Look! I bottled some kombucha. I've started using these Ikea bottles instead of the Grolsh bottles because they seem to allow enough air out, a little at a time, so that they don't explode when I open them a week later. But it's sealed enough that they can continue to get fizzy, which I like.
Last night I made some lentils and baked some whole trout in the oven. Doesn't it seem like a fish head would add some flavor? Well it was pretty good. I just got a whole trout and some French lentils from Zupan's, stuffed the trout with some lemon slices and sprinkled sea salt and olive oil in there, wrapped it in foil and baked at 350 til cooked through. The lentils I put in a pan with twice as much water, salt, celery, carrots, oyster mushrooms, bay leaf, fish head and parsley and boiled it, then simmered til done with a lid half-assedly on there, adding more water if it got dry. At the end I added some spinach and got rid of that fish head.
This week I got some great eggs from my raw milk pickup location and they are delicious. And they are gigantic. And so far 4 out of 5 have been double yolks. WHOA!
Soultrain is my nickname at work, where I am a sous chef. I'm also someone who is obsessed with the health consequences of diet. About a year ago I was introduced to the Weston A. Price Foundation by way of a coworker who was hosting a potluck/chapter meeting at work after hours. I like potlucks, so I went just for that. Even though I was sold on veganism as the healthiest way to eat (mostly because of what I read in "The China Study"), I latched on to the idea of nutrient-dense, traditional food as the best diet for overall health after reading about the WAPF and from other sources on the subject. Now I try to follow the dietary guidelines of the WAPF and I feel a lot better than when I tried to limit animal products in my diet. This blog follows my daily food preparations as I try to stick to the guidelines. I call it "What Would Sally Do," poking fun at the fervor with which people (including me) follow Sally Fallon, author of "Nourishing Traditions" and co-founder of the WAPF.