I wish I took a picture of this recipe. It came out really well, even though it was an off-the-cuff attempt to finish up some leftover odds and ends. I am reading Nourishing Traditions, a cookbook of some notoriety in the Low Carb and Paleo world because of its strict adherence to natural and naturally produced [...]
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Every weekend for the past few weeks, I’ve been making some variation of lasagna using either zucchini or eggplant. Here’s a recipe of sorts that I followed this past weekend. 1 large can organic whole tomatoes 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes 3/4 bulb garlic 2 cups sliced eggplant 2 extremely large zucchini 1 yellow onion garlic [...]
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There’s something about discussing meditation that makes me uncomfortable. Perhaps it’s my rational Western mind, perhaps it’s the spiritual connections to swamis and gurus, to a whole subculture of new age nonsense that I want to have no part of. But perhaps meditation in and of itself is not a brother to these fellow travellers. [...]
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Starting on the premise that part of my problems as of late is that my cooking is artless, I’ve been looking for ways to bring more care to my cooking – to perhaps spend a little more time and care, when possible, and try to bring out more of the pleasure in the great foods [...]
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On the second Saturday of September 7 years ago, after breakfast with my wife, I went downtown to the corner drugstore and found a copy of the Atkins book. I came home, sat down in my favorite chair in the corner by the window, and the sunlight streamed in the window while I read. 7 [...]
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This post is one in a series – here are the previous posts: Atkins Induction: The Rules This Time – our hero optimistically embarks on yet another stab at induction with fresh-faced optimism The Rules Take Me Somewhere Unexpected – after initial success, a horrible crash – and overwhelmed by despair – an epiphany Confronting Abusive Dieting – [...]
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This post is one in a series – here are the previous posts: Atkins Induction: The Rules This Time – our hero optimistically embarks on yet another stab at induction with fresh-faced optimism The Rules Take Me Somewhere Unexpected – after initial success, a horrible crash – and overwhelmed by despair – an epiphany Confronting Abusive [...]
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In part 3 of this God-Knows-What that I am chronicling, I wanted to briefly introduce the notion of ‘spaciousness’ that comes from the quieting of the mind that came with the meditation I began a few weeks ago, as well as the media diet that I’ve been on for a few weeks. I think it [...]
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Yesterday I shared with you my epiphany regarding what might be called ‘abusive dieting’. The realization that I had been ignoring this for so long was quite a shocker. It led me to the decision to try an experiment: eat what I want without a shred of guilt and see what happens.
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