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Rye Pasta Delightfulness

rye pasta with tomato spinach artichoke onion olive

Gonna boast – when I took a bite of this, I almost died a little bit. That’s how good it was.

You may or may not agree. Still, if you like the ingredients, you’ll probably find the dish palatable. And (bonus), it’s good for yaz!

After my grain adventure, I had to find something to do with the rye pasta spirals.

I toyed with ideas about veggie versions of corned beef dishes and the like, but then remembered that we had a ton of artichokes and tomatoes that had to be used. Here’s the Haphazard Recipe:

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Sugar: Poison? Regulation? Hmmm…

teaspoon of sugar

I’ve been hearing a lot about sugar in the news and on talk shows lately. I think it might be because of this study.

The conversation has sort of centered around the whole concept of regulating sugar the way we do alcohol and tobacco, and considering it a toxic substance. I realize that sounds kind of crazy. But when someone says that sugar is poison, I suppose they’re right, to a degree. Alcohol, tobacco and sugar can all kill you… it just generally takes a while.

Here’s how I understand it. We like the taste of sugar because it’s sweet. In evolutionary terms, this is because sweet things found in nature are typically not poisonous, and are therefore safe to eat. And just like fat and salt, sugar can do some good things for our bodies.

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