Primal Challenge 2011

Over at Mark's Daily Apple, Mark Sisson is launching is annual Primal 30 Challenge. The first challenge of the month is as follows:

Today’s ContestThe first contest of this 30-Day Primal Blueprint Challenge is a two-parter:

1. Follow me on Twitter.

1. Retweet my most recent tweet: “The Primal Blueprint 30-Day Challenge begins today! Get in the best shape of your life and win cool prizes along the way.” (If to you “Retweet” sounds like something an annoying bird does each morning, see this.)

Your retweet will enter you to win the prize below and help spread the word about this challenge. Win, win!

I have my own additional challenge for you. Choose one a vegetable that you hated as a child and make it in 3 different ways. try them all. Taste buds change over time, you may find out that the horrible brussel sprouts aren't so horrible after all.


Please comment on your food experiment and wheather or not you like the thing you once hated.

Italian Wedding Soup

I have a favorite can of soup. It is a "light" soup but I love the flavor. What I don't love is the 4 types of MSG and the pasta bits. Was looking around for a good recipe, fearing that the soup would be missing something without the usual grains that are supposed to be put in. Luckily for me, I found Chef Giada De Laurentiis on food network. According to her recipe, athentic wedding soup does not need any grains. I took her recipe, Wedding Soup, and changed it up just a little bit to suit my family and what I already had on hand.