Healthy Coder

One of the first things I bought for the kitchen after I started this journey was a chef’s knife.   The chef’s knife is the workhorse of the kitchen – a jack of all trades.
My mother-in law has a set of Cutco knives, and after a bit of looking around I decided to also go with [...]

I was tricked into bringing home the leftover pecan pie.  “Oh I’ll just put it in the freezer and have a piece once a week” I said.
Yah, well that lasted all of an hour.  I was down in my office playing World of Warcraft and the pie was calling to me from the freezer.   “I’m [...]

Yesterday my friend Marty and I were out at the range for a little frigid target practice. On the way back into town we both agreed we were pretty hungry. He brought up the Wendy’s Baconator and how awesome it was. I said sure let’s hit Wendy’s!

It has been over a year and a [...]

I spent last weekend in Montreal on a business trip.  It was a good trip, stayed with an old friend and got to meet his new babby!   Managed to avoid the wine for the most part =)
Sadly, I was introduced to a new form of caffeinated awesome.  Espresso based beverages – cappuccino in particular.  Since [...]

Found a great video of Robert H. Lustig explaining the dangers of our food supply being poisoned by the addition of fructose to damn near everything.  His argument is that the addition of fructose and reduction of fiber is the cause of the North American obesity epidemic.  This video is an hour and a half [...]

Add another property to the list of too good to be true benefits of blueberries.    WebMD has posted an article on the results of a University of Michigan study claiming that blueberries may reduce belly fat.
After 90 days, the rats fed blueberries had less abdominal fat, lower cholesterol, and improved glucose control and insulin sensitivity.

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Saw a cool question / answer article on CNN today.  “A study” showed that drinking two glasses of water 20 to 30 minutes before every meal would result in people losing weight more quickly and lose more weight in the long run.  They also state that people who drank water before meals at an average [...]

One of my favorite lunches is this tuna sandwich. It’s quick to make has a ton of protein and is super tasty! To make this tasty lunch you’ll need the following:

One can of tuna – 120 cal
One Tablespoon of mayonaise – 100 cal
One green onion chopped
One Garlic Stuff Olive chopped
One Strubs dill pickle chopped
Two slices [...]

I feel compelled to finish all the food on my plate.  Maybe this goes back to those childhood dinners where my parents would not let me leave the table until I had eaten all my food.  Now twenty plus years later I have no problem clearing my plate (and sometimes my wife’s plate too).  This [...]

At least once a week I head down to my good buddy Kal’s place,  Mr Sub.  I order the foot long grilled chicken sub on whole wheat bread, with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, green peppers, cucumbers, pickles and yes I get the cheese.  For sauce, mustard and sometimes hot sauce and mustard.
All this is only 600 [...]