If you know me you know that I have a degree in Agriculture. Food. My life has quite literally revolved around food. Ironic isn't it? Very specifically we were given guidelines as what we should eat, what we can eat. Just as party lines get blurred so do our food guidelines. I don't care if you are an omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, carnivore, pescitarian whatever; one thing holds true. Food should be real. It should be grown, it should move on earth. Food should not be created and modified. We should not be eating things in wrappers. That's a good rule to live by. There have been two major articles this week about our "food". Here and here. This is not okay with me. I hope it’s not okay with you. I’ve been to the slaughterhouses, I've slaughtered, I've fed animals, and I’ve created feed rations containing ridiculous quantities of manmade additives to make meat more palatable. Meat should not have to "become" more palatable. It was created pure; it was created to be palatable in its purest form. People are always intrigued and disgusted when we talk about food. Sometimes people tell me they don’t want to know. WHAT? You don’t want to know? This can’t be true. Everyone would want to know if their favorite restaurant was using spoiled meat, if there were feces or insects in their food, wouldn’t they? Well? The fact is that there are lots of facts, too many to worry about. There are lots of reasons to be worried about what you eat. Modified foods are GOOD. They are made to be good, they are made to leave you wanting more, to have an insatiable appetite that leaves you buying more and more of the cheap goodness. Don’t feel bad. You have been drugged. Those foods are quite literally drugs; they actually are created to fulfill certain needs. The only need we have is to nourish ourselves. Not to make ourselves happy. If you go grocery shopping this weekend, or even if you open your pantry door, pause, take note of the items you are going to ingest. Read about them, heck, get mad if you need to. You’ve been tricked. Eat purposefully. Know what you eat.
I did a mini shopping trip tonight. I bought a few things and have no idea what I'm planning on making with any of it, except that I have been asked to make a chili. I bought Bok choy, acorn squash, pumello, brussel sprouts, scallions, yams, potatoes and cauliflower. Lets hope I can come up with something. I've been craving crab cakes so I hope to make those in a few days, I'd also like to make some sort of boy choy soup and of course something new and sweet. Speaking of that....you know my "brownies"? Well I've created something sinful and 4pts. Take one brownie, add 2T of organic whipped topping and 1/2T pb. Top the brownie with topping and melt the pb, drizzle over the brownie. Prepare to lick the bowl. Its that good.
I ran two miles three days this week. Apparently Im a little more awesome than I thought, lol. I just found out that since I "jog" more than 5mph then I'm actually running. WOOHOO! Im a runner!!! So all further entries will use the term "running" so that I may embrace my awesome new title. I think I will stay at 2 for about two more days before moving up. Im so excited to share that I had a friend read my blog and say "your blog has inspired me to start C25K" OH MY GOSH! I was so excited, seriously. I inspired someone?!? Thats probably one of the greatest compliments ever. That person does not know how they have inspired me to work harder. Thank you.
Happy Weekending!!
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