In case you missed it, two wonderful blogs welcomed Food Renegade posts into their homes this week. Andrew at Go Healthy Go Fit invited me to share a couple of healthy real food recipes, and Kelly at Kelly The Kitchen Kop invited me to write a post about cooking grass-fed beef. So, if you haven’t…
Archives for February 2009
Cooking Grass-fed Beef — 5 Ways to Nirvana
I remember when I decided to “go grass-fed,” I enthusiastically brought home packages of grass-fed beef from the farmer’s market, only to be disappointed. Why? Because I was still cooking that marvelous meat as if it were the same as conventional meat.
Real Food Link Love
It’s time. Time for some Real Food L-O-V-E. I’m amazed at just how much fascinating information is out there for us Real Foodies, and I want to pass along some true gems to you. These tasty morsels are fun to read, easy to digest, and serve as great food for thought. In other words, they’re worth looking at.
A Journey To Real Food
Everyone has a story. Every story has a beginning. My journey to Real Food began a little less than 5 years ago. I sat in my living room, glued to the TV. (This, by the way, was highly unusual for me.) I was watching a documentary produced by the widow of Jerry Garcia called The…
Health Benefits of Raw & Fermented Foods
She sat across the table from me enviously eying my salad. “I’d really love some vegetables right now,” she said. We started talking about her diet — the typical diet of the typical American. I told her that 60-80% of the diet of traditional people groups isn’t cooked. “Oh,” she interrupted, “I bet I don’t cook 60% of the food I eat.” She missed my point. She was talking about sandwiches and cold breakfast cereals, snack bars and cheese sticks. Let’s not beat around the bush, people. The Standard American Diet (SAD) is cooked. Aside from the occasional salad or piece of fruit, we just don’t eat raw foods. In fact, we fear them.
Weekly Meal Plan
It’s time for a little honesty. (When am I ever not honest with you guys?) Last week’s menu fell apart. It died a violent and tragic death. It lasted a day. I simply had too many other pressing things to do. Too many work deadlines converged at once. Too many outside pressures required my time. I put my husband in charge of pulling together most of the meals, and he gave it a heroic effort. But he’s no cook.
Food Scare Of The Week
I’m sick of hearing about peanut recalls. Aren’t you? Well, it turns out that nothing in this bright world of ours is safe from contamination — not even potatoes. The culprit? A wiley little bacteria called listeria. You know, the same pathogen they use to frighten us into cooking all our food. Everything must be cooked, say the food scientists. Nothing consumed raw. No raw milk. No raw vegetables. No soft cheeses. No sushi or smoked salmon.
The Alltop Badge Debate Continues
After reading your comments, I decided to experiment and make my own badges. I like the Alltop sense of humor, but I wanted something a tad bit less offensive. I don’t know. Did I succeed? Here’s the badge I created: I also tried to think of synonyms to “kick ass.” I could say this site…
Spreading The FoodRenegade Love
So, even though I didn’t post yesterday, a lot happened with this site. First, we were added to All-Top’s Nutrition page.
I Won’t Make This Mistake Again
Sleep deprived and feeling the pressure of impending work deadlines, I did something I shouldn’t have done. I drank coffee. But, the story doesn’t end there. When I reached the bottom of my first cup, I grabbed a second. So, I felt a little wired. Not a big deal, right? It would pass. Then my…