Memorial Day Grilled Snack

It's Memorial day baby and that means grilling. Here's a super simple appetizer your friends are sure to enjoy. Summer is the time for fresh and delicious tomatoes so let's eat some

• Go get a few fresh tomatoes.
• Slice them in half.
• Grate a bit of fresh pepper over the top.
• Get the grill going to medium heat and set the tomatoes on the grate until they look like the picture above...about 25 minutes.
• Finely chop some fresh basil and mix it with olive oil so that it is a paste consistency.
• Lightly toast pine nuts in a pan over medium heat for about five minutes until you can smell the nut flavor and they brown a bit.
• Freshly grate a cheese of your choice. I prefer Parmesan or Sarvecchio.
• Take the tomatoes off the grill, top with the basil and olive oil, sprinkle some pine nuts and cheese over the top...enjoy!

Sunday Breakfast

I love breakfast. Not only does a good breakfast help my body start the day out right in terms of nutrition but my mind also always feels great after chomping some delicious fare. This is what I ate for breakfast this morning. Forget syrups, honeys, jams and jellies. I make my own fruit spread. On top of the pancakes is simply crushed up blueberries and blackberries. I use no butter. Behind the cakes is pineapple and grapefruit. For beverages I like OJ and Almond milk. Every morning I also drink a protein shake of 100% whey protein.

Make your pancakes a bit healthier by mixing milled flaxseed into the batter for some added Thiamin, Vitamin B6, and Manganese!

Vitamin D? Why do we need it? How do we get it? Sun for 10 minutes?

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