture was from a supermarket called Elite and was pretty cheap.

The meats, eggs and fish I've bought have been very fresh and high quality. The eggs are large with orange yolks and very thick shells.


The greens in the beef and eggs pics say broccoletti on the package, apparently part of the brassica family, which I religiously eat daily.



The cheese is ricotta salata, quite the taste sensation, also from the market at Principe Amadeo. I also bought a cabbage and an onion there, and to my taste the cabbage was particularly sweet and the onion very strong.


When I went out to eat, so far I had a beef dish in red wine with mushrooms served over arugula, no pic.

Is sugar a toxin?

Some researchers are arguing that we should call sugar a toxin, tax it, etc.

Another reason to buy from a farmers market

It doesn't come as a newsflash that mistreated food industry workers, really poor people who have to come to work sick, are highly correlated with outbreaks of food-borne illness.