I Want Steak and Potato’s

Growing up in farm country I’ve always been accustomed to eating red meat, gravy and potato’s and a nice slice of pumpkin pie.


But times and lifestyles change.


We’ve been reading and doing a lot of research on cancer causes, preventions, and healthy living. Being a supportive husband I’m going along for the ride. I could lose a few pounds myself anyway.


Earlier this week I blogged about the super vegetable Kale and someone was kind enough to supply their favorite Kale recipe in the comment section of the blog. So, the last two evenings as I walk through the door from work, I smell Kale wafting through the house. Kale Chips to be exact, small pieces of lettuce type material baked on a cookie sheet and garnished with Olive Oil, Sea Salt, Black Pepper or Chili Powder. Oh yum! Actually not too bad, but an acquired taste.


More books, healthier lifestyle changes.


“Breast cancer patients who drank wheatgrass juice daily showed a decreased need for blood- and bone marrow-building medications during chemotherapy, without diminishing the effects of the therapy.


So, last evening we were out and about and I turned to Denise and said “Let’s go try that wheatgrass juice stuff”. We found the perfect juice bar in town and mosey’d up to the counter. I said give me a glass of that wheatgrass juice fully expecting a nice cool 12 oz. glass of slightly greenish liquid elixir. The counter chick asked “Do you want a glass or a shot”? Oh, I said I better start with a two ounce shot since they are $3.29. She then went on and asked, “Do you want it straight up or with a chaser”? I thought where am I, Eddie’s liquor lounge? It turns out many people use a normal juice such as apple juice to mask some of the unique flavor profiles that wheatgrass provides. I chose apple juice. The result was surprising, taste wasn’t too bad. Denise mentioned it smelled and tasted like freshly mowed yard grass. I felt like chewing my cud all night which must be a side effect. Many consumers of wheatgrass start growing grass in their homes and juice themselves, maybe another day….