Sorry for the hiatus. if you’ve been keeping up at my Vegetable Pharm blog you might have heard I’m going to start blogging over here from now… Read more “I’m baa-aaack!”
Potato Hack Recipes
Best deal on potato starch found here! Hot Potatoes! Andrew “Spudfit” Taylor has written a cookbook. He and 80 close friends collaborated to put together over 100… Read more “Potato Hack Recipes”
Summer Reading, 2018
PBS: What’s Living Inside You A couple items caught my eye recently. First, a video that aired on PBS last week about the gut. Here’s the full… Read more “Summer Reading, 2018”
Resistant Starch…2018
Howdy, ya’all – Hope everyone’s year is off to a good start. I was just poking around PubMed and found a couple of cool new resistant starch… Read more “Resistant Starch…2018”
Do Probiotics Need to be Refrigerated?
Karl Seddon, CEO of Elixa, has been busy making new videos! If you are interested in probiotics, have a look at his video library. I love that… Read more “Do Probiotics Need to be Refrigerated?”
Probiotics, Immune System, Inflammation, Elixa
Every day I see science and health article discussing probiotics and their effect on inflammation and the immune system. Why gut bacteria are essential for a healthy… Read more “Probiotics, Immune System, Inflammation, Elixa”
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Hope you all are doing well as we enter the holiday season along with all of the decadent food choices we’ll soon encounter. Well,… Read more “Mashed Potatoes & Gravy!”
Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Post Script
I finished up the last of my potatoes on Friday at lunch, then went on to a weekend of frivolity. My first “real meal” was a 10oz… Read more “Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Post Script”
Summer 2017 Potato Hack…The End
This is it for me! I’ll be eating the leftover, cold spuds for lunch, but then we’re off to Denali National Park for the weekend, meeting friends,… Read more “Summer 2017 Potato Hack…The End”
Summer 2017 Potato Hack…4th Day
Yesterday went well for me. I’m down 6.1 pounds on the scale! Feeling energetic and all systems are “go.” I went for a 3 mile jog last… Read more “Summer 2017 Potato Hack…4th Day”
Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Day 3
What a week! Getting tons of #potatohack love on the internet. Did you guys see some of my favorite blogger’s posts about us? Michael Allen Smith of… Read more “Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Day 3”
Summer 2017 Potato Hack…2nd Day
How are you all doing? I’m feeling great despite eating nothing but potatoes since Monday morning. I’ve had absolutely no trouble with wanting to eat “off-hack,” and… Read more “Summer 2017 Potato Hack…2nd Day”
Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Let’s Eat!
Over the weekend I went to my personal potato stash and extracted 20 pounds of beautiful Klondike Red potatoes. I’m also going to eat the last of… Read more “Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Let’s Eat!”
Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Can You Boil Water?
Tomorrow we start the potato hack, that means today is boiling day! Your life next week will be immensely easier if you boil about 10-12 pounds (precooked… Read more “Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Can You Boil Water?”
Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Recipes
The Potato Hack book has a couple recipes for each basic cooking method (baking, boiling, frying). Along the way, I’ve learned a couple more! Here are some… Read more “Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Recipes”
Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Shopping Day
We’re getting closer and closer to our group potato hack! Have you all been shopping yet? Here’s what you need to buy to make next week’s potato… Read more “Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Shopping Day”
Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Spudology 101
Amaze your friends with these facts and nomenclature stolen from around the worldwide web. The potato is a herbaceous plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade family,… Read more “Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Spudology 101”
Summer 2017 Potato Hack…CICO
Do calories matter? Yes and no. The potato hack, an all-potato diet, is calorie restricted by its nature. The goal is to eat [just enough] potatoes to… Read more “Summer 2017 Potato Hack…CICO”
Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Exercise
In the book I mention several times that we should not exercise rigorously while potato hacking. I think it’s important to give our body some time off… Read more “Summer 2017 Potato Hack…Exercise”