YAN CAN COOK

And so can you

ever watch those cooking shows? whom do you like-emirel?
(what do you get when you remove ego from the pot?-BAM
the essence of nothing)

like bobby flay? (i think he's gay)
i'll "throwdown" with him any day

rachel ray? she's o.k.

i grew up with julia child and jacques pepin
(we have come a long way baby)

want to see talent at work?
watch ina garten (the barefoot contessa)
or
tyler's ultimate kitchen

(i've been in this business a long time...)

or

simply ming

food production and presentation so , so simply

on the subject of food...

a man must have his daily bread

let them eat cake

h'mmm?

a study at johns hopkins-lab mice
limited caloric diet
brain continues to operate at high level-

see dr ahmet-pbs
brain studies-food (and other things)

see dr oz (many small feedings of brain healthy food)

eating (nutriating) (masticating)
is a life-style choice
not a diet
not being "victimized" by a foodstuffs conspiracy.

eat fewer calories(a calorie consumed and not burned turns into body fat)
period
no matter the source (animal,vegetable,grain,or monsanto)

for inner health
low-saturated fat is the way to go-( olive or vegetable oil-no butter and no-i repeat no "processed meats"(can you spell nitrates-i can- bad bad bad))

let's pick any day-let's say today

a.m.

activa-one a day-omega-3-st. joe's baby
a cup of coffee-low fat lactate-no sugar
(or a fruited yogurt-or healthy cereal grains with soy milk)
maybe a juice
(v-8 is good- i like to mix my own-pear nectar-apple and pomegranete)
think anti-oxidants


mid a.m.

an apple-clean nuts (no salt-no sugar) walnuts-almonds-pecans
water

lunch
dry turkey breast sandwich(thanks "earl of..")
whole grain bread-tomato and spinach(uh-oh)
unsweetened iced tea

afternoon

small bag of suger snap peas
bag of naked chips

dinner

a lean protein (i choose no 4-legged animals-my choice)
if you must indulge
5-6 oz-top round or eye round(even better) or flank(marinate in lo-cal wishbone italian dressing for at least 2 hours.-center cut pork-veal cutlets.
((An aside-as to ground beef-if you must-buy the package ground on premise not the pre-pack
not sure-ask the butcher-it's higher in saturated fat-but much safer-believe me-i know)
or try the ground bison

i prefer chicken breast(or turkey breast-occasionally)
on sale every 5 weeks-stock and freeze

rice(brown)
beans(black-dark kidney-garbanzo)
broccoli(any thing green)
ever tried endamame? buy shelled and frozen

always
add sauted' celery,onion,carrot,pepper,shallot,garlic etc etc etc
(the "aromatics")

and "fresh" herbs

(know the difference between an herb and a spice)
((dont make me make you go a-googling)) ha ha
i'll save you the trouble:
HERB-a plant,usually a perennial (these days-see monsanto)
usually the leaves or stems
have medicinal values

SPICE-a part of a plant,usually the fruit,seed,nut bark,or root
has some medicinal values

and they both taste great
and are ever more available and affordable in today's marketplace
(use more herbs than spice)

dry red wine (high in tanins)
(water-an occasional beer-a virgin mary)

a little dark chocolate
water
water water water
(tap-no bottled-never ever
see the cost to society-do not give me this health arguement
you bathe and brush and cook with tap
but think drinking will somehow harm-use your god-given intelligence
will you please)

(yeah-there will probably be a mid-night run
most of us have learned how to sleepwalk to the john
keep the body and the brain-hydrated)

cup of hot tea or decafe
no lactate-never ever-sugar
(sacre blu')
try pure honey if you must sweeten
(in the tea)
and try black or green

and there are so many other variations

tuna-salmon(buy wild caught-not farm raised) sometimes shrimp or scallops
eat a peach-a pear-some state of washington cherries-blueberries!(wild are true brain food)
avacados are great if a "dry" (ease off on the mayo) is unappealing tho' be careful they are
high in calories (as are bananas-relatively)
pasta or couscous or vermicelli-use whole grain

like sauce? thicken with water the pasta boiled in and reduce
(dont add more flour or a slurry)
use tomato based sauces-not cream based

stay away from "white"
flour-rice-sugar
when it comes to food-refined is not a good thing

(get all the sensations-crunchy-velvety-al dente-sweet-bitter-and everything in between)

and eat slow... even slower

take it all in-enjoy

masticate

and then walk away from the table until another day.

eat well and stay...

stay...

?

"reasonably" thin
and
"somewhat" healthy

PS: how come anorexia- bulimia is a disease and interventions occur
but obese people get let off the hook?
(with handicapped passes-to boot)

PSS: 3 from mr bierce

SATIETY, n. the feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents,madam

MAYONNAISE,n. one of the sauces which serve the french in place of a state religion

EPICURE,n. an opponent of epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who, holding that pleasure should be the chief aim of man, wasted no time in gratification of the senses.

PSSS: all things in moderation (who said that?)

and yet again

PSSSS: you are what you eat
(and you are what you eat has eaten)

who said that?

eat well and prosper...

i want you here

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