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Simply Despicable

*!@#%*!

Ah, simply irresistible.  How about a future filled with obesity and diabetes?  How irresistible does that sound?!

What the hell is wrong with this picture?

Well gosh, it’s fat-free and has vitamin C, it’s practically virtuous!  And doesn’t the combo of “Peach” in the name and some apple juice concentrate way down on the ingredient list mean that it counts toward my daily fruit intake?

Grrrrr.

I won’t even comment on the religious propaganda at the bottom.

On brighter notes, I am glad that last nights storm didn’t take all of the cherry blossoms from my yard.

And I’m embarrassingly pleased that I finally found the perfect lemon juicer for my morning hot-lemon-and-water.

Sometimes the simpler the better.

And I am grateful for patients who bring us whole wheat rolls straight from their oven…even if, after chomping two of them, they tempted me to go for thirds all afternoon.

My kind of simply irresistible?  The lure of growing a nutritionally superior food right at my kitchen sink…

Black quinoa sprouts.

I’m off to watch my garden grow clean the house and throw the kettlebell around but first I have a question for all you mom’s out there.  A “family choice” question ;). Do you think some kid’s are destined to be picky eaters or do you think that tastes develop based on their environment.  Nature or nurture?

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Yolkyum

Have you ever seen such pretty yolks?

These are from genuine pasture-munching free range West Virginian chickens.

Somehow my sister-in-law ended up with 6 dozen, I didn’t ask questions I just graciously excepted a carton.

And devoured them over the last three days (with lots of help from Tate), the last two mixed with leftover grilled zucchini and topped with cottage cheese, smoked paprika, and cayenne pepper.

Over the last few years I have become a total egg snob.  I still eat run-of-the-mill, factory produced eggs on occasion (but we don’t buy them anymore) but when I do it feels like something is missing, mainly FLAVOR.

I am hoping to find an amazing source of local eggs once the farmers market opens next month.  We buy Faith Mission these days, which are good but not perfection.

Are there any foods that you are particular about?  Beyond being super picky about not eating crappy over-processed food I’ve never considered myself much of a food snob. This is changing though…

It’s pretty dark outside for mid-day but I am hoping that the rain holds off long enough for a run.  My goal is 5 miles.  A sloooow 5 miles ‘cus that’s how I roll these days.

P.S Do you use a food scale?  I’ve decided that I want to start using one, do you have a recommendation on a brand?


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