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KALE!

I actually recently discovered that I love kale.  It might be my new favorite vegetable.  Blanched for a couple minutes, then sauteed with garlic...yumm!!!!  And omfg, it's really healthy!!  (Big surprise when I went to log it in!)

I'm glad someone looked at it!  :-)  Sorry my link copy/paste didn't work so well.  Not sure what happened there.

You don't need a lot of protein.  I don't know where you are, but most Americans eat way more protein than they need.

After I logged my Chobani Greek yogurt for breakfast, this website said my protein intake for the day was "good."  It was only half the RDA, but that's not bad for one meal.

Other super-easy protein?

Shrimp - buy it cooked and peeled already if you're not into cooking.  You can add that to your pasta.

Rotisserie chicken - most supermarkets sell already cooked chicken.  It's usually pretty good.  You can eat it as it is or cut it up to put into your pasta or make chicken salad, or whatever.  If you're the only one eating it, it could probably last you a week.

Really Easy, but not as easy as not cooking:

Salsa chicken - spray a baking dish with Pam.  Put some chicken breasts in it.  cover with salsa.  If you can afford the calories, add a little cheddar.  Bake until the chicken is cooked (use a thermometer if you can't tell.)  The chicken is moist, tender, and delicious.

Easiest pork tenderloin - you need a microwaveable casserole dish with a lid for this.  Apply about a teaspoon of olive oil to the tenderloin.  Coat it with your favorite spice rub.  Put it in the casserole dish, tucking smaller end under so it's a uniform thickness.  Microwave it on high for about 8 minutes with cover on.  check the temperature.  If it's 150, take it out and let it sit (COVERED) until it's 160 degrees (about 10 minutes).  If it's not 150 degrees, put it in for another 2 minutes until it is and check for temperature again.  I know it sounds gross to nuke pork, but it's easy, fast, and as an added bonus doesn't heat up your kitchen in the summer like an over or stove does.  And the pork is moist and delicious too.

Have you seen A Man A Can A Plan?  It's basically a foolproof cooking book for men.  Very easy to follow recipes.  I bought it for my uncle.

Original Post by antibinge:

Heh, whenever someone I know talks about preferring organic food, I mention how dung is 'organic' fertilizer Not that I think that's a bad thing (just you know, wash well), I just love seeing their expression.

Sorry, bit random there!

To me, that's better than being sprayed with pesticides.  Plus, I have yet to meet an organic farmer who shovels poop on her plants.  Composted poop mixed with other decomposed organic stuff, sure, but not just plain poop.  I think that's actually bad for plants.  It needs to be broken down a little first.

Sorry, off-topic again.

To the OP though, I agree, fruit and veggie sizes (and just about every portion size, for that matter) are generally bigger than they should be.  I now look for the smaller bananas when I buy them because if I'm not conscious of it, I gravitate to the enormous ones (no Freudian analysis, please!).  When I eat bananas, the smaller ones satisfy me fine, so why have the extra calories on a humongous one?

Thanks, everyone!

I think I'll try an adaptation of the bacon recipe.  When I was in the supermarket last night, I saw they had hunks of pancetta (a fatty Italian ham).  It hought that would be a good substitute for the bacon.  I'll chop it up and cook it instead of the bacon, but keep the rest of theholla's recipe.

ootek- soup's a good idea, but I can't get myself in the mood for soup when it's so hot and steamy outside.  I'll have to remember that for the fall when soups are so comforting.

thhq - I would prefer another green, but with a CSA, if I can quote preschool teachers across the nation, "you get what you get, and you don't get upset." 

(If you don't know what a CSA is, you pay a farm for a "share" at the beginning of the season and then every week you get a big box of whatever produce is in season that week.  This week, I got collard greens, red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, green beans, 3 zucchini, 3 summer squash, 3 pickling cucumbers, 3 normal cucumbers [that will be my next post - what on earth am I to do with all these cucumbers?!?], strawberries,  and cabbage.)

Chocolate-Espresso Lava Caked with Espresso Whipped Cream

and here's the recipe http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ Chocolate-Espresso-Lava-Cakes-with-Espresso-W hipped-Cream-106232

(sorry!)

My form is fine.  Like I said, I can make the font big enough that I don't need to bend over at all.  (It does have a little shelf thing for magazines built in at about chest height.)  "Flipping" the pages is no more of a hassle than adjusting the speed or elevation.

I guess I'll try a towel next time.  Or maybe bubble wrap.  I just don't want to permanently damage it.  Or maybe I'll have to just use it on a bike or elliptical instead.  (but I really want it for jogging!)