Italian Style Chuck Roast

One of the first meals that I made was in my crock pot, it was from the "Caveman Feast" app and is called "Italian Style Chuck Roast".  YUM!  It was so good.  It's definitely marked as one of my favorite recipes in the app.  I've included a pic of it in the pot.  The nice thing about it was that it made 8 meals for me, so I didn't have to keep cooking several times a day.

This week I was in Myrtle Beach for a few days.  Beautiful weather, warm water, great beach, NON-ORGANIC food...  Ugh!  Just made my trip less enjoyable.  I found myself getting headaches and I could feel the inflammation running through my body at times.  I was so glad to get home and back to clean food.  The next time I have to go out of town, I'm staying at a place with a kitchen and hitting Whole Foods so I can make most of my own meals.

Okay gang, this is my first official blog, I know the first post is long, so be kind...  :^)

Welcome!  Here I'm going to track my progress to better health.  I've just finished watching Able James' "Fat Burning" seminar from CreativeLIVE.  If you have checked out CreativeLIVE, I highly recommend it.  I'm now starting on Dave Asprey's "The Bulletproof Life", which was also on CreativeLIVE.

I actually started my journey the weekend after their seminars aired live, as I did catch some of them that week. (That's the wonderful thing about CreativeLIVE, if you miss the live presentation, the remainder of the day/24-hour period, they rebroadcast it.)  That Friday I began gathering up all of the processed foods in my kitchen and bagged them up.  As I know my family doesn't understand why eating organic or grass-fed is any different from processed, I gave about 8 bags of stuff to my mom, and another 8 bags to one of my sisters.  They both think I'm crazy.

Then, Saturday morning I hit one of our local Farmer's Markets (in Lake St. Louis) and began to refill my kitchen.  I picked up raw honey, some grass-fed steaks, a grass-fed sirloin tip, and a couple whole free-range chickens.  I didn't buy any of the vegetables as they didn't say they were organic.  I'm going to have to discuss some thing to find out where they differ.  I do know that one stand had veggies that were not certified "organic", but that they are part of a group of famers that verify that everyone is doing things according to organic standards.  (Chime in and let me know what your thoughts are on this.)

I also picked up some coconut spreads (one Lemon Cookie and the other Toasted Coconut), very good, but I have yet to really find their niche in my kitchen.

I also stocked up on various foods from Whole Foods (which incidentally is cheaper than my local chain grocery stores), including a grass-fed beef chuck roast and some wild caught salmon.  Here I picked up two butters, KerryGold and Kalona SuperNatural.  I also picked up whole milk from Kalona (really good, has some butterfat still floating at the top, yum!)  As well as organic eggs.  My first dozen were regular, the second were Omega-3 eggs.  (Again, chime in and let me know if you think there is a difference that's worth it.)

Finally last weekend I hit the Farmer's market at Tower Grove Park.  Here I picked up some pork bacon (no, I don't keep Kosher, same on me), St. Louis style pork ribs, and some chicken livers (for chopped liver, of course).  I also picked my mom up a loaf of rye bread as she's been looking for a good Jewish Rye (courtesy of Black Bear Bakery), cuz I'm such a good son.  ;^)

I'll fill you in on the recipes I've made that I've liked, but not on the duds that I would not make again.  EVER.  I will recommend, but I will generally not bad-mouth.  Besides, it's my opinion, you might actually like lead rings of course sand masquerading as a doughnut, what do I know.  I did pick up the iPhone/iPad app "Caveman Feast" and I've found it to be a wonder place for recipes and inspiration, and I highly recommend it (yes, it costs, just pry open that wallet of yours and shell out the $2.99 already.)

Til next time,
Mike.