Ray Peat Eating Guidelines

This is a pretty brilliant breakdown of what you can eat with Raypeat’s diet. I do have quite a few thoughts about it, but I won’t be able to get to them until this weekend. Not wild about his hyperthyroid recommendations, anti-liver, or vegetebles. http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=419742   Kind of ironic its on a low carb forum … Continue reading »

Beginning my Standing Desk Adventure

I recently purchased a standing desk (ErgoTron WorkFit D) and a active sitting chair (The Swopper). This guy gives a pretty good review of the Fitdesk which I also got some monitor arms to float my monitors, and allow them to move into a lot more positions for working purposes. The desk allows me to … Continue reading »

Summer Lamb Shoulder Roast

Final cooked lamb. Some of its already served. Cooked vegetables Its summer time, with record hot temperatures soaring into the triple digits. To cool down after a long day at work, I came home to this crockpot concoction. I got my sister who doesn’t usually like Lamb to eat it and she ate quite a … Continue reading »

How to deal with problems you might have with Paleo if your morbidly obese

I found a fantastic thread on Paleohacks today with lots of great bits of advice for morbidly obese trying to lose weight on paleo. The big one is to not workout for at least a month but more likely until your at a more mobile weight. It takes quite awhile for the body to switch … Continue reading »

Gardening and Smoking

This is the second year that I have taken in an active interest in gardening. Last year I planted some pepper (nightshades) and cayenne hot peppers. My cayennes were impressive in that they withstood a hurricane we had here, and kept growing into October. I also grew a fair amount of herbs, which taste really … Continue reading »

Elana’s Pantry Haroset and some Ideas for using it

This is based on Elana’s pantry recipe. I do have a picture but nowhere near as nice as hers. Its in a plastic container too.  I did use Malvaisia Strawberry wine for the wine to give it an alchocolic spike too. I think this would make an excellent stuffing, especially if you can find a … Continue reading »

Passover Chicken Sauce

Why I call this Passover Chicken is because the sauce was limited to only the seasonings available for Passover. This was created on the second to last night of passover, but was a hit with the family. Potato starch is a very good thickener which I was using a lot during passover. I used a … Continue reading »

Chocolate Tapioca with Kahlua

This isn’t healthy but it tastes good. Ingredients 1 can Native Forest Coconut milk 1/2 cup Tapioca 1/2 tsp salt 2 tbsp honey 2 cups water 1 tbsp kahlua 1/2 cup parve chocolate chips 1 tbsp chocolate powder Steps Mix all ingredients in sauce pan Melt chocolate and coconut milk at mid heat. Reduce to … Continue reading »

Marrakesh Za’atar seasoning and quick spaghetti squash recipe

http://www.urbanaccents.com/spice-blends-marrakesh-za-atar-p/1536.htm I found this seasoning at whole foods. Its a combination of sumac, seasame seeds, salt and thyme. It goes exceptionally well with olive oil. I don’t have pictures of the recipe since we ate most of it and it was a quick thrown together one. Ingredients 1 large spaghetti  squash 2-3 tbsp Marrakesh Za’atar … Continue reading »

Can too low of carbohydrate slow down metabolism?

Lately I have been eating more carbohydrates, in the form of rice and potatoes.  Maybe bananas,honey and or orange juice would be better? I read some work from Ray Peat and the simplified into words I can understand by Danny Roddy. Basically if you don’t eat enough carbs (I am aiming for about 200 grams … Continue reading »