Clean Eating Magazine...

Hi Peeps!

Ever hear of a magazine called Clean Eating? I've been reading it off and on for a year or two...funny thing is, the mag is CANADIAN (published in Mississauga) and I can never find it in Canada - so I buy it in BERMUDA...it's published every 2nd month of the year (so 6 issues a year) and subscriptions are available (and that's one of the first things I am going to do as soon as I move back home!)

In any case, the main tag line of the mag is: "Improving your life one meal at a time" and they pretty much nail all of that on the head with super fantastic recipe ideas and TONS of information on Clean Eating (which is almost the same as my goals here with Whole Foods!) and tons of info on Clean Living...and the info is delivered in small bite sized chunks (I have laid off my big time research for now because I was scaring the crap out of myself with all the junk that goes into our food and all the POLITICAL CRAP that governs the people who are supposed to be keeping us safe - yes I am looking at everyone from food safety boards to scientists (think about who sponsors them) to corporations!). My focus here is to change the way *I* live, and the focus of this blog is to document it, and take anyone who wants to come along for the ride! I am not about to turn into some kind of lobbyist who is trying to change the world...we can all do some personal changes, which will naturally result in other people changing! You'll see (the power of change is in how we spend our dollars!)

So....this week, I'd like to challenge everyone to "Transform Your Side Dish Into The Main Event" (I borrowed this idea from and article in the January/February Issue with the same name -which has some GORGEOUS recipes BTW)- Basically, stop making a big fat meat dish into the main deal of the meal, and put the focus on the scrumptious side instead! Don't say: Hey we're having roast chicken and potatoes tonight, say: Hey we're having Hot & Sour Swiss Chard with Bulgar Waldorf Salad, and oh yeah, some chicken...BONUS POINTS if you forgo the meaty dish and just eat the side instead (way easier for us single people! I do it alllll the time! Hellloooo roasted cauliflower! Just make sure your overall daily intake is balanced) Needless to say, there are some recipes in here for stuff you may never have even seen in your life, let alone COOKED! (I'm still working on what the heck to do with 'greens') and GULP there's a recipe in there for brussel sprouts, which I tried once (as an adult) and immediately thought "What kind of masochistic parents force their kids to eat this crap when there are way better vegetables in the world instead?" as I spat it out into my napkin (not so gracefully)...and I *MAY* try them again. We will see...they still look gross even if they are in some kind of spicy almond glaze...we will see.

I'm kinda excited to try the Bulgar Waldorf Salad...but instead of the Bulgar, I am going to use Quinoa (I was working up the courage to eat the Quinoa as a breakfast cereal this morning...that didn't happen, maybe tomorrow!) and instead of the green apples, I will use red (not a big fan of green apples) and instead of the red grapes, I will use green (not a big fan of red grapes!) - and most of these substitutions aren't because I'm overly picky, it's mostly because I literally just came back from shopping and that's the stuff I have on hand!