Daily Archives: January 16, 2007

Recipe: “Green” Risotto

January 16, 2007 in dinner, recipe, side

Tonight’s dinner was risotto which was made with all green veggies.

Ingredients:

  • ~1c leeks chopped finely
  • 1.5 large zucchini squash, julienned
  • 1/2 stick of rosemary, removed from stem
  • 1c. Arborrio rice
  • 1/2c white wine (or vermouth)
  • 4c. chicken stock
  • 2-3c. spinach chopped
  • 1/2c frozen peas
  • ~1c shredded chicken (Costco Rotisserie)
  • 2T shredded Parmesan
  1. Put chicken stock in sauce pot over medium heat. Saute leeks and zucchini in seperate sauce pan. Once they have softened, add rosemary and rice and stir until coated.
  2. Add wine and stir until absorbed. Add chicken stock in 1/2c. quantities, stirring each time until fully absorbed by rice.
  3. After adding the next to last amount of chicken stock, stir in spinach & chicken. Add peas to remaining stock in pot to warm. After adding final amount of stock to pot, add cheese. Stir until all is absorbed then serve.

Enjoy!

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HFCS Free Day #16

January 16, 2007 in daily food, HFCS Challenge

  • Breakfast: oatmeal with almond butter, currants, milk, and protein powder, coffee (black)
  • Lunch: quesadilla with black beans, zucchini, grilled chicken, cheese, onions, guacamole, salsa, chips
  • Dinner: “green” risotto with peas, spinach, zucchini, chicken, and parmesan, chocolate, wine

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Q: Why no HFCS?

January 16, 2007 in HFCS, HFCS Challenge

This comment was posted today and I thought I would reply to it in a post in case others were interested:

Just came across your blog and i am curious, why no HFCS? I think everything in moderation is ok but why did you choose to give it up?

A: I actually fully agree with the “everything in moderation” approach to life.  I may not give up HFCS forever, but I wanted to challenge myself to see how removing this item from diet for 30-days would affect me.

I am half-way thru this challenge and so far I have found the removal of HFCS to have very little impact on my diet and lifestyle.  I have stopped eating out for lunch regularly because I am more cautious about eating items with ingredients I am unsure of.  Other than that though – I did not find a substantial number of products in our home with HFCS in them.  Nor do I tend to eat processed foods with any frequency.  Nor do I drink sodas.  By simply not including most processed foods and sodas in my lifestyle, my exposure to HFCS is automatically lowered.

So to be sure I fully answer your question – I am removing it for now as an experiment.  In the longterm I will most likely continue limiting my exposure to it because I believe its affect on human health is quite negative.  Moderation is the key and healthy choices when possible.

I hope that answers your question – but if not please let me know.  And thanks for your comment!

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FOTD: Why is unhealthy food so cheap?

January 16, 2007 in FOTD, HFCS

Under the Farm Bill, the great bulk of USDA largesse flows to five crops: corn, soy, cotton, wheat, and rice. Of the $113.6 billion in commodity subsidy payments doled out by the USDA between 1995 and 2004, corn drew $41.8 billion — more than cotton, soy, and rice combined.

Funneling so much money into corn encourages overproduction which in turn lowers the price of corn on the market. Large companies have therefore been able to produce high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) at very low prices.

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HFCS Free Day #15

January 16, 2007 in daily food, HFCS Challenge

  • Breakfast: oatmeal with almond butter, currants, milk, and protein powder, clementine, coffee (black)
  • Lunch: leftover homemade pizza with butternut squash, thyme and proscuitto, radishes
  • Snack: apple, piece of homemade bread, zip fizz drink, Airbornne drink, slice of galette (pear & berry)
  • Dinner: stir fry veggies, mahi mahi, wine, piece of chocolate

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