Monthly Archives: June 2009

Homemade tartar sauce (to go with that grilled salmon)

It’s easy and tasty. Mom says: My exposure to tartar sauce had always been in a restaurant. Ugh! I’m picky about mayonnaise and restaurant mayo is obnoxious. So when Jennifer made tartar sauce to go with her grilled salmon, I only took a bit to be polite. Wow! What a difference a good mayonnaise can…

Grilled Salmon a la Jennifer

Our friend Jennifer prepared this incredible (and simple) grilled salmon for us when she was part of the family a few years back. I can still remember that meal: it was bursting with scent and flavor. We have repeated it many times since. If you have a barbeque grill, this way of cooking salmon is…

New banner and even supplement give-aways

Here in California in this unseasonably mild June, I have finally found the time to ask a very nice guy named John to makeover the banner for this blog. Rather than featuring a 60-year-old woman from stock photography, I have included pictures of us here on our property. You may note from the banner that…

View from the hammock

This is my view from the hammock. Last summer my view included a growing belly, this summer those blue eyes. (Yes, he’s nursing in the picture. Please children, avert your eyes.) I do not relax nearly enough even with this great view. Relaxation reduces inflammation in your body. Inflammation may contribute to depression. There are,…

Afraid to wake up today: Convergence of two Apocalyptic events and a missed opportunity

My first clue about the importance of the last twenty-four hours was Thursday at a doctor’s office in Fresno. I saw the headline: “Outreach efforts have been used to help region prepare for Friday.” I was reading below the fold, below the main headline, with a picture of a clerk in Best Buy. “Oh my…

Food Science Oldies but Goodies from Rebuild (with graphs!)

I was strolling through some of the old content on this blog and discovered that I have apparently blogged about a good number of food science tidbits. The book Rebuild from Depression (coming this summer, really) has several chapters discussing food science. Here on this blog you can find a sampling. One great thing about…

Here’s the beef

I was looking through old posts and found this one posted over a year ago that made me laugh. It makes reference to the Chino slaughter house case and discusses one of my favorite foods: beef. But as was the case over one year ago, the whole reason for the post is the picture at…

Grass fed beef liver: Vitamins, Minerals, Omega 3s

Beef liver is my “food of recovery,” a food that replenishes me of nutrients when I have been through a rough patch. It is absolutely loaded with vitamins, minerals, and fats and, by chance, loaded with the nutrients that help keep our brains healthy. Depression is complex with many causes, but some folks (like me)…

Idyllic boyhood

In my quest to “appreciate,” I carry the camera with me and have caught some incredible moments. Technorati Tags: photo