Food Glorious Food!!

http://catesworldkitchen.com/2010/04/raw-kale-salad/
I add tapenade, capers, chia seeds, sesame seeds,
roasted red peppers, and bacon bits.  A little bacon
makes everything better :)

     We all have something we spend a lot of our income on; clothes, gadgets, pampering, music, going out to eat.  My money has ALWAYS gone to food.  Whenever I get extra money I spend it on better food.  My vacations revolve around food.  I use the points that build up on my credit cards to get a Whole Foods gift card.  When my Nana used to give me money for my birthday she'd make me promise not to spend it on food, but I pretty much always did :)  Yup...lied to Nana, I have a problem!  I had so many recipes on my pinterest food board I had to separate them  onto 8 different boards so I could find what I was looking for.  You can check out what I found by following me at http://pinterest.com/aclow72/ .  I believe I'm going to turn into kale sometime this year with the amount I now consume, but...YUM!!!  I laugh at myself because I now eat my kale salad like it's Ben and Jerry's Chubby Hubby ice cream.  Anyway, I had to share one of my newest food obsessions with you, click on the link under the delicious looking salad.  You can use any green you'd like, it doesn't have to be kale but the kale stands up best to the avocado & lemon massage....yes...I even like my food to be massaged :)

     While we're on the subject of food I'm going to suggest a book that everyone who eats should read;  Food Rules: An Eater's Manual   I love this book!  It's simple and makes how to eat "healthy" much easier to follow.   Following rule  #36 "Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk", is pretty good advice and there are about 80 other "rules" or guidelines to point you in the direction of better health.  Michael Pollan's book "In Defense of Food" is also fabulous, but this one is pared down and more easy to follow.
    Okay, now that I told you about that, I have to tell you about a new documentary by the producers of "Foodmatters" (also awesome).  This new documentary, called Hungry for Change , had me so excited I must have sent it on to hundreds of people.  As some of you know, I coach people in getting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle through a course called TLS Weight Loss Solution.  If TLS had made a documentary, THIS would have been it.  We have become so far removed from our food we now need professionals to tell us what to eat.  I'm of the opinion shared by Michael Pollan,  "Eat Food.  Not too much. Mostly Plants."  Our food is our fuel so choose the fuel that's going to give you health instead of take health from you.  I hope these help you as much as they've helped me!