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Archive for July, 2008

Raw Materials

My kids had one of those marshmallow/rice-crispy dessert thingies this morning at church.
I got to thinking about those. Basically what those are is melted marshmallows mixed with Rice Crispies. Would my great-great-grandmother have been able to make those? Nope. They are made from a highly processed cereal and a highly processed “candy.” Each of those [...]

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Garden Pizza

I’ve been trying to perfect a healthy pizza for quite some time now. This is by no means perfect, but it is by far the best pizza I have ever made. I actually liked this pizza better than the local Onsted pizza place’s pizza (Hattie’s). Several of the ingredients came from my garden.
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Marathons, Chi, and Weights

Here is an update on my marathon training.
Last Sunday I ran 10 miles with a pace of 9:57 minutes per mile. That’s certainly not going to break any records, but not bad for a first. Let me tell you though, 1 hour and 40 minutes of running seems like a long time. I’m following the [...]

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Better Eye Sight?

My wife Shari recently twittered that at this year’s visit to her eye doctor her prescription actually decreased for the first time in 30 years of steady increase. I guess the doctor was actually somewhat surprised.
Shari attributed it to aging.
I attribute it to my healthy cooking. Shari says I can’t claim it’s because of my [...]

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