My Adventures with Nutrient-Packed Cooking

A good friend of mine recommended I read one of her books. It is a Dr. Sears book called 'Healthiest Kid in the Neighborhood'. It was a great book, I learned a ton, and it has converted me (mentally... but physically it is a slow process...). Dr. Sears teaches about the food we eat and how it effects our bodies down to the molecular level in a way that is easy to understand! Fascinating. (Honestly no wonder we have so much cancer, heart disease, etc... I really recommend the book). I love learning about that stuff anyway, important, so, I'm trying to live it, starting by gettin' my cookin' skills on...

Now this is a pretty little dish eh? Yes, orange chicken with oranges, carrots, celery, yams and rosemarry... looks better than it tasted... not enough taste if ya know what I mean... and not too great as leftovers. But, pretty...

This is my favorite lunch/dinner/snack/whatever. My wheat cheese crisp with avacado and tomatoes. Put a little pepper and salsa on top and wow, as you can see I couldn't refrain from taking a bite before the picture. (Ok, ok, after a few years I've acquired some different tastes, but this ones seriously good!)

My salmon stir fry... great color huh! Again, packed full of cancer-fighting, body-building phytonutrients and omega 3's, but not a great leftover and... the green beans were too crunchy... Craig doused his with soy sauce. Still, I was proud, I could feel it helping my body, good gut feeling ya know? Ok, I still am working on great flavor going hand in hand with great nutrition... ummm

did not work with this one... oh boy. Yes. That is what the recipe calls a pineapple upsidown cake... with kale and purple cabbage mixed in for good measure... it was a 'healthy cake' ok?! No, not a favorite. Craig laughed, I made him take a bite, he laughed some more, then I gave a chunk to my sweet brother Chase to take home (bachelors will eat almost anything.. HAha!) Honestly it was good the first day, if you avoided the pineapple slices and the burnt parts, and if you topped it with cool whip, which I found out has high fructose corn syrup (sad face), so, needless to say, won't be buying that anymore. SO, Needless to say (again), I am still very much in the learning phase of healthy-TASTEY cooking... wish me luck.

At least there's something I do know how to make... ONE CUTE KID!!!! HAha! (for good measure)