Super Quick and Easy Broccoli Snack

Even when I don't have anything in the fridge, I have broccoli.  I love broccoli.  I love it steamed, I love it raw, I love it grilled.  Almost any way you can think of preparing or not preparing it, I'll like it.  Broccoli should be in everyone's diet.  That's a blanket statement I'll get behind.  It's great for your hormones, for liver detoxification and can help fight cancer.

One way that I like to prepare my brocc, is just broiling it.  Here's what I do.

Preheat the oven to 350 (I know I said broil, but we'll get there)

Break up the broccoli into big two-bite size pieces, placing them on a baking sheet.  I used 1 head here.

Squeeze half a lemon over the broccoli, and pour over about a tablespoon of melted organic grass fed ghee.  Mix.

Sprinkle on some red pepper flakes and salt.

After 5 minutes, remove the broccoli and mix it all up again.  Now we broil.

Put the sheet back in, under the broiler for 7 more minutes.

I like to sprinkle some parmigiana regianno on top, and then place it back under the (off) broiler for another minute or two.  These will be a little al-dente.  That's by design.  Even if you're going to eat totally cooked broccoli, eat a few pieces of raw as well.  The enzymes make the constituents in the broccoli work much more efficiently.

And enjoy!

Pesto Grilled Cheese

While that JB quote may be questionable, this grilled cheese is not.  Originally, I was going to make plain grilled cheese and serve it with sauerkraut or pickles and call it a totally fermented meal.  But when I opened the fridge, I saw I a jar of pesto, staring me down.  I think this is a good example of food that's not generally considered healthy, but can easily be turned into a more nourishing meal.  Sourdough whole wheat bread made from unbromated flour, raw local grass fed cheese, pesto and I ended up going with dill pickles.  Fatty and fermented.  Doesn't get much better than that!

1.  Have good bread, cheese, pesto and fermented vegetables at hand.

2.  Turn on panini machine (I know I took a cheap shortcut), or melt some ghee in a pan on medium/high heat.  On the higher end of medium/high.

2.  Slice bread and cheese, apply pesto to one half of bread.  Add cheese and place the matching slice on top.

3.  Apply heat to sandwich.  The panini maker is nice because you don't have to flip.  But it's also non-stick.