Nibble and Sip

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 23:10:00 +0000

Plant based chili and cornbread

Tomatoes, water, red kidney beans, chickpeas, corn, black beans, sweet potato, sweet onions, carrots, green peppers, red peppers, chili powder, and more.

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Slow Cooking

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 17:56:00 +0000

Sunday pot roast has been in the Crockpot about six hours.

It starting to smell good. We'll get into it in four hours, or so.

... later, after ten hours in the crockpot it was time to reap the harvest.

Poke Bowl

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Wed, 28 May 2014 15:56:00 +0000

This delicious dish is on the menu at Salt Life Food Shack, in St. Augustine, FL. Tuna over spinach on a bed of sticky rice, lined with avocado peppered with sesame seeds, laced with a delicious secret sauce.

Herbs

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:27:00 +0000

This is the extent of our indoor garden.

It is basil.

Two or three times a week we pluck a few leaves, and put them in meals. We use the fresh leaves in salads to add a flavorful zing to otherwise bland vegetables. However, we have put basil leaves in cooked dishes as well. Soups, stews, pasta, rice, poultry, and fish all blend nicely with aromatic basil.

And, I am surprised how quickly the leaves grow-in to replace the ones we harvest.

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Cleansing Lemons

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000

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Lunch On A Warm Day

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:36:00 +0000

Today for lunch Jill prepared sweet peppers stuffed with tunafish, celery, and sunflower seeds. We also had watermelon and one half of a graham cracker covered with dark chocolate.

Treatment For Hay-Fever

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:44:00 +0000

Pollen was everywhere this morning. A tablespoon of honey quickly cleared up my sneezing and sniffling. You have to be careful with honey. First of all, make sure it is from a local beekeeper. Next, only take one tablespoon a day for no more than three or four days. Too much honey can raise your blood pressure.

Baked Bree

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:51:00 +0000

This was a terrific holiday dish made by Carolee Maynard.

Late Lunch

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:40:00 +0000

Pizza: I don't eat the way I should when Jill is out of town.

Chicken and Waffles

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:59:00 +0000

When I was in my twenty's, while living in NYC, my friends and I used to visit a restaurant called Wells. After a night of partying we would wind-up at Wells, generally around three o'clock in the morning, looking for a snack. Since it would always be too late for dinner and too early for breakfast, we would find a suitable happy medium. Fried chicken and waffles.

I introduced Jill to chicken and waffles some years later. Gladys Knight's restaurant, in Atlanta served them.

Every now and then Jill will make fried chicken and waffles at home. For this most recent prep she used a Japanese breading mix called Planko. Now that we tried it, we both agreed that Planko is not the way to fry chicken. We'll return to the more conventional flour and oil recipe in the future.

Flip Burger

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:56:00 +0000

Atlanta- My daughter took me to a hip little hamburger joint called Flip Burger. I had a blackened shrimp burger and fried pickles. The shrimp burger was tasty. They served a sauce with it that added a great flavor. I should also mention the terrific wild rice with portobello mushrooms. Scrumptious.

Jill's Birthday Cake

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:38:00 +0000

Dinner time - Steaks on the grill

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:50:00 +0000

Boot Key Habor, Florida Keys

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No membership required...

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:40:00 +0000

The most common activity performed by many households around the world is ... hauling water. It is true. Much of the earth's human population do not have a water source in their homes... (as quiet as it is kept neither do you. The water that miraculously flows from so many taps in your home is not a water source. It is only a conduit. I know a family that has a well on their property. That puts them close to a water source. But I digress.) When Jill and I live aboard Shibumi, we join billions of people world wide who have to carry water home. The other day I was asked by another boater, "Why don't you take Shibumi to the dock and fill her up?". I could do that, take my home to the water source. In fact, I do just that when I must go dockside to get fuel. However, when we settle into a place for a while, like we are here in Boot Key Harbor, it feels more natural to bring water home whenever we go ashore... just like so many, probably most, of the people of the world do. Now... those of you, who are reading this on high-speed Internet, undoubtedly have water in your homes whenever you call upon it. That is good. But as you go into this New Year, please look at your simple blessings... and be grateful. Because I can tell you from lots of experince, water weighs 8 pounds per gallon. You don't need a gym membership if you haul 10 to 20 gallons of water home every day.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Christmas dinner away from home ...

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:10:00 +0000

We had one heck of a grand Christmas Dinner at the City Marina in Marathon.

Again today we got to meet several new friends, share sailing stories and have plenty of laughs.

Thanks to Richard and his wife for putting it all together. My eyes were much bigger than my stomach; but it all tasted so good.

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Breakfast...

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:28:00 +0000

They had alligator tail on the menu but we went with the "fish & grits".

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Good Saturday Morning ...

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:11:00 +0000

Good morning ... A bowl of oatmeal with raisins and a mug of hot coffee took some of the chill out of morning air.

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Sunday breakfast... Pancakes are on the stove ...

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:46:00 +0000

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From Jill's Galley - Blackened Talapia Salad

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 01:23:00 +0000

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Crispy lettuce ...

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:34:00 +0000

Lunch while underway. I am starting to prefer sandwiches made with lettuce instead of bread.

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Grilled Peaches

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:12:00 +0000

Grilled Balsamic Peaches

By: Shock ‘This is a perfect summer side dish paired with grilled pork tenderloin.’

Servings: 4

Prep time: Ready In: 14 Min

Original Link: Grilled Balsamic Peaches

Ingredients:
4 peaches, halved and pitted
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
1/4 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon chopped Italian flat leaf parsley
4 sprigs Italian flat leaf parsley, for garnish

Directions:
Preheat grill for high heat for 10 minutes.
Place olive oil in a bowl. Add peach halves and toss to evenly coat with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
Cook the peaches, flesh side down, on preheated grill until slightly charred, 4 to 5 minutes.
Remove from the grill and dust with Cajun seasoning.
Cut halves into 1 inch-thick slices.
Place halves in a bowl; add vinegar and parsley, tossing peaches to coat evenly.
Place on a serving platter and garnish with sprigs of parsley.

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David’s Note: Because I am just coming off of a fast I used only one peach which made two servings…one peach half was my entire dinner. I had a little trouble calculating the correct messurement of ingredients to only one peach… I may have slightly overpowered the peach with cajun seasoning and balsamic vinegar … but in the end it worked out fine. Very tastey.

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Break Fast

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:13:00 +0000

It is time to break my 10-day fast. I'll cut watermelon and cantalope in to little cubes. I will have a small bowl of the combined fruit. I don't want to shock my system with too much too soon. Happy breakfast to you...

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Fasting - A Natural Cleanser

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:39:00 +0000

Fasting: There are a lot of old wives’ tales or urban legends about fasting. Most of the information passed around about fasting comes from people who have never fasted, or people who tried it for a few hours and quit, or someone who has a friend who fasted once. There are people in the health industry who consider fasting to be an unhealthy thing. Those health professionals have never fasted themselves but they were told fasting is bad, so they tell you what they have heard.

Remember what Lao Tzu said, “He who speaks does not know”.

Well I have fasted many times. I fast for at least seven days straight, twice a year, and have been doing that for 26 years. But I caution you: that does NOT make me an expert. I know how fasting affects me… but I have no idea how fasting will affect you. The results I get from fasting seem to mirror the results achieved by most other people who actually fast. So my experience can be considered that of the average person.

Here now, flying in the face of the rest of Lao Tzu’s statement which was, “He who knows does not speak”: I am going to speak to you about my experience while fasting. Read More

I have a wide open lifestyle. Very often I eat and drink what is convenient. When I am not fasting I eat and drink most anything that is NOT downright nasty. Fruit, vegetables, meat, fast food, alcohol, canned goods, and foods out of a box: I don’t shy away from most things that are tasty and provide a little nutrition. Because I realize that I am not eating properly with some of this stuff, I make an effort to rid my body of most of toxins before they build up long enough to become harmful. Most diseases experienced by humans are ultimately caused by what we put in our mouths.

I go on a fast to cleanse my body and all of my organs of toxins and impurities. Another reason I fast is to gain energy and vitality that I start to feel during the latter days of the fast. After most fasts, if I fast correctly, I feel the added energy and vitality for weeks, sometimes months, after the fast. Some people describe it as a spiritual high. I say it makes me feel 15 years younger.

Fasting is safe if you do it PROPERLY: You must take in proper fluids. I use an easy to make lemon drink that contains all of the nutrition your body needs. And most importantly, you MUST break the fast properly.

Five cautions for anyone interested in fasting: One, you cannot just stop eating. Two, after the fast you cannot just start back eating again. Three, during the fast you must drink juices. Four, during the fast you must help the toxins that will be released into your bloodstream get completely out of your body. Five, If you have significant health issues consult your physician... fasting can very likely improve your health but medical advice should be used if you are of very poor health.

A fast is a complete shutdown of your digestive system. Many people never rest their digestive system. Two or three meals a day plus snacks does not give the digestive system a vacation from its constant duties. I prepare for a digestive system shutdown with at least two days (three days are better) of eating only fruits and vegetables. During that time I avoid caffeine and I will not drink alcohol. No meats during the time that I am preparing my digestive system to shut down.

Following the fast: I eat only live fruit and vegetables; meaning that I consume produce that has not been cooked to death. I do that for two or three days. I do not want to stuff a hamburger or french fries into a sleepy digestive system that has just been thoroughly cleansed.

During the fast I drink only lemonade, water, and an occasional herbal tea (no caffeine, NO solid food). I use what is commonly known as the master cleansing fast. A web search of the term “Master Cleanser” should provide you with more than enough information to be successful with a fast.

I make 1/2 gallon of lemonade at a time. Many people advise to make lemonade fresh with every glass, but that just doesn’t work for me.
	To make one-half gallon of lemonade I squeeze enough fresh lemons to come up with 2/3 of a cup of lemon juice.
I sweeten the lemonade with pure Grade B maple syrup… you can use Grade A or Grade C but the best results are with Grade B. For one-half gallon I use twelve tablespoons of maple syrup.
	Add to that just a little less than a half of teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Yes, I said cayenne pepper.
Mix this all with one-half gallon of water and there you have it.
	If all of your measurements are right you will barely have to shake this mixture up…. All of the ingredients dissolve well with each other in water.

I made notes about my most recent fast which began August 6, 2010:
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Day one: The first day of this cleansing fast was surprising to me. For the first time I experienced light-headedness and a general feeling of being out of sorts on the first day.

During a fast I always go about my normal routine. I do avoid doing anything that requires extreme exertion, but otherwise my normal physical routine is not changed.

I believe Day One's feelings were caused by the workout I got in Qi Gong Class during the morning. I didn't think Qi Gong was that intense; but as it turned-out it was intense. Qi Gong works many of the joints in the body and exercises all of the body’s internal organs.

On that first day of the fast: there was no food in my system, like there normally is,to absorb the toxins that the exercise released from my internal organs into my bloodstream. That gave me a feeling of general un-wellness. When I got home from the class I drank some lemonade which helped some, but I could tell I was experiencing the effects of toxins that were previously stored somewhere in my cells. That is something that I normally don’t experience until the second or third day. Even then, the uneasy feelings weren’t that intense. But the Qi Gong workout brought out the toxins much faster than I had experienced before.

That first day I drank five glasses of lemonade. The evening of the first day I drank some Smooth Move Tea just before bedtime. Smooth Move is a senna leaf tea that is designed to work as an overnight laxative.

Sleep the first night was decent, but not as solid as I had become used to normally on a fast.
End of Day One.

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Day Two: I woke early on the second morning of the fast. My intestines were cramping slightly, so I knew the senna leaf tea was working. Within the first hour of being up the Smooth Move Tea worked its show. All of the toxins that my bloodstream had delivered to my intestines were now out of the body.

I felt great.

Later in the day I was a busy and did not stop to pour a glass of lemonade. I knew I waited too long to have my drink when I felt a bit of a headache creep in. It was no big deal but it was a wake-up call to not let dehydration set in.

The second day is normally my roughest day on a fast. As I mentioned in yesterday’s write-up, I normally start feeling the toxins on the second day. Well, I had already dealt with the toxins by using the laxative tea. Other than the slight headache from not drinking on time I felt no bad physical affects on Day Two. But there is another thing that always seems to dog me on the second fasting day, MY MIND.

On Day Two I meet the psychological wall. It is on the second day when I ususally start to think about all of the wonderful meals and social opportunities that I am missing. Even when I call friends they normally say, “Hey, let’s go get a beer”, or “Why don’t we go get a bite to eat”. I can’t go to my parent’s house because my mother will insist that I eat something. Day two is always the hardest day of my fast.

It is not hard because of hunger. With the lemonade I have never gotten hungry during a fast. I struggle on the second day because of my mind dreaming up fabulous meals. Temptation.

Actually the temptation is no big deal. I mention it because if any of you are going to go on a fast, you will have mental images of your favorite foods crop-up in your mind’s eye at some point in the early stages of the fast. Just drink some lemonade. The temptation will quickly pass.

The second day I drank five glasses of lemonade. I should drink more glasses but I have gotten use to the lesser amount.

Before bedtime on night two I had a cup of chamomile tea.

I slept soundly that night.
End of Day Two.

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Day Three: The third day was routine … I drank five glass of lemonade during the day and felt fine.

I had lost five pounds since the start of the fast. That is nothing to get excited about. Those early five pounds were mostly water weight. If I return to my customary lifestyle after the fast, and I always do, that weight will come back again quickly.

Early in the evening I started feeling a little headachy. I realized the headache came from more toxins moving around in my system. A glass of lemonade help beat down the headache to just a sense of dullness behind the eyes.

Before going to bed I had a hot mug of calming chamomile tea.

Again I had another night of sound sleep. It is amazing how well you rest when the digestive system is not working most of the night.
End of Day Three.

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Day Four: I woke up with a slight headache that I knew was caused by the toxins I started experiencing late in the day yesterday.

I mixed a quart of saline solution. Saline solution is a natural laxative. Unlike the senna leaves of the Smooth Move Tea, saline solution takes only about an hour to work. It is mixed using two teaspoons of sea salt in one quart of lukewarm water. Saline solution if mixed properly is the same specific gravity as blood. Therefore, the water won’t be taken-up by the kidneys and the blood will not pick up the salt. The solution goes through the digestive system and gives it a good scrubbing.

An hour and a half later I was again free of toxins. The headache was gone but I was extremely thirsty. Saline solution dehydrates pretty efficiently. After a glass of lemonade I felt great.

Day four happened to be another scheduled Qi Gong class. I was apprehensive but went to class anyway. This time the work out was considerable more intense than Day One. I knew if there were any toxins left in my body they were being loosened. Cool water tasted very good after class, but I had no headache and no ill feelings.

I had no physical issues for the balance of the day. However, Jill who is not on the fast with me this time, made a garlic shrimp dinner for herself. The glorious smell of that dinner had almost a dizzying affect. It is a little funny, I thoroughly enjoyed the smell of the dinnner but I did not want to taste it. After years of fasting, I have gotten used to being around food when I can’t eat it, except, of course, on day two.

On Day Four I had six glasses of lemonade. I and I felt very good.
End of Day Four.

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Day Five: I woke early on my fifth day of this fast. I was looking forward to going for our ususal Tuesday Morning walk. Tuesday morning was the best I felt during any period of the fast so far.

I am certain that I shook a lot of toxins loose on the first day and that was what had me vibrating at such a low frequency. But now I feel 100%.

I had a glass of lemondade and we were out the door for forty-five minutes of fresh morning air.

The only negative on Day Five, although I don't look it that way, was that I gained back one of the five pounds that I loss early on in the fast. Why? I am not sure. I know the early weight loss is water weight, The only thing I can think of is that my body had started back retaining water or something.

By four o'clock in the afternoon I had only two glasses of lemonade and I was not thirsty or hungry. I should drink more to keep an even blood-sugar level but without it I felt quite good.

I am sure that the brisk walk in the fresh air had I lot to do with maintaining the good feeling. Looking back on the first four days of the fast: I had not spend very much time out in the fresh air. On those days I stayed indoors enjoying the air conditioning while avoiding Florida's hot August sun. A note to myself: get out into the fresh air at least twice a day while you cleansing your system.

A dry brush massage is a critical process in an internal cleansing of the human body. I'll write more about the dry brush massage on the Day Six update.
End of Day Five

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Day Six: The day flew by with no fast related issues.

Jill grilled a chicken breast for lunch. I enjoyed the aroma, but felt sorry for her that she had to eat it. It is like when I have just taken a shower and put on clean clothes... I don't want to go out in the garden and get muddy.

I had six glasses of lemonade to drink on Day Six and felt fine all day.
End of Day Six.

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Farmers Market Shopping

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:40:00 +0000

Farmers market shopping ...

Ask the farmer: What kind of apple, orange, watermelon, etc. is this? Farmers should know their produce. If he/she doesn't know, you may want to try another booth in the market.

Also ask: when did you pick this? If he/she can't answer that, tou are not dealing with the real deal.

You should also ask what kind of pest control they use and how they care for the soil. You may not know what the correct responses should be; but you will learn what to do a web search on when you get home.

Tell the farmer what you plan to do with his produce, when you plan to eat it. A good farmer should steer you toward produce that is sufficiently ripe.

- Paraphrased from the book: Real Food Has Curves ... by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough

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Meal of the week ... (Jun 19, 2010)

noreply@blogger.com (David Royall) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:05:00 +0000

What came first, the strawberry or the pork chop? (those who don't eat pork chops should stop reading now)

In this case, leafy spinach came first then the pork chop ... all topped with fresh strawberries and a white wine, vinegar, and strawberry jam reduction.

This was one fantastic dish.

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Nibble and Sip

Slow Cooking

Poke Bowl

Herbs

Cleansing Lemons

Lunch On A Warm Day

Treatment For Hay-Fever

Baked Bree

Late Lunch

Chicken and Waffles

Flip Burger

Jill&apos;s Birthday Cake

Dinner time - Steaks on the grill

No membership required...

Christmas dinner away from home ...

Breakfast...

Good Saturday Morning ...

Sunday breakfast... Pancakes are on the stove ...

From Jill's Galley - Blackened Talapia Salad

Crispy lettuce ...

Grilled Peaches

Break Fast

Fasting - A Natural Cleanser

Farmers Market Shopping

Meal of the week ... (Jun 19, 2010)

Jill's Birthday Cake