Please forgive me for posting this picture. I try to include one with every post, nothing really fit, and “50 First Dates” kind of sounds like “The First 50 Days.” So I went with it. And who doesn’t have a soft spot for funny-voice comedian Adam Sandler? A little over a week ago, an unexpected…
Today I want to share a simple, luxurious, healthy salad I’ve been a lot making recently. It’s simple to make–quarter or halve six or so mushrooms, drizzle with oil and sprinkle with salt, roast or broil them in a really hot oven (I just use a toaster oven at 500 degrees) for about 7-10 minutes so that they char a little bit, and serve on top of baby spinach leaves. Dress with lemon juice, your best olive oil, and some salt and “fresh cracked black,” as my least favorite chef, Guy Fieri, likes to say. Then make it look really nice by shaving some parmesan onto it with a vegetable peeler.
I’ve tried lots of pestos made with ingredients other than the classic basil and pine nuts, and I’ve been disappointed almost every time (I suppose that’s why it’s a classic). So I was a little skeptical about this one, which uses arugula and walnuts, but pesto is so fast to make in the food processor that the risk was almost zero. Let me tell you, it was worth it.
Ok readers, it’s time for me to ask you for a little diet help. But it’s not for me; it’s for my mom, whom I’m visiting to celebrate Mother’s Day, since I was on final exam lockdown last weekend. Mom went to the same Tony Robbins seminar that made me want to give up meat, and Tony had the same spellbinding (brainwashing?) effect on her. …
I’m not much of a TV watcher, especially when it’s reality TV. But one show that I’ve found myself making a point to watch ever since I discovered it two seasons ago is Top Chef. It’s like any other reality show, with contestants competing and being voted off by the judges, but I find it…
![[TVP tacos photo 1]](http://www.nomeatathlete.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/meals-018-150x150.jpg "[TVP tacos photo 1]")
“TVP Taco” sort of sounds like something that should be illegal, like the new hot drug or assault weapon. But have no fear; TVP stands for “textured vegetable protein,” and as far as I know it’s never resulted in any possession charges. What should be illegal is Gimme Lean Ground Beef Style, the slimy meat…
![[Drinking coffee photo]](http://www.nomeatathlete.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/meals-050-150x150.jpg "[Drinking coffee photo]")
What a terrible way to live–not being able to eat the foods you love without your conscience ruining the fun. The sheer misery of living like this is the simple reason why diets don’t work. We start them with every intention of sticking to them, and as we begin to get results we allow just…
![[Tostadas photo]](http://www.nomeatathlete.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/meals-006-150x150.jpg "[Tostadas photo]")
My original intention was to get this post up in time for some of you to actually make these for Cinco de Mayo (for the hispanically challenged among you, that means “fifth of May,” not “bring out the Hellman’s”). But my previous post on why health food is unhealthy got a lot of comments, so…
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