Cook It for Real...It's a New Lifestyle

One thing I have learned on my journey to Get Lost is just how much I didn't know about preparing real healthy foods.  I like most of you grew up at a time in America that grocery stores were populating their shelves with packaged and refined products.  Fast food on-the-go was a growing trend.  While we did have home meals, we were on the edge of learning that cooking was just a time consuming thing and cutting corners with 'stuff' already prepared was the way to go.  Two parent working households were becoming more common and kids were involved in so many after school sports or activities.  Was it our parents fault?  The answer is NO.  They were caught up in this vortex as well and who was actually teaching Americas (adults and kids) what was actually in our best interest?  No one really.  So disease and medical issues caused by improper nutrition wouldn't even become a concern until the kids were actually having their own kids.

Well a new day has dawned in America.  More and more of us are starting to see the light and change our habits.  We are now Preparing to Live Life in a more Optimal Health direction and food is a big part of our re-education.  So you ask what is my point...My point is America must un-learn poor eating habits and learn new proper ways of eating.  One of the main parts of eating healthy is we must learn to actually 'cook' and prepare our meals with fresh healthy foods.  90% of foods in today's grocery

stores are boxed, bagged, canned, etc.  The perimeter of a store is where we must learn to shop.  Flavors and variety are within natural foods we just have to learn how to 'cook' and bring those out.

“Today, more than 95% of all chronic disease is caused by food choice, toxic food ingredients, nutritional deficiencies and lack of physical exercise.”  - Mike Adams

“Don’t eat anything your great-great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food. There are a great many food-like items in the supermarket your ancestors wouldn’t recognize as food.. stay away from these”  - Michael Pollan

I encourage all Americas to really get on board with a growing trend and 'cook your own food with natures bountiful collection' ignoring the 'shortcut' boxed, bagged, and canned way we improperly learned years ago.  Health cannot be gained from shortcuts.  Leave the unhealthy in the box and Prepare to Live Life with new knowledge and skill of real cooking.

Below is a fine example of a recipe I created that is similar to something you could purchase in a box, but this one is actually homemade...created from scratch and prepared completely at home with natural foods.  Enjoy real cooking!!!

Kevin F. Whaley

EggUp Hatch-Brown Bake 

A healthy high protein breakfast or even dinner bake made with eggs and turnips prepared New Mexico green chilies style.

Ingredients:

1 med to lg turnip sliced hash brown style

2 whole eggs
2 egg whites
1/4 cup yellow pepper chopped
2 to 3 garlic cloves chopped
1 green onion chopped
1 tbsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1/2 tbsp olive oil
2 small spoon fulls of diced green chilies
1/8 cup parmesan cheese
1/4 cup panko bread crumbs (reduce to your liking)
Serve with your favorite low sugar or homemade salsa

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Rinse off turnip, slice off the ends and discard. Slice the turnip into hash brown style slices based on your liking. Chop up cloves garlic and chop yellow pepper. Add olive oil to saute or no stick fry pan. Add in garlic and cook just until the garlic starts to release flavors (apprx 2 minutes). Add in chopped peppers, turnip slices, and chopped green onion. Add in 1/2 tsp of the salt and tsp pepper. Cook on med high until the turnips are browned to you liking stirring frequently. Spray an 8x8 glass baking dish with olive oil spray. Empty pan of turnip browns into baking dish. Add the green chilies, eggs, egg whites, parmesan cheese, and remaining 1/2 tsp of salt. Stir mixture well together ensuring the eggs are blended well. Sprinkle top with panko bread crumbs to your liking. Place the dish on the middle oven rack and bake 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and serve with salsa.

Serves 2-3
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 30-40 minutes