Blender Soups - Fall has arrived!

Yeah, Yeah... its been a while. I've been slacking and I have been busy. 15lbs gained later, I'm back to what I know is best for me, WHOLE 30!! Well... its been fun catching up, on to the kitchen WE go.

Last night I made Jake a pureed soup since he is home sick with strep throat. 

Chicken Squash Soup

2 acorn squash

4 chicken thighs

4 cups chicken stock

The acorn squash and chicken thighs were already baked @ 350 for 45 min to an hour.  Since they were left overs I just debones and skinned, through them in the blender with chicken stock and BAM! It was done. 

Jake said he loved it so much it got me thinking what I might like in the blender as well. 

For me last night I made calamari, artichoke stir fry. 

1/2 onion

2 cans artichoke hearts

whole bag of thawed raw - nekkid calamari

It was ok... but it was missing something. So.... today as left overs I boiled 

2 cups carrots 

2 cups celery 

in 4 cups chicken stock till they were soft. 

Then added the calamari stir fry and broth mixture to the blender. 

Now, its tasty. 

LDL Cholesterol

Can this topic get anymore complicated?

I got the call from my doctor today at 10am. I have high LDL levels. I had to look LDL up on the internet to even know what she was talking about.

LDL: Low-density lipoprotein
If its not over your head you can read about LDL on Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDL

“Normal” levels are under 100. Mind is 109.

I thought I better do some research. I started looking up articles and to no avail, they were too hard to understand with all the doctor and science talk. Oy.

Just last week we were at dinner with our close friends and had a conversation about how high-cholesterol does not cause heart disease. It was very educational but what does high cholesterol mean then?
Do I need to worry about it?
Will it make losing weight harder?
Do I need to get it down even through it doesn’t cause heart disease?
Sometimes easy answers are hard to find.

Chiropractic Love

I wanted to give a solid, “You told me so!” to my loyal, professional, and best chiropractor I know.

Tim Saruk from City Chiropractic.

First, you told me, “You know how I feel about splenda, its not good for you – its really doing a number on your body, even if you can’t feel it.”

Second, you told me, “Dairy is probably really doing a number on your digestive system. Swich to coconut milk or something else.”

On both accounts, YOU WERE RIGHT!

I cannot express in words the change in my body, mind and spirit. I am happier, I feel better (overall), and I am not as easily irritable.

Thank you for being a caring, and compassionate doctor that cares about my overall health, not just my spine and back pain.

Friends - if you are in the market for a chiropractor that understands OVERALL health, Tim is your man.

YOU ROCK! Thank you Tim!

PS: you also told me to use my head weights... soon enough I will tell you that you are right about this too. :-)