This is my entry for Fight Back Fridays!

Those of you who read my blog regularly know I love breakfast – scones, french toast. But I don’t have time to eat that every day. So what do I eat every day?

Raw oatmeal, with a myriad of additions.

This is not for everyone, trust me. The taste of raw oats takes a little getting used to. But it is loaded with fiber, probiotics, and antioxidants. It’s low-fat, low glycemic index, and gluten-free. I’ve got the routine down and can have it ready to walk out the door within 5 minutes flat. I keep all the non-refrigerated ingredients in a drawer together, so I don’t have to go looking for them.

You can mix it up with other fibers, other nuts, other fruit, skip the Coconut Butter, however you want it. Use a non-dairy kefir or non-dairy yogurt. I’ve used both soy and coconut milk yogurt.

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Mostly, I eat healthy. What exactly does that mean? Apparently it means different things to different people. So, I’m just going to tell you what it means to me. 

First of all, I’m not perfect. I reserve the right to change my rules from one day to the next, since I’m the one who gets to make the rules. I don’t feed any children or significant others. My dog eats mostly organic, raw food. He doesn’t get to pick his food, so I try to give him the best I can get. Even his “treats” are organic and wheat and corn free (Thank you Paul Newman!).

Here are this week’s rules:

1. I eat relatively little processed food. I like whole food. Real vegetables, fruit, meat. I love to cook, so I do. Almost every day. I do eat cheese, kefir, and the occasional baked good (usually from Whole Foods).

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Personally, I love beets. But I never ate them until I was in my 40’s. My mother has a pathologic dislike of all root vegetables. (She also despises the anise family, but that’s a story for another day). Potatoes were for Christmas and Thanksgiving. Turnips, beets, sweet potatoes, radishes, they did not exist in my world.

The first time I really ate beets were the pickled, canned ones on a salad bar. So, a humble beginning… But then I discovered that you could roast them. Wow! And you can eat the greens.  I’ve been eating them ever since.

Many years ago, beets took the bum rap. When I was a juicer, they had the reputation for being empty calories that offered nothing but sugar and a funky color.

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