You must know by now, if you check out my recipes, I'm a big fan of low maintenance recipes that look like I actually know what the hell I am doing. I do admit I am a gazillion miles away from being a master chef, but when it comes to choosing healthy, real food ingredients, […]

If I can sneak in a little "health science" here before we get down to business, shrimp and crab are both seafoods that are very low in mercury, so I would never let that concern stop me from enjoying them. Although, beware of imported, farm raised shrimp and crab, because they can be vulnerable to […]

BTW, for you young folks, The "Funky Chicken" was a James Brown song, and a dance back in the day….the name just kinda popped in my "bloggers brain" 🙂   Below, Pan Fried Brandy Chicken and Potatoes and Balsamic Vinegar, Use only Olive or Coconut Oil (click photo below for recipe)   A couple of […]

I want to finally post an article I saved off some time ago from one of my favorite blogs,  The Food Renegade Are you convinced yet about the dangers of soy? Many aren’t. “Is soy bad for you? …Really?” I hear the question so often I want to scream. After decades of hearing marketing spin […]

One of the tricks I mentioned in My Top 10 Ways to Lose Bodyfat, Cellulite, and Weight, is to create healthy and tasty versions of your favorite junk foods, so there is no reason to ever go back. I could write on and on about this, but make these fries once, and taste the first […]

….a.k.a., “Dig In” !!!  (…to some vital Men’s Health info!!!) I thought my boy Lenny Kravitz, now 50 years old, could help me out with some of that “Mature, Machismo, Male Vitality” vibe, to help me mask some of my “egghead, overly scientific” vibe that I’m always trying to hide over the web. I wanted […]

I wanted to name this article "Paleo Power", but I'm holding off, because I'm not "technically" Paleo, I still reserve the right to a Whole Foods slice of Pizza if the moods hits me, though it hasn't all year. And I do have some grass fed cheese, and a few other things that I think […]

photo credit to the 101cookbooks website Why are we all so intimidated and mesmerized by those highly trained chefs who somehow always have a French accent making these "precision sauces" that seem impossible for regular folks to create?                                 below is a shot from my Dinner and a Movie: "Sabrina" (it just randomly popped in […]

I feel like, if I can accomplish this for myself and mankind, then this will be right up there with the invention of the wheel, man on the moon, and all the rest. I didn't intend go "grain free", I'm not one for latching on to the latest health craze, but when I cut out […]

F.Y.I., I'm EXCLUSIVELY eating Pasture Raised Eggs , I AVOID COMMERCIAL EGGS. It's been almost 3 years since my my last cholesterol blood test I posted on this blog, and I calculated 150 weeks at minumum 22 eggs a week, subtracting the infrequent days where I miss my eggs, that's well over 3000 eggs, mostly […]

I ran across this AMAZING recipe (and amazing food photography) from the "Feasting at Home" blogspot. I thought this is another amazing chicken recipe I can make use of with these Pasture Raised Chickens, straight form the farm, that I can get at my Whole Foods in Oregon. I can't wait to try it !!!

I try to write about the things that I do for myself…. ….and those issues that concern me most, and for me, I'm gonna bring cilantro into my regiment, because of OVERWHELMING evidence that it helps to help remove mercury and other heavy metals from the body. This is VERY important to me in that […]

Before I say anything, Let me say I TOTALLY AVOID COMMERCIAL EGGS (I explain why below) Eggs…..half of us love them, my guess is 70% of the other half don't eat them because of perceptions that eggs are bad for your yealth. I beg to differ, because, for non vegetarians, pasture raised eggs are one […]

If you follow my blog, you already know that I don't touch any dairy that doesn't come from grass fed animals. For the "eggheads" amongst you who wanna hear my theory on why grass fed is so much healthier than commercial dairy, read here. Anyhooz, health nuts like myself know  that real butter, eggs, and […]

Today, I wanted to present a guest writer's recipe from a great site I ran across called "The Healthie Foodie". They have some great Paleo and Non-Paleo recipes over there, and Sonia, a.k.a., "The Healthy Foodie" was gracious enough to let me use this great photography as well at this simple recipe and straight forward […]

I love putting together these stylish "Eat Treats" for guests, where it actually looks like I know what the hell I'm doing. Its all in the presentation. As in this recipe I ran across at the amazing blog, What's Cookin' Good Looking, for Heirloom Tomato, Avocado, Zucchini Stacks, with a Tomato Almond Pesto…….colorful goodness!!!

  below, Strawberry, Coconut, and Lime, Mint Water – Click photo for recipe my current favorite sweeteners are……. UMF Manuka Honey (mixes well in blender, one of the healthiest things you could ever put in your body) Coconut Palm Sugar (perfect substitute for recipes requiring processed sugar, brown sugar, or simple syrup mix) Coconut Water […]

I'm lucky!!!! I suppose lucky in many things in life, but I specifically mean I'm lucky to be addicted to Wild Caught Alaskan Salmon, when it happens to be one of the most healthy, nutritious foods on the planet, rich in cancer preventing Vitamin D, and a host of other nutrients. And contrary to perceptions […]

Living part time in Oregon, I got sucked into this story, and it won't let go of my mind. The full text of this article is copied word for word from the NPR website…………….. The strange case of genetically engineered wheat on a farm in Oregon remains as mysterious as ever. If anything, it's grown […]

Grilled Caprese Tomato Kebabs (with Balsamic Glaze) Grilled Chicken Kebabs with Roasted Pepper Dip Nothing is more perfect as a Tapas Appetizer than Kebabs……. or is that Kabobs, or is that Skewers? Anyhooz, the beauty of kebabs is that you could literally make kebabs your whole life and never have the same recipe twice. Here […]

Open Faced Sandwich with Brie, Prosciutto [or Pastured Turkey], Caramelized Onion, & Arugula and, Cheese Stuffed Organic Cherry Tomatoes Since people aways write me asking where my head is at so far as healthing eating, let me reiterate the following points on eating delicious, but still eating healthy………. ** I TOTALLY AVOID COMMERCIAL CHEESE AND […]

If I can break my rules and slip a little "food science" into my "food fun" recipe articles, I fry all the time in coconut oil, and my cholesterol scores are AMAZINGLY GREAT!!!! The main reason is I do most of my frying and other cooking in heart healthy Coconut Oil. Anyhooz, enough food science, […]

  "April is not the cruelest month, if I may disagree, with the eloquent gloom, of the poet of doom " –Michael Franks (from the song "Coming to Life")   Below, Moroccan Spiced Carrot-Date Salad (click on photo for recipe) Wow!!! was it just me, or was last winter psychologically hard to get through? Anyhooz, […]

Popsicle Toes?….just a song by my boy Michael Franks (song below), with a subtle, playful, sexual innuendo. I only got to do this once a few years back, but I find it a cool thing when a dude is chilling out with a girl on an "at home" date, watching one of her favorite movies […]