Study Break Lazy Lunch
Hard-boiled eggs, spinach, lemon juice, olive oil, s&p, hot sauce, and parmigiano.
Last night I taught my first public class at Butter Lane in the East Village. Everybody learned how to make a cupcake and a frosting. If you live in New York you should check them out!
Though food prices may be rising as more biotech corn is being used for fuel and plastic (and feeding livestock), this has little to do with the world hunger problem. The problem is one of distribution not scarcity. Each American is said to waste many pounds of food each week*. We, as a county, have access to way too much food: there are an estimated extra 1000 calories per person per day in the American food supply. This is not to diminished the severity of the very real problem of hunger, but at least these crops are being used for something, not merely filling our garbage cans and overfed stomachs.
*In forgotten leftovers, throwing out those moldy veggies you never cooked last week, or when it turned out you only wanted half that sandwich…
Dinner in 20 minutes: Black sesame and pepper crusted tuna steak, served over orzo and sauteed arugula with lemon and shoyu. Simple mixed green salad with blood orange slices.
Tip: If you are steaming asparagus, you can roast the tips with a little oil, salt & pepper for an easy garnish. It’s a quick way to get another texture and a bit deeper flavor into your dish. If you are already roasting them, just roast the tips a bit longer until they get a little crispy.
![Dinner in 30 minutes: Risotto with black beans, roasted asparagus & parmigiano reggiano.
[Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, onion, garlic, vegetable stock, arborio rice, lemon juice, asparagus, salt & pepper, parmigiano reggiano].](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwmoo4uMrD1qzvp4do1_400.png)
Dinner in 30 minutes: Risotto with black beans, roasted asparagus & parmigiano reggiano.
[Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, onion, garlic, vegetable stock, arborio rice, lemon juice, asparagus, salt & pepper, parmigiano reggiano].
Having already defeated smoking and trans fats, Michael Bloomberg has now turned his attention to salt. I’m certainly a fan of eliminating the first two but here I think Bloomberg’s gone too far in his coddling of New Yorkers. Salt is as misunderstood as it is an important component of the human diet and, in my mind, unfairly lumped together with truly noxious additives — like hydrogenated fats, artificial sweeteners and the dreaded high fructose corn syrup.
One of the worst misconceptions about salt is that it’s linked to high blood pressure and other heart diseases, despite no scientific evidence definitively linking the two. I’ll have more to say about salt in the future but put me down as an opponent of top down regulations against its use [via saltandfat].
Well put. It’s so nice to have company on this one.
2 tablespoons butter + 6 cups diced vegetables + 3 cloves garlic, minced + 1/4 cup all-purpose flour + 3 cups liquid* + salt & pepper + 1/4 fresh minced herbs = dinner for 6
*milk, vegetable stock, chicken stock, mushroom stock, etc.
Getting fit ‘more important than winning the lottery’
First, this poll sure casts women in a positive light, great job Kellogg’s. Second, attitudes like this further mystify weight management. By comparing losing weight to winning the lottery, the language of the poll suggest that the two are similarly unlikely and outside of one’s control. It would be more interesting to know how many among those who would magically trade a “night of passion” to fit into their old jeans would also trade regular exercise and dietary changes for the same result.
